There’s been a lot of controversy resulting from the collision between David Mackay and Hunter Clark in the recent round 13 game between the Crows and the Saints.
Everybody has got their opinion, but on this thread, I would like to pose one simple question:
For either Mackay and Clark, what other alternative action was there? Here is the photo that outlines the play and motive:
Clark - with the ball going over his head from the Saints’ defence, Clark was simply chasing after the ball. Seems fair, right?
Mackay - Mackay (on the far right), sees ball and runs full tilt at it, and heading straight for the Crows forward 50. Seems fair right?
More specifically regarding Mackay, if I can bring your attention to the scoreboard, the Crows were scoreless and playing an absolute s**t brand of footy in the early part of the 2nd quarter. Being a senior member of the Crows, it would seem reasonable to show some leadership, and to drag his side back to some remblance of playing an actual game of footy. What else could DMac have reasonably done?
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Additionally, here are 3 pics which sums up the impact in detail, and highly suggestive of a pure footy accident.
With Mackay some 5 metres away at this point, Berry (Crows) and Clark were going at it nearly side-by-side. Likely at this given moment, he is obscuring the periphery vision of both Clark and Mackay. Even if Mackay had noticed Clark, there was no way he would have known who would get to the ball first between Clark and Berry.
From this angle, you can see both Clark and Mackay both full intent on winning the ball, both showing outstretched arms just before impact.
The above is the critical evidence here. At the exact point of impact, you can see both shoulders were touching between Clark and Mackay. More surprisingly, Clark appears more compact with his arms better protecting his body. Whilst Mackay’s right arm is seen to be still left dangling out. He didn’t even have enough time to curl his arm in, to better protect himself, and this is also evidence no bump was intended (arms need to stiffen and elbow to fully flex in order to bump).
Again, what else could DMac have done apart from going hard at the contest and fairly?
Everybody has got their opinion, but on this thread, I would like to pose one simple question:
For either Mackay and Clark, what other alternative action was there? Here is the photo that outlines the play and motive:
Clark - with the ball going over his head from the Saints’ defence, Clark was simply chasing after the ball. Seems fair, right?
Mackay - Mackay (on the far right), sees ball and runs full tilt at it, and heading straight for the Crows forward 50. Seems fair right?
More specifically regarding Mackay, if I can bring your attention to the scoreboard, the Crows were scoreless and playing an absolute s**t brand of footy in the early part of the 2nd quarter. Being a senior member of the Crows, it would seem reasonable to show some leadership, and to drag his side back to some remblance of playing an actual game of footy. What else could DMac have reasonably done?
(Edit)
Additionally, here are 3 pics which sums up the impact in detail, and highly suggestive of a pure footy accident.
With Mackay some 5 metres away at this point, Berry (Crows) and Clark were going at it nearly side-by-side. Likely at this given moment, he is obscuring the periphery vision of both Clark and Mackay. Even if Mackay had noticed Clark, there was no way he would have known who would get to the ball first between Clark and Berry.
From this angle, you can see both Clark and Mackay both full intent on winning the ball, both showing outstretched arms just before impact.
The above is the critical evidence here. At the exact point of impact, you can see both shoulders were touching between Clark and Mackay. More surprisingly, Clark appears more compact with his arms better protecting his body. Whilst Mackay’s right arm is seen to be still left dangling out. He didn’t even have enough time to curl his arm in, to better protect himself, and this is also evidence no bump was intended (arms need to stiffen and elbow to fully flex in order to bump).
Again, what else could DMac have done apart from going hard at the contest and fairly?
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