Dan Darragh Posted October 10, 2022 Posted October 10, 2022 https://buffalonews.com/sports/bills/bills-a-j-epenesa-is-second-player-in-2-weeks-ejected-for-contact-with-referee/article_8fe519a4-4818-11ed-a472-0b38f62df322.html#tracking-source=mp-in-article Quote
Nextmanup Posted October 10, 2022 Posted October 10, 2022 Doc Brown: that was my immediate reaction watching on TV too! The ref does not react to the elbow; he reacts to whatever Epenesa says to him. Or it's a combination of the two, but without knowing what Epenesa says, we don't really know the story. 2 Quote
Doc Brown Posted October 10, 2022 Posted October 10, 2022 Just now, Nextmanup said: Doc Brown: that was my immediate reaction watching on TV too! The ref does not react to the elbow; he reacts to whatever Epenesa says to him. Or it's a combination of the two, but without knowing what Epenesa says, we don't really know the story. I deleted my post. I watched the Cardinals incident last week and it was innocuous contact with Hussey so I think the ejection was coming regardless of what Epenesa said. You just can't contact an official between plays or you're likely to be disqualified. Quote
RobbRiddicksTDLeap Posted October 10, 2022 Posted October 10, 2022 That ref was really heated though. I’m sure that he’s going to tell his other Dentist buddies at the golf course ALLLLL about it today. “I don’t care that you’re 6’4” 255lbs, pal. I says to him, you’re on my field now Mr.” All jokes aside, it’s good to see a ref take control of a potentially volatile situation. After the Pickett hit, it looked like there was going to be real trouble in this game. Sometimes you have to make a stand to let the players know that anyone can go… granted there was a minute left, but still. 1 1 2 3 Quote
Rochesterfan Posted October 10, 2022 Posted October 10, 2022 10 minutes ago, RobbRiddicksTDLeap said: That ref was really heated though. I’m sure that he’s going to tell his other Dentist buddies at the golf course ALLLLL about it today. “I don’t care that you’re 6’4” 255lbs, pal. I says to him, you’re on my field now Mr.” All jokes aside, it’s good to see a ref take control of a potentially volatile situation. After the Pickett hit, it looked like there was going to be real trouble in this game. Sometimes you have to make a stand to let the players know that anyone can go… granted there was a minute left, but still. The problem is the Ref did not take control - just like last week in their game. This crew allowed both games to get out of hand and then this particular Ref gets involved in the action. The players have a level of responsibility, but the Refs are supposed to be above that and in this case the Ref put his hands on a player and then was angry when said player retaliated. Then the Ref lost his cool and got in the face of the player. This Ref was the cause of the issue and really should face disciplinary action, but he won’t. 5 Quote
Buddo Posted October 10, 2022 Posted October 10, 2022 Said this elsewhere, but bear’s repeating in here. Good officials do not put themselves in that sort of position in the first place. I’ve not seen the ejection from the previous weeks game Hussey did, but it appears to me that he’s going around looking for an opportunity to become the headline. Notable that whoever he got canned last week, wasn’t even fined. Quote
thenorthremembers Posted October 10, 2022 Posted October 10, 2022 Ref puts his hands on Epenesa then gets pissed because Epenesa puts his hands on him... Epenesa had his back to no lip and reacted to hands being put on him during a scrum. Pretty much any human would have done the same thing. Hussey is one of my least favorite refs due to the amount of penalties his crew also seem to call. If you don't want to be touched, don't put your hands on someone else. Bottom line. 1 Quote
Chaos Posted October 10, 2022 Posted October 10, 2022 11 minutes ago, thenorthremembers said: Ref puts his hands on Epenesa then gets pissed because Epenesa puts his hands on him... Epenesa had his back to no lip and reacted to hands being put on him during a scrum. Pretty much any human would have done the same thing. Hussey is one of my least favorite refs due to the amount of penalties his crew also seem to call. If you don't want to be touched, don't put your hands on someone else. Bottom line. Refs need to put thier hands on players to separate them all the time. Players don't get to elbow a ref because they touched them. 1 2 Quote
muppy Posted October 10, 2022 Posted October 10, 2022 (edited) SMH Mr Hussey had a Hissy fit tantrum at whatever occurred with Epeneza. I replayed it and didn't see much of anything really No contact with refs of course. But from the video I saw it was hard to tell what set Hussey off not much of a "touch" if you ask me. Edited October 10, 2022 by muppy 1 1 Quote
nkreed Posted October 10, 2022 Posted October 10, 2022 7 minutes ago, Chaos said: Refs need to put thier hands on players to separate them all the time. Players don't get to elbow a ref because they touched them. That's in the thick of things and when engaged with others. This is when AJ was moving his own teammate away from the situation. Also, refs get elbowed all the time in scrums, but they recognize that it happens. It wasn't a swing for Hussey. Hussey initiated the contact and should expect a human reaction of elbowing back in the "get off me" style. That's expected and happens in every scrum. Quote
nucci Posted October 10, 2022 Posted October 10, 2022 1 hour ago, Matt_In_NH said: Why do we care? it's a discussion about what happened during the game. You can choose to ignore it Quote
Matt_In_NH Posted October 10, 2022 Posted October 10, 2022 1 minute ago, nucci said: it's a discussion about what happened during the game. You can choose to ignore it It was a sincere question. He made contact with an official, probably thought it was a Steelers player but he go booted and from as far as I can tell it had no affect on the game nor will it affect future games. Was the official wrong? Quote
nucci Posted October 10, 2022 Posted October 10, 2022 5 minutes ago, Matt_In_NH said: It was a sincere question. He made contact with an official, probably thought it was a Steelers player but he go booted and from as far as I can tell it had no affect on the game nor will it affect future games. Was the official wrong? I don't know. You asked why we care. It's just a topic someone wanted to discuss. I didn't even see what happened Quote
Freddie's Dead Posted October 10, 2022 Posted October 10, 2022 Exclusive video has surfaced of the Epenesa Hussey fracas. Warning, NSFW, adult language: 1 1 Quote
Donuts and Doritos Posted October 10, 2022 Posted October 10, 2022 McD will need to drill into these guys heads no stupid penalties like that this week. That kind of thing will cost us against KC. Epenesa also needs to be careful, that can give him a reputation among the ref community & them flagging him early & often for everything. Quote
blacklabel Posted October 10, 2022 Posted October 10, 2022 That ref is a real weenie. He probably got shoved into lockers during high school. 1 Quote
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