tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923437.post-16646369707771092082007-01-16T16:09:00.000-05:002007-01-16T16:09:00.000-05:002007-01-16T16:09:00.000-05:00A few thoughts from the Mind Grapes of our readers:<br /><br />Re: Marty throwing the flag himself or some other coach doing it, the aptly-named reader Read writes:<br /><br /><b>...That's one of the big (and as this incident showed, maybe fair) criticisms of Schottenheimer- he doesn't even wear a [profanity edited -- ed.] headset. Maybe if he had had a headset on, he would've heard someone shouting in his ear "DON'T THROW THE [more profanity edited; perhaps Read is a Bolts fan? --ed.] FLAG." If he wasn't the one that actually made that call then, heck, maybe it is his fault anyways for putting a complete idiot in charge of challenges.</b><br /><br />Possibly. Although, consider this report from James:<br /><br /><b>I was watching Patriots 5th quarter after the game on one of those local channels, and one of the guys reporting said something to the effect of:<br /><br />"It was Rivers' decision to throw that flag. He was looking up at the replay board, and he ran over to Schottenheimer and started yelling at him and pointing to the board, and Schottenheimer got out the flag and threw it, trusting his quarterback."<br /><br />Now, this wasn't shown on TV, so I don't have any proof that it happened, but it seems unlikely that this guy, who was at the game, would make it up.</b><br /><br />Interesting. <br /><br />In any case, many of you have already written in to point out that Martin Q. Football, alias "Martyball," doesn't wear a headset -- I did see him with a good ol' Motorola around his neck at least a few times in the game, and I have to believe that before throwing that flag he either got some bad advice from a player, or else from a coach up in the replay booth.Ken Tremendoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15290167169845520176noreply@blogger.com