I've never seen that happen before.

Have to play until the whistle blows boys :lol:

Good teaching point for all those coaches out there.

1) Fundamentals

2) Fundamentals

3) Fundamentals.

 

I do feel the announcers were a bit over the top praising the kid who ran the touchdown as more aware than the other team. He was just standing there holding the ball until everyone started shouting at him to run it in.

That was a good video. Just like someone said you have to play until the whistle blows.

Maybe I am wrong. It is moot point, but here it goes.

 

The holder recovers the ball after the kick is blocked. He is no longer a place holder at this point. His knee is down. Play should be called dead at that point.

 

Anyone?

The play is dead... holder has knee on ground when he recovers the blocked field goal.

Maybe I am wrong. It is moot point, but here it goes.

 

The holder recovers the ball after the kick is blocked. He is no longer a place holder at this point. His knee is down. Play should be called dead at that point.

 

Anyone?

 

I think the video shows that it's close enough that the officials should have blown the whistle.

 

But they didn't.

 

That tells me that they saw it differently.

 

My initial reaction was that it was a bad call; but after a few rewinds, maybe the defense celebrated prematurely.

 

Right or wrong, it was still a cheap way to win a game.

This is the second time we have seen teams on you tube lose because they didn't play to the whistle, which means the coaches didn't coach up the kids on what the rules are. I blame the coaches and not the officials.

This is the second time we have seen teams on you tube lose because they didn't play to the whistle, which means the coaches didn't coach up the kids on what the rules are. I blame the coaches and not the officials.

 

In fairness to you coach, I think it was a bad call by the officials.

 

In most cases, I do not advocate the philosophy of "playing till the whistle blows". The game has changed, and I think "playing till the whistle" is used as an excuse for a lack of awareness far too much.

 

But in this case, well, they could've tackled the guy.

In fairness to you coach, I think it was a bad call by the officials.

 

In most cases, I do not advocate the philosophy of "playing till the whistle blows". The game has changed, and I think "playing till the whistle" is used as an excuse for a lack of awareness far too much.

 

But in this case, you are spot on.

 

I don't know that it's changed that much. I was taught to play through the whistle and if I didn't hear a whistle, I was head-hunting.

 

In this situation, the refs were either really, really on top of things and didn't blow the whistle on purpose or they were really, really clueless and didn't blow the whistle out of mistake. Non of the 22 players knew what was going on. One team was heading off in defeat and the other was heading off in celebration. The coaches on the sidelines were the ones that realized the whistle didn't blow.

The refs made a mistake by not blowing the whistle, IMO.

Maybe I am wrong. It is moot point, but here it goes.

 

The holder recovers the ball after the kick is blocked. He is no longer a place holder at this point. His knee is down. Play should be called dead at that point.

 

Anyone?

 

 

 

I agree.

I don't know that it's changed that much. I was taught to play through the whistle and if I didn't hear a whistle, I was head-hunting.

 

In this situation, the refs were either really, really on top of things and didn't blow the whistle on purpose or they were really, really clueless and didn't blow the whistle out of mistake. Non of the 22 players knew what was going on. One team was heading off in defeat and the other was heading off in celebration. The coaches on the sidelines were the ones that realized the whistle didn't blow.

 

Eh, I think they were probably clueless. And, as you probably already know, I'm the biggest ref-apologist you will ever meet. :walk:

 

But "playing till the whistle blows" is becoming an antiquated philosophy. I'm a bit ashamed that the refs in this game didn't hold up their end of that agreement.