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Originally Posted by dino7c
Its not, first if you don't know the difference between a ref and a linesman you probably aren't qualified to judge a hockey incident. Secondly much of what I hear is that he was so mad about the lack of a call he attacked the REF. What is he mad about a missed offside?
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Ref is a pretty general term used to cover all officials (a more industry-specific term), and would be a more common term used to designate the individual (especially with casual fans).
I realize the gist of your argument: namely thinking that he attacked a referee (not a linesman) as a measure of revenge for the non-call. However, as
ref is such a blanket term for officials I don't believe it is necessary to discount their opinions (or call them stupid) out of an assumption that this is their position.
Moreover, it could be argued that
if he was dazed yet still frustrated then it wouldn't be beyond the realm of possibility to think he simply looked for a striped shirt and missed the fact that Henderson did not have orange bands on his arms. Just for the record, I don't subscribe to this theory.