MRP / Trib. Kossie Pickett hit on Bailey Smith

[Lavender Bushranger]

He'll get a week for leaving the ground but as Cameron Mooney pointed out to the frothing Brad Johnson, Pickett's shoulder hit Smith in the chest. As he turned his body his back collected him high but the initial contact was below the head.

Are you saying that the impact wasn't as severe as it looked, because the contact wasn't direct? And this is why although it looked like Smith be dead, he bounced straight back up?

Or are you saying that he shouldn't get weeks 'cause the contact wasn't initially high?

The former may be true. But I don't think the latter matters, does it?

A guy got weeks for causing whiplash a couple of years ago. Didn't get him high at all, but cause the dude got concussion from fu***ng whiplash, he got weeks!!

The AFL is just so stupid sometimes.

 

[gordo2016]

Zero weeks, and maybe a fine.

Liam Ryan did the same against Maynard and was clear to play.

Wasn't the same at all.

 

[Glenn_]

If the AFL actually grades the incident on the incident itself, and not the outcome then it should be in the 3+ weeks category.

 

[boncer34]

If the AFL actually grades the incident on the incident itself, and not the outcome then it should be in the 3+ weeks category.

How?

 

[Glenn_]

How?

Launching into it, high contact.

 

[boncer34]

Launching into it, high contact.

Medium impact is 1 or 2

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[le dominateur]

What on earth are you talking about?!

How about hip?


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[Jibroni]

The AFL match review panel has always been about outcome not intent, the fact Smith to his credit got up and played the rest of the game will works in Picketts favour.

But based on precedence Kozzy should not get more than a week. Anything more and we should fight it.

 

[BG32]

The hit is to the upper chest and not the head. Looks bad but there is a reason Smith didn’t go off on the medi cart

 

[Glenn_]

Medium impact is 1 or 2

If a player has launched himself, that would be more than a medium impact.

 

[BallaratBulldog]

Extremely lucky both to not to cause massive harm and the rules will look after him.

 

[juss]

Deserves weeks if the AFL are serious about head high contact.

He was airborne.

Intentional!

That's a take out hit, very, very lucky he doesn't flush him shoulder to chin because he's probably then looking at 6 weeks.

Probably get 3 down to 2.

 

[Tulip]

If he nailed the chest it would have been an all time great bump, but he took the risk and clipped the chin. When you leave the ground, the risk isn’t worth it. 3 weeks IMO.

 

[Bluelegs]

Deserves weeks if the AFL are serious about head high contact.

He was airborne.

Intentional!

Bumps have never been graded as intentional. It's more for strikes.

 

[Sentinel]

Won't be graded intentional. Will get 1-2 weeks but is very, very lucky he's not being sent to the tribunal, which would have been the case had he KO'd Smith (which was a likely outcome from his action). No place in the game for it.

 

[Madas]

The full frontal launch with no eyes whatsoever for the ball and serious contact to the head needs to be called out .
The action is what needs to be looked at not the outcome.
The action nearly broke Smiths neck

 

[Mitchell Madness]

Depends if they go down the potential to cause harm route, or the outcome route.

There's also the ability to refer it straight to the tribunal as the scale doesn't give the projected result.

He deserves 3-4. Wasn't going to tackle, launched himself upwards with intent to send Smith flying

 

[Madas]

The AFL match review panel has always been about outcome not intent, the fact Smith to his credit got up and played the rest of the game will works in Picketts favour.

But based on precedence Kozzy should not get more than a week. Anything more and we should fight it.

How can you condone that action just because he is a Melbourne player?
There are plenty of other ways to block /bump another player going for the ball.
Launching yourself at their head is not one of them

 

[Stars align]

Uhh thats one of the worst ive seen he actually launched at him wtf was he thinking?

4-5 weeks

Is something that has crept into his game over the last season does often go the late hit this one accentuated by the fact he is airborne
Will likely get 3 with all the cute discussions

 

[Stars align]

Won't be graded intentional. Will get 1-2 weeks but is very, very lucky he's not being sent to the tribunal, which would have been the case had he KO'd Smith (which was a likely outcome from his action). No place in the game for it.

Is closer to intentional than careless
Has the reckless grading been removed because this one is the definition of reckless
He has no way of knowing how this was going to end up once he leaves the ground

 

[Muddiemoose]

Can’t ignite that the AFL is now facing multiple concussion class actions
Fair or not it’s going to factor in simply because of how the action “looks”

Wouldn’t be shocked if they refer it straight to the tribunal to take the grading system out of it all together

 

[Sentinel]

Is closer to intentional than careless
Has the reckless grading been removed because this one is the definition of reckless
He has no way of knowing how this was going to end up once he leaves the ground

Whilst I fully agree, the MRP doesn't generally ever apply an intentional grading to these kinds of incidents.

 

[Scythe94]

Cripps actually concussed Ah Chee, whereas Smith was fine. The action was poor, but after Cripps got zero, you can't really justify Kozzy getting more than 1-2.

Wouldn't be surprised if he's sent straight to the tribunal and gets made an example out of though (with the CTE lawsuit at the forefront atm). Bad decision, deserves to cop a whack, but any more than two would be excessive.

 

[Scythe94]

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Nah, this is poor from you. Watch the video and you can clearly see that there is no strike - just holding each other with a straight arm.

 

[HairyO]

2 for the late hit (should really be 3) and 1 for the punch.

Is there a good guy discount the AFL can invent ?