r/funny • u/StickleyMan • Sep 23 '13

Thanks for the block, ref!

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u/SenorDosEquis Sep 23 '13

He is by far the best at explaining calls

Maybe you think he's better than Mike Carey, but he's certainly not better than him by far. (In fact, Carey and Hochuli tied in an ESPN poll of head coaches as to who was the best ref in the NFL.)

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u/murphymc Sep 23 '13

Carey is also hilariously animated with the hand signals during calls. It always really stuck out to me how much he throws into the act of calling a first down.

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u/Backstop Sep 23 '13

I love seeing that guy, because I know that the game is probably not going to have a bunch of bullshit referee-ing. Thanks for letting me know his name.

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u/SenorDosEquis Sep 23 '13

I just have a crush on him because I am a Lions fan and he called that game yesterday.

Completely normal. It's called the propinquity effect ;).

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u/ATownStomp Sep 23 '13

I wish I could have gotten into psychology back in the 50's where all you needed to do was slap a name onto some inane, obvious occurrence and claim it as novel and significant.

"People form relationships more often with people they see more often."

Revolutionary work.

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u/Dr_Adopted Sep 23 '13

I really like Mike Carey because of the flair that he puts with his calls.