New Orleans Saints bring in officials for practice to make 'point of emphasis'

12-09-2010, 07:16 PM

New Orleans Saints Coach Sean Payton invited a group of officials to monitor the Saints' practices the past two days to help make a "point of emphasis" after the team committed a season-high 11 penalties for 100 yards in Sunday's 34-30 win at Cincinnati.

Though the officials aren't a NFL crew, they are locally-based officials who are available within the NFL rules. Payton said he has had officials at regular-season practices in the past, but it's rare.

Payton and players said there weren't many specific rules that needed to be explained, but it is helpful for players to be able to talk with them between snaps about what they're looking for and what they see in certain situations.

New Orleans Saints bring in officials for practice to make 'point of emphasis' | NOLA.com

Saintswrath · 12-09-2010, 07:17 PM

This news is exciting, it shows the coaching staff are actually making a serious effort to discipline the team and manage the drive killer penalties..
We've been giving away leads and killed drives with stupid, obvious penalties, this is one of the signature reasons we haven't dominated the scoreboards this year.

saintfan · 12-09-2010, 07:18 PM

As long as they didn't come in from Sulphur. Those are the crookedest sons-of-******es I've ever seen call a game. LOL

AsylumGuido · 12-09-2010, 07:29 PM

Originally Posted by saintfan

As long as they didn't come in from Sulphur. Those are the crookedest sons-of-******es I've ever seen call a game. LOL

Got to agree with that.

niteadept · 12-10-2010, 06:10 AM

So glad they are making a point. Hope it shows improvement on Sunday!

44Champs · 12-10-2010, 12:54 PM

Amazing how Payton doesn't overlook any details.

TheOak · 12-10-2010, 01:20 PM

We also need to be looking at being prepared for Roddy White.

Did anyone else see him trying to get the D-Backs to loose their cool against Tampa? He kept getting in their face when a Ref was around trying to get someone to "Andre Johnson" him.... Funny thing is he ended up getting the ULC penalty after about the 3-4th time...

We just need to be ready and know it is coming. We do not need to have any ULC's or have anyone get ejected from the game.

CashAndFlash · 12-10-2010, 01:27 PM

ULC stands for what?

dizzle88 · 12-10-2010, 01:28 PM

Originally Posted by 44Champs

Amazing how Payton doesn't overlook any details.

Could see in the postgame press conference that something was going to be done about it, Coach payton looked massively ticked off about the penalties, especially the 12 man (fire Mcmahon) penalty. There was no way Payton was going to let that go unanswered, and i'm thankful that hes doing something to counter that problem.

TheOak · 12-10-2010, 01:34 PM

Unsportsman
Like
Conduct

I suppose it could be a UC

Unsportsmanlike
Conduct

12-09-2010, 07:16 PM	#1
Threaded by Saintswrath +Mod Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Between 504 & 813 Posts: 1,776 Blog Entries: 4 Rating: (0 votes - average) New Orleans Saints Coach Sean Payton invited a group of officials to monitor the Saints' practices the past two days to help make a "point of emphasis" after the team committed a season-high 11 penalties for 100 yards in Sunday's 34-30 win at Cincinnati. Though the officials aren't a NFL crew, they are locally-based officials who are available within the NFL rules. Payton said he has had officials at regular-season practices in the past, but it's rare. Payton and players said there weren't many specific rules that needed to be explained, but it is helpful for players to be able to talk with them between snaps about what they're looking for and what they see in certain situations. New Orleans Saints bring in officials for practice to make 'point of emphasis' \| NOLA.com Last edited by Saintswrath; 09-10-2013 at 05:56 AM..
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12-09-2010, 07:29 PM	#4
AsylumGuido 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bossier City, LA Posts: 26,220	Originally Posted by saintfan As long as they didn't come in from Sulphur. Those are the crookedest sons-of-******es I've ever seen call a game. LOL Got to agree with that.

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dizzle88 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 11,208	Originally Posted by 44Champs Amazing how Payton doesn't overlook any details. Could see in the postgame press conference that something was going to be done about it, Coach payton looked massively ticked off about the penalties, especially the 12 man (fire Mcmahon) penalty. There was no way Payton was going to let that go unanswered, and i'm thankful that hes doing something to counter that problem.

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Saintswrath +Mod Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Between 504 & 813 Posts: 1,776 Blog Entries: 4	This news is exciting, it shows the coaching staff are actually making a serious effort to discipline the team and manage the drive killer penalties.. We've been giving away leads and killed drives with stupid, obvious penalties, this is one of the signature reasons we haven't dominated the scoreboards this year.

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saintfan Donated Plasma Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 18,556 Blog Entries: 5	As long as they didn't come in from Sulphur. Those are the crookedest sons-of-******es I've ever seen call a game. LOL

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niteadept Site Donor Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 520 Blog Entries: 1	So glad they are making a point. Hope it shows improvement on Sunday!

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TheOak 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Cypress Tx. Posts: 19,026	We also need to be looking at being prepared for Roddy White. Did anyone else see him trying to get the D-Backs to loose their cool against Tampa? He kept getting in their face when a Ref was around trying to get someone to "Andre Johnson" him.... Funny thing is he ended up getting the ULC penalty after about the 3-4th time... We just need to be ready and know it is coming. We do not need to have any ULC's or have anyone get ejected from the game.

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CashAndFlash Banned Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: 30 miles from Paradis Posts: 602 Blog Entries: 1	ULC stands for what?

12-10-2010, 01:34 PM	#10
TheOak 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Cypress Tx. Posts: 19,026	Unsportsman Like Conduct I suppose it could be a UC Unsportsmanlike Conduct