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14 years ago
League slaps Childress with $35,000 fine 

By Mike Florio

We've typed the name "Childress" more times in the past few days than we ever really wanted to type the name "Childress."

And we need to do it again.

Judd Zulgad of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports that the league has fined Childress $35,000, both for criticizing officials afte Sunday's loss to the Packers -- and also for disclosing to the media the league's admission that referee Scott Green erred when overturning via replay a second-quarter touchdown reception by tight end Visanthe Shiancoe.

If the Vikings lose to the Patriots on Sunday, Childress might be able to finance the fine with his buyout.



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Nonstopdrivel
14 years ago
Wait, what? So the public isn't supposed to know when the league admits a call was botched?
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Wait, what? So the public isn't supposed to know when the league admits a call was botched?

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They've admitted mistakes before, but for some reason this conversation between Childress and the NFL guy was confidential--but Childress blabbed about it anyway. I have no idea why sometimes they admit it publicly and sometimes they don't.
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Zero2Cool
14 years ago
Why again is it against the rules to publicly slam the officials? Why do they get to make fucked up calls and not get publicly blasted for it?
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Nonstopdrivel
14 years ago
Why don't they get fined for obviously bad calls that even the uninformed viewer can see were wrong?

The worst that happens to them is they are graded down, which reduces their chances of officiating in the postseason. I'm not convinced those consequences carry all that much weight with the officials.
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Screwing up a play you can watch on replay is a different issue. However, pretty damn easy for us to sit in our lazy boy and react to the fan/player reaction, watch replays from a plethora of angles, and then have 30 seconds to determine if a play was officiated accurately (all variables that the referees have to discount).

I once was a ref for an 8 year old soccer tournament. I was 14 at the time, yet I had GROWN ADULTS dropping f bombs at me for a botched call for their kids who were more concerned with picking out a wedgie or looking at the clouds than what transpired on the field. I developed a completely new respect for officials at that point.
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Every coach hates getting screwed on a call, but almost all of them bite their tongue and suck it up like a man. They do not conduct themselves like Bush League Chilly. I thought the fine was light actually. He talked about it in his presser after the game and then the next day on the whine fest KFAN.

NFL coaches cannot denigrate NFL referees publically period! It is also a tactical miscue to do, cause then they really have motivation to screw you!

Thanks Brad for immediately taking the Viking job and skipping your flight to GB!
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14 years ago

Screwing up a play you can watch on replay is a different issue.

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I was more referring to calls they make in the replay booth when the angles are obvious and they have time to get it right.
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14 years ago

Screwing up a play you can watch on replay is a different issue. However, pretty damn easy for us to sit in our lazy boy and react to the fan/player reaction, watch replays from a plethora of angles, and then have 30 seconds to determine if a play was officiated accurately (all variables that the referees have to discount).

I once was a ref for an 8 year old soccer tournament. I was 14 at the time, yet I had GROWN ADULTS dropping f bombs at me for a botched call for their kids who were more concerned with picking out a wedgie or looking at the clouds than what transpired on the field. I developed a completely new respect for officials at that point.

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That's one reason I have a hard time going overboard blasting a coach for a challenge or non challenge.

I still think pro sports should have a few people, two or three maybe, watching replays of every play to catch mistakes by the officials. OF course, more detail needs to be thought of, but the concept is what I'm talking about.

The human element to the game is great, but human's make too many mistakes. Good thing is, humans in a booth watching replays can help negate said mistakes.
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To make sure I made my point, even though it favored the pack, I think the ref botched the Shiancoe TD, and chilly has every right to be upset about that.

However, calling a PI, hold, or whatever is a bang-bang, split-second decision that even then allows for some discretion of the official. That's really difficult, and I think the NFL and media/fan scrutiny tends to regulate the situation enough.

These guys get it right a lot - I never realized until I saw replay that Randy interfered on that bomb against Collins, or that Harvin had stepped out on his negated TD. Give these guys some credit, and let them be. As much as we've gripped about the officials lately, it seems that calls have evened out, and it hasn't affected the outcomes of games
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Every coach hates getting screwed on a call, but almost all of them bite their tongue and suck it up like a man. They do not conduct themselves like Bush League Chilly. I thought the fine was light actually. He talked about it in his presser after the game and then the next day on the whine fest KFAN.

NFL coaches cannot denigrate NFL referees publically period! It is also a tactical miscue to do, cause then they really have motivation to screw you!

