[stripedofficial]

I have to comment on this and let me say I don't mean any disrespect to the coaches, players or fans of Breathitt Co.... but.....I don't think Morgan "choked"... it is really easy to win on your home field when the following takes place: the horrible officiating that was there that night, clearly in favor of the home team; penalties called on Morgan for crazy stuff...like stepping over the "imaginary Line" on the sidelines... any flag called on Breathitt was "called back" .. their players were allowed to take low cutting cheap shots to cause injuries and NOTHING was called!!! no flag, no warning, NOTHING!!! the game was not even stopped!! I hear that this young mans season has possibly been ended because of what a player did and the referees allowed it!! Football is a rough sport, and players can get hurt at any time, but when a player takes "blatant action" against another one, that is another story. I know that referees have to put up with some bad things sometimes but these referees were so disrespectful to Morgans players and coaches.. they would not stop the game when injuries occurred and they would not even allow or acknowledge the coaches when they wanted to ask a question... They expect the coaches, players and fans to respect them, but they show no respect in return. Morgan came in with 24 or 25 kids and most have to play on both sides of the ball...completely wearing them out. I think Morgan played their butts off, never stopped and it was a tremendous game and they almost beat Breathitt ...and the officials....

1. Its actually not an imaginary line. Its a coaches box that all teams are required to stay in. Coaches may also not come on the field as most think they are entitled to do so. This late in the season they should know this by now. It is a penalty when they are outside this non imaginary line.

2 So every single flag that was called on Breathitt was waved off? The stats dont show Breathitt with 0 penalty's. I have a hard time believing every single flag was waved off. Lets just be conservative here, I have a hard time believing more then one flag was waved off.

3. So now referees can see in the future and stop a play before it happens? If they would of called a penalty on said play would the kid of still gotten hurt? Yes. So you would of had a hurt kid still but a penalty. How is this letting a kid get hurt? Sometimes you need to think about things before you speak. Because it wasnt called a penalty is why this kid got hurt? Think about that.

4. If a kid gets up and goes to the sideline their is no reason to stop the game. You dont stop it every time someone gets banged up. Its stopped when they are injured and cant get off the field. I find it hard to believe the refs just left a kid laying in the middle of the field and played on. Again think about what you say before you say it.

5.Actually they arent required to speak or answer any questions. Especially if they come in the wrong tone. Then only the HEAD coach may do the asking. No assistant of any kind is supposed to question an official. Also their is a difference in asking the interpretation of a rule, and a judgement call that was made. Most officials will explain what they saw if asked correctly, however they are not in any way required to.

I wasnt there, but just reading your post makes me think you are coming off as a very sore loser. All the things you complain about are nearly impossible to believe or in the case of letting a kid get injured just dumb. Its pretty simple. sloppy football leads to sloppy games, which leads to a lot of penaltys. From what ive read in other post, a lot of flags where thrown both ways. Leads me to believe it could of been poor play or discipline on both sides. If Breathitt would of came out on the losing end I really dont believe they would of been on here giving excuses though. Take a loss and move on to the next week. I wanna go back to the day when adults held kids responsible and told taught them how to lose. Now days its all about who you can blame because simply put YOU DIDNT GET THE JOB DONE.