Proposed Rule Changes......warranted or complete BS?

[goswannies]

Planes and boats and trains....

Email. Skype. FaceTime. A letter. Phone call. 2 cans and a really long piece of tight string.

You’re right. Not that hard to convey the information

[Mountain Man]

I wonder whether the one-player-starts-in-the -goal-square rule mightn't see some tactical options. Buddy or Haywood?

[barry]

The AFL send umpires around the clubs to train with and officiate in practice matches. They need to have match practice as well, it gives them an opportunity to trial the rules, explain how they are to be interpreted.

That's great. Do we get as much time as those clubs who have umps located in same city?

[CureTheSane]

That's great. Do we get as much time as those clubs who have umps located in same city?

Really, the club should be flying a bunch of them up in conjunction with GWS to spend a week in Sydney going through everything that needs clarification.
This is a better deal than the Vic clubs as they'd have them exclusively, complete attention.

[Bloods05]

That's great. Do we get as much time as those clubs who have umps located in same city?

Probably could if we wanted, yeah.

[Mr Magoo]

TOO MANY rule changes in one go, me thinks.

How quickly will they be able to monitor the 6-6-6 rule?

The hands in the back rule is still very open to interpretation.
Will still see a lot of wrong decisions paid either way.

easy to get around the 666 rule, if you want to stack your defense - you play the two players you want to drop back as wingers. If you look at the new rule , you are allowed to patrol the whole side of the square to start so you drop the winger to the back of the square and you get your half forward flankers to run come in to cover the opposition winger if that person doesn't go with your winger

[barry]

Will Beelzebub appear in the goal square on the first incarnation of the 666 rule?
He of cloven hoof.

[stevoswan]

This Richard Hinds article re: AFL's rule changing obsession.....is spot on.

AFL's obsession with change blinds it to the consequences of endlessly tinkering with the game - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

These two sentences from said article just about sum it up:

"This is the decision-making of a competition that worships at the altar of change so devoutly that it seems blind to consequences."

and this:

"The only thing we know for certain this season is that no matter how good the game is, it won't be good enough."

[Markwebbos]

This is a really useful explainer about the impact of the new kick in and 6:6:6 rules, with examples using game footage from the JLT. They reckon the 666 will have less impact than most think and show an example of the Swans playing a +1 in defence despite the rules.

AFL sides deal with new 6-6-6, kick-out and 50m penalty rules ahead of season opener - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

[Meg]

Thanks Markw for posting the ABC article, very interesting.

[Melbourne_Blood]

One rule change I find counterintuitive to the philosophy of reducing stoppages and opening the game up is the new ruck interpretation. Ie . That a ruckman is no longer pinged for taking possession out of the air, gets tackled and is unable to get rid of it. It now just results in another ball up , where it used to be a free kick. Seems stupid .


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[stevoswan]

During a media briefing today where he spoke about a number of issues, Steven Hocking has given his appraisal of the new rule changes.....

"We have got considerable uncertainty, and we believe that is healthy," Hocking said of the effect of the rule changes.

"And for clubs, that uncertainty is playing out in different ways … upsets are good for fans."

Uncertainty is healthy?? I can tell him this.....upset fans are not good for the game.

....and on the treatment of umpires:

"Officiating, we've got some genuine work to do in that space, and it is not within our nine games at the weekend, it is how umpires are talked about, reviewed constantly within games so critically.

"And the other part is if we want a genuine funnel of umpires coming through, I think we need to change our language and how they are seen by the game."

The fact they are talked about negatively is totally his fault! Make the game and the rules simple and stop the constant tinkering you muppett Hocking!