GannonFan wrote:blueballs wrote:How interesting...
I don't seem to remember Keeler complaining about the personal foul call on GSU's Derek Heyden that gift wrapped UD's first TD in the semi finals or the laughable intentional grounding call that killed a GSU drive in the second quarter of the same game.
Memo to Keeler: Score more points and you don't have to worry about one call, and yes, when you call out the officials after your team blows a 19 point lead in 18 minutes it shows ZERO class.
Well, apparently you have a good handle on losing with zero class. So what if they called the personal foul Heyden - it was either that or call the guy for pass interference on the same play. The call would've been different but the result the same. And the intentional grounding was legit - you can't stand in the pocket and intentionall throw the ball out of bounds, especially with no receiver in the area and not past the line of scrimmage. The fact that you're whining about those calls (both first half calls) of a game that happened weeks ago, while mocking a blantanly wrong measurement call late in the 4th, for a game three days, speaks volumes.
Memo to you - stop the other team from running the ball all over you in the second half rather than blaming the officials for two random calls early in the game.
The difference between me (51 YO VP of a mortgage lender posting on a message board under an anonymous handle) and the coach of a defeated team whining about calls is the point. I can whine all I want (although I challenge anybody to point out where I blamed the officiating for GSU's defeat to UD) and it affects nobody and in no way paints my employer (who happens to be me and two other partners) in any bad light. In short, nobody gives a shit what I say nor should they.
Keeler on the other hand, is a head coach of a university and should remember that when you point a finger at somebody (in this case officials) there are three pointing back at you, which in this case is blowing a three score lead in 18 minutes of play- which could easily be labeled a choke. He comes off as a crybaby for even going there, no other way to spin it. He is also a less than effective representative of the university when he seeks excuses like this instead of congratulating the opponent and pointing out his own teams shortcomings.
As for the two calls in the GSU/UD semifinal, they were terrible but UD was the better team that day and won. The point is that the calls tend to even out over time and Keeler never criticized the officiating when the marginal calls went in his favor, and I don't seem to remember any of the coaches who lost to UD in the playoffs calling out the officials.
Nevertheless, Keeler's crying in no way takes any thing away from what EWU did through their playoff run. They are a deserving champion and played some good- and really exciting- football during their run. Congratulations to them.
I've read nor seen anything but congrats from UD to EWU for their NC. Your fellow Griz fans need to take you to the wood shed lest we think all UM fans are as bigoted, ignorant and AIDS ridden as your are polson.
