BoredBrandonPridham
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Just to be clear, when saying "Game Management", I'm referring to referees not calling every infraction to the best of their abilities, but instead calling it where they think a team has played in a manner that they deserve more penalties than the other team, and the distribution of penalties is thus given in this way. And, that the league has instructed that a game should be called strictly or loosely.
I always thought it was just an open thing for the league and fans to know that NHL refs "manage the game", they don't just call the infractions they see. They are instructed by the league to call the game in a certain way (tightly, loosely, etc...) so that the game has a certain feel to it.
This Tim Peele incident has surprised me that:
a) A ref was taken off of games because he said something that made it clear game management was happening;
b) The NHL is claiming that his behaviour showed a lack of integrity in the game, when what his statement is doing is just an obvious side-effect of game management that I thought was obvious; and
c) There is a long mainboards thread with fans indicating that this incident has confirmed something, as though it wasn't already just confirmed general knowledge before, it's just been an obvious thing to me that I thought former players, coaches, etc... all openly talk about.
I honestly thought if someone were to ask Gary Bettman publicly "Do refs call everything they see or does the league tell them how to call each game, and they manage the game accordingly?", that Bettman would say "They manage the game in such a way that it achieves a certain pace and quality on the ice."
So I wonder how obvious is it really? Or is it really true that the refs do try and call a game honestly and Tim Peele is just a one-off case of this happening?
Please answer which of the options most applies for you to test how obvious this is to the general fanbase.
I always thought it was just an open thing for the league and fans to know that NHL refs "manage the game", they don't just call the infractions they see. They are instructed by the league to call the game in a certain way (tightly, loosely, etc...) so that the game has a certain feel to it.
This Tim Peele incident has surprised me that:
a) A ref was taken off of games because he said something that made it clear game management was happening;
b) The NHL is claiming that his behaviour showed a lack of integrity in the game, when what his statement is doing is just an obvious side-effect of game management that I thought was obvious; and
c) There is a long mainboards thread with fans indicating that this incident has confirmed something, as though it wasn't already just confirmed general knowledge before, it's just been an obvious thing to me that I thought former players, coaches, etc... all openly talk about.
I honestly thought if someone were to ask Gary Bettman publicly "Do refs call everything they see or does the league tell them how to call each game, and they manage the game accordingly?", that Bettman would say "They manage the game in such a way that it achieves a certain pace and quality on the ice."
So I wonder how obvious is it really? Or is it really true that the refs do try and call a game honestly and Tim Peele is just a one-off case of this happening?
Please answer which of the options most applies for you to test how obvious this is to the general fanbase.