Let me start off by saying I respect the time you served our country and thank you for that.
I am a lifelong Giants fan and my family has had season tickets for over 50 years. This game and this team are not only something for us to watch, it is a huge part of our family.
I have seen many badly officiated games as you have I am sure, but I would love to know what happened to you and your crew yesterday during the Giants/Ravens game. It was an awful effort and if I were to perform that way in my occupation, I would either be fired or written up.
It was not the fact that you missed several obvious calls and no-calls (PI on DRC, Non-PI on Lewis in the endzone, and that the player was down by contact after the interception), it was the fact that you are the leader of the group, with the right to veto any call, and you still weren't able to lead.
I am wondering today, if you had a chance to look at the film, and if you clearly see what we all saw as well? Acknowledgement of your crew's horrendous officiating would be the right thing to do. Retiring from the NFL would be better.
Regards,
By your own admission you said you wanted to cause him discomfort?
And so what? Any criticism, by nature, causes discomfort. If it did that for Triplette, good. People who make big and bad decisions should be called on it. It happens in almost every other profession.
He's in the public eye. Criticizing him is absolutely fair game. Writing the league is absolutely fair and a more effective way to do this.
Sending him a note to a personal email mocking him and asking him to resign is simply a childish vent. If the intention was to really get a meaningful dialogue how about asking for a justification for the questionable calls? And more respect than asking a man to quit his job?
Because the letter is not being straightforward.
If it was just to vent better off with the straightforward Twitter fuck off.
In my horrible "mockery" of him, it does seem that I did request some answers or justification.
"Acknowledgement of your crew's horrendous officiating would be the right thing to do."
But it's OK if you skip that part
I drive up from Baltimore and get to the stadium by 6am to set up a tailgate, and then drive home after the game. Thank god we won.
The last thing I would want to think about would be if we lost because of that call.
The time invested as a fan justifies the comments I made.
Don't mention you are a Giants fan. The discussion comes across as your having a bias. I'd even find a questionable call or two the other way and ask about that.
Don't ask him to resign......I'm sure you would not take well to someone saying you suck at your job. Not a way to get someone talking. A way to get someone defensive and pissed off.
You have contradictory questions combined with a fairly strong insult combined in one email. That won't get you any answers.
It has the same impact as some random Nigerian emailing about an inheritance.
2) Many of the calls that have deservedly gotten the most negative publicity were by others on his crew (LJ and deep wing officials FJ/SJ/BJ), there are aspects where Triplette could be blamed. On the DRC PI call he should have huddled the officials to hear what everyone saw. I don't want officials calling games differently when it is late in the game because then you get things like the Richard Sherman DPI non-call which are equally wrong, but I do not have an issue getting everyone together to make sure that everybody who had eyes on the play can voice their opinion.
3) The flags thrown by Jeff Triplette himself all appeared to be justified.
4) With the replay review, it is impossible to know what Dean Blandino, Alberto Riveron and company were chirping in from New York replay bunker. That will never be made public (unless they try to throw Triplette under the bus and he says something). If I am a referee and I see conclusive visual evidence to overturn the call on the field, but my supervisors, who determine 1) my grading for the game/season and 2) if I retain my job, are telling me there isn't and to stay with the call on the field am I really going to go against my supervisors?
In fact you have no implicit right as a fan to seek a correspondence with him on a personal level. It's harassment the more I think about it; beyond a misguided attempt at a dialogue...
Make sure we hit the details
You too, FMIC. This has been an eye-opening experience for me.
Reflection or meditation isn't going to magically give you some self-awareness.
That's the way the site works.
Yup, I think I'm I good here, FMIC...but definitely thanks for the suggestion.
LinkedIn is a professional portal for professionals to contact each other for information, networking, and job opportunities. Dropping a snarky email about how a guy should be fired is pretty tasteless, IMO.
Yet this isn't quite turning out for you the way you hoped when you posted it, is it?
It's a connection mechanism which has gotten me a lot of things that normally I wouldn't of gotten hadn't I reached out.
You should try it sometime.
I love this site and what Eric has created. Where else can you get so many points of view within a matter of minutes from a bunch of people who have one main thing in common?
The only thing this has gotten you is shit. Exactly what result did you think would happen and since you use LinkedIn as a "connection mechanism", exactly what connection were you trying to make?
You sound like a pissed off fan using a professional board to contact the guy who pissed you off. Exactly how is that what LinkedIn is used for?
And by the way, my last two positions have come from networking off LinkedIn, so I'm pretty sure I can manage it pretty well.
If so, then the forum you chose was inappropriate.
Personally, I thought the letter lacked maturity. If you felt the need to dialogue with him, you could have done it in a respectful fashion. He might...I doubt it, but, you never know...have even responded with explanations. Maybe he might even have done some self-reflection.
Instead, what he got was essentially hate mail. Even if he were to read it, he would dismiss it out of hand.
So really, I think you need to determine what your own objective is in sending the message. Do you want clarity for some of the calls? That letter won't bring it to you because of how you structured it. Do you want to engage with him and have him sympathize with your perspective? That letter won't bring it to you because of how you structured it. DO you just want to vent and call people names? Yeah, maybe you accomplished that. But now you have to deal with Him (if he were to read any of it) and most that you've shared it with, thinking you're a boor.
I just don't see anything positive or productive coming from this. Maybe, I guess, it assuages your personal feelings of outrage, but is it really his job to be your outlet for that?
Triplette's awful, but after Sunday the call left my mind. No need to dwell on it.
After watching the Flag Fest in the Jets game
Jerome Bogar or whatever his name is . He is equally
as bad as Tripping and his crew .Blandino was posting video
clips trying to justify the terrible job his boys
are doing .
