Former Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley declared the “colours of the guernseys” shouldn’t decide Magpie Brayden Maynard’s destiny on the AFL tribunal as he faces being rubbed out for the remainder of the finals.
The Collingwood defender has been despatched on to the tribunal after leaving Melbourne’s Angus Brayshaw unconscious by amassing him with a shoulder to the top on the MCG final Thursday night time after leaping within the air to smother a kick.
Brayshaw’s Melbourne teammates have revealed the midfielder is “not great” within the aftermath of the incident, which might place his profession in jeopardy having battled concussion points all through his profession.
Debate continues to rage over whether or not Maynard’s actions have been a part of a “footy act” and unavoidable regardless that Demons coach Simon Goodwin mentioned the very fact Maynard “jumped in the air” and knocked his participant out ought to have repercussions.
Buckley was adamant the notion of gamers having an obligation of look after one another shouldn’t be used as a way to droop Maynard, calling it a “grey area” within the recreation and saying that not all head contact ought to be punished.
“I think we’ve got to understand that there have been players that have been suspended this year for acts that I don’t think are outside what you would expect a footballer to do,” he mentioned on Monday morning.
“This idea of duty of care and this idea of protecting the head has had this groundswell of focus around it. We’ve seen players, in my view, that have been penalised and suspended for acts that I think that others have been let go of.
“Yes, we do get head contact that’s not penalised. We get some that is. There’s a lot of grey area here for me.
“Because if you went all in on this duty of care and this medico legal issue around concussion and head knocks, you’d be rubbing out five or six players on potential damage to the head every week.”
In a powerful defence of his former participant, Buckley mentioned he hoped Maynard, who will face the tribunal on Tuesday night time, was judged on the circumstances, not the color of his jersey, declaring any participant, even Melbourne gamers, would doubtless have completed the identical factor.
“Imagine if (Jack) Viney did this,” Buckley mentioned on SEN Breakfast.
“Viney is the type of player (who is the comparison). He’s uncompromising at the contest and he would have been absolutely desperate to get a fingertip to that kick.
“Jack Viney would have found himself in that situation, mid-air, headlong, to try to smother a ball and then working out what he’s going to do in that split second when he lands on the opposition player, if in fact he had time to do that.
“So it’s a fair comparison and I don’t know what the answer is.
“I certainly hope that we take the colours of the guernseys out of it, that we look at the circumstances of the matter and that we’re actually fair to these guys that are playing football at breakneck speed.”
Originally revealed as Nathan Buckley defends Collingwood’s Brayden Maynard over knockout blow
Source: www.dailytelegraph.com.au