Thanks Brad for immediately taking the Viking job and skipping your flight to GB!

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Says the guy who pisses and moans about Allen's play or how many non-holding calls against the Vikes o-line (despite the non-holding calls Cliffy had Sunday night)..

Yeah, ok... ::roll:
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Says the guy who pisses and moans about Allen's play or how many non-holding calls against the Vikes o-line (despite the non-holding calls Cliffy had Sunday night)..

Yeah, ok... ::roll:

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Our tackles are choir boys compared to yours when it comes to cheating. Just admit your hillbilly hero got his ass handed to him. We can start calling Jared a thief again.
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We have been screwed more times by bad calls then i care to think about. Nice to see the other guys getting the shaft for a change.
I also reffed a high school football game once. What an expierience! I called a TD on one play, and i was right at the back of the endzone. I KNOW the kid got a foot in bounds. So i signaled "TD!"
The coach of the other team (who was probably 50 yards away) went APE on me. Screaming at me........the head ref came up to me, asked me "Was in in bounds?" I said "Yes".....so it was a touchdown. The crazy part was, the coach that yelled at me was down like 49 to 0, so it's not like it was a close game to get upset.......other then his guys were WAY over matched.
After the game, the guy came up to me and apologized for yelling at me. Then he said, "I STILL believe he was out though." LOL!
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Says the guy who pisses and moans about Allen's play or how many non-holding calls against the Vikes o-line (despite the non-holding calls Cliffy had Sunday night)..

Yeah, ok... ::roll:

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Our tackles are choir boys compared to yours when it comes to cheating. Just admit your hillbilly hero got his ass handed to him. We can start calling Jared a thief again.

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Riiiiiiight.

Wait, what's that sound? I think its the sound of your credibility jumping out the window. Bummer.
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Riiiiiiight.

Wait, what's that sound? I think its the sound of your credibility jumping out the window. Bummer.

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You really are blind mofo aren't you? Yeah, I'm the won lacking cred on this issue.

Our tackles didn't need to hold your Nancy boys in that game, by halftime they had given up.
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Zero2Cool
14 years ago

You really are blind mofo aren't you? Yeah, I'm the won lacking cred on this issue.

Our tackles didn't need to hold your Nancy boys in that game, by halftime they had given up.

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I'm with him on this won, two. Vikings DL would push, stop, jump and pray.
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I'm with him on this won, two. Vikings DL would push, stop, jump and pray.

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Wonder if Zero wrote this just so NSD would put a bullet through the school computer.
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Every coach hates getting screwed on a call, but almost all of them bite their tongue and suck it up like a man. They do not conduct themselves like Bush League Chilly. I thought the fine was light actually. He talked about it in his presser after the game and then the next day on the whine fest KFAN.

NFL coaches cannot denigrate NFL referees publically period! It is also a tactical miscue to do, cause then they really have motivation to screw you!

Thanks Brad for immediately taking the Viking job and skipping your flight to GB!

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Says the guy who pisses and moans about Allen's play or how many non-holding calls against the Vikes o-line (despite the non-holding calls Cliffy had Sunday night)..

Yeah, ok... ::roll:

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So are you okay with Childress complaining as much as he did and revealing info from a conversation that was supposed to be confidential? I'm not trying to be a smart aleck, I'm asking the question seriously.

I thought he took it too far and looked very Bush League, especially when you combine that with his comments on Favre, which were also a bit overboard even though Favre deserved the criticism. The Favre thing is best left to another thread anyway (and there are plenty already) but Childress did kind of set himself up for this by giving Favre special treatment. I think now maybe Childress is trying too hard to look tough to restore his credibility with the rest of his players and with the fans.

Having said that, I think Childress called a very good game. The rushing TD by Harvin was a brilliant play, and that screen to Peterson on the final drive was another great call, getting the whole defense going one way, then springing Peterson the other way. It helps to have players like Harvin and Peterson, but those were still well-designed plays that were called at just the right time. The only problem I had with Childress's game management was when he gave up too quickly at the end of the half.
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I'm glad to see"Chilly" boil..........(pun intended!)
It's getting quite obvious that his "evil" Favre experiment is blowing up in his face, and that he's probably close to losing his job.
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14 years ago

I'm with him on this won, two. Vikings DL would push, stop, jump and pray.

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Wonder if Zero wrote this just so NSD would put a bullet through the school computer.

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Read what I quoted and you'll get it.
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