Referee Dean Morton tells Brendan Gallagher to go f*** himself (WARNING LANGUAGE IN VIDEO)

[Flipwon]

And? Is there supposed to be a point to this thread?

Two people exchanged mean words, the horror!

What are we, living in a puritanical Christian community or something?

Even 6-year olds use stronger language than that.

This exactly. Like wtf, I cant believe so many people are off their rockers here. Lmao!

Uh um Brandon, uh, could you uh, please, stop bugging me please uh, sir, it's very mean of you, uh, um, yeah, thanks!

 

[CDN24]

So did Gallagher go and **** himself?

I think that was his point- there was no need for him to go and f*** himself as Morton had already f***ed him with some of his missed calls including the slash that broke kovalcucks stick, The trip on Armia vs the trip Armia was called for and the sticks to the mouth that Domi got.

Morton had clearly lost his composure which for a Ref is kinda important. Before this year Morton had been reffing in the NHl for almost 20 years with over 800 reg season games Ref'd. He had 5 playoff games, thats it. There is no active ref with more regular season games and less playoff ones. I doubt Morton gets to add to his playoff totals this year.

A few nights ago in Ottawa he missed/ignored a call where Boro takes a high stick that takes his helmut off and gives him a cut under the eye- no call.

 

[Rich Nixon]

imagine if an nba player heard this from a ref. they would cry to social media like a ***** so hard.

weird fantasies you have

 

[FirstRowUpperDeck]

In a full NHL game, lasting over 60 minutes of clock time, and presuming you could call something if you wanted to at least once every minute, the refs have opportunity to call at least 60, and maybe 300 penalties in a game. If they miss 3 (which is the most I have heard on this bitch thread, it's 1%.

I get as frustrated as any fan on non calls, especially safety calls, but any rational person (which excludes most of us in the heat of watching an important game don't qualify.

 

[Pietrangelo]

You need to do a better job or find a job where that isn't acceptable if it bothers you.

Not sure why you think my job bothers me lol? It’s in my job description. I work with highly aggressive special needs children. Let’s not jump to conclusions now

 

[Pietrangelo]

And? Is there supposed to be a point to this thread?

Two people exchanged mean words, the horror!

What are we, living in a puritanical Christian community or something?

Even 6-year olds use stronger language than that.

I mean... considering it’s gone on for 11 pages and hasn’t been locked, I guess that people find it interesting to discuss. If you don’t, you don’t have to comment right?

and if you disagree with censorship so much it must kill you being on this board? All the censored swear words. What a joke right?

 

[swimmer77]

Morton is the one that expressed his "feelings". Seems the other officials have escaped the wrath of some fans. Morton should be able to question Julien's coaching too. LOL

 

[tarheelhockey]

It’s crazy how people still compare sports to the everyday job.

Sometimes it actually makes sense, though.

I compare it to a construction site.

Can a construction worker call his coworker a racial slur? HELL no. Rules are the same as any other workplace.

Can a construction worker talk sexually about a female coworker? HELL no. Rules are the same as any other workplace.

Can a construction worker physically endanger his coworkers above and beyond what they expect by nature of their job? HELL no. Rules are the same as any other workplace.

Imagine being on a construction site and hearing someone say “go **** yourself” and thinking someone needs to take action

 

[powerstuck]

It's the officials job to moderate on-ice conduct as impartial arbiters of the rules. Players telling a ref to F off and refs telling a player to F off are not equal events and the impartiality of that official has to be in question moving forward.

Officials did an awful job in that Montreal game. One of the worst called games I've seen (from what I watched) all year.

Context needs to be taken in consideration. The game was over. 3/4th of the Montreal players were already in the dressing room or heading that way. You had Gallagher and Julien (from the bench) blasting at the refs. I mean, during a game I could understand the ref loosing his cool and being called. But once the game is done, I'm sorry but his night of work is done too. And one can listen to a continous yapping for just so long.

 

[groov2]

No big deal.

 

[David Bruce Banner]

Like this kind of thing has never happened before...

 

[kingsholygrail]

Lots of irony here.

The thread is full of comments about swearing, which isn't a big deal and changes nothing. But when it comes to the blatant missed calls in this game, people simply shrug and say it happens all the time. Which is true, but shows how numb we've become to the real issue of awful officiating and how it changes the outcome of games. "Happens all the time" is zero consolation to the players during the game.

