Bluemour Season Blast Off Edition XXXIII

[Arr0w]

carlton never lose the bye.........

 

[thylacine60]

But does it even happen once every 600 opportunities?

I honestly can't recall the last time it happened aside from the weekend just gone.

yep - post deserves to be in the injury thread.........

 

[Revenant1965]

That so reminds of Port versus the Bye in their nadir under Primus...

 

[Coops93]

yep - post deserves to be in the injury thread.........

 

[OldBlueFan]

But does it even happen once every 600 opportunities?

I honestly can't recall the last time it happened aside from the weekend just gone.

I tell you what, how about you ask blokes who've lost a season due to a PCL how they feel about "hardly ever happens, so who cares?".

As I've said, given that there's a simple change that:

1. Doesn't require a significant rule change;
2. Doesn't require that umpires adjudicate anything new;
3. Doesn't change the spectacle of the ruck contest, and;
4. Almost guarantees that PCL injuries won't occur in centre bounce contests any more.

I say, why not? Do you have an explicit objection to ruckmen approaching each other more side-on at the centre bounce?

 

[AndyLucimitis]

Apologies if this has been discussed before but on the Ian Prendercast this week they dropped the line that Carlton ressie players weren't happy last year with Jordan Boyd's mid-season selection and then being gifted a spot straight into the mid-field.

Anyone heard anything more on this ??

 

[Arr0w]

Remove the line across the centre circle, tell ruckman they can float anywhere in the circle, as long as they are a metre apart before the ball is bounced

 

[Sharks On A Plane]

Apologies if this has been discussed before but on the Ian Prendercast this week they dropped the line that Carlton ressie players weren't happy last year with Jordan Boyd's mid-season selection and then being gifted a spot straight into the mid-field.

Anyone heard anything more on this ??

Hasn't played midfield at either level so not sure what that's all about?

 

[OldBlueFan]

Remove the line across the centre circle, tell ruckman they can float anywhere in the circle, as long as they are a metre apart before the ball is bounced

Well, for the traditionalists, they should at least start on the current side of the line. But yeah, not within reach so that each can still get a run and jump.

 

[BigFrizz36]

Apologies if this has been discussed before but on the Ian Prendercast this week they dropped the line that Carlton ressie players weren't happy last year with Jordan Boyd's mid-season selection and then being gifted a spot straight into the mid-field.

Anyone heard anything more on this ??

Sounds pretty unlikely. From memory he got injured in his first or second game after being recruited and pretty much didn't play again for the season. Not sure that he ever played midfield.

 

[thylacine60]

Apologies if this has been discussed before but on the Ian Prendercast this week they dropped the line that Carlton ressie players weren't happy last year with Jordan Boyd's mid-season selection and then being gifted a spot straight into the mid-field.

Anyone heard anything more on this ??

Boo hoo. How about being happy for a team mate's progress?

 

[Blue Reaper]

It would be so AFL to bring in the final straw for the umpires - Rule 40,789,642 Section 4a: The umpires will adjudicate whether or not the ruckman is looking at the ball or the opposition ruckman.

It goes to the video and the umpires gather around the screen:

Ump 1: "He's clearly looking at Pittonet there".
Ump 2: "I don't know, he's sort of flicking between him and the ball".
Ump 3: "You guys are fu**en' blind".
Ump 1: "Shut the fu** up, Eleni".
Eleni: "That's sexist, Ray".
Ray: "Oh, boohoo".
Goal Ump 1. "Looked from where I was, he was looking at someone in the Olympic Stand".
Ray: "What the fu** are you doing here?"
Goal Up 1: "I'm an umpire too!"
Ray: "No you're not. Is a dentist a doctor? No. Go watch The Hangover".
Ump 2: "It's a contentious issue but I think it's like a Doctorate of Dentistry or something like that".
Ray: "fu** off".
Boundary Ump 1: "Stay focussed, you peanut. Is he looking at Pittonet or the ball? Better hurry up cause this bloke's ready for burying".

Pittonet writhes in agony on the ground.

Eleni: "I'll just bounce it again".
Ray: "Well there goes the afternoon".
Eleni: "I can bounce!"
Ray: "Ha".

Umpire 2 is peering closely at the screen.

Umpire 2: "Guys".

5 umpires gather closely.

Umpire 2: "KFC 40 Wing Bucket Offer ends tonight".

I read that with Abbott & Costello voices…..

 

[thylacine60]

It's drama, ffs!

 

[ferrisb]

Boo hoo. How about being happy for a team mate's progress?

Not saying rumour is true, but playing devil's avocado...

Imagine having a teammate for 2-3 years, following his progress only to see him dropped so some Jordy-come-lately comes out of nowhere to take his place...

Would suck, no?

