Ed Hochuli replies to all email from San Diego fans

[Lestat]

here is an example. The guy is taking a huge beating and beating himself over his game changing whistle.

I'm getting hundreds of emails – hate mail – but I'm responding to it all. People deserve a response.

You can rest assured that nothing anyone can say can make me feel worse than I already feel about my mistake on the fumble play. You have no idea ...

Affecting the outcome of a game is a devastating feeling. Officials strive for perfection – I failed miserably. Although it does no good to say it, I am very, very sorry.

Ed Hochuli


His wikipedia page was locked after someone edited it with profanity.

 

[Humble Pride]

game-deciding, terrible calls effect "every" team sooner or later.

Everyone just needs to move on............................

 

[chris302001]

Shit happens......one bad call doesnt make you a bad ref.

 

[Razorguns]

He's lucky he ain't in europe or south america. Where he'd get grabbed on the field and beaten to death.

How the F can refs make bad calls? Don't they have instant reply in the nfl??? If they don't -- guess where the fault lies.

r

 

[Lestat]

He's lucky he ain't in europe or south america. Where he'd get grabbed on the field and beaten to death.

How the F can refs make bad calls? Don't they have instant reply in the nfl??? If they don't -- guess where the fault lies.

r

They have replay, it was used in this call, but the referee whistled a play "dead" when the ball was really "live." When the whistle blows, all players are to stop playing. Hitting after a whistle is illegal, and the ball cannot change posession.

So there was a live ball, the ref whistled it dead when he should not have (there was no reason to) and the Chargers who recovered the ball had to give it back to the Broncos who had given it up on accident. They basically got the ball back when they shouldn't have because of the whistle, they ended up winning on that drive.

 

[Razorguns]

They have replay, it was used in this call, but the referee whistled a play "dead" when the ball was really "live." When the whistle blows, all players are to stop playing. Hitting after a whistle is illegal, and the ball cannot change posession.

So there was a live ball, the ref whistled it dead when he should not have (there was no reason to) and the Chargers who recovered the ball had to give it back to the Broncos who had given it up on accident. They basically got the ball back when they shouldn't have because of the whistle, they ended up winning on that drive.

That referee should better start looking for a new job for next year. He's more hated than godshatesfags.com members.

I thought the whole purpose of a "flag thrown" is to NOT stop the game, so it can be decided what to do later. This ain't hockey!

r

 

[ceo]

That referee should better start looking for a new job for next year. He's more hated than godshatesfags.com members.

I thought the whole purpose of a "flag thrown" is to NOT stop the game, so it can be decided what to do later. This ain't hockey!

r

He didn't throw a flag, he blew the whistle. Broncos QB fumbled the ball but ref thought it was an incomplete pass. Ball hit ground, ref blew whistle just as Chargers recovered the fumble. Since ref blew whistle, even though replay showed it was a fumble and not an incomplete pass, play was over, ball was dead, possession goes back to Denver when it should have been San Diego's ball. Denver scores thereafter, winning game by one point.

We got robbed.

 

[nimbus]

That referee should better start looking for a new job for next year. He's more hated than godshatesfags.com members.

I thought the whole purpose of a "flag thrown" is to NOT stop the game, so it can be decided what to do later. This ain't hockey!

r

ed hochuli is one of the most loved refs in the nfl, and is way too jacked to fire

 

[WODIN]

Lay off Big Ed man. He's as good as they get.

 

[stosstruppe]

He's lucky he ain't in europe or south america. Where he'd get grabbed on the field and beaten to death.

For sure, bloke would have gotten his shit ruined if he was playing in the Argentinian soccer leagues.