Jack Cox

the umpire that totally botched the call on first when leon landry grounded into the "double play" is no stranger to bad calls. this time we were on the other side of a horrible, and blatent wrong call.

DogBytes - NCAA chances not looking good 05/20/00

Those darned umps
Alabama fans didn't hesitate to vent their feelings toward the four umpires prior to the Tide's game with Georgia.
During the Crimson Tide's 18-12 loss to LSU on Thursday, Tiger shortstop Ryan Theriot hit a shot to right-center field that clearly bounced on the warning track and caromed off one of the billboards behind the fence and bounced back onto the field.
Second base umpire Jack Cox ruled the hit a home run giving LSU a quick 1-0 lead.
''All I saw was the ball bouncing onto the field,'' Cox told the Birmingham News.
Alabama coach Jim Wells argued the call on the field for five minutes to no avail.
Ironically, a similar play happened in Alabama's game with Georgia when Dorminy lined a ball that bounced over the wall and back.
This time the umpires got the call right and made Dorminy stop at second with a ground-rule double, much to the delight of the Crimson Tide fans, who gave the umpires a rousing ovation.

 

I think he's just trying to prove to the NBA that he is crooked enough to work for them.

 

i just loved how after larkin said it was a bad call, they put the camera on the ump with "Jack Cox" right underneath. i thought they were going to give his phone # and address, too.

 

That is funny! I was in such a rage at that point, I didn't even notice that.

 

I dont understand why there is no penalty for bad calls. If i dont do my job, or screw something up royally that is obvious, i could get fired. It just seems to me that there are way too obvious bad calls these days. The Florida State game for example. The UCI game, the UNC game. I understand a bang bang play, that is really close, that is understandable, but this call wasnt even close. the Stanford FSU call wasnt even close, the UCI wasnt even close. The NBA is just garbage because of the officiating. And College football has its pathetic moments as well. How are we going to get screwed at Jordan Hare this year?

 

Before wading into this, I want to congratulate UNC on a well-played game. The screwup last night isn't why LSU lost that game, just like the hidden ball trick wasn't why LSU lost Game 1 of the super.

There probably is some internal discipline, but I think the lack of public accountability is what's so infuriating. The SEC is almost pathologically secretive on this issue. The starkest contrast was the '06 season when the Pac 10 publicly promised an investigation immediately following the Oregon/OU snafu in OT. On the other hand, the LSU/AU non-calls barely elicited a shrug from the SEC and the wagons were promptly circled.

Having said that, I acknowledge that officials have a pretty thankless job. The pay ain't great, you never get credit when you do your job well and catch hell when you don't. But with the use of instant replay in football, there simply isn't any excuse anymore for not getting a call right if it isn't a close/bang-bang play, aside from letting ego get in the way of reversing a call. IMO, this seems to be a bigger problem in baseball than other sports. Once an ump makes a call, by God he's gonna stick to it. I can probably count the number of times I've seen a call overturned after an umpire conference on one hand.

This has been a problem for so many years it's become a part of the NBA culture. The very fact that announcers publicly acknowlege that there's one set of rules for the veterans/superstars and one for the rookies says it all.

Rest assured, plans are already in the works. :hihi:

 

I agree. But they still deserve to lose fairly.

 

Yes they usually even themselves out. But that one took a run off the board and ended the inning prematurely. Not exactly sure that was even. And you have to look at these things from game to game, not the entire post season.