Officiating Quotes

You can't blame the officiating. No excuses. We just didn't get it done. - Jim Litchfield

Yeah, I'm absolutely concerned about the penalties. I don't know if you get different officiating in the preseason and the regular season. But what we'll do is look at every one of them, and coach them. - Norv Turner

With the speed and power of Monday's game, and with 150 mph serves and 100 mph backhands, we need an officiating aid. - Arlen Kantarian

With the rule changes that the league has adopted for the upcoming season, we believe that Stephen is ideally suited to provide direction and guidance to our on-ice officials. His judgment and professionalism on the ice, coupled with the respect he has earned as one of the top officials in the game, will be of great benefit in his transition to the officiating management ranks. - Colin Campbell

When you have the amount of coverage that the game is getting in comparison to 10 years ago, they have to find more and more things to talk about. Because of the enormous amount of coverage the game is getting, officiating is getting scrutinized now more so than it has in the past. - Jeff Fisher

What we want to do is to pick up the paper Monday and read about the game, not the officiating. We all want to be anonymous. - Mike Pereira

What this group has managed to do is not let anything get in the way of their goals in qualifying and winning games. We miss a player due to an injury or a suspension, they don't blink an eye, they just move forward. If they're in games where the officiating may be a little bit questionable, it doesn't bother them. They just keep their concentration and get after the task at hand. - Bruce Arena

We've done some sportsmanship initiatives and we've done some collaborative officiating things with the MAC, and one of the things we're doing is some scheduling stuff. - Bob Bowlsby

We're very pleased with the overall state of our officiating. - Greg Aiello

We're all working hard to try to improve it in any way in the league and particularly officiating is a big deal... I think we've got very professional people there, and they work hard at it and we need to be a part of helping them and not working against them. - Joe Gibbs