OT-And Now Coaches On The Field Disrupting Plays Is Subjective Now

[cardpa]

I guess it is a matter of interpretation. Tomlin is one of the most meticulous coaches around. He is a perfectionist and is on the rules committee and has to know the rules. Just given the circumstances and his actions and reaction after the player went by maybe he had a momentary brain lapse or acted out subconscious frustration or impulses by crowding the field but he surely knew what he was doing.

Did Woody Hayes know the rules of society and the football field when he couldn't control himself and took a swing at the Clemson player? Of course. Would he like that one back? Probably. I have no doubt Tomlin didn't accidentally step on the field in front of the returner. No way. I coached youth football for ten years and even at that level your position on the sideline is hammered into your brain by the refs so no way an NFL coach is unaware of his surroundings on the sideline.

Simple solution to this. either start fining everyone who is in the white area whether they are involved in the play or not or start penalizing the team every time someone is in the white area. It's in the rules and they all know it is so hammer them on it. It's one of those rules that is not enforced.

 

[Cheesebeef]

This wasn't Tomlin's first time disrupting a play in progress. He deserves his $100,000 fine in my book!

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Hahahahhahah! That's awesome

 

[Dback Jon]

This wasn't Tomlin's first time disrupting a play in progress. He deserves his $100,000 fine in my book!

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Brilliant!

 

[Stout]

Sorry but that wasn't intentional.

Baloney. Okay, so he accidentally stood that close to the field while watching it on the big screen. If it weren't for what followed, I could buy that it wasn't intentional. But give me a break--your excuse for stepping on the field is that you're trying to get OUT of the way? He knows which direction the sideline is, and he knows which direction the field is. Were he trying to get OUT of the way, he would NOT have taken a very sharp step ONTO the field. The absolute WRONG direction. There is NO mistaking which direction you're stepping, though you can mistake position.

My thought? He meant to make a juke towards the field to try and mess with Jones' head, but misjudged just how close to the field he really was.

 

[Reddog]

Simple solution to this. either start fining everyone who is in the white area whether they are involved in the play or not or start penalizing the team every time someone is in the white area. It's in the rules and they all know it is so hammer them on it. It's one of those rules that is not enforced.

To me this suggests the league viewed this as intentional because surely others are caught in the white and none of them draw a 100k fine. Maybe a sideline warning or a flag.

 

[CtCardinals78]

I believe the flak given to the replacement officials was union orchestrated. With the exception of that blown call in that Monday night game, I didn't think they did any worse than the regular officials. As was said, this season the officiating has reached new lows and the game I reference was full of bad calls.

Oh yeah, big time.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

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[Reddog]

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Love this video. Come on Shane look at the guys eyes. Do they look like they are looking up at the jumbotron? He looks like a matador.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

Love this video. Come on Shane look at the guys eyes. Do they look like they are looking up at the jumbotron? He looks like a matador.

Definitely not looking up at the jumbotron. Instead he is trying to eye the play with his peripheral vision. He anticipates when to make his move. Sticks his foot out quickly at just the right moment and just as quickly pulls it back. Then check out his scripted body language after sticking his foot out and jumping back. No shock, no stumbling, just two quick hops to distance himself from the playing field as if to say "What? Me? I was way over here. " Then he calmly watches the rest of the play.

Blatant and intentional. Totally. If you were shocked by the action being right there next to you - your instinctive move would be to move away...not toward the runner and then away.

Ironically, as close as the Steelers defender was and his line of approach - it looks like Tomlin did not need to interfere. I don't think he affected Jones as much as he had hoped and I think the defender catches him before the end zone regardless of Tomlin's sideline antics.

 

[cardpa]

Definitely intentional, even with decent peripheral vision he had to have seen Jones at least 5-10 yards up field before he decided to move and that first step into the field was done with the sole intention of making Jones make a step back into the playing field or to at least disrupt him. Funny part is the defender was going to catch Jones even without his interference.

Now that I have seen the video of it I think $100,000 was light. Should have received at least a one game suspension too.