Steve Hocking Gone

[Stax on the mill]

If Richmond's tactics were "illegal", they wouldn't have needed to bring in new rules to blunt them

Oh well, substitute “”illegal” for “dodgy”.

 

[Infamy]

Oh well, substitute “”illegal” for “dodgy”.

Yeah sorry, that's not a thing

 

[Ron The Bear]

people don't like change, bringing in rules to protect the head (and the AFL from future legal liability) are seen as a direct assault on a Richmond dynasty for some reason

Player positioning was 50% of our success. 6-6-6, free kickouts to the wing and Stand were all designed to blunt it.

6-6-6 - Richmond set up in that formation less than any other team (4.8%) prior to the rule being introduced
free clearances - to break the Richmond zone that trapped the ball in the forward line until a goal was scored
Stand! - specifically targeted Richmond as described by Scott Gullan's article earlier in the year

Salty got shit on the liver after 11 years of dominance was overturned in the 2017 QF. Never tried to disguise his contempt for Richmond until finally giving up after last year's GF because he was sounding like a crackpot.

The 2020 GF stands tall as the greatest of the three.

 

[Boxhead_31]

Based on the MRP, I am not convinced he was ever off the Geelong payroll at any time.

Was that when they suspended Dangerfield for 3 weeks or Rohan for 2 weeks?

 

[Red mist]

Well give it a go then Bert. You might make a friend

I’m not Bert though, you’re just calling me that now. Thanks, I’ll move on.

 

[PHanevski]

Yeah correct, scores were low even after adjusting for shorter quarters.

Was a funny year with short turnarounds for games, plenty of factors influencing the scoring.

The MOTM rule change was intended to increase scoring. It hasn't done that so far, but it has made the game flow a lot better and is better to watch. I'm watching more neutral games again now.

Funny, I am watching less neutral games now. With the stand rule it effectively makes it 17 on 18 until the ball is moved on or the umpire calls play on. You als have a MOTM mostly looking at the umpire waiting for the umpire to call play on. This also give the player with the ball an even bigger advantage because they can get a fair distance before play on is called.

He also wanted to bring in a 25m goal square and when that go to much backlash he just made it so the mark was set 15m back from the square. Gives the team kicking out a free hit to almost 70+ from goal, especially when the umpire doesn't ever seem to worry about how far the player runs from the goal square.

 

[kickazz]

effectively makes it 17 on 18

Why do people keep saying this.

You can't kick it to yourself. So you are either kicking it elsewhere to 17 on 17 or you play on and it becomes 18 on 18 again.

 

[Hollow Knight]

Was that when they suspended Dangerfield for 3 weeks or Rohan for 2 weeks?

No, it was when Joel Selwood got nothing for gouging and punching a prone player’s head, and Tom Stewart got nothing for slamming the head of a player into the ground in an identical manner to a Carlton player in the same round who got a week.

Glad I could clarify.

 

[kickazz]

This also give the player with the ball an even bigger advantage because they can get a fair distance before play on is called.

Variances in how quickly the umpire calls play on is the worst weakness of this rule - usually it isn't too bad but it is another area of potential variability.

 

[Black Panther]

Door open for Lethlean to return and scare the newest batch of AFL interns

 

[HPKS]

Why do people keep saying this.

You can't kick it to yourself. So you are either kicking it elsewhere to 17 on 17 or you play on and it becomes 18 on 18 again.

Exactly and add if you don’t want to stand the mark you don’t have to. Then the player kicking is kicking to 17v18. So effectively has odds against them.

 

[Sttew]

S.Hocking was the worst AFL appointment since Meatloaf, thank god Geelong is taking him back.

Both were Gillon decisions. He has to go

In: Benny Gale
Out: Gillon

 

[Ron The Bear]

Both were Gillon decisions. He has to go

In: Benny Gale
Out: Gillon

They won't let Gale in there. The shit he would find...

Gale does not have the backing from the commission that he has from the majority of the clubs and most of the game’s strongest influencers.

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl...gillon-mclachlan-s-reign-20210325-p57e1m.html

 

[Wojcinski]

No, it was when Joel Selwood got nothing for gouging and punching a prone player’s head, and Tom Stewart got nothing for slamming the head of a player into the ground in an identical manner to a Carlton player in the same round who got a week.

Glad I could clarify.

Selwood didn't gouge anyone and Stewart on Cameron was nothing like Williams LMAO. If anything Charlie should have been sighted for pulling Stewarts hair like the little bitch he is

 

[PhatBoy]

No, it was when Joel Selwood got nothing for gouging and punching a prone player’s head, and Tom Stewart got nothing for slamming the head of a player into the ground in an identical manner to a Carlton player in the same round who got a week.

Glad I could clarify.

My personal favourite part of this is how you cite these sorts of incidents but ignore Hawkins getting rubbed out (stupid as it was) for jumper punching people with less force than a tumbleweed

 

[SBYM]

Nowhere does gravy quite like the AFL train.

 

[Sttew]

They won't let Gale in there. The sh*t he would find...


https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl...gillon-mclachlan-s-reign-20210325-p57e1m.html

My money is on Tom Harley. Champion Geelong premiership captain. Excellent CEO at Swans. Next move ...AFL HQ

 

[brutus76]

A Cat never changes his stripes.

Can we please get an ex umpire/player or 2 on the rules committee,

Jordan Bannister, Mark Fraser and David Rodan for example

 

[rfctigerarmy]

Should really be representitives from every state, as it is the AFL, not VFL.

 

[And_ROOS]

Can he take Christian with him? Geelong fans, what positions do you have open?

Collingwood have a coaching job that opened up...

 

[jim boy]

100% agree. There should be a minimum 1year lock on joining an AFL club when they resign.

If they implemented that rule their is zero chance that rule would hold up if challenged in court.

Any way who cares?, officials change clubs all the time

 

[CarltonBlooz]

The AFL world will miss him dearly with such visionary ideas like an 18m goal square.

 

[RUNVS]

The AFL world will miss him dearly with such visionary ideas like an 18m goal square.

There should not be a stigma in trying new things and those things not coming off. I much rather that than someone who refuses to try anything in case it doesn't work.

 

[Sttew]

A Cat never changes his stripes.

Can we please get an ex umpire/player or 2 on the rules committee,

Jordan Bannister, Mark Fraser and David Rodan for example

The ability to wave 2 flags or blow a whistle does not make you a manager.

 

[Sttew]

If they implemented that rule their is zero chance that rule would hold up if challenged in court.

Any way who cares?, officials change clubs all the time

It would only hold up if it was written into the contract and the person departing continued to receive his full salary, i.e., gardening leave