Instant replay

[Wiglaf]

Originally posted by DirtyMartini
OK, I'll admit that I don't watch nearly as closely as I used to because of all the commercials and the terrible TV announcers (Dierdorf must go), but I'm pretty sure you're thinking of basketball. NFL doesn't go to commercial in the middle of an offensive drive.

It does if the quarter ends, timeout is called, player is injured two minute warning occurs, etc.

Deal with it.

[DirtyMartini]

I can deal with that, but just barely. Adding in instant replay breaks of only coin flip accuracy is where I draw the line. I'm pretty sure I get even more annoyed because every. single. time. there's a replay I have to hear some color commentatory say "now remember, it has to be conclusive evidence to overturn the call. That's the key -- conclusive evidence". How could I not remember -- I've heard it 4-5 times per game for the past 5 years.

[-Jrabbit]

Dude, each coach gets 2 challenges/game. That's 4/game, max. And seldom are all of them used. In fact, the most used by ANY team all of last year was 12, by Minnesota.

League-wide total was 237 red flags thrown by coaches.
Divide by 17 weeks >> about 14 red flags/week -- less than one per game. (There are 256 games/season.)

Oh, and BTW, the reversal percentage is 37.1%.

Here's a link. Now get over it.

[DirtyMartini]

It was hyperbole. Nevetheless -- 2 coaches challenges per team per game, but infinite booth challenges inside the last two minutes of each half.

I don't care what the reversal percentage is -- I care what the percentage correct is.

Why the hostility? Instant replay degrades my enjoyment of professional football. You like it. Awesome.

[rah]

Annoying but necessary.
While a few bad calls stand replay corrects quite a few of them. And as JR pointed out, the overall average per games is quite low. I'm glad they put a limit on them and penalize you when it's not overturned. Since it's a necessary evil, at least there's a strategy to using them.

[OzzyKP]

Instant replay

[-Jrabbit]

Originally posted by DirtyMartini
It was hyperbole. Nevetheless -- 2 coaches challenges per team per game, but infinite booth challenges inside the last two minutes of each half.

I don't care what the reversal percentage is -- I care what the percentage correct is.

Why the hostility? Instant replay degrades my enjoyment of professional football. You like it. Awesome.

Hostility? None at all. You used hyperbole, and I just called your ass on it.

And I didn't say I liked it (voted "necessary evil" or whatever in the poll). But I think it helps a lot more than it hurts. It's a shame there's no way to guarantee a good angle on every play, and there's still a decided difference among the various replay officials as to what is "definitive evidence" or whatever. So the human factor remains. But I believe there are now fewer games decided by bad calls. And that's good.

I agree that it's not fun to watch. But it's better than watching some team get an undeserved victory on a blown call.

[DirtyMartini]

Originally posted by -Jrabbit

Hostility? None at all. You used hyperbole, and I just called your ass on it.

And I didn't say I liked it (voted "necessary evil" or whatever in the poll). But I think it helps a lot more than it hurts. It's a shame there's no way to guarantee a good angle on every play, and there's still a decided difference among the various replay officials as to what is "definitive evidence" or whatever. So the human factor remains. But I believe there are now fewer games decided by bad calls. And that's good.

I agree that it's not fun to watch. But it's better than watching some team get an undeserved victory on a blown call.

Sorry. I read "Now get over it" as hostile. No worries.