Who has the better arm?

[joseephuss]

Saban or Parcells.

I think Saban flung the red hanky a little bit further even though he double clutched it. I think Parcells stood around patting the flag too much and threw it off his back foot. Both were weak and couldn't even reach the feet of their intended targets.

 

[Hostile]

Now that's funny right there.

 

[Cbz40]

If they were baseball players they would both be in the bush leagues.

 

[DallasEast]

I mentioned this to a friend yesterday. It's not really funny, but it's how I feel.

In order for the challenge flag to be used properly, the ref has to see it before he will halt the game to review the previous play. IMO, a coach shouldn't gamble where the flag will land to grab the ref's attention.

I say that the coach should load up his challenge flag with a pocketful of quarters (a la Orlando Brown), hand it to his backup quarterback and have him bean the nearest ref upside the head with it.

At the very least, it will get the attention of ONE ref to stop the game. At the very worst, the sight of a ref falling unconscious will get the attention of the rest of his crew; and they will halt the game to see if he's still breathing or not.

Oh, well. I don't like refs very much. Sorry.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

Apples and oranges here. Clearly, this is a matter of generations. Saban uses the now universally recognised, set shot and release technique (as is used by most basketball players in this day and age for free throws). Parcells uses, what was the accepted method of his generation, Granny Shot techique. Both can be effective but without the proper amount of practice, accuracy and timing are going to be sore spots always.

I see both contestants as suffering from a lack of this.

 

[aga11ah]

a better question would be who has a better arm. parcells/saban or bledsoe

 

[aznhalf]

In addition to holding the all important clipboard, the backup QB should always be next to the head coach with flag in hand.

Keep him involved in that game and keep his arm loose.

 

[2much2soon]

Bill should require himself to run extra sprints after that boneheaded, late red flag toss.

 

[Yakuza Rich]

The refs should be scrutinized for that play.

The FIRST thing I noticed was that despite the WR clearly running out of bounds on the previous play, they kept the clock running.

That's what Parcells threw the flag for, which was missed by the refs and didn't stop the next play. Thus, they lost a timeout for:

1) A play that supposedly isn't reviewable.
2) A play that they got badly wrong
3) For a flag that didn't stop the next play.

Tell me how that makes any sense.


YAKUZA

 

[dougonthebench]

I mentioned this to a friend yesterday. It's not really funny, but it's how I feel.

In order for the challenge flag to be used properly, the ref has to see it before he will halt the game to review the previous play. IMO, a coach shouldn't gamble where the flag will land to grab the ref's attention.

I say that the coach should load up his challenge flag with a pocketful of quarters (a la Orlando Brown), hand it to his backup quarterback and have him bean the nearest ref upside the head with it.

At the very least, it will get the attention of ONE ref to stop the game. At the very worst, the sight of a ref falling unconscious will get the attention of the rest of his crew; and they will halt the game to see if he's still breathing or not.

Oh, well. I don't like refs very much. Sorry.

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[Seven]

Saban. His was an inside slider. Parcells was just lookin' to walk his guy.