Magpies coach Craig McRae want to see the objective umpire’s “soft call” scrapped from the rating assessment system as coaches meet with the AFL following the disastrous finish to Adelaide’s season on Saturday evening.
The Crows had been unceremoniously bundled out of finals rivalry after a late shot at objective by Ben Keays was deemed to have hit the publish and dominated a behind regardless of imaginative and prescient displaying the kick was a transparent objective and would have put Adelaide in entrance with 70 seconds remaining.
AFL chief government Gillon McLachlan mentioned the failure to ship the rating upstairs to the assessment system was “challenging” for the league because the objective umpire who made the choice was stood down for the remainder of the season.
McRae mentioned he spoke to AFL umpire boss Dan Richardson on Tuesday to debate the assessment system and put to him a change he thought would result in extra correct outcomes.
“I did have the chance to speak to Dan Richardson yesterday and he was telling me that parts of the system are as good as they can be, and we back that in,” McRae mentioned.
“I said this to Dan – when the umpire says, ‘I believe it’s a point’, what if he just said, ‘I’m not sure’ … what if the umpire said nothing and just let the technology do its stuff.
“Let the technology take care of itself, and let them make the decisions, because there’s a lot of inconclusive decisions where they just go with what the umpire said.
“I don’t know whether that’s going to change the game, but it’s something to think about.”
McRae mentioned whereas the system had helped the sport eradicate many objective umpiring errors since its introduction, there was extra to be performed to create a sturdy course of that would move the “grand final test”.
“It will be amazing in 10 years’ time when we look back at ourselves as a competition and see the progression of us.
“If you think 10 years ago, we didn’t have this – (Tom) Hawkins kicked a goal which hit the post in a grand final, so we’re progressing.”
He mentioned the AFL ought to take into account reviewing each rating however didn’t essentially must cease play for numerous seconds after every behind, which the league is contemplating.
“I watched the soccer like everyone else did and I thought the technology was outstanding,” he mentioned.
“There wasn’t really a pause in the play, 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.”
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