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Roos rues rule changes
15 December 2005 Herald Sun
SYDNEY premiership coach Paul Roos has repeated his concerns about the AFL rule changes, worried they will change the type of players in the game.
"There seems to be an interesting philosophy within the AFL. On one hand they're telling us the game is in great shape, with record numbers, record Grand Final figures in terms of TV ratings," Roos said on Sydney radio yesterday.
"And then all of a sudden we get to a meeting and they tell us that the rules are changed. It's a bit of a concern."
Among the rule changes announced last month probably the most contentious was allowing players to bring the ball back into play immediately after a point was scored, rather than waiting for the goal umpire to wave his flag.
"Obviously a lot of them (rule changes) are designed to speed up the game -- at the moment they haven't touched the interchange -- but if you are speeding up the game and you are going to have less interchange it's certainly going to impact on the type of player that you are going to be able to recruit," he said.
"No longer will you have a specialist forward or a specialist ruckman sitting on the bench.
"You are really going to need guys that can run 18km a game and that are elite aerobic runners.
"So, certainly if we keep going in this direction it's going to have an effect on recruiting."
Roos also said it was particularly important in a developing AFL state like New South Wales that prospective players of all body types believed they had a future in the sport.
"One of the great attractions for parents of the kids is they look at a team like the Swans and they see Amon Buchanan and Paul Williams running around and then they see Jason Ball and Barry Hall running around and they are different body types," he said.
"To me it is a little bit of a worry if you are trying to make it a generic game." – AAP
15 December 2005 Herald Sun
SYDNEY premiership coach Paul Roos has repeated his concerns about the AFL rule changes, worried they will change the type of players in the game.
"There seems to be an interesting philosophy within the AFL. On one hand they're telling us the game is in great shape, with record numbers, record Grand Final figures in terms of TV ratings," Roos said on Sydney radio yesterday.
"And then all of a sudden we get to a meeting and they tell us that the rules are changed. It's a bit of a concern."
Among the rule changes announced last month probably the most contentious was allowing players to bring the ball back into play immediately after a point was scored, rather than waiting for the goal umpire to wave his flag.
"Obviously a lot of them (rule changes) are designed to speed up the game -- at the moment they haven't touched the interchange -- but if you are speeding up the game and you are going to have less interchange it's certainly going to impact on the type of player that you are going to be able to recruit," he said.
"No longer will you have a specialist forward or a specialist ruckman sitting on the bench.
"You are really going to need guys that can run 18km a game and that are elite aerobic runners.
"So, certainly if we keep going in this direction it's going to have an effect on recruiting."
Roos also said it was particularly important in a developing AFL state like New South Wales that prospective players of all body types believed they had a future in the sport.
"One of the great attractions for parents of the kids is they look at a team like the Swans and they see Amon Buchanan and Paul Williams running around and then they see Jason Ball and Barry Hall running around and they are different body types," he said.
"To me it is a little bit of a worry if you are trying to make it a generic game." – AAP
