The Look of the game Committee

[Banyo Bloods]

So they are putting a committee together to discuss the look of the game

They head it up with Leigh Matthews and recruit Malcolm Blight. Two guys who love to think outside the box and be a bit different.

In other words green light for more rule changes to be implemented.

Not sure the game is that broken, the coaches will just exploit whatever changes they make and adapt to it.

 

[pjcrows]

I'd like to nominate Robert Walls.

 

[Lensen]

Should be all old men who are lifers in the footy bubble imo

 

[SilentHunter_]

As long as it actually improves the game and doesn't ruin it then I am all for it TBH.

 

[Since 2001]

how about get rid of rules that contradict each other first?

the afl is a s**t fight

 

[Collingwood 4 eternity]

I'd like to nominate Robert Walls.

“He looks unfit , put him in the ruck”

 

[Dez!]

So they are putting a committee together to discuss the look of the game

They head it up with Leigh Matthews and recruit Malcolm Blight. Two guys who love to think outside the box and be a bit different.

In other words green light for more rule changes to be implemented.

Not sure the game is that broken, the coaches will just exploit whatever changes they make and adapt to it.

Translation: Two old campaigners who come up with s**t ideas because they are senile.

 

[Giant Pete]

Bartlett on there?

 

[sprockets]

What they need to do is take a look at the rules as they were circa the start of the century and go from there. The last few years of rule changes have been a disaster.

 

[MarcusP2]

What they need to do is take a look at the rules as they were circa the start of the century and go from there. The last few years of rule changes have been a disaster.

So back to the Roos/Lyon defensive flood style?

The tactics have moved on, changing the rules won't put them back in the box. 1 on 1 contests are dead unless enforced with zones.

 

[Andre]

I'd like to nominate Robert Walls.

Walls: Look at the size of his thighs!
Leigh: Robert we were talking about the rules.
Walls: Sorry.... Can we get Stewart Dew in to get a coaches perspective on the legs, I mean laws?

 

[Pusswah]

Get Dennis Cometti on there. We need more corks in the ocean.

 

[Silent Alarm]

Leigh Matthews is a babbling mental case with no mates and no coherence. Eer nope.

 

[Dez!]

Just saw some of the suggestions that Blight had.

He needs to be silenced now, completely silenced.

 

[Back One Out]

Here's a simple way to improve the look of the game

Umpires should stop rewarding players who fall over or milk high contact frees

Lots of threads about head ducking and the Selwood shrug. We don't need to reiterate the same arguments in this thread. Nothing wrong with players doing these moves, but umpires need to be better and stop rewarding them with free kicks. Just call play on.

Players falling over is another blight on the game. Most of the athletes in todays game are excellent at keeping their feet under extreme pressure. Except most of them know they won't get their (deserved) free kick unless they fall over and make it obvious to the umpires. The honest players don't seem to get their rightful free kicks. The ones who do are usually the players who go into contests trying to engineer a free and fall forwards (or topple over in marking contests) after receiving minimal contact.


Umpires need to be better trained

 

[Buzzasto DaSilva]

Random one, but could all stadium's have their grass mowed in squares of 15m by 15m? This would help umpires adjudicate whether a short kick is a mark or play on? Right now, it's very much arbitrary, which is fine but I think it'd be a small change that helps umpires.

Also looks good on television

 

[bontyhb]

Where was this when Ling was playing?

 

[Gydafud]

Does this mean that anything that Luke Darcy deems as "not a good look for the game" to be a item of discussion the following week? I can't wait for more knee jerk decisions to things.

 

[greatwhiteshark]

Matthews and Blight should be the perfect, but they will get a cheque from head office and a mandate that it must look a certain way and they will then announce what the AFL want them to announce with their findings.
They will then go home and tell their wives they hate the game as it is, lose sleep at night worrying what role they have had in stuffing up even more this great game but then console them selves that their bank balance is a little higher for bullshitting to the public.

 

[greatwhiteshark]

Here's a simple way to improve the look of the game

Umpires should stop rewarding players who fall over or milk high contact frees

Lots of threads about head ducking and the Selwood shrug. We don't need to reiterate the same arguments in this thread. Nothing wrong with players doing these moves, but umpires need to be better and stop rewarding them with free kicks. Just call play on.

Players falling over is another blight on the game. Most of the athletes in todays game are excellent at keeping their feet under extreme pressure. Except most of them know they won't get their (deserved) free kick unless they fall over and make it obvious to the umpires. The honest players don't seem to get their rightful free kicks. The ones who do are usually the players who go into contests trying to engineer a free and fall forwards (or topple over in marking contests) after receiving minimal contact.


Umpires need to be better trained

Or something out of left field like paying the free kicks as they are written. Umpire to the law of the game and force the players and coaches to change how they play it.

 

[The Gong]

Make umpires call HTB and incorrect disposal again. They seemed to stop calling it to "open up the game" but it's made it worse. More free kicks in that area will open play up.

If anyone suggests zones they should be immediately ignored. This isn't netball.

 

[bumsonseats]

With all this talk of changing the rules to open the game up etc, could it be as simple as giving teams bonus premiership points on the ladder if they kick over a certain score. Kick 120 (arbitrary number) points or more and you get a bonus point. Might encourage teams to play a more attacking brand of football - could be the difference between top 4 or not, or just making the 8.
On the downside - biggest issue I see is if there is an wet weather game - perhaps just dont award bonus points for that round? Might happen a couple of times a year.