 

[Garters]

This is the most sane discussion I've ever seen in this thread. And I'm not being sarcastic.

They should use a confetti cannon at the center bounce to launch the ball and the winner of rock, paper, scissors upon launch gets the first tap.

 

[TENACIOUS]

I tend to agree with the media with this one...

Increase in PCL injuries are a product of the changing of the ruck rules...

Why not, just take the rules back to the 90's early 2000s... Allow the ruckman to use his hand to push off the player...
Rucking was more of an art and PCLs were much lower back then..

 

[thylacine60]

Not saying rumour is true, but playing devil's avocado...

Imagine having a teammate for 2-3 years, following his progress only to see him dropped so some Jordy-come-lately comes out of nowhere to take his place...

Would suck, no?

Not if it was warranted and I get that's pretty subjective.

 

[Garters]

Not saying rumour is true, but playing devil's avocado...

Imagine having a teammate for 2-3 years, following his progress only to see him dropped so some Jordy-come-lately comes out of nowhere to take his place...

Would suck, no?

If your team mate is pulling his weight then that situation would never arise.
Play your hardest Jordan come lately and be a contributor.
So far neither replace-or nor replace-ee are making a lick of difference so again pretty mute concern for mine

 

[AndyLucimitis]

Not saying rumour is true, but playing devil's avocado...

Imagine having a teammate for 2-3 years, following his progress only to see him dropped so some Jordy-come-lately comes out of nowhere to take his place...

Would suck, no?

I think that was the general take on it - they felt the senior spot should have gone to one of the existing Carlton VFL players.

Given how poorly the reserves had performed prior to this year I don't think they had much to offer to be honest.

 

[FitzroyBlueBagger]

It would be so AFL to bring in the final straw for the umpires - Rule 40,789,642 Section 4a: The umpires will adjudicate whether or not the ruckman is looking at the ball or the opposition ruckman.

It goes to the video and the umpires gather around the screen:

Ump 1: "He's clearly looking at Pittonet there".
Ump 2: "I don't know, he's sort of flicking between him and the ball".
Ump 3: "You guys are fu**en' blind".
Ump 1: "Shut the fu** up, Eleni".
Eleni: "That's sexist, Ray".
Ray: "Oh, boohoo".
Goal Ump 1. "Looked from where I was, he was looking at someone in the Olympic Stand".
Ray: "What the fu** are you doing here?"
Goal Up 1: "I'm an umpire too!"
Ray: "No you're not. Is a dentist a doctor? No. Go watch The Hangover".
Ump 2: "It's a contentious issue but I think it's like a Doctorate of Dentistry or something like that".
Ray: "fu** off".
Boundary Ump 1: "Stay focussed, you peanut. Is he looking at Pittonet or the ball? Better hurry up cause this bloke's ready for burying".

Pittonet writhes in agony on the ground.

Eleni: "I'll just bounce it again".
Ray: "Well there goes the afternoon".
Eleni: "I can bounce!"
Ray: "Ha".

Umpire 2 is peering closely at the screen.

Umpire 2: "Guys".

5 umpires gather closely.

Umpire 2: "KFC 40 Wing Bucket Offer ends tonight".

Ha
Idjiot…
Pisser…
Gold…

 

[FitzroyBlueBagger]

Remove the line across the centre circle, tell ruckman they can float anywhere in the circle, as long as they are a metre apart before the ball is bounced

Old school…
Takes the crashing into each other front on out…
Benefits the artwork of rucking, completely opens up the centre bounce opportunities…

 

[katmanblue]

Boo hoo. How about being happy for a team mate's progress?

#itsallaboutme

 

[katmanblue]

I read that with Abbott & Costello voices…..

Nyuck nuck nuck

 

[AT97]

Nyuck nuck nuck

…& Curly.

 

[Wickzki]

I don't really see a connection in this scenario?
It wasn't one of the two players involved in the tip who got injured. It was after the tip, and the player was injured due to another player falling on their leg.
That type of injury could happen at any time on any part of the court in basketball and similar has happened in AFL.

The connection is that the likelihood of this happening in AFL from a similar situation (e.g. tip off) is significantly increased.

Add in all of the variables. Weather, outdoot grass surface, etc. The fact that you're bringing bodies even closer at the contest than ever before.

That's without even considering the fact that tackling in basketball is not allowed whereas it is part and parcel of the game.

It's a disaster waiting to happen. If not the actual rucks then the midfielders around them. It'd be almost impossible to incorporate jump ball rules into Aussie Rules.

At least with a bounce the bounce is supposed to generate distance. With a basketball tip off you're pretty much accepting that it'll end in a stacks on situation.

If that's not enough reasoning why jump balls would be a disaster in the AFL and that being a perfect example of why then I don't know what to tell you.