JAB it can be done either way, quite honestly sometimes you have to feel rather than look because you can't see, the best example of this is a cradle, you usually can't see under the nesr side shoulder but you can get your hand in there.

Brent, I know the official who made the comment "He didn't want to" And I also know the circumstances behind it. I will share with you just to clear the air. The official in question did not feel like he was obligated to explain why he made the judgement call that he did. Maybe he made a bad call, maybe he didn't. Iregardless it WAS a judgement call. But instead of saying something tactful like "That is what I saw" He choose to use the phrase he did. Do I agree with that? Not really, however I do understand the frustration on his part, After hearing coaches whine about calls all season long when most of them were probably right you can imagine how some officials can get defensive. You really can't win no matter how good of an official you are, everytime a judgement call is made, one side is going to be satisfied and the other is going to be mad. I myself have only had the displeasure of having a coach question me 3 or 4 times this year over judgement calls, 2 of those times they went overboard and I ejected them.