Lynch Handling Officiating Situation with Class

I just finished listening to Coach Lynch's weekly press conference. One of the things that really stood out to me was how well Lynch was handling the officiating situation from the Iowa game. Yesterday on his radio show he made a quick note that the university has contacted the big ten and he was confident that it will be handled appropriately. Today in his press conference he was asked many times about the officiating situation.

He first noted that there were 173 plays in the game and that 171 of them were correctable. That is why this year they have stressed to "play the next play" because after the game you don't want to look back and say this was the play that changed everything. One reporter asked Lynch if he ever got to the point that he felt like taking the $10,000 fine and blasting the officials in the media to get his point across. He responded by saying that was not the way he was brought up and would never handle the situation that way. He's not the guy to use the media to grab more attention for himself. He has been handling the situation very well in my opinion. He acknowledged the fact that the university has contacted the big ten but understands that there were so many other plays in the game that were not affected by the officials and the team has completely moved to the Wisconsin game on Saturday.

He talked briefly about not taking the mindset that the hoosiers were just unlucky. That he said leads to sloppy practices and players showing up on Saturday just hoping that things will bounce their way next time. He did say that the interception that bounced off of 4 players was a crazy play but their could have been things done to prevent it. For instance, we could have gotten the throw off a tad earlier or sustained our blocks for a split second longer. I feel like he has taken the right approach this week in handling all the different things going on around IU football.