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Umpire farce - Getting worse by the minute!
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Mate, you answer your own question - because he is Brad Scott and coaches
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isn't it obvious? he's an afl croney like his twin. AFL HQ will no doubt head over to windy Hill to apologise to Pepper.
https://www.afl.com.au/news/1143350
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Aah crap can never remember which is which, but I think the point still stands as Brad coaches Essendon.
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Isn't he the one who worked at AFLHQ as a rule fixer upper for a couple of years. Still got plenty of cronies n contacts there, that Burney bloke in charge of the maggots will be off to Tulla for a bit of lickspittle n toe kissing remedial work mid week.
Remember when Brad Scott accused umpires of cheating?
www.theguardian.com
North Melbourne fined $80,000 by AFL for Brad Scott bias comments
The AFL is about to announce North Melbourne coach Brad Scott’s penalty for accusing umpires of bias against Kangaroos player Lindsay Thomas
Scott's whinge is truly amazing. The give-back to the wrong player is infuriating if you're essendon, but there. Happens regularly. The Hind one was there too, nowhere near the extreme end of the ripped-off DOOB scale. What surprises me if that if a coach is going to have a whinge, make sure its whinge-worthy.
I will give a qualified tip of the hat to the umps on the new HTB interpretation though. I think the process of how it was done, and umpiring in general, stinks. But thats on the AFL, not the umps. I think it would be very difficult to do a significant adjustment under a lot of pressure and scrutiny mid season, and they made a good fist of it.
Will they be able to sustain it? Highly doubt it. Focus on it will lessen. Will just add another layer of inconsistency as they apply either the old or new interpretation. Not a criticism of the umps, they're only human, and only so much they can do with a *smile* sandwich.
I will give a qualified tip of the hat to the umps on the new HTB interpretation though. I think the process of how it was done, and umpiring in general, stinks. But thats on the AFL, not the umps. I think it would be very difficult to do a significant adjustment under a lot of pressure and scrutiny mid season, and they made a good fist of it.
Will they be able to sustain it? Highly doubt it. Focus on it will lessen. Will just add another layer of inconsistency as they apply either the old or new interpretation. Not a criticism of the umps, they're only human, and only so much they can do with a *smile* sandwich.
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8 years agoRemember when Brad Scott accused umpires of cheating?
North Melbourne fined $80,000 by AFL for Brad Scott bias comments
The AFL is about to announce North Melbourne coach Brad Scott’s penalty for accusing umpires of bias against Kangaroos player Lindsay Thomas
The AFL needs to fine him again
Remember when the AFL made up a $800000 pa position at HQ for Scott so North Melbourne could afford to sack him?Remember when Brad Scott accused umpires of cheating?
North Melbourne fined $80,000 by AFL for Brad Scott bias comments
The AFL is about to announce North Melbourne coach Brad Scott’s penalty for accusing umpires of bias against Kangaroos player Lindsay Thomas
I can’t believe that. We need a lot more less frees.
We want our fair share.
Cheating bastards. Royal Commission needed to ensure we get less free kicks.
If you go back to 2017 it looks like this:
575 free kicks less than the opposition.
Please explain.
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Maybe it's that Clangers Kleynjans fault. Been teaching our blokes all those MMA grappling techniques n they're not quite suitable for AFL tackling, bit to rough n scruffy for the prima donna umpy's.
No it literally does not not say that. There is a difference between disposing of the ball legally- a kick or a handball,- and "disposing of the ball" in a way that is not illegal- the ball getting knocked out.
If you have prior you must legally dispose of the ball- the only ways to do that are to kick or handball.
If you dont have prior, you must attempt to legally dispose of the ball, and you must not illegally dispose of it- throw it (
), drop it or give it to a team mate.No it literally does not not say that. There is a difference between disposing of the ball legally- a kick or a handball,- and "disposing of the ball" in a way that is not illegal- the ball getting knocked out.
If you have prior you must legally dispose of the ball- the only ways to do that are to kick or handball.
If you don't have prior, you must attempt to legally dispose of the ball, and you must not illegally dispose of it- throw it (
The ball getting knocked out is a difficult one because the player with the ball did not knock it out. In effect, they are not responsible for the ball being knocked out.
I would interpret the rule, which you have pointed to the actual wording which is far more useful than the speculation we often hear, that if you have not had prior opportunity and the ball gets knocked out it should be play on because you could not attempt a legal disposal. If you have had prior opportunity then you must dispose legally and you had opportunity to dispose of the ball legally so knocked out is not a valid excuse - free kick to the tackler.
The throws are just a travesty. This is a combination of things - the AFL wanting less free kicks and the AFL wanting the game to keep moving, so they ignore throws.
The irony of this is that the more free kicks, the less each individual free kick matters. If they do pay frees against throws and get more strict on players who have had prior then the players will adapt and the free kicks won't keep happening. Lastly, free kicks reduce congestion, so what's the problem?
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Got the win but still lost the free kicks by 10. Seriously HTB is just a raffle.
