Pete Carroll: 'We all gotta move on' from controversy
If you were hoping Pete Carroll would somehow dismiss Monday night's victory, or admit his Seattle Seahawks didn't earn what came their way against the Green Bay Packers, think again.
In an NFL Network interview that aired Tuesday on "NFL Total Access," Carroll offered no apologies on how the game's final seconds played out in Seattle.
Asked by Lindsay Rhodes if Seahawks wide receiver Golden Tate really caught that ball, Carroll provided a response that could melt Cheesehead Nation.
"Yeah, and I think it's cool that the league thought that, too," he said. "It's very questionable, it's a very questionable call to make. But it's simultaneous when they hit the ground. Up in the air, it looked like the DB had the advantage, but when they got to the ground, it's a matched-up catch, and it's a very hard one to call.
"We were fortunate the call went our way. But you've got to say the league reviewed it and said they agreed with what was called on the field, they just missed the pass interference."
Carroll doesn't believe it's fair to write off the game's final play as controversial only because replacement officials were involved.
"I think that's real easy to go that way, but I think it would have been a difficult call no matter who is looking at it," he said. "We heard one of the officials in the booth look at it right after the game, and he agreed that the issue they had was they didn't handle it right in terms of talking and sharing it with the referee, but that it was a difficult call, and you have to rule if it's simultaneous and all that."
"If I was on the other side, I would be saying the same kind of stuff," Carroll added. "I would totally understand, although we all gotta move on, and that's what we're doing here."
Uglavnom se slažem sa tim što govori Carroll. Tačno je da on nema šta da se izvinjava, nije doneo odluku, nije vršio nikakav pritisak i slično. Teško mi je da se složim sa njegovim mišljenjem da je bilo simultano hvatanje ali šta da se radi.
Nije istina ono što kaže da se NFL slaže da je dobra odluka, u saopštenju se nisu izjasnili povodom toga nego su samo "objasnili" situaciju.
“Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson threw a pass into the end zone. Several players, including Seattle wide receiver Golden Tate and Green Bay safety M.D. Jennings, jumped into the air in an attempt to catch the ball.
“While the ball is in the air, Tate can be seen shoving Green Bay cornerback Sam Shields to the ground. This should have been a penalty for offensive pass interference, which would have ended the game. It was not called and is not reviewable in instant replay.
“When the players hit the ground in the end zone, the officials determined that both Tate and Jennings had possession of the ball. Under the rule for simultaneous catch, the ball belongs to Tate, the offensive player. The result of the play was a touchdown.
“Replay Official Howard Slavin stopped the game for an instant replay review. The aspects of the play that were reviewable included if the ball hit the ground and who had possession of the ball. In the end zone, a ruling of a simultaneous catch is reviewable. That is not the case in the field of play, only in the end zone.
“Referee Wayne Elliott determined that no indisputable visual evidence existed to overturn the call on the field, and as a result, the on-field ruling of touchdown stood. The NFL Officiating Department reviewed the video today and supports the decision not to overturn the on-field ruling following the instant replay review.
“The result of the game is final.”
Da se NFL slaže sa odlukom to bi decidirano rekli, išli su linijom manjeg otpora da ne bi povećavali poviku na nove sudije.
Još jedna stvar oko koje se apsolutno slažem sa Carrollom je da ne treba reći da su nove sudije isključivi krivci. Mislim da je Herm Edwards rekao na ESPN da bi standardne sudije u 10 takvih situacija 10 puta donele pravilnu odluku. Ko tu koga zajebava? Da li je neko gledao neki meč prethodnih godina gde nije bilo povika na sudije? Sudije su ljudi, uvek su grešili i uvek će grešiti. Verujem da su nove HDTV tehnologije doprinele da se detalji sada vide mnogo jasnije pa ono što se ranije nije moglo primetiti kao greška sada izgleda jasno kao dan. Rešenje? Vratite nam TV tehnologiju iz sedamdesetih.
Mislim da najveći problem nije nedovoljno poznavanje pravila nego nedostatak poštovanja prema sudijama. Svi očekuju da će ovi da pogreše, znaju da su tu privremeno pa mogu lako da vrše pritisak. Logično je da će u takvim situacijama doći do više grešaka nego obično.