MRP / Trib. The Patrick Parnell incident

[Gtowncrow]

Here was Tex’s similar incident back in 2018:

Tex cops his whack: Two-match ban stays

Crows captain's season is over after accepting his suspension

www.afl.com.au

Compared that with the Parnell tackle:

Broad apologises for sling tackle, Crows confirm Parnell concussion

www.afl.com.au

2 weeks suspension should be the absolute minimum. If the AFL is going to be fair dinkum about head injuries then it should get an extra week or 2, particularly more so since head protection is currently in the media spotlight, and the punishments appear to be harsher compared with past years.

You can even argue Tex’s tackle was necessary as part of the flow of the game. Broad’s sling action, on the other hand, was not necessary. Tex’s tackle appeared unintentional (to cause injury). Broad’s tackle appeared more intentional.

Agree...
But there's a major difference between the two tackles to my eye.
Tex uses lateral momentum as the major force in the tackle. Broad lifts Parnell and drives him downwards.

irrespective of the victim outcome, the broad tackle is unquestionably more dangerous.

Given that Paddy effectively lost two games (mandated + possible longer recovery), the broad tackle deserves significantly more than the McAdam incident.

 

[Bearded Clam]

Far out, we didn’t have to have someone go over and knock broad out, but what’s Parnell going to think of his team mates when he watches the vision back.
Obviously fogs didn’t see it as he’s never been afraid to get in there.

Nor has sloane.. when Ryan bumped Rachele late in the West Coast game the other week Sloane ran from a mile away to try and get at Ryan..

Looking at the footage I think Fog sees Sloane grab the ball and instantly thinks its gonna be a free and play on so he starts off down the field towards the goals.. Sloane gets the ball and looks like he’s about to play it..

It was a strange little passage of play..

My opinion is that those pissed about no crows player getting in Broads face have a point but it was also a weird one as there seemed to be a moment or two where Sloane thought he had the free and so the attention immediately went to “lets play on”.. and poor old Parnell was instantly forgotten about!

 

[FR0GGY]

Nor has sloane.. when Ryan bumped Rachele late in the West Coast game the other week Sloane ran from a mile away to try and get at Ryan..

Looking at the footage I think Fog sees Sloane grab the ball and instantly thinks its gonna be a free and play on so he starts off down the field towards the goals.. Sloane gets the ball and looks like he’s about to play it..

It was a strange little passage of play..

My opinion is that those pissed about no crows player getting in Broads face have a point but it was also a weird one as there seemed to be a moment or two where Sloane thought he had the free and so the attention immediately went to “lets play on”.. and poor old Parnell was instantly forgotten about!

You’d have thought someone saw it, laird was next closest and seemed to be watching

 

[Gtowncrow]

I did actually see Broad on the side lines after the game go over and talk to Nicks

I thought I saw McAdam go up to Wehr after the game too.

Matters little from a tribunal perspective.

 

[whattagun07]

Thread title makes a good band name

 

[MsTopG]

Nor has sloane.. when Ryan bumped Rachele late in the West Coast game the other week Sloane ran from a mile away to try and get at Ryan..

Looking at the footage I think Fog sees Sloane grab the ball and instantly thinks its gonna be a free and play on so he starts off down the field towards the goals.. Sloane gets the ball and looks like he’s about to play it..

It was a strange little passage of play..

My opinion is that those pissed about no crows player getting in Broads face have a point but it was also a weird one as there seemed to be a moment or two where Sloane thought he had the free and so the attention immediately went to “lets play on”.. and poor old Parnell was instantly forgotten about!

It seemed to me that Sloane was more interested in getting another stat than checking on the well-being of Parnell. The contract extension which won't happen is all Sloane is focused on it seems. Maybe Sloane didn't see the injured player though as he spins around quickly when the incident happened but he would have seen it in his pirepheral vision imo.

Watching incident in slomo Paddy is unlucky. Dawson kicks out of deep defence and should have passed to a very open Parnell on boundary line. He could have weighted the ball away from the boundary line. Instead he targets a partially free Fogarty who by the time kick gets to him the mark has become contested. Fogarty drops a mark he easily should have taken. Spilled ball off Fogarty hands goes to Parnell. Mistake Parnell makes is to turn his back away from tackler once he takes possession making sling a possibility. He should have faced tackler face on making likelihood of sling non existent and causing a quicker ballup. Also when face on to tackler you can push tackler away easier and possibly break the tackle. Sloane then is too slow in pushing player over the line which then results in Broad stupidly slinging the player.

What Parnell also could have done is to realise he was going to be tackled as soon as he took possession and tap the ball behind to Sloane. If he did that Broad may have gone ahead with the tackle which Parnell would have been tackled without the ball earning a free kick.

 

[George Kramer]

So Lycett got 5 weeks for similar against McHenry a few years back, so it’s got to be 5 at least

 

[Danger Zone]

Is the Tribunal for this happening tonight?

 

[MsTopG]

Is the Tribunal for this happening tonight?

Yep

 

[Crow-eater]

 

[FR0GGY]

Will they produce the premiership medal photo around his partners neck as good character reference?

 

[George Kramer]

If that works McAdam must be a bad character

 

[MsTopG]

Lycett got 5 weeks, not 4.

 

[Drummond]

Sounds like a perfectly legitimate sporting competition we’re operating in.

 

[Crow-eater]

 

[GROTTO]

Will they produce the premiership medal photo around his partners neck as good character reference?

If its the photo I think youre referring too, I dont think that was his partner.

 

[GROTTO]

If that works McAdam must be a bad character

Has he been banned before? Did his good past make a difference in the slightest?

 

[MsTopG]

"Sorry for smashing your head into the ground. I won't do it again. I'm really a good bloke".

Parnell should tell him to f*off and enjoy not getting paid.

 

[GROTTO]

"Sorry for smashing your head into the ground. I won't do it again. I'm really a good bloke".

Parnell should tell him to f*off and enjoy not getting paid.

Actually out of all the incidents over the past two weeks, Broad had the most "time" to think about what to do and could have changed his thought process more easily than the rest of Buddy, Pickett and McAdam.

 

[GROTTO]

Buddy, Pickett and McAdam all had no time really to change what they wanted to do it was instantaneous.

Broad could have had a coffee after he tackled Parnell before deciding to sling tackle him to the ground.

 

[footy4ever]

If that works McAdam must be a bad character

the bastards!

 

[Samcro24]

Look

Not a good way to start an apology

 

[Pugsley]

Thread title makes a good band name

One tackle slingshot, the support act.

 

[fortunatecrow]

"Sorry for smashing your head into the ground. I won't do it again. I'm really a good bloke".

Parnell should tell him to f*off and enjoy not getting paid.

Do we know they don't get paid if suspended? I have always assumed they do, but I don't know

 

[George Kramer]

Has he been banned before? Did his good past make a difference in the slightest?

Buddy??