SouthernWingsFan 854 Report post Posted February 6, 2009 Ran cross this on FoxSports.com by a gentleman from the Philadelphia Daily News. Given that the refereeing was pretty bad for both teams last night in the Wings-Coyotes game, thought it'd be a good time to fire this up. http://msn.foxsports.com/nhl/story/9166984...mes-in-the-NHL- Other than Dan O'Hallaran phantom interference calls, I generally don't go too nutty over officiating. I've pretty much come to accept that officiating is going to be pretty much inconsistent in pretty much any game you can write up right now, regardless of if it is Detroit or any other team. I don't play the conspiracy theory game and getting into why the referees are purposefully against the Red Wings or *insert my favorite team name here* isn't really my cup of tea. While it wasn't hockey, being an official in sports leagues for myself for a couple of years made me respect how hard an officials job is, you pretty much are in a lose situation all the time in trying to please players/coaches/fans, you are going to get ripped on for pretty much any call/no-call you make by somebody. That has made me admire the job of a sports referee a little bit more with the abuse they normally take. With that said though, games are inconstently called. I don't mind a lot of penalties a game, but there are just so many inconsistenties about how referees overall judge penalties these days. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cusimano_brothers 1,655 Report post Posted February 6, 2009 Some of the officials in the League are like some of the players in the League; they just don't belong there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
