Hockeymom1960 5,107 Report post Posted January 7, 2012 I sometimes wonder if it's not because the reffing sucks is that they are told they have to call the game a certain way. 1 Nev reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
T-Ruff 47 Report post Posted January 7, 2012 It's pretty clear to me that both the most controversial calls (Callahan unsportsmanlike and penalty shot) were 100% legit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drwscc 212 Report post Posted January 7, 2012 it'd be absolutely right to keep it private. If it was internal/private company issue. In this case, both coaches and ref are (so to speak) league's employees. Now, who are customers? I think, we are, fans. If there are issues with reffing, that means we are getting bad product. Worse, anybody who rises concern gets punished. End even worse, when league publicly admits employee made a mistake, the employee never gets punished. And finally, as a result, the product doesn't get better, it gets worse. I think you summed up why it's a problem to have coaches calling out the officials and league in public. As you said, the public are the customers. If you screwed up at work, would you want your coworkers to call customers and announce that you were not doing your job correctly, and might be scamming them, or should that kind of thing happen behind the scenes? If this happened to you, I can guarantee your first stop would be HR, and I'd imagine it's the same here. Notice how coaches never say "Bryzgalov just screwed everything up, he's terrible, and it was a huge mistake for us to sign him." That's just not how things work in a business. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LeftWinger 4,949 Report post Posted January 7, 2012 I think it would be absolutely hysterical if one day after a particularly horribly reffed game, Babcock would walk out to the post game podium with a $100 bill wrapped around a wad of money sized paper and set it on the podium and say something like, this is just in case I slip up when you ask me about lack of power plays... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
55fan 5,133 Report post Posted January 7, 2012 (edited) I think pretty much any business has a policy regarding the public discussion of its business. If they didn't fine, how many whiny coaches/owners/players/managers/ice girls/mascots would be rushing to complain to the press about every perceived unfairness? As things stand right now, if you've got a 30k complaint, you've got a real complaint. It makes the sound bites and people actually listen. Edited January 7, 2012 by 55fan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Doc Holliday 1,888 Report post Posted January 7, 2012 I sometimes wonder if it's not because the reffing sucks is that they are told they have to call the game a certain way. Depends on what would mean by "certain way". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jocke 53 Report post Posted January 7, 2012 (edited) Depends on what would mean by "certain way". I would guess something like "get it to overtime". Certainly seemed that way. Edited January 7, 2012 by Jocke Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
