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,
And by the way, I didn't post it to Twitter or Facebook for everyone to see, I sent him a direct message.
Maybe see if he's on twitter or facebook.
I made a statement to him directly about his poor performance.
Yesterday was inexcusable
Maybe see if he's on twitter or facebook.
He's on LinkedIn to help find his next career. Hopefully soon...
Second - I don't give a a shit if he replies or not. If he reads it and gets 1 second of discomfort from it, I am happy.
Do people in the world just do things for responses?? I was taught to speak my mind and do it directly to someone.
Since I don't have his phone number or email address, I found an alternate method to do that.
Again, I don't need a response.
And my beef lies with Jeff Triplette with regards to yesterday. Yes, the league employs him, but he is responsible for his and his crew's performance, and they sucked.
Am I the only one still bothered by it today. I am normally not like this after a game, especially a win, but it was so blatantly bad.
By your own admission you said you wanted to cause him discomfort?
You should probably let this go - letting a game played by adults spillover onto a site you use for professional networking may not be the best thing for you. He could simply forward it to LinkedIn, with negative consequences for your future participation there. You may not care, but...
You didn't need to guess. My profession is right in my profile. No suits for me.
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quarterly/annual growth is as strong as ever. I'm going to guess you don't work in a corporate atmosphere.
You didn't need to guess. My profession is right in my profile. No suits for me.
You're lucky. A guy on my hockey team is the local rep for taylor made (or was). In the beginning he'd like the attention b/c almost all hockey players love golf, but after a while he found it to be a pain in the ass all the custom club requests, balls, gear, can you get me on this course, etc.
He did give me a Giants taylor made visor though.
like this:
Link to full class pic (with Eric Harris & Dylan Klebold top left)
The rest of us (me included) did nothing but bitch about it to one another. Preaching to the chorus.
So I say good for you. If he actually reads it, that's great. But you got it off your chest and made an attempt to express your valid views directly to Jeff Triplette. Hopefully, even if nothing comes of it, or it was the wrong place to send it....YOU made an attempt and YOU should feel better than the rest of us who are just moaning and groaning to one another.
We should be respectful but express our displeasure with the dismal officiating.
The NFL is concerned about the dropping attendance and ratings.
Perhaps they should consider improving the officiating and reduce the number of commercials.
Maybe...people with jobs?
Link to full class pic (with Eric Harris & Dylan Klebold top left)
That's actually fascinating. Can't believe something interesting came out of this thread
- laissez faire attitude
- poor judgement
- tunnel vision
The letter. - ( New Window )
Sir Rahja of Goodell has friends in low places, and you don't mess with his refs.
Be better.
Do you expect a reply?
Just as I like to give my opinion, you all seem to do too. I'm sure a lot of you could have not commented, but what I said seemed to bother you or rub you the wrong way. So you wrote something to me (some of you with just a dig at me and no other thought. That is fair and I love it. It's a discussion.
Like I said, I was taught to approach someone directly if I had something to say. I didn't have and email address, phone number, etc, so I used this as my way to reach him. I didn't do it where 2 million people could pile on either, nor do I expect a response. I had something to get off my chest, so I did it. I'm sure he can handle it.
Either way, the Giants contacted the league (so I don't have to). Hopefully we get a few lightly called games now or a few make up calls in the near future.
Go GMEN!
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