If the bump isn’t dead in the AFL it “should be” in line with Collingwood star Taylor Adams, who says the enjoying cohort must take extra care of one another after a gap spherical affected by questionable acts.
And Carlton coach Michael Voss thinks the bump is “well and truly done” adamant robust bans handed out by the AFL tribunal and ongoing scrutiny is “for the greater good of the game”.
Adelaide’s Shane McAdam was slapped with a three-week ban, which the membership is interesting, for a success on GWS teen Jacob Wehr, and Melbourne livewire Kozzie Pickett was given a two-week suspension for a excessive hit on Western Bulldogs star Bailey Smith.
A one-week ban for Sydney famous person Lance Franklin was the third suspension handed out for the form of bump that Melbourne coach Simon Goodwin stated he informed his gamers to keep away from.
They had been sentiments echoed by Voss on Wednesday morning.
“What’s come out of the wash over the last 48 hours and watching the games over the weekend … I think if you’ve got a choice to tackle or bump, then you’ve got no choice but to choose to tackle,” he stated.
“I guess the confusing point is when it’s that real disputed ball and you’ve got point five of a second to make a decision on what you do, what you choose.
“But I think if you’ve got any choice whatsoever, and there’s a clear gap between the two, then I think we’d be encouraging the players to tackle, not bump.
“As our environment is changing, you have to adapt with it, and sometimes that comes in rule form.
“I think for the greater good of the game, it’s a good thing … it was probably very different in my day and what was acceptable back in the day, but we’re all a little bit wiser.”
Former Collingwood captain Scott Pendlebury known as for the introduction of sin bins for gamers who dish out hits like those who drew suspensions, and his teammate Adams stated they now not had a spot within the recreation.
“If it’s not dead, it should be,” Adams stated on Wednesday morning.
“I think as players now we have a responsibility to look off each other with all that’s going on in the space of concussion … we’re starting to see some of the real impacts that concussion can have on players and I think it’s our responsibility now to look out for each other.
“I think if you choose to bump you have to get it right. And I agree with Simon (Goodwin), I think we should be tackling rather than bumping given the opportunity.
“A couple of those examples on the weekend, I thought it was unnecessary.”
Adams stated he had “never” accomplished any coaching round bumping in his profession and stated each McAdam and Pickett particularly ought to have tackled as a substitute.
He stated taking that motion out of the sport doesn’t take away from the physicality of AFL.
“It‘s not a character assassination. I don’t like the action … that needs to be stamped out. I think both of those incidents, both players could have rather than bumped, they could have tackled,” he informed RSN.
“I mean, just because we‘re saying that the bump is dead doesn’t mean that there’s no physical contact. I mean, tackle as hard as you want within reason within the rules, and I just think we need to be smarter about it.
“Let’s understand what the consequences are for guys in the long term, and make sure that there’s a duty of care for us to ensure that we don’t put players in a situation that Bailey found himself in. Those two incidents could have been really messy.
“I think we can be physical without having to bump particularly in those circumstances when the player is sort of off guard, front on and in a really vulnerable, vulnerable position.
“We don’t ever train how to bump. I think the bump’s been sort of eradicated. These incidents are obviously outliers, and I think they should be dealt with.”
Originally revealed as Players declare care ought to take precedence and coaches name for bump ban after weekend of harmful actions
Source: www.dailytelegraph.com.au
