OT Rules Confusion vs Tor

BomberFan73 · July 29, 2024, 03:08:13 PM

Anyone else catch the confusion after Bighill choose the side to receive? Did he make a mistake and say the wrong side?
Miller & MOS seemed in disagreement as to which side we wanted....
I don't think there was much wind, so not sure it really mattered, but the point is they need to be 100% organized in these situations.

Waffler · July 29, 2024, 03:12:32 PM

I posted about it in the game thread. I will put that pic up here too. This is just the Coles notes version of the discussion. MOS clearly points where he wanted before the toss. This pic was AFTER the toss.

Waffler · July 29, 2024, 03:15:35 PM

If my lip reading is any good, MOS is saying "this way".

jdrattops · July 29, 2024, 03:23:35 PM

Just more proof this team has lost their focus this season. This started in the offseason, into training camp, then the home opener.......etc. Heads should roll over the bye, but losing this week and a Calgary win at home could be game over for 2024.

BomberFan73 · July 29, 2024, 03:33:15 PM

Good catch. Miller seemed to agree with Bighill though.

TecnoGenius · July 30, 2024, 06:01:26 AM

Yes, MOS wanted the other direction.

Who knows... maybe the direction choice cost us the inches on that final FG??

TecnoGenius · July 30, 2024, 06:08:43 AM

I've always hated how the interaction between the captain(s) and the ref goes every coin toss when it comes to play direction! Half the time it's a major uster-cluck. The teams and league need to come up with a consistent way for the deferred team to select a side!

Every game it's the same thing, "which way do you want to go?", "this way (points)", so you want to be facing that way or be standing on that side? "Uh, I want this way"... "ya but what do you mean"... deeer durp doop derp

Like everything else in the league there should be a signal, and no words. The captain choosing the side should either:

a) stand on the side he wants to kick from and make a kicking motion facing exactly the way his kicker will kick off (re-use the Roughing The Kicker motion)

or

b) stand on the side he wants to return from, facing the direction the ball will come from, and do the same signal the ref usually does when he is confirming the direction (the "complete in-bounds" motion?)

No words, no confusion, no questions. Easy peasy.