How 'Bout That Officiating?

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The Referee Pitman show. Ref [John Goodman] takes questions from the fans ...


Rock Clark: Hello, everybody, and welcome to another edition of "The Referee Pitman Show". As always, we'll be taking questions and talking football with NFL referee Bill Pitman. Ref, welcome.

Referee Pitman: Thanks, Rock.

Rock Clark: Okay, Ref, last week you called the Bills-Oilers game in Houston. Let's take a look at some highlights.

[ clips are shown of the Ref's erronous calls ]

Okay, there you are making the call. There's an offsides.. there's a defensive holding.. and there's a too-many-men-on-the-field.

[ return to Ref and Rock in the studio ]

Okay. As you can see, it was an exciting game, and there were some controversial calls. I understand, Ref, that you were hit by a bottle after the game?

Referee Pitman: Well.. yes, I was hit, Rock. It was, uh.. it was actually a jar.. I believe, sort of a pickle jar. Well, inside the jar was a fetus. It was a pig fetus, not a human fetus like the one in Philadelphia.. and fortunately it didn't shatter, like in Philadelphia.

Rock Clark: Well, you're a lucky man, Ref. Okay. Well, I know our fans and callers have plenty of questions for you, so let's get started. [ audience member raises hand ] Yes, sir, you have a question for the Ref?

Audience Member #1: Uh, yeah. It's great to be here, Ref. Um.. listen, I just wanted to know, um.. are you totally blind, or just legally blind.. uh.. so that, you know, you can make out shapes and degrees of light, you know, that kind of thing?

Referee Pitman: Well, actually.. I have 20/20 vision. I have mentioned this on the show before. I'm not blind, never have been. Thanks for your question.

Audience Member #1: Okay, thank you.

Rock Clark: Okay, next?

Audience Member #2: Uh, yes, I wanted to ask you about last Sunday's game.

Referee Pitman: Yes. Go ahead.

Audience Member #2: Yeah, I was just wondering, were you watching a different game while you were officiating? Like, on a little mini-TV, or something like that?

Referee Pitman: No, I wasn't. I was concentrating on the game I was officiating.

Audience Member #2: Oh, wow! You know, because it seemed like your calls were related to a game being played somewhere far away.

Rock Clark: That is interesting. Okay, who's next? [ audience member raises hand ] Yes?

Audience Member #3: Yeah, uh, hi, great show. I saw the last game, and I just want to know, do you find it helpful to keep your head up your rear end? I mean, why during the game? It seems that during the game you want to have your head, you know, out and in the open air so you can see the plays. I mean, is it comfortable, or is it for the warmth, or what?

Rock Clark: How about it, Ref? Your head inside your rear end?

Referee Pitman: [ thinking ] No. No, nope, never done that. I wouldn't even know how to go about it, it's an interesting position, but, uh.. nope.

Rock Clark: Okay, apparently not. But good question. Okay, Ref, let's look at one of the more controversial plays from Sunday.

[ clips are shown of more of Ref's erronous calls ]

Here's the pass to Jeffries, he clearly fumbles to the other team, but the ball is rolled dead and the Oilers keep it. It seems as though you were retarded on that play, Ref.

[ return to Ref and Rock in the studio ]

Referee Pitman: Nnnnnooo.. I'm not retarded, Rock.

Rock Clark: Is there any history in your family of blackouts or hallucinations, or fits of dementia?

Referee Pitman: No. I'm fairly certain there isn't.. but I could research for you and get back to you.

Rock Clark: Good. Okay. Alright, let's go back to our audience. [ audience member stands ]

Audience Member #4: Uh, yeah, got a question about the Ref's brain.

Rock Clark: Yeah?

Audience Member #4: I was just curious - what's in your head, you know, since there's no brain? I mean, is it empty, or is it filled with, say, human excrement?

Rock Clark: I think I can handle that one, Ref. The Ref does have a brain, otherwise he wouldn't be able to conduct this interview right here. That's how I know. I mean, it's basic high school biology. So the excrement question is irrelevent.

Audience Member #4: Thank you!

Rock Clark: Okay, let's take some calls. Hello?

Caller #1: Hi, Ref? Um, when you're caught and banned from pro football, what do you plan to do for a living?

Referee Pitman: Well, I don't know what I'd be caught for, but when I retire I plan to spend more time with my children.

Caller #1: Oh. And, um, will you teach them deception and chiconery?

Referee Pitman: Mmmmmm.. nope. Nope, I won't.

Rock Clark: Okay. Another caller. Next question for the Ref.

Caller #2: Uh.. I'm an optometrist..

Rock Clark: Sorry! We covered that topic earlier! Okay, let's go back to our audience. [ audience member stands ] Yes, sir.

Audience Member #5: Hi. Great show, Ref. My boy and I were wondering what it's like for you to have no soul. And, also, what do you use to fill up your body where the soul would be? Now, is that human excrement, or dog excrement?

Referee Pitman: [ chuckles ] I wish I had a dime for every time I was asked that one!

