Mike Pereira Decides To Go With Condescension In Addressing Jim Harbaugh's Complaints

Not saying he doesn’t ever call them out, because he does…but it’s clear he’s biased here.

Pereira is just a referee defender who is way too egotistical.

We don’t want to shine a light on how horrible the officiating has been in all games all year. This is a good reason why we need professional referees that can keep up with the game, physically and in studies. Which game was it when they gave a team 6 yards for offsides?

to doug for calling pereira’s condescension out. to be fair, though, i’ve actually been surprised at how much pereira’s airtime on FOX has included him saying the officials are wrong (sometimes vehemently so).

however, my problem was, and still is, that when you say something like this (my emphasis added):

“It was fourth-and-1 and we have seen teams make sudden shifts, just trying to draw the defense offside. We call this a ‘no-play shift.’ And you penalize the shifting team. A shift of two or more players is legal as long as it is smooth and continuous. That was not the case here. That shift was solely done to draw a foul and the officials were alert to this action. That has been on a training tape to the officials before this game, and in my opinion, the crew got this right.”

then why the hell wasn’t it called earlier in the season when the niners did the same exact thing? either it’s a penalty when a team uses a presnap shift to draw the D offsides, or it isn’t. it can’t be legal in Week 3 (or whenever that earlier one worked), but illegal in Week 9.

  Helmet to helmet should ABSOLUTELY BE SUBJECT TO INSTANT REPLAY. How many time has Desean Goldston stepped up and laid his shoulder into a reciever TEXT BOOK, and because it was violnt or too fast for these old refs, they call unecessary rouphness, or helmet to helmet. Madeu Willams in week one set the toner these falonious calls

Is this the same guy who said that the Goldson’s force fumble on Mike Williams should’ve been an incomplete pass?

It’s pretty clear to me FOX thinks the idea of the 49ers in the playoffs is not very desirous. They would rather slobber over Tebow or slobber over Cam Newton and can’t have this tough San Fransisco team to watch, because all they do is win and that’s just boring. :)

Ed Hochuli, Mike Carey, Ron Winters, and Bill Leavy are? Shouldn’t referees be in the background instead of the spotlight?

He’s a Chargers~Raiders fan w/his head so far up his a** that he wouldn’t be able to tell his face from a hole in the ground

A former VP of officiating will always side with the refs and be condescending toward argumentative coaches. That doesn’t mean the coach isn’t justified, though. Harbaugh DOES argue too often (many times I find myself saying, “Jim, let it go and focus on the game.”) However, he has quite a gripe on many calls (it seems impossible the refs could get worse, but I’m convinced they have this season). On the 3 man motion called a false start, I see both sides of the argument. It was a completely legal motion. HOWEVER, Smith simulated a snap count and the players moved immediately. I’m pretty sure that can be considered a violation. However, Smith CAN simulate a snap count if the players don’t move immediately and THEN Smith signals to the players to motion. I’m assuming this is the gist of what the league told Harbaugh. I like his attempt at deception, though.

Harbaugh is still a rookie in how this is properly done. In all honestly, Pereira probably has a small point. Although, I disagree with the approach obviously.

I don’t like him to start with, how do some of these people get their jobs… Sheesh.

It’s not Harbaugh’s fault he has a face made for the camera. Who wants to show footage of some ugly, fat, head coaches in this league.

It was fourth-and-1 and we have seen teams make sudden shifts, just trying to draw the defense offside.

That shift was solely done to draw a foul

So why is that illegal and a hard count isn’t? The reasons he gave as to why it is illegal are the same reasons QB’s use hard counts.

it’s possible that the officials are torqued at Harbaugh – hence getting in the way, causing a couple Delay of Games/TOs. (one was because they mysteriously didn’t get the eligible receiver message) Also going against him with the shift on 4th and 1. Bad idea to piss off the zebras, especially when you like the tackle eligible, wacky shifts, and shinananigans (requires some cooperation with the ref).

In principle, there are no judgement calls.. but really.

Also regarding Perrera’s point – the HD cameras sure do love watching the HCs jaws move.

Has been absolutely horrendous across every game I’ve watched this year. There have been at least 2-3 completely botched calls that have swung momentum of the game in about 75% of the games I’ve seen this year. It’s really completely baffling to me.

Its been Team A v. Team B v. The Refs all year long