Opinion Non-Crows AFL 10

[Scorpus]

So obviously our strategy should be taking players at the draft and finding them entrenched Adelaide model influencer girlfriends

 

[George Kramer]

 

[Slippery Pete]

He’s spot on. The other one is deliberate out of bounds or rushed behind. That is self-evidently a judgement of intent.

 

[ams4crows]

I wonder what vile means in this instance.

Usually if it was a racial slur, they would say racial slur. Homophobic, homophobic.

Vile seems very ambiguous.

F-ing C bomb is what it allegedly was

 

[skam85]

F-ing C bomb is what it allegedly was

Jeepers.

Purely by lip-reading on Kayo that's said about 67 times a game by everyone

 

[Slippery Pete]

F-ing C bomb is what it allegedly was

Is the umpire okay? Do we need to hold a vigil for him?

 

[skam85]

Please don't cancel me for saying jeepers

 

[Slippery Pete]

Jeepers.

Purely by lip-reading on Kayo that's said about 67 times a game by everyone

Bearded Clam would be under investigation every day

 

[Pugsley]

Is the umpire okay? Do we need to hold a vigil for him?

Nicksy will give him a hug.

 

[Mutineer]

Bearded Clam would be under investigation every day

Every waking hour even...

 

[George Kramer]

Jeepers.

Purely by lip-reading on Kayo that's said about 67 times a game by everyone

I’ve said it a bit lately

 

[George Kramer]

Is the umpire okay? Do we need to hold a vigil for him?

Clarksons ok though if he just said and not at the official.

Clarko did you direct it at the official?

No, at my players.

Ok, case dismissed

 

[Maddogmetro]

The real issue with AFL has always been so many rules, more than any other sport, are at the umpires’ discretion.

Did a player have prior?

Was there a genuine attempt?

Sufficient intent to keep the ball in?

Even the black and white rules have loose interpretations. Push in the back, running too far, did a player duck for a high tackle, late spoils for 50s.

You’re asking 4 individuals, 36 a week, to make 100s of split second judgemental calls.

It’s not like tennis where the ball in and out, soccer when player offside and they can draw a line, basketball where contact made.

You could argue that it’s one of the things that makes our game so great, where fans can scream and cheer at every contest, and both sides feel a little cheated by the umps at the end of a game.

But changing the rules, or ‘interpretations’, 3 days before a round of football is extremely amateurish, even for the AFL. Coaches have created game plans around the rules, players have trained to expect certain umpiring. It highlights how much of the rules are bullshit when the interpretation can be changed on a whim.

Have they tested the new rules at lower levels to see the results? Have they seen how players and coaches adapt to new interpretations? Have they spent months of training the umpires to ensure every umpire will make the same decision on the same contest, every time?

Now is a good time to mention in our billion dollar sport, these are part time umpires. Did they just get the same video package or was it at a team meeting saying ‘hey guys, let’s be hotter on the whistle now’.

But alas, it’s the AFL, so watch these tighter interpretations come in for a week or two, be applied over the top in an almost comical fashion, before it reverts by round 18.

Stop ****ing with the rules, and focus on actually getting correct and consistent calls with the current rules.

Much like the knee-jerk reaction to the farce that was the non-review in our Sydney game last year. The next week the goal umpires were calling for a review on every second shot on goal. Then it reverted back to normal. The swings are too far in each direction, rather than simply the tweaking that is required to tighten up decision making.

 

[Pugsley]

I’ve said it a bit lately

What, jeepers.

 

[Pugsley]

Clarksons ok though if he just said and not at the official.

Clarko did you direct it at the official?

No, at my players.

Ok, case dismissed

AFL: Moving right along. Now to penalise the interstate teams and raise Sydney teams COLA allowance.

 

[Maddogmetro]

He’s spot on. The other one is deliberate out of bounds or rushed behind. That is self-evidently a judgement of intent.

My recollection is that free kicks for deliberate rushed behinds don't have any element of intent? It is about whether or not the player is under pressure, and whether or not they had the time and space otherwise to dispose of the ball, but didn't.

Happy to be corrected.

 

[Bearded Clam]

Bearded Clam would be under investigation every day

Every waking hour even...

Both of you can get fxxked..

 

[Bearded Clam]

 

[footy4ever]

Sooo, Carlton $2.30 ish.

Worth a sneaky?

 

[jackster83]

Sooo, Carlton $2.30 ish.

Worth a sneaky?

Nope.

They put up about as much fight in Adelaide as the Liberal Party does in Melbourne.

 

[kirky]

Clarksons ok though if he just said and not at the official.

Clarko did you direct it at the official?

No, at my players.

Ok, case dismissed

Why does it take 3 days before this story becomes public?

Interesting if there is any footage of it.

 

[jenny61_99]

2 most vile swear words, has to be:

F.cking C..ts

He wouldn’t have said ****ing cheats would he?

 

[kirky]

He wouldn’t have said ****ing cheats would he?

Think commentators have said two swear words - doubt cheats comes under that.

 

[MarcusP2]

Clarko was just singing along to his favourite TISM song (presume I can't link it here.)

 

[ams4crows]

Most umpires care more about their fitness standards than the actual officiating.

We need a program that turns ex AFL players into umpires and maximum 6 years in the umpiring job. Rather than getting these fitness freaks who have no understanding of the feel of the game.

Ie Ned McHenry

25

Ned Mchenry

Age

24

Ht

179cm

Wt

81kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.7

2star

K

4.0

2star

HB

5.7

4star

M

2.5

3star

T

2.3

4star

G

0.0

1star

D

9.7

2star

K

4.0

1star

HB

5.7

3star

M

2.5

3star

T

2.3

3star

G

0.0

1star

D

10.0

3star

K

3.6

2star

HB

6.4

4star

M

2.6

3star

T

2.0

4star

G

0.0

1star

would be a good candidate, he's incredibly fit but doesn't have the skills to make it in the AFL but knows the game inside and out so after being delisted gets an opportunity to become an umpire.