Mike Periera Admits entire Superbowl XL was crap

[JohnnyHopkins]

I respect a former Head of Officiating standing up and stating the obvious. That entire Superbowl stunk from play through officiating!

Let's all put aside our allegiances and go back four years and look at the game objectively. If we do, we will see that the Seahawks did not play well and neither, actually, did the Steelers.

The officials also did not have a great game. In the end, however, the team that deserved to win won. That, in my opinion, is the bottom line.

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/ref-taking-super-mistakes-too-hard

 

[Yeagermeister]

I respect a former Head of Officiating standing up and stating the obvious. That entire Superbowl stunk from play through officiating!



http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/ref-taking-super-mistakes-too-hard

So they decided to help Pitt instead of a team that had never won a SB?

:jackpot:

 

[Reality]

In the end, however, the team that deserved to win won. That, in my opinion, is the bottom line.

Well then, in the future let's just cancel the Super Bowl and ask the head ref which team "deserves" to be the winner.

-Reality

 

[DallasEast]

My thing is, why does Periera even comment about how well either team played? That's not the issue and never was the issue.

The only issue which an NFL referee (active or ex) should be concerned with is quality of the officiating itself. The NFL is the elite level of American football. It deserves elite level officiating not sometimes, but all the time.

People make mistakes and referees are no different, but there are procedures and mechanisms in place to minimize or eliminate human error. However, on the biggest stage of American football, mistakes (for lack of a better term) were amplified. The question is why did it have to be?

Leavy's answer was pathetic. He and his crew were just having a bad day. That is in and of itself so sad, but at least he can stand in the muck of admitted incompetence (even though he's a day late and dollar short).

Periera, on the other hand? His deflection from the quality of officiating onto the level of play by Seattle and Pittsburgh is disgraceful. NFL officiating as a whole improved with his retirement due to his "personal" opinion. The standard should always be "make the right call" NOT "it doesn't really matter if the right call is made".

/rant

 

[big dog cowboy]

Periera, on the other hand? His deflection from the quality of officiating onto the level of play by Seattle and Pittsburgh is disgraceful.

He has done that for years every week during the season on the NFL Network.

 

[CowboyMike]

I don't respect Periera at all. He never once owned up to a mistake from what I saw and remember. He constantly defended his officials despite some blatant errors. His weekly appearance on Total Access for Official Review was a joke because he would simply find a way around the mistaken call with some BS reasoning that halfway made sense if you covered one eye and hopped on one foot.

I'm glad he is gone. I hope the new guy is at least accountable.

 

[Idgit]

He's really not owning anything with his comments. Everybody knows that game was a fix.

And the team that deserved to win that game lost. SEA was straight-up robbed, and it even caused me to consider not watching the NFL for a while.

 

[Hook'em#11]

yep, both teams didn't play fairly well.

And the WORSE team that won got the help from the BAD officiating against the Seahawks.

That's why the Stealers should have and * by that SB XL title. As well as a couple in the 70's but, no use in that.

 

[Seven]

He's really not owning anything with his comments. Everybody knows that game was a fix.

And the team that deserved to win that game lost. SEA was straight-up robbed, and it even caused me to consider not watching the NFL for a while.

Agree with all of this. First superbowl ever..............I quit watching.

Travesty. Hell, borderline extortion, IMO.

 

[Dodger]

In the end, however, the team that deserved to win won. That, in my opinion, is the bottom line.

He doesn't know that. One blown call can lead to a series of events that determine the outcome of a game.

Way to cover his ***, though...

 

[Verdict]

My thing is, why does Periera even comment about how well either team played? That's not the issue and never was the issue.

The only issue which an NFL referee (active or ex) should be concerned with is quality of the officiating itself. The NFL is the elite level of American football. It deserves elite level officiating not sometimes, but all the time.

People make mistakes and referees are no different, but there are procedures and mechanisms in place to minimize or eliminate human error. However, on the biggest stage of American football, mistakes (for lack of a better term) were amplified. The question is why did it have to be?

