Game Thread W7 - Minnesota @ Green Bay (1 Viewer)

[Sabertooth]

Does anyone have a link to the Childress presser?

 

[Alex P Keaton]

To me it was some of the worst officiating ever.

There are always a couple questionable calls in every game. Last night's game wouldn't even make my top-100 list of most poorly officiated games.

 

[snogger]

Childress also said the NFL has told him Visanthe Shiancoe's touchdown Sunday night should not have been overruled,

So, you know.. we have that going for us..

 

[sho nuff]

Childress also said the NFL has told him Visanthe Shiancoe's touchdown Sunday night should not have been overruled,

So, you know.. we have that going for us..

Yup...if it happened (not sure how much I ever trust Childress)...the NFL also told the Packers they screwed up on the helmet to helmet call the play before the fumble against AZ last year in the playoffs.

 

[ScottyFargo]

Childress also said the NFL has told him Visanthe Shiancoe's touchdown Sunday night should not have been overruled,

So, you know.. we have that going for us..

And Quarless' TD was not a TD. But given how the Refs used replay they obviously wouldn't have overturned that one had he challenged, anyway. Total B.S.

 

[snogger]

Childress also said the NFL has told him Visanthe Shiancoe's touchdown Sunday night should not have been overruled,

So, you know.. we have that going for us..

Yup...if it happened (not sure how much I ever trust Childress)...the NFL also told the Packers they screwed up on the helmet to helmet call the play before the fumble against AZ last year in the playoffs.

Childress does go on to "name names" so either he threw yet another person under the bus, or he was told that.

 

[basher]

Childress also said the NFL has told him Visanthe Shiancoe's touchdown Sunday night should not have been overruled,

So, you know.. we have that going for us..

And Quarless' TD was not a TD. But given how the Refs used replay they obviously wouldn't have overturned that one had he challenged, anyway. Total B.S.

That would have been overturned as well ... but why blame the refs for that one? Chilly didn't toss the flag.

 

[SayWhat?]

To me it was some of the worst officiating ever. Zero consistency on the stuff they did call and a ton of BS on the stuff called. They really need to get some fresh blood into the system. I really feel that it was fairly evenly BS for both teams with the Vikings being hurt a bit more by it because of the no Shiancoe TD call(I thought he possessed the ball before, through, and after the catch.. and then their sure wasn't enough to overturn the call) and the Quarless TD. Either way the Vikings play in more then a few phases of the game cost them the W.

Childress easily proved last night that he doesn't deserve his job, but not throwing the challenge flag on the Quarless TD was not on him at all.

Not so sure on that.. The players, who were in better position then the refs or the coach right away signaled Incomplete.. Yes, I know they do that many times..

but when it is that close to being a questionable call (end of end zone, players saying he didn't catch it), I'd much rather have him throw the challenge and lose a timeout then not.

That's what the booth is for and they didn't get it down to him. Not Chilly's fault at all.I feel that if you're in a close game like that against a tough divisional opponent on the road you have to be smart with your timeouts. The fact that he didn't then use that timeout to score before the half, like good teams do, is more of a terrible coaching decision that does fall squarely and only on his shoulders.

Sure, Childress has his little helpers in the booth. But just remember, he chooses who those little helpers are so ultimately that does fall on his shoulders. the bottom line is that when a scoring play happens that quickly and the XP team is sprinting onto the field your little helpers may not have sufficient time to determine whether you're going to win or lose a potential challenge. In that situation, you need for your head coach to have the ability to quickly and rationally analyze the available information that he has at his disposal and use some GD common sense to come up with the best course of action. Maybe think about things along the lines of:- Was that an extremely close play where there's a legitimate chance he may have been out of bounds? Check.

- Was that an extremely huge play that could swing the momentum of the game? Check.

- Even if I challenge and am sucessful, do I have a great shot at reducing or even eliminating altogether the points that the Pack just put on the board? Check. (It was 3rd and 8 if I remember correctly, so it's not like he would've been challenging a TD call on a 1st and goal from the 1 type of play where the Pack likely would've scored on the next play or two.)

- Is the opposing coach fire-drilling his special teams out there to kick the extra point so as to not allow my little helpers the necessary time to take a real close look at this thing? Check.

- Does that more-often-than-not indicate that they don't want you to challenge the play? Check.

- Was this in the first half of the game, where a timeout is far less critical than in the second half if you were to lose the challenge? Check. (And yes, I realize having two challenges in your pocket is a nice thing, but not as nice as the potential to take 4 or 7 points off the board.)

I think Childress' thought process likely went something along the lines of:

- "Bummer."

- :crickets: (as he waits to hear anything from his guys up in the booth)

The problem is, Childress does not have the ability to quickly and rationally analyze situations like this. He's ill-equipped to be a HC in the National Football League, and would've been out of a job already if not for Favre's arrival last year. Favre was able to cover for the Childress-like things that Childress did last year. But now that Favre is doing Favre-like things, this team is making far too many killer mistakes on the field to compensate for the coaching debacle that is Childress. It's truly a shame that the Vikings most talented team in decades is being coached by this clown.

 

[hauser42]

Childress also said the NFL has told him Visanthe Shiancoe's touchdown Sunday night should not have been overruled,

So, you know.. we have that going for us..

Just like the Packer playoff game 3 hits to Rodgers face and no flags, the loss the Skins helmet to helmet contact on interception and no yellow hankie out of a referee. I will say it again, the Zebras pull a flag when they want to!! I though Buluga again got away with a couple holding calls, but that does happen every game.

 

[Ghost Rider]

Why do people keep saying, "If Harvin gets two feet down in bounds, we are having a whole different discussion today," or stuff to that effect?

Harvin caught the ball because he was too deep to stay in bounds. If Favre throws the ball 1/2 a yard shorter, the GB DBs likely break that pass up.