Rock Clark: Okay! Do we have time for one mroe question? Okay, one more question. [ earlier audience member stands again ] You have something else, sir?

Audience Member #3: Yeah, I just wanted to invite Referee Pitman to have sex with himself. Because that's something, you know, that, as far as I'm concerned, he can go and do.

Rock Clark: Good to know. We're out of time. Ref, this Sunday you're doing the Giants-Eagles game?

Referee Pitman: That's right, Rock.

Rock Clark: Good. And will there be any real refs at this game, in attendance?

Referee Pitman: Yes. Myself, and two others.

Rock Clark: Hard to believe. Okay. 'Til next week, this is Rock Clark saying, "Referee Pitman sucks!" Good night.

[Fritz]

[quote="Cheesehead Craig"]

As was said before, the Packers will just get a generic "I'm sorry" letter from the league on behalf of the officials and that will be it.

not sure what you want from the league? give them a free call later, add more points, give them a win plus, a blow job?[/quote]

Don't want anything from the league neither did I ask nor infer I wanted anything. Simply stated what will happen.

Umm, that blow job part? Who would be giving it? Do they contract that out? I mean, if it's not Goodell or some guy they send up to Green Bay, I'll stand in for Ted, or whoever would get it, if he's too busy.

[MichiganPackerFan]

I didn't like the Urlacher shot or the no call on the dive. Both were close plays - Urlacher was coming full speed and ARod did a very quick slide.

Not too quick for the two defenders to adjust their trajectory and hit him on the ground. It's not like they were coming up to tackle him on the ground and they happened to collide because they were in the same place at the same time. That's what makes it a dirty hit, they ADJUSTED IN ORDER TO HIT HIM ON THE GROUND and NO FLAG.

[gex]

We need some good investigating reporting where the reporter and cameraman get up in the refs face as they are leaving the stadium and for the whole week after, asking them what they where thinking and why they did what they did. Like the Fox news reporters harassing people/judges when they make questionable calls. The public should know why and hold them responsible.......the NFL really protects them from any scrutiny and in a business this big that isn't right.

Yes, that is a universally recognized employment best practice. Take the lowest paid guys in the business and harass them publicly while filming it.

Works for GE, Microsoft, Alcoa, Mayo Clinic ...

Why, is there a referee shortage that we don't know about?
If they have good reasons and decent explanations on why they made the calls they did then there is no reason for them to fret about it.
If they don't, or they can't handle the scrutiny then they should get out of the business.......

[Lurker64]

Aren't all of the NFL referees highly paid white collar guys (lawyers, executives, etc.) who just do this on weekends because they want to and manage to cut a considerable second check as a result?

Plus, I mean, of all the major sports in the U.S., the NFL refs are the best at their jobs for their relative sports and they're the only ones who only do this job part time. It's uncanny how often these guys make the right call on little things. It's that they're so consistently good that little things stand out so much.

I mean.. look at NBA refs...

[pbmax]

We need some good investigating reporting where the reporter and cameraman get up in the refs face as they are leaving the stadium and for the whole week after, asking them what they where thinking and why they did what they did. Like the Fox news reporters harassing people/judges when they make questionable calls. The public should know why and hold them responsible.......the NFL really protects them from any scrutiny and in a business this big that isn't right.

Yes, that is a universally recognized employment best practice. Take the lowest paid guys in the business and harass them publicly while filming it.

Works for GE, Microsoft, Alcoa, Mayo Clinic ...

Why, is there a referee shortage that we don't know about?
If they have good reasons and decent explanations on why they made the calls they did then there is no reason for them to fret about it.
If they don't, or they can't handle the scrutiny then they should get out of the business.......

They are already scrutinized, by the fans, the TV broadcasters, the Instant Replay and the League. Do you really think a press conference is going to help weed out the problem?

[Guiness]

I didn't like the Urlacher shot or the no call on the dive. Both were close plays - Urlacher was coming full speed and ARod did a very quick slide.

Not too quick for the two defenders to adjust their trajectory and hit him on the ground. It's not like they were coming up to tackle him on the ground and they happened to collide because they were in the same place at the same time. That's what makes it a dirty hit, they ADJUSTED IN ORDER TO HIT HIM ON THE GROUND and NO FLAG.

Mmm, never thought of it that way. If they were going to tackle him normally, they would've been higher...and passed over him when he slid.

So, they saw the start of the slide, and went down after him.

[MichiganPackerFan]

I didn't like the Urlacher shot or the no call on the dive. Both were close plays - Urlacher was coming full speed and ARod did a very quick slide.

Not too quick for the two defenders to adjust their trajectory and hit him on the ground. It's not like they were coming up to tackle him on the ground and they happened to collide because they were in the same place at the same time. That's what makes it a dirty hit, they ADJUSTED IN ORDER TO HIT HIM ON THE GROUND and NO FLAG.

Mmm, never thought of it that way. If they were going to tackle him normally, they would've been higher...and passed over him when he slid.

So, they saw the start of the slide, and went down after him.

