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There isn't a sport where the officiating is more criticized than the NFL, so it's no surprise whenever a coach or player has something to say about the process. While Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll chose his words carefully so as to avoid a fine, he stated that he wishes the league used more camera angles for replay reviews:
“I can’t imagine if we want to work to make this thing as good as it could possibly be that we should be victim sometimes to what the TV copy has as opposed to all the other angles we can present,” Carroll told reporters, per Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk. “I think the coach’s copy, along with the TV copy of a play that was in question in this game, can be aided by seeing when the ball came out from the side view so that they can make a determination of where was the ball in the fight of the action and how that all happened.”
Carroll was referencing a play in his team's regular-season finale against the San Francisco 49ers this past Sunday, where 49ers linebacker Fred Warner appeared to interfere with tight end Jacob Hollister on what could have been a game-winning touchdown catch late in the fourth quarter of what ended up being a 26-21 Seahawks loss.
The problem was, Warner's potential penalty was not visible with the replay angles used.
“So I think there are advances yet to go to make it even better,” added Carroll. “If we’re going to rely on an outside source to factor in, I think we should give them everything that’s available, not just what happens to be on their broadcast that day and they got a good [view] of it or they didn’t.”
Carroll went on to say that adding extra camera angles is something the NFL is working on, so perhaps this is an innovation we will see sooner rather than later.
For the sake of Carroll and NFL coaches and players everywhere, hopefully we do.
