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Steve Hocking
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I heard him asked this question on Saturday and he ducked and dived on the subject which made me think, this is good....he's going.
On reflection, we better be careful what we wish for as if that happens and then McLachlan stays on for another stint.... I could see him engineer Hocking coming back to step into his shoes after a few years with Brad Scott head of Footy ops.... if everyone reckons thing are bad now, imagine this scenario!
Line ball who was the worse appointment by Gilligan? Shocking or Meatloaf?
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Not enough has been made of this. There was a bit last night on Fox but silence everywhere else as the rest of the media have sold their souls to Gill and Shocking.
They run the tribunal like a trial. How can anyone defend themselves in said tribunal / trial without knowing what they have been charged with. What a ridiculous situation to put themselves in to. The tribunal is essentially an appeals court yet what are they appealing??
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He could have also sent Dangerfield on Vlastuin straight to the tribunal, but strangely... Cough, cough.... Wink, wink..... there was nothing to see here....
So much for the duty of care and the head is sacrosanct! Dangerflop elbowed him in the head after a gutless effort at the ball.
One has affected the other in my case.
They've since worded the charge in a very unconvincing way, such that I think they've opened the door for Mackay to be cleared, but a rule change will follow (e.g. brace for contact = same as bump).
The game this year, in my opinion is demonstrably worse. It's netball. Chip kick. Stop. Stand, Chip Kick. Stop. Stand. All free flowing has gone from the game. Uncontested footy is thru the roof. Contests are down. They are taking the bump and tackle out entirely. It is absolute crap these days. Hocking is a *smile* wit of the highest level.
I mostly watch other games because of fantasy footy and know a few in the same boat. It definitely has indirect value to the AFL.
It was very noticeable at the season-opener, without commentators to influence my thinking. On one hand it was good to have footy back, and the game seemed to be flowing, but halfway through the second quarter it hit me that there hadn't been many contests. And the rest of the season has followed suit.
And it has got worse. The Pies Melbourne game yesterday was almost unwatchably boring. Slow and uncontested for a large part. No flow at all.
To add to that case. So if RFC insisted on keeping its HG at the G against Adelaide, even without a crowd, but the SA government refused to allow it i.e. for a SA team to fly into Victoria under sensible protocols, then the Crows could just forfeit the 4 points. Instead of allowing the game to be shifted to Metricon. How about that?
We have all seen the SA government has been prepared to allow 'Covid dirty' Vic teams in to play their teams for their HGs under draconian Covid precautions, when it was actually their release of a contaminated case from quarantine that led to the latest outbreak here and created so much further hardship and damage to Victorians. [It's a matter of great satisfaction to me to see Vic teams win in both cases!}
Of course, SHocking's position and placement at the AFL is all about advantage Geelong - who have been denied premierships by RFC just being too damn good.
Dear Steve,
I love you! Forget the haters. Football is so much better because of you.
Easier to watch, easier to understand. I hope you stay on and become CEO of the AFL when Gillon retires.
I look forward eagerly at the end of each season to see what changes you will make to improve football in the next.
You are simply brilliant and my inspiration. I wake every morning and think to myself, "How can I do my job just like Steve?"
I am still asking myself that question and know that one day if I set my focus just right I will be just like you.
Signed,
Nobody Ever (Not even Steve's Mum!)
I love you! Forget the haters. Football is so much better because of you.
Easier to watch, easier to understand. I hope you stay on and become CEO of the AFL when Gillon retires.
I look forward eagerly at the end of each season to see what changes you will make to improve football in the next.
You are simply brilliant and my inspiration. I wake every morning and think to myself, "How can I do my job just like Steve?"
I am still asking myself that question and know that one day if I set my focus just right I will be just like you.
Signed,
Nobody Ever (Not even Steve's Mum!)
I’ve met some four can idiots; something like a two pot screamer.
or perhaps a Cadbury’s drinker !
One who can only manage half a glass.
Ratio of contested : uncontested possessions
2021 37.8%
2020 40.4%
2019 39.5%
2018 38.9%
2017 37.4%
But I think this largely obscures the fact that teams are using chip, chip, chip to advance now, rather than merely to hold possession in the backline. Tackles per game shows it more clearly:
2021 115.2
2020 126.3 (adjusted)
2019 125.1
2018 129.7
2017 137.0
More dead time.
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