Sydney coach John Longmire says the AFL has created an atmosphere of confusion for gamers with regards to tackling and that it’s “very hard to outlaw accidents” within the wake of Tuesday’s divisive evening on the tribunal.
Hawthorn captain James Sicily was banned for 3 video games for a sort out which concussed Brisbane’s Hugh McCluggage however left the AFL world divided, asking whether or not there was the rest he may do.
Richmond’s Rhyan Mansell was additionally suspended for 3 matches, whereas St Kilda’s Dan Butler efficiently fought his cost and averted a ban for his chase-down sort out on Sydney’s Nick Blakey, who handed his head harm evaluation however was subbed out of the sport with a toe harm.
The AFL despatched out a video to golf equipment final week detailing what constitutes an unlawful sort out and what’s thought-about truthful sport, but it surely’s been revealed plenty of groups selected to not present the clips to their gamers.
Longmire didn’t get the prospect to point out his troops, given the membership obtained the video simply earlier than the sport towards the Saints.
He says the topic is “really difficult” given there’s a positive line for defenders to decide on what to do.
“It’s a real challenge when you ask your players to show a level of intent in a tackle – and there needs to be a level of intent that you need to do to get hold of a player and grab him and try to dispossess him,” he stated.
“You’re also at the same time asking halfway through that tackle to be very gentle and make sure he has a duty of care. It’s no surprise that it’s not right all the time because we’re asking a hell of a lot of our players.
“There’s been a lot of talk and chatter about it and I don’t know where it’s going to go, other than the fact that if a player does hit his head in any tackle, what we’ve said to our players is that we’re not sure what will happen.
“We hope that there’s a good outcome for the player because we hope he’s not hurt. We have to make sure there’s a duty of care, but also it could be either a free kick or the tribunal.
“We feel like as an industry that we’re going through a ‘where is this going to go’ kind of phase.”
Longmire says the sport will slowly discover a steadiness, because it all the time does with controversial tackles, however warned the AFL it should take a look at these incidents in a different way earlier than the confusion deepens.
“I just hope there’s a level of understanding of how difficult it is to show a level of intent and then halfway through make another decision,” Longmire stated, having seen co-captain Luke Parker banned final month for a harmful sort out.
“(There needs to be an) understanding that that’s what we’re trying to teach our players, while also understanding that they’re not always going to get it right and that in slow motion (it will look worse).”
Originally revealed as Sydney coach John Longmire says AFL attempting to outlaw accidents
Source: www.dailytelegraph.com.au