Don't blame Gallagher one bit for boiling over after the refs' level of incompetence.

Don't be in a position where a perceived missed call "costs you the game." Shoulda scored more and let in less.

 

[Palmetto]

The issue is he wasn't doing his job and this was his reaction to being advised of that fact.

Being mad about job performance and what the ref said are two different things. I can understand being pissed at bad refs, not at bad things the ref said.

 

[wetcoast]

Unbiased does not mean unemotional.

I did not see the game, but in a greater context, as long as the ref continues to call the game appropriately, I do not, personally, see a problem with a ref swearing at a player giving him a hard time.

Agree and as I have taught my children a very appropriate use of the "F" word here.

Now if refs did it even 5% the time that players did then it would be a problem but this isn't.

 

[ElysiumAB]

 

[Lshap]

Don't be in a position where a perceived missed call "costs you the game." Shoulda scored more and let in less.

Not the point. A missed call isn't rationalized away because of the game's scoring history. Missed calls are incremental ****-ups where a play should've been stopped or allowed to continue. One of the ref's mistakes affected an increment that became a scoring event.

 

[Sevren]

Not the point. A missed call isn't rationalized away because of the game's scoring history. Missed calls are incremental ****-ups where a play should've been stopped or allowed to continue. One of the ref's mistakes affected an increment that became a scoring event.

Do we have videos of the missed calls? I guess the Domi cut doesn't lie but replays would help determine what happened. Only replay I've seen so far is the missed call on Armia which is clearly a dive and not a trip. It's actually a very gutsy call from the refs not to call that in overtime at the Bell Centre in front of 20,000 angry fans. I've searched on YouTube for other replays but cannot find anything.

 

[kingsholygrail]

Not the point. A missed call isn't rationalized away because of the game's scoring history. Missed calls are incremental ****-ups where a play should've been stopped or allowed to continue. One of the ref's mistakes affected an increment that became a scoring event.

I hope you're not talking about the so-called trip because that wasn't a trip.

 

[PuckInTheNards]

Love it,

 

[CDN24]

Sometimes it actually makes sense, though.

I compare it to a construction site.

Can a construction worker call his coworker a racial slur? HELL no. Rules are the same as any other workplace.

Can a construction worker talk sexually about a female coworker? HELL no. Rules are the same as any other workplace.

Can a construction worker physically endanger his coworkers above and beyond what they expect by nature of their job? HELL no. Rules are the same as any other workplace.

Imagine being on a construction site and hearing someone say “go **** yourself” and thinking someone needs to take action

How about we compare it to a courtroom. First off it is unique in that the Ref is Both the Cop and the judge/jury.
No how many times has the judge in a courtroom told an accused or a lawyer to Go f*** themselves?
If it did happen what happens to that judgement- gets thrown out- mistrial.

The ref like the judge has to be held to a higher standard than the players or construction worker

 

[SnuggaRUDE]

This is not good officiating. If Gallagher is being an abusive ass, and heaven forbid that be the case; give him 2 min.

 

[Sevren]

This is not good officiating. If Gallagher is being an abusive ass, and heaven forbid that be the case; give him 2 min.

The game was over.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Obvious warning about the language.
Nice classy move from Dean Morton here. I can understand getting annoyed if a player is pestering you, but telling him to go **** himself? c’mon lol.

EDIT: also, listen for the “whaaaa whaaa” in the background lmao. Some fan poking fun.

Wow, this is even softer than the Marchand thread. Who cares if he said that to him, the players curse at the refs and the refs do it back sometimes. If you get in the refs face like that after the game then boo hoo if the ref tells you basically to f*** off.

Sometimes the refs have a bad game, it happens...i bet Gallagher never had a bad game in his career right?

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Here is what Montreal is looking to get called a penalty. Bench was losing their mind after a blatant dive.

Lmao. Incoming fine for diving i hope. Pathetic Gallagher

 

[5 Minute Major]

Some people on these message boards are so soft.

Really, so what the ref said that? I’m sure that happens multiple ti es a game between the refs/players/coaches. Nobody is getting all butt hurt on the ice over this so why should we?