Pondering what would have occurred if it had determined a grand ultimate, Craig McRae hopes the Adelaide scoring controversy will immediate adjustments to the AFL’s overview system.
Having spoken to league umpiring boss Dan Richardson, the Collingwood coach mentioned for essentially the most half the Magpies again the sport’s video overview setup.
But McRae desires the system used rather more readily, moderately than leaving unsure calls to the aim umpire.
Adelaide participant Ben Keays was denied a aim within the frenetic final moments of Saturday evening’s match in opposition to Sydney.
The aim umpire signalled the ball hit the submit, however video confirmed he made a mistake.
Sydney received by a degree, ending Adelaide’s finals hopes.
“I said this to Dan yesterday – when the umpire says ‘I believe it’s a point’, what if he just said ‘I’m not sure’, and let the technology take care of itself,” McRae mentioned on Wednesday.
“Then let them make the decisions, because there are a lot of inconclusive decisions and they just go with what the umpire said.
“What if the umpire did nothing and let the know-how (run) its course?
“It’s just the grand final test for me – if this happened in a grand final, would we be happy with it? I think most of us know the answer to that.”
McRae famous how far the sport has come lately, citing the instance of Geelong ahead Tom Hawkins’ aim within the Cats’ tight 2009 grand ultimate win over St Kilda – though the ball clearly hit the submit.
That was one key incident that led to the AFL introducing rating overview know-how.
“(Richardson) was telling me parts of the system are as good as they can be. We back that in,” McRae mentioned.
“It will be amazing what we look back at in 10 years time, look back at ourselves as a competition and see the progression.
“Ten years in the past, we did not even have this. I keep in mind Hawkins kicked a aim that hit the submit in a grand ultimate. We do not have that anymore.
“We’re progressing. I would have thought the system itself is what it needs to be, potentially, and they’ll work out what they need to do to tidy up those little loose ends.”
McRae added he thought the video overview system used throughout soccer’s latest Women’s World Cup was “outstanding”.
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