Runners - get rid of them again.

[kickazz]

So Melbourne has been given a please explain over their runner, Reece Conca

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Reece Conca

Age

32

Ht

181cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.2

5star

K

10.8

4star

HB

7.4

5star

M

3.4

3star

T

3.6

5star

MG

228.0

3star

D

13.8

3star

K

11.2

4star

HB

2.7

2star

M

3.7

4star

T

2.5

3star

MG

228.0

3star

D

15.8

4star

K

8.0

3star

HB

7.8

5star

M

4.2

4star

T

2.0

4star

, positioning himself in play and distracting the opposition by calling for the ball.

I don't know if the rules have been relaxed this year but I have noticed an increase in these guys spending time in the ground, often close to play. Was going to post about it earlier but here we are.

Getting rid of runners during play was one of the best things the AFL did for this game.

So please **** them off again. Coaches and runners clearly cannot be trusted to self regulate, so just get rid of them.

 

[Lavender Bushranger]

Agree

Less coaching interference the better

Ross Lyon winged about it recently, and basically said that the reason his team sucked in close losses is because he couldn't tell them what to do.

Thats exactly how I believe it should be.

It should be up to the players to work it out.

 

[Linda Lovelace]

This game is incredibly bush league.

It's ridiculous to allow people on the field during play that aren't players, umpires or medical staff. Particularly when the interchange is right there to deliver messages.

It's crazy we even need to have a discussion about this.

 

[WestCoast05]

Fully agree.

So amateur having 'messengers' running around the field of play when you watch a game, have always found it a bizarre quirk of AFL.

There's plenty of breaks and other ways to pass on messages - F the runners right off. They're starting to cut it fine again.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Can’t believe they’re still a thing

 

[kickazz]

Yeah one gave away a 50 last night, but just lose them already.

 

[aCunningPlan]

Rather runners than time outs.

 

[Mitchell Madness]

Local footy runner and assistant coach. It's not always tactical.
You try try to get a message out and get stuck because you'll end up running through play if you try to get around it
Then you're trying to get 4 different changes out, and before you know it you've spent 3 minutes out there