Originally posted by Sickaa:
You really think the officials would have allowed the Niners to get away with holding?. It's pretty obvious who the Nfl had wanted to win the super bowl that evening and it wasn't us.
Originally posted by Sickaa:
Originally posted by CatchMaster80:
I have one question. Since it was obvious from the 1st quarter on that the officials were going to 'let them play' and not call many penalties, why didn't the coaches tell the Niners O line to hold. In that last quarter the Chiefs had a heavy rush on Jimmy. Tell our guys to hold since the officials were letting players get away with it. If they penalized the 49ers and not the Chiefs we would at least have a real reason for complaining about bias. We didn't so we have no real case.
You really think the officials would have allowed the Niners to get away with holding?. It's pretty obvious who the Nfl had wanted to win the super bowl that evening and it wasn't us.
Yeah, that is true, but still, Catchmaster has a point. Just do it and see what happens. If they call us for O holding fine...then tell them to call it on KC too. I think this was a case where Andy Reid's experience outdid Kyle who was doing it by the book. Since we know frequently in finals, NBA, NFL, they "let guys play", I agree, it would ahve been the right call to tell our OL to hold like muthas. Great hindsight, wish it could have been before the game.
Don Nelson was an all pro at that while coaching the Warriors. He would berate refs long before the game on fouls NOT called made on KD. One game (i was at), he actually got kicked out of the game for razzing refs before game ever started. Still and all, it is a good lesson. Kyle knows now.