Veteran referee Bill Leavy told the Seattle media Friday that he missed a couple of calls late in the game that he believes helped the Pittsburgh Steelers defeat the Seattle Seahawks 21-10 back in 2006.Wait, what? This is not OK. Not by any stretch of the imagination. I'm OK with the fact that he feels severe remorse for "missing a couple of calls", but this happened almost 5 years ago. Let it go. Let Seattle let it go. There's no need to make them relive that day when just 8 months ago they were forced to accept Pete Carroll as their head coach. They're still not over that yet Bill.
And apparently neither are you.
Maybe Leavy just needed to get this off of his chest once and for all, but in today's technological age where all we do is question officials, the last thing players and coaches need is another excuse to blame the referees no matter what the sport. We don't need them blaming themselves now.
Jim Joyce was one thing. That guy knew he made a mistake and quickly apologized for it. He didn't wait 4 and a half years, nor did he help decide the outcome to the freaking Super Bowl.
Point is, Leavy should've kept his damn mouth shut. Suck it up, be a man, and move on.
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