Exactly. I've seen a lot of cheap shots out of Urlacher and the Bears over the years, and this certainly did not fail to live down to expectations.

[Freak Out]

It's a good thing no Packers had any samurai swords post game. It coulda been bad for the officials.....

http://gizmodo.com/5359797/student-kills-intruder-with-samurai-sword-after-playstation-laptops-stolen

Holy crap. Detectives are still interviewing a Johns Hopkins University student who fatally lacerated the upper body of a man breaking into his off-campus residence overnight. The suspect also suffered a nearly-severed hand, and was pronounced dead at the scene.

The house is home to four undergrads who had already had a Sony PlayStation and two laptops stolen earlier on Monday.

So when one of the students heard noises at about 1am, he went to downstairs to investigate armed with the sword. He saw that the side door to their garage had been pried open, and inside, the suspect lunged at him.

The guy probably didn't deserve to die, but Police have confirmed he has priors for breaking and entering.

Self defense or too much force? It's hard to say without being there.

I guess I might feel bad for the deceased if he hadn't been killed while in the middle of breaking and entering, probably burglary, and on top of everything else had lunged at the tenant who was weilding a sword. What a moron.

It's kinda nutz the dude had a samurai sword, but hey, how do you know he isn't there to rape/murder etc? Esp. when he lunged...Then run out purp...What got me is that he lunged at the tenant...Then it's on.

Most thefts by percentage are done when peeps aren't there. But if someone broke into my house.....Snake's got a 50 Cal. DE on lock and a razor sharp Rambo knife bedside. It's all in at that point. Odds on Snake big-time.

I'd feel sorry for the purp....that's be that last time they broke into a house....And ALL legal within U.S. jurisdiction....Lights out purp. Lights fucking out.

And I love everything about this law. You come into my house.. shiittt... I'm asking questions second. Not a problem to drop a knife in his hand to make extra sure the case is tight.

LMFAOLLOLOLOL...Damn Mobb. There ain't no bloody gloves, and I love you man, but goddamn...must be a black thing, yo? Why you gotta drop a knife to "make sure"? Classic, though. Good stuff. Snake would just shoot the bastard dead and call the cops when I know he wasn't twitching no 'mo and prob. teabag him too. Damn. Is it all a conspiracy, though, eh Mobb?

You sound like my old ex-door neighbor from Detroit (black but it doesn't matter) who has about 30 firearms ready to kill someone. He's a great guy and my golfing buddy, but damn if I'd EVER fuck with that guy. He's ready to shoot the mailman dead if he peeked in the door with a delivery. Really a gun-nut.

Snake just has my 50 Caliber Desert Eagle and a big ass knife.... I'd love to paste a burglar with it, though...Wouldn't be much left...and for a good cause, yo.

Watch the movie "Snatch"...same .50 Cal gun (I love it)....I'm just itching to use it.

Totally legal though in the U.S. to defend your home...so that samurai dude was the same. Sword is an upgrade to a purp's fists. You by right, are allowed to defend you home with any means on a break-in.

He's clean by law (the tenant). Sucks for the purp. Should think about that before you rob a place TWICE!!!! MORON!!!...Now he's dead. Dumb fucker. I'd shoot him in the face AFTER THE FACT just to mess his funeral-face up. Fuck him. You rob me....die slow or get fucked the fuck up. Fuck a burglar.

I've seen the work of a Desert Eagle.....guy was big...about 6' 6" and 265lbs...first shot to the back just below the left shoulder, second in the ass as the guy was going down and the third to the face....ugly stuff.

[boiga]

NFL VP of Officiating, Mike Pereira, admitted the Defensive Holding call against Harris was bogus. He says Al was within five yards and the flag should never have been thrown.

Here's the vid: http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-networ...bonus-coverage

In hindsight, I don't mind the bad call. The ref made up for it by letting Al get away with a push off on his interception to end the game.

[RashanGary]

Ugh. .

That was a badly officiated game.

That ref was laughing after the botched punt fake as if to say, "We keep trying to give it to you and you're doing everything you can to blow it"

[MadtownPacker]

I'd shoot him in the face AFTER THE FACT just to mess his funeral-face up. Fuck him. You rob me....die slow or get fucked the fuck up. Fuck a burglar.

Wow, you are hardcore telling us how you are gonna smoke someone. Now go back to your ipod and listen to some more NWA jams you fake piece of shit.

Back to the subject fuck yeah that was a cheapshot. urlagger was trying to end ARod's season. All good though because kharma paid that bitch back by taking away his season instead.

[SnakeLH2006]

[Fritz]

Well, Snake, Destry you are not.

[bobblehead]

As was said before, the Packers will just get a generic "I'm sorry" letter from the league on behalf of the officials and that will be it.

not sure what you want from the league? give them a free call later, add more points, give them a win plus, a blow job?

Oh, something crazy like accountability, a fine maybe. Full time officials who work in the offseason to stay on top of the game.

If a certain official has a trackable record of calling 4th quarter holds against a certain team fire his ass. How about reviewing all the calls made and see what % of them are shitty and replace him??