Herd: America needs Cowboys back in the Super Bowl

[robbieruff]

It goes beyond having full time refs. It goes into recruiting, training and continued training of these refs to find better referees.

And I really think if they had that going on for them, they wouldn't even need the refs to be full time.

Instead, you have almost zero recruitment of referees, obviously poor training and a VP of Officiating who has NEVER REFEREED A GAME ON ANY LEVEL (pro, semi-pro, college, high school or Pop Warner) and he is in charge of the refs and instead of getting rid of bad refs who make the wrong calls...he would rather just spin it to being the right call.

Full time refs won't help a lick if the same clowns are running the show.








YR

My assumption was if they were full time then those other good points you make would be more readily implemented (as they do in ump training in baseball, which I'm sure you know is very extensive)...and yeah, if the league won't spring for full-time refs (or even have the audacity to give us "replacements" at one point), I agree that they'd be prone to cut corners in every other aspect of referee "readiness"...either way you slice it the whole thing undermines their so-called commitment to the "integrity of the game" as they so often preach in every other situation (namely player discipline). Mark my words, this upcoming SB on Sunday will be marred by some historically bad call/officiating (likely to benefit the Falcons as a way for the Pats/Goddell conspiracies to flourish) and the league will just do its typical shoulder shrug "awe shucks" response.

 

[strollinruss]

My assumption was if they were full time then those other good points you make would be more readily implemented (as they do in ump training in baseball, which I'm sure you know is very extensive)...and yeah, if the league won't spring for full-time refs (or even have the audacity to give us "replacements" at one point), I agree that they'd be prone to cut corners in every other aspect of referee "readiness"...either way you slice it the whole thing undermines their so-called commitment to the "integrity of the game" as they so often preach in every other situation (namely player discipline). Mark my words, this upcoming SB on Sunday will be marred by some historically bad call/officiating (likely to benefit the Falcons as a way for the Pats/Goddell conspiracies to flourish) and the league will just do its typical shoulder shrug "awe shucks" response.

There is a room full of cigar smoke and crime bosses somewhere. They are in charge, don't let anyone fool you.

 

[dallasdave]

Preach it!

Seriously though, who did the refs keep out of the Super Bowl (not the NFC title game, but the Super Bowl)?

 

[StarBoyz83]

Yeah the super bowl needs the Cowboys... or at least the ratings and media need them.

But we're the ones keeping ourselves from getting there.

Not for much longer though.

I agree. It's the mistakes. People who said the refs made the Packers win vs dallas are the same ones who said the refs wouldn't let atl beat the packers. Lol

 

[haleyrules]

I don't know about America...but l need them back in the SB!.

 

[Boyzmamacita]

How about younger, athletic officials? Say ex-jocks who didn't quite make it at the pro level, but are still young and athletic enough to keep up with today's freakish athletes. When you consider that we have guys with 4.3 speed making plays while 60 year old accountants try to keep up with them, you can see where part of the problem lies. The NFL could have a full fledged referee academy where these guys are vetted and trained for months, a whole year if necessary. As far as conspiracies, it's not that far-fetched. It's happening all over the league. When officials are literally affecting the outcomes of games on weekly basis, something has to be done about it.

 

[Thomas82]

i think the nfl wanted a brady vs rodgers matchup.

The NFL has been trying to get that matchup for years.

 

[SDCowboy]

I can't disagree with him here.

 

[DallasDW00ds0n]

Hes right though

 

[dallasfan4lizife]

It's only been 22 years. I've excepted heart breaking defeat season after season. Even the Atlanta Falcons has gone twice in the past 19 years.

Luckily we have Prescott and Elliott to bail out our god awful general manager.

 

[LandryFan]

It's only been 22 years. I've excepted heart breaking defeat season after season. Even the Atlanta Falcons has gone twice in the past 19 years.

Luckily we have Prescott and Elliott to bail out our god awful general manager.

Well, our God-awful GM did acquire Prescott and Elliott. Not a fan of his, but you can't blame him for the bad ones without giving him credit for the good ones. Well, I guess you can...but it wouldn't be fair.

 

[Diehardblues]

Jerry isn't interested enough to get out of the way . And why should he. Obviously Cowboy fans are very pleased.

 

[KJJ]

More complaining about the refs. If the Cowboys ever want to get back to the SB they need a better defense.

 

[dallasfan4lizife]

Well, our God-awful GM did acquire Prescott and Elliott. Not a fan of his, but you can't blame him for the bad ones without giving him credit for the good ones. Well, I guess you can...but it wouldn't be fair.

Falling *** backwards into a pot of gold. I guess anything is possible. Jones didn't want Prescott mind you. That is pretty well known at this point. He couldn't sleep the night after missing out on Manziel and Paxton Lynch (this past draff).