Then Why Did The Ref Tell The Announcers It Was A Bad Angle?

[Longtimesu]

In Mike Waters article he stated the call on Cooney was not reviewable because it was not an out of bounds play. However, after viewing the videos the ref walked to the table and said. "We cannot determine the play because we have bad angles."

What else would they be looking for? Obviously they were looking at whether or not Cooney's feet were inbounds.

 

[4the Dubs]

The officiating was subpar on both ends. The gonzaga fans have been griping about it and rightfully so the only thing is it was the same one both ends. There was no "advantage" because it was all around bad.

 

[Newhouser]

Announcers were lost too. All three were talking about the review when its unreviewable. They should have been asking the same thing "if its not reviewable why are they meeting"

 

[81South]

That should be replayable plain and simple. If you can correct an error on a call like that you MUST do so.

The baseline official should have overruled that douchsnoggle who made the call. I mean why the he'll don't they work together on that

 

[BrookhavenCuse]

I believe it was something about getting the time on the game clock correct, they knew it was a s##t show when the sideline ref blew his whistle. The baseline ref wanted nothing to do with anything and he was clammoring for it to all go away. The ref who blew the whistle is the same guy who ejected PayCal against SC. There was no such thing as a bad angle, that was a ref who was making things up to the TV crew and at the same time praying like crazy Gonzaga didn't throw one in bucket for the W.

End of the day, Doug Sirmons the ref who made the bad call will not be fully held accountable and not being able to advance to work the Final 4 / Championship game is not a form of punishment. The TV guys also get a failing grade on the play if it truly was not reviewable, all three lead the TV audience to believe the original call should of been overturned and the ball awarded rightfully to the Orange. This is just another situation in the ever ending fight against accepting mediocrity as a final result and luckily it didn't impact the result for Syracuse.

Bad angle, nah just terrible decision making by on particular zebra!

 

[nyhc666]

The gonzaga fans have been griping about it.

are they griping about Sabonis and his temper tantrums pounding on the floor?????

 

[cuseincincy]

are they griping about Sabonis and his temper tantrums pounding on the floor?????

He easily could've been T'd up on a couple of those and probably should have. You can't let a player pound the floor after a call doesn't go his way. Sabonis would not be the same player in the ACC, say nothing about the old Big East.

 

[Briancuse]

He was pretty much admitting that he screwed up, and he couldn't overturn it.

 

[Orange2389]

good thing we won... that would have been ugly between Boeheim and the NCAA lmao

 

[Czar]

He easily could've been T'd up on a couple of those and probably should have. You can't let a player pound the floor after a call doesn't go his way. Sabonis would not be the same player in the ACC, say nothing about the old Big East.

lol

 

[CaptainJ]

good thing we won... that would have been ugly between Boeheim and the NCAA lmao

I'm hoping we get some sort of "carryover" make up call(s) in the next game, at least on 50/50s.

 

[orangefan13]

thankfully all of this is over and it doesnt matter

 

[LGO85]

thankfully all of this is over and it doesnt matter

"They don't want us to win"

Tourney ain't over yet.

 

[upperdeck]

the ref could have saved face and said it was an inadvertant whistle cause he thought he was going out of bounds.. that would have created some interesting dynamics

 

[STEVEHOLT]

I believe it was something about getting the time on the game clock correct, they knew it was a s##t show when the sideline ref blew his whistle. The baseline ref wanted nothing to do with anything and he was clammoring for it to all go away. The ref who blew the whistle is the same guy who ejected PayCal against SC. There was no such thing as a bad angle, that was a ref who was making things up to the TV crew and at the same time praying like crazy Gonzaga didn't throw one in bucket for the W.

End of the day, Doug Sirmons the ref who made the bad call will not be fully held accountable and not being able to advance to work the Final 4 / Championship game is not a form of punishment. The TV guys also get a failing grade on the play if it truly was not reviewable, all three lead the TV audience to believe the original call should of been overturned and the ball awarded rightfully to the Orange. This is just another situation in the ever ending fight against accepting mediocrity as a final result and luckily it didn't impact the result for Syracuse.

Bad angle, nah just terrible decision making by on particular zebra!

I thought the announcing crew was fine. They cant be held accountable for the refs acting as if they are reviewing a play. They had everyone fooled.

 

[Orangello]

Sirmons shouldn't be handling another game after that train wreck.

 

[CusefanATL]

In Mike Waters article he stated the call on Cooney was not reviewable because it was not an out of bounds play. However, after viewing the videos the ref walked to the table and said. "We cannot determine the play because we have bad angles."

What else would they be looking for? Obviously they were looking at whether or not Cooney's feet were inbounds.

I was at a bar watching so sound was a bit tough - but my lip reading skills told me he said "by rule, we cannot" and that's when I blacked out and started throwing a temper tantrum that my 2 yr old is jealous of but I assumed he was saying we can't overturn because it was a judgment call that he was out. It wasn't debate able who it was off, only whether or not he was actually out - which is not a reviewable play.

 

[CusefanATL]

the ref could have saved face and said it was an inadvertant whistle cause he thought he was going out of bounds.. that would have created some interesting dynamics

The ref pointing at the ground where Cooney "stepped out" negated any chance of an inadvertent whistle.

 

[jncuse]

In Mike Waters article he stated the call on Cooney was not reviewable because it was not an out of bounds play. However, after viewing the videos the ref walked to the table and said. "We cannot determine the play because we have bad angles."

What else would they be looking for? Obviously they were looking at whether or not Cooney's feet were inbounds.

CYA

Midway through the review they probably realized. damn we can't review this.