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NFT: Worst official/referee in professional sports?

bxgiants4 : 4/20/2014 8:50 pm
1) joe west
2) Joey Crawford
3) Jeff triplette

In that order
Bill Leavy is a good candidate  
Ira : 4/20/2014 8:52 pm : link
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Whoever  
MookGiants : 4/20/2014 8:54 pm : link
the ref is in the montreal game tonight
The rookie French Canadian  
B in ALB : 4/20/2014 8:57 pm : link
Getting intimidated by Montreal's crowd tonight is a fucking disgrace.
worst  
Big Al : 4/20/2014 9:01 pm : link
NFL referee in memory is the long retired Tom White.
Angel Hernandez  
pimcnj : 4/20/2014 9:07 pm : link
is a lousy ump, to say the least.
I tend...  
Chris in Philly : 4/20/2014 9:07 pm : link
to agree with Joe West. He's a gigantic cunt.
Lets be fair about Joe West  
Ron from Ninerland : 4/20/2014 9:19 pm : link
After watching the Yankees series, its hard not to say that Joe West isn't one of the worst umpires in baseball. That being said its unfair to call him the worst official in sport. The worst umpire in baseball is better than half the officials in football. A home plate umpire sees 250 to 300 pitches. Out of that maybe 5 close calls are questionable. Calling safe or out on a bang bang play is tough when you're out of position. Replay in baseball is new and still has kinks.

In football on the other hand relay has been around for years. After an official throws a flag he discusses the play with the other officials before making the call or even picking up the flag. Despite the fact that football refs don't have to make an immediate call, despite the fact that football replay is mature, there doesn't seem to be a game that goes by with the officials making a bonehead call, forgetting where the line of scrimmage is, getting a coin flip wrong, not clearly indicating what down it is, or some new ridiculous thing.
(Marty) Foster  
Mike in NY : 4/20/2014 9:22 pm : link
Austrailian for beer, American for bad umpire
For those hockey fans over the past few decades...  
Andy Van Hellemond
Being in position as a MLB umpire....  
FatMan in Charlotte : 4/20/2014 9:42 pm : link
should be one of the easiest tasks possible. Watch how some of the long-timers like Joe West rarely even try to get into good position.

Meanwhile, trying to chase world class athletes down a 100 yard field is damn tough.

Joe west consistently fails to see things the way the viewing public does and then remains arrogant about his mistakes.

At this point, it is inexcuseable.
That's why it has to be Joe Wset  
BigBlueShock : 4/20/2014 9:49 pm : link
It's one thing to be utterly incompetent. It's something else completely to be utterly incompetent, and take satisfaction in the fact that your ineptness is driving everyone else crazy. He eats it up
Angel Hernandez  
bxgiants4 : 4/20/2014 9:49 pm : link
Is a good choice. He's brutal

Joe west is an arrogant clown.
Or, Joe West  
BigBlueShock : 4/20/2014 9:50 pm : link
Damn it
I'll say  
stockton : 4/20/2014 10:01 pm : link
Bill Leavy and it isn't even close
1. Joe West  
WeatherMan : 4/20/2014 11:56 pm : link
1a. Angel Hernandez
Fun fact, they were teamed together on a crew in the past... MLB had to break them up because too many players were getting ejected.

2. Jeff Triplette
2a. Walt Coleman
2b. Scott Green (PASS INTERFERENCE MOTHERFUCKER!)
Joe West and Joey Crawford deserve to be in their own category.  
Shockeyisthebest80 : 4/21/2014 12:17 am : link
They're not remotely as bad as the most incompetent officials in their respective sports, but the whole package makes them reviled. It's as if both men think people pay or watch to see them too... they always seem to make themselves a part of the story.

Angel Hernandez, Bob Davidson, Bob Leavy, and Triplette are just inept.

CB Bucknor is a tragic combination of inept and wanting to make himself part of the show.
Joe West  
newmike2 : 4/21/2014 12:18 am : link
it seems nobody likes his strike zones because nobody knows his strike zones, including him. He also acts as if the game is about him. I'd have to give a second to Leavy. That man is a disgrace too.
I have a friend/acquaintance who's father upholds this occupation  
AnotherGiantsFan : 4/21/2014 12:28 am : link
And is notorious for being awful at said occupation. I expected to see his name pop up a ton on this thread, but only seen his name brought up once. I don't know if that's a good or bad thing.
willing to name a name AGF?  
WeatherMan : 4/21/2014 12:31 am : link
Or, what I really mean, if it's Green, show him the replay of the last play of the playoff game against the Niners, shout PI, and punch him in the balls. Not that I hold a grudge, but dammit competence matters.
haha it's not Green  
AnotherGiantsFan : 4/21/2014 12:36 am : link
It's CB Bucknor. It would be hard to bite my tongue if it was Green. Luckily I don't give a shit about baseball so it's easy to not care about anything he's done as an ump. Only reason why I know he's bad is from hearsay and some Youtube clips.
the judge who scored B-Hop's fight  
SHO'NUFF : 4/21/2014 12:51 am : link
the other night... causing a split decision.

followed by the judges that decided Pac-Man vs. Bradley 1.
alright, I'll give you a pass  
WeatherMan : 4/21/2014 12:56 am : link
Scott Green still deserves a punch downstairs though *grin*
Danny Davis  
Drewcon40 : 4/21/2014 4:42 am : link
^^^^^  
RELICDOA : 4/21/2014 5:18 am : link
Winner
as an aside, i watched the Jets/Colts superbowl replay on NFL  
gtt350 : 4/21/2014 6:12 am : link
yesterday. so many terrific defensive plays were made in the secondary and all would have been pass interference today. just a damn shame what has happened to the game
For me, Joey Crawford is #1  
Bobby Humphrey's Earpad : 4/21/2014 8:09 am : link
Triplette is #2

Although it's not professional, Karl Hess is the biggest POS ref in the history of colegiate sports.
NBA have the WORST refs  
BillyBoy8384 : 4/21/2014 9:57 am : link
Compared to other pro sports its not even close. Some of the fouls Ive seen called during the playoffs have been brutal.
tough call  
Greg from LI : 4/21/2014 10:07 am : link
MLB - Cowboy Joe, Angel Hernandez, Bob Davidson

NFL - Jeff Triplette, Bill Leavy, Scott Green

take your pick
and while Karl Hess is bad  
Greg from LI : 4/21/2014 10:08 am : link
Jamie Luckie is worse, and Prick Hartzell is the gold standard for piece of shit NCAA referees.
Of the 3 sports I watch (I only casually watch Hockey)  
aimrocky : 4/21/2014 12:08 pm : link
I'd say Baseball is the most poorly officiated, mainly because most of the umpires have ego's the size of their guts. The biggest shit stain of them all is Angel Hernandez. There are really poor NFL officials, but that piece by Peter King about how officials prepare and are graded gave me a new respect for them. Umpires set out to be part of the show.
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