MRP / Trib. Taylor Walker

[man in outer]

Re: Tex for the coleman?

It wasn't a fling, it was a pull down onto his side, where his shoulder connected to the ground first. The back view of the vision actually shows that Tex loosened his hold and allowed Taylor an arm free to help cushion his fall. He was probably winded, yes, a little stunned, but this is a contact sport.

Taylor was not knocked out. If he was, he would have been subbed out of the game as per the AFL concussion rules. He played 90% game time in the match. The only time he was off was for the 5 mins until the end of the quarter while they were doing the concussion test on him.

It was a text book tackle, that is the issue I have with the MRP citing that one and allowing others to go free which were inherently had more dangerous ramifications. Although a player going off for the rest of the match concussed should have caused them to look strongly at one. Oh, dear it was all Priddis' fault, he caused his own injury as his knees buckled.

Last one from me but "pull down on his side" while loosening your hold is what I would call a fling. Also while its certainly a contact sport the contact should be keep to the torso i.e. bit of the body that can regenerate. Also knocked out is a colliqual term. Whether you call it stunned, knocked out, dazed what I think most the state I was referring to was what people understand it to be is losing a degree of consciousness for a period of time. Thanks for the debate Crows fans.

 

[Paladin]

Re: Tex for the coleman?

Last one from me but "pull down on his side" while loosening your hold is what I would call a fling. Also while its certainly a contact sport the contact should be keep to the torso i.e. bit of the body that can regenerate. Also knocked out is a colliqual term. Whether you call it stunned, knocked out, dazed what I think most the state I was referring to was what people understand it to be is losing a degree of consciousness for a period of time. Thanks for the debate Crows fans.

He didn't loosen his hold. Did you want him to lay down some pillows before gently resting him on the turf? Ridiculous suspension was a perfect tackle. Taylor still had the ball maybe you wanted him to let go and just let him jog off regardless? Still mad

 

[fabs33]

Re: Tex for the coleman?

I wouldn't be too harsh on the club in this instance. Although I would have liked them to be more vocal in relation to the severity on the suspension when it was handed out, I believe the decision not to challenge it in the tribunal was made by Walker himself. At least I think that's what Harper has said.

 

[Paladin]

Re: Tex for the coleman?

I wouldn't be too harsh on the club in this instance. Although I would have liked them to be more vocal in relation to the severity on the suspension when it was handed out, I believe the decision not to challenge it in the tribunal was made by Walker himself. At least I think that's what Harper has said.

I dont blame the club for not contesting most likely he would of been given 3 weeks which would turn into a month with no footy considering the bye. Too risky. I would of liked to have seen somebody come out and challenge the MRP's consistency though. Triggy or Harper get angry!

 

[fabs33]

Re: Tex for the coleman?

I dont blame the club for not contesting most likely he would of been given 3 weeks which would turn into a month with no footy considering the bye. Too risky. I would of liked to have seen somebody come out and challenge the MRP's consistency though. Triggy or Harper get angry!

Agreed, especially the bolded bit.

 

[Scott Van Persett]

But think about it - how else should it work:
Guys getting rubbed out for perfectly legal pieces of play, that just happen to injure a guy by chance?


Clearly they have to penalise against things that they deem as against the rules. The sling tackle being one of them.
And not penalise things that are a normal part of play, and just unluckily injure someone. NLM's tackle being one of them.

(I haven't viewed the Nahas tackle).

Well Mick Malthouse didn't think it was a sling by Taylor Walker and couldn't understand that if Walker was cited, how NLM ( who hooked his foot around Priddis' leg to get him to the ground which made him get concussed) and Nahas weren't cited as well so maybe it depends where your loyalties are as to which position you take.

 

[BACCS]

Under the current rules Tex was gone, the minute he laid that tackle. We need to stop embarrassing ourselves whinging about it.

It was definitely a sling, which is where it differs from NLM's in that it was just a strong tackle that was closer to a spear I thought. Nahas' was also a spear tackle, and so I guess spear tackling isn't the rule of the month at AFL house.

 

[Allefgib]

Need our boys to do some aikido in the off season.