This has been my biggest argument about the whole Beckham thing. Somehow a 23 year old football player should be held to high standards than people sending hate mail. Which is worse, seeing a guy dance next to a kicking net or receiving hatemail on a professional networking site?
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we have people sending referees snarky messages on LinkedIn, but it's Odell Beckham who has to keep his emotions in check.
This has been my biggest argument about the whole Beckham thing. Somehow a 23 year old football player should be held to high standards than people sending hate mail. Which is worse, seeing a guy dance next to a kicking net or receiving hatemail on a professional networking site?
Why can’t both be objectionable in their own right, in a separate context? Have either of you read the thread? The OP has been called out many times (justifiably).
It’s astounding this even needs to be pointed out, but Beckham shouldn’t be compared to nettled ham & eggers creeping some guy’s resume.
He should be compared to his NFL peers and most importantly judged on whether his histrionics are hurting (or may in the future hurt) his team. The latter is fully debateable.
As if the behavior on this site is the proto-type for generations to follow...
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we have people sending referees snarky messages on LinkedIn, but it's Odell Beckham who has to keep his emotions in check.
This has been my biggest argument about the whole Beckham thing. Somehow a 23 year old football player should be held to high standards than people sending hate mail. Which is worse, seeing a guy dance next to a kicking net or receiving hatemail on a professional networking site?
Why can’t both be objectionable in their own right, in a separate context? Have either of you read the thread? The OP has been called out many times (justifiably).
It’s astounding this even needs to be pointed out, but Beckham shouldn’t be compared to nettled ham & eggers creeping some guy’s resume.
He should be compared to his NFL peers and most importantly judged on whether his histrionics are hurting (or may in the future hurt) his team. The latter is fully debateable.
My point isn't about what Beckham is doing, which is immature and he does need to grow up (clearly stated countless times now on BBI). Rather, my point is that shithead fans that do dumb shit in their own lives, have some nerve calling out a football player for dancing while he's been a model citizen in every facet of his life outside of a few instances on the field with opposing players.
Its a double standard. I've done stupid shit i'm not proud of; telling Beckham that he's a clown for proposing to a kicking net would be ludicrous for me to say.
As for the OP, sending that on LinkedIn is tasteless.
You're too generous - I would have said a toddler.
Although, strictly speaking, I guess a toddler IS pre-teen :)
Jesus, we are all pissed about the calls. We bitched and moaned but didn't try to do anything about it -- not that we would have a voice that would reach these guys -- but we didn't try. At least the PO tried and he gets bashed for it because he did it in an "unacceptable" way. It's criticizing the messenger for carrying a legitimate message.
To the tune of sending messages to said person's personal account?
Its a double standard. I've done stupid shit i'm not proud of; telling Beckham that he's a clown for proposing to a kicking net would be ludicrous for me to say.
If I were a meth dealer who scoffed at adjudicated child support payments and who worshipped David Duke, I would still, as a Giants fan, feel fully comfortable “calling out” Beckham’s histrionics because it’s not about who’s the bigger jackass (in the stated case above, obviously me).
But rather:
“I’m concerned Beckham’s actions are hurting the Giants (like when he got himself suspended after launching his helmet into an opposing player's head) and will continue to do so, especially if it escalates.”
My shittiness as a person is irrelevant. If I began impugning his character or conscience, then the double-standard point applies.
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Harassment covers a wide range of behaviours of an offensive nature. It is commonly understood as behaviour intended to disturb or upset.
By your own admission you said you wanted to cause him discomfort?
And so what? Any criticism, by nature, causes discomfort. If it did that for Triplette, good. People who make big and bad decisions should be called on it. It happens in almost every other profession.
Yes, it happens in nearly every profession - where managers/co-workers have formal mechanisms to provide feedback. Not everyone is exposed to random douchebaggery from the general public for their on the job performance.
It's fucking game, fans who insert themselves into the game, even tangentially, are part of the problem, not the solution.
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My point isn't about what Beckham is doing, which is immature and he does need to grow up (clearly stated countless times now on BBI). Rather, my point is that shithead fans that do dumb shit in their own lives, have some nerve calling out a football player for dancing while he's been a model citizen in every facet of his life outside of a few instances on the field with opposing players.
Its a double standard. I've done stupid shit i'm not proud of; telling Beckham that he's a clown for proposing to a kicking net would be ludicrous for me to say.
If I were a meth dealer who scoffed at adjudicated child support payments and who worshipped David Duke, I would still, as a Giants fan, feel fully comfortable “calling out” Beckham’s histrionics because it’s not about who’s the bigger jackass (in the stated case above, obviously me).
But rather:
“I’m concerned Beckham’s actions are hurting the Giants (like when he got himself suspended after launching his helmet into an opposing player's head) and will continue to do so, especially if it escalates.”
My shittiness as a person is irrelevant. If I began impugning his character or conscience, then the double-standard point applies.
You are entitled to your opinion. And that statement about Beckham is completely fine, never have/will debate otherwise. But that isn't what's happening on BBI.
I disagree with your generally point though. Fans think they have the right to do whatever they want (evidence in the OP's actions) and think that every player should behave precisely the way they want them to. That entitlement is mind boggling to me.
Until Beckham is a burden to society (like so many other NFL players) I have no right to tell him how he should behave. As for his onfield antics, he does need to clean them up so he doesn't hurt his team. I believe he has taken strides since the first few weeks and will continue to mature.
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Will be sending 3 guys named Bubba to talk to you about that. If you survive tell someone to let us know what hospital you are in. If you don't BBI will take up a collection towards your final expenses, and set up a BALLS Award in your honor.
Sir Rahja of Goodell has friends in low places, and you don't mess with his refs.
I just got the call.