Leavy's answer was pathetic. He and his crew were just having a bad day. That is in and of itself so sad, but at least he can stand in the muck of admitted incompetence (even though he's a day late and dollar short).

Periera, on the other hand? His deflection from the quality of officiating onto the level of play by Seattle and Pittsburgh is disgraceful. NFL officiating as a whole improved with his retirement due to his "personal" opinion. The standard should always be "make the right call" NOT "it doesn't really matter if the right call is made".

/rant

Very well stated.

 

[HoleInTheRoof]

He's really not owning anything with his comments. Everybody knows that game was a fix.

And the team that deserved to win that game lost. SEA was straight-up robbed, and it even caused me to consider not watching the NFL for a while.

I was the same way.

After that game, I didn't watch another NFL game for like . . . 6 months or so.

 

[ZeroClub]

I agree with most of what others have said in this thread.

I'm also pleasantly surprised to hear the topic being rehashed. It seemed like the obvious miscarriage was successfully swept under the rug ... not discussed much in the media. Good that it is getting a little more scrutiny now.

 

[NoLuv4Jerry]

Only a team like the Steelers can win a Super Bowl with such HORRENDOUS QB play. Seattle may not have been great...but Pitt was no better.

Heck even going back to the Super Bowl they won against the Cards...I mean the Cards just blew it....just blew it. It is bad enough to throw a pick when you are on the opponents 5 yard line...but then you let a guy rumble 95+ yards to score a TD and end the half. Someone could not even push this guy out of bounds? We are not talking about a fleet footed DB...we are talking about a DL, who maybe athletic, but with everything on the line...SOMEBODY has to push this guy out of bounds. Amazing. Simply Amazing.

We are BLOWING the Bills out in our first Super Bowl against them...I mean they have ZIP to play for at this point. The game has been decided. And yet Don BeBee hustles to make sure Leon Lett does not score on that play. Arizona needed Don BeBe that day.

 

[Idgit]

I was the same way.

After that game, I didn't watch another NFL game for like . . . 6 months or so.

That'll teach 'em.
But seriously, if I cared to watch fake sports, I'd watch wrestling. Or boxing.

 

[T-RO]

I think Mike Periera stepped up, being the company man that he is, to be a fall guy for the league.

It's my fault = it's not the league or some back-room agenda.

This was all very calculated in my opinion, by the NFL.

I contend there have been times in NFL history where big business and possibly gambling interests have influenced the way games have been officiated.

That game indelibly stands for me as exhibit A.

 

[T-RO]

Agree with all of this. First superbowl ever..............I quit watching.

Travesty. Hell, borderline extortion, IMO.

It's pretty widely known by objective viewers that this was brazen heist in front of millions of viewers.

 

[Kevinicus]

First, he didn't "kick" two calls in the fourth quarter. He was clearly incorrect when he called Matt Hasselbeck for a low block after the interception when Hasselbeck attempted to go low through a blocker in an attempt to make the tackle. It would only have been a foul if Matt would have made contact with the blocker, but he didn't, so it should not have been called.

Leavy piled on himself by saying that his holding call on Sean Locklear was incorrect. That is not true. It was a hold and should have been called. If anything, you could have made a case that the Steelers were offside and, if the play had been officiated correctly, the penalties would have offset and the down replayed. In any case, the reception would not have been allowed to stand.

I can't find one thing in there to disagree with. That's exactly what I've felt since the Superbowl. There's nothing wrong with the calls that were made, save that one, the only thing to argue is if there were more calls that were not made that should have been called on the Steelers.

 

[Seven]

I can't find one thing in there to disagree with. That's exactly what I've felt since the Superbowl. There's nothing wrong with the calls that were made, save that one, the only thing to argue is if there were more calls that were not made that should have been called on the Steelers.

Uhm, I'm pretty sure thats what we're all saying.

 

[Kevinicus]

Uhm, I'm pretty sure thats what we're all saying.

Every time I've seen people moan about that game it's almost exclusively complaining about the calls that were made, not those that weren't.