State of Umpiring [merged]

[Owl]

You watch now, every collingwood game, they will be booed all game mercilessly every time they touch the ball, I support this

[MintOnLamb]

IMHO, there should be a section on TV, 20 worst umpire clangers of the week where the umpire boss, the umpires involved and the AFL umpire coordinator are on TV to explain their decisions.
Umpires could also be rated and suspended for bad decisions.
Then if they continue.... Thumbscrews and stocks in Collins Place.

[Chuck17]

IMHO, there should be a section on TV, 20 worst umpire clangers of the week where the umpire boss, the umpires involved and the AFL umpire coordinator are on TV to explain their decisions.
Umpires could also be rated and suspended for bad decisions.
Then if they continue.... Thumbscrews and stocks in Collins Place.

What will happen is that they will implement in tandem an umpiring propaganda campaign and a boo ban on the grounds it is emotionally hurting the umpires

[MintOnLamb]

IMHO, there should be a section on TV, 20 worst umpire clangers of the week where the umpire boss, the umpires involved and the AFL umpire coordinator are on TV to explain their decisions.
Umpires could also be rated and suspended for bad decisions.
Then if they continue.... Thumbscrews and stocks in Collins Place.

What will happen is that they will implement in tandem an umpiring propaganda campaign and a boo ban on the grounds it is emotionally hurting the umpires

That will become Bill Shortens major campaign policy

[mightytiges]

IMHO, there should be a section on TV, 20 worst umpire clangers of the week where the umpire boss, the umpires involved and the AFL umpire coordinator are on TV to explain their decisions.
Umpires could also be rated and suspended for bad decisions.
Then if they continue.... Thumbscrews and stocks in Collins Place.

Showing my age but they use to have a segment "What's your decision?" on Ch 7's old 'World of Sport' show on Sunday morning. An umpire would be invited on and they would ask him to explain various umpiring decisions from the previous day (those were the days when all then six games were played on a Saturday arvo).

[MintOnLamb]

IMHO, there should be a section on TV, 20 worst umpire clangers of the week where the umpire boss, the umpires involved and the AFL umpire coordinator are on TV to explain their decisions.
Umpires could also be rated and suspended for bad decisions.
Then if they continue.... Thumbscrews and stocks in Collins Place.

Showing my age but they use to have a segment "What's your decision?" on Ch 7's old 'World of Sport' show on Sunday morning. An umpire would be invited on and they would ask him to explain various umpiring decisions from the previous day (those were the days when all then six games were played on a Saturday arvo).

... Thumbscrews were involved... ???

[WilliamPowell]

IMHO, there should be a section on TV, 20 worst umpire clangers of the week where the umpire boss, the umpires involved and the AFL umpire coordinator are on TV to explain their decisions.
Umpires could also be rated and suspended for bad decisions.
Then if they continue.... Thumbscrews and stocks in Collins Place.

Showing my age but they use to have a segment "What's your decision?" on Ch 7's old 'World of Sport' show on Sunday morning. An umpire would be invited on and they would ask him to explain various umpiring decisions from the previous day (those were the days when all then six games were played on a Saturday arvo).

Remember it well

It was actually a great segment

And they usually sent the best umpire in not the no names

[mightytiges]

IMHO, there should be a section on TV, 20 worst umpire clangers of the week where the umpire boss, the umpires involved and the AFL umpire coordinator are on TV to explain their decisions.
Umpires could also be rated and suspended for bad decisions.
Then if they continue.... Thumbscrews and stocks in Collins Place.

Showing my age but they use to have a segment "What's your decision?" on Ch 7's old 'World of Sport' show on Sunday morning. An umpire would be invited on and they would ask him to explain various umpiring decisions from the previous day (those were the days when all then six games were played on a Saturday arvo).

... Thumbscrews were involved... ???

Ve haf vays of makingz you talk


Actually, here's a clip of one of the segments from World of Sport:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTcZX-6XaNA

[Tigeritis™©®]

 

Great memories MT. Excellent job by the umpires explaining his decisions but it never stopped me calling them a “white maggot” the very next week.   

I used to love watching World of Sport. They used to get both coaches in too and ask them questions about the game etc.

I also have earlier memories of every Sunday, after having our lunch, switching on the PYE tv and then watching World championship wrestling cheering on Mario MilanoSpiros Arion, Killer Karl Kox, Skull Murphy & Killer Kowalski, there were more but I can’t remember all their names.

Those were great times growing up, going to the footy on Saturday arvo and spending most of my
youth outside, playing footy or cricket or riding our bikes for hrs. But still managed to catch a glimpse of the winners before running back outside to finish our game.

Dad used to let us stay up to watch league teams on Thursday night too.

Good times.

[YellowandBlackBlood]

Larry O'dea
Ron Miller
Haystacks Calhoun
Mark Lewin
Playboy Gary Hart
Abdullah the Butcher

To name a few others......

Wonderful days those. You could ride your bike and feel safe anywhere.....

[tdy]

Umpiring was pretty poo then though. So much was missed, the favourites always got the key decisions, namely the hawks, and then you got a few make up ones at the end of the game. Then they got professional about it and it has improved a lot.

[JP Tiger]

Don't forget Ox Baker & the heart punch!  And Andre the Giant!  With Ted Whitten on commentary the whole show was priceless!     

[mightytiges]

Can we send the umpiring dept. a "please, explain"?

First half:      2 - 12
Second half: 13 - 8

[Buddysucks]

The concerning issue as I see it are the types of frees that get paid against us that are always ignored for us. Incorrect disposal, in the back HTB, holding etc. we never get the obvious ones but so many soft ones go against us. Our free kick count gets padded for a hold even though we’ve taken a mark, deliberate OOB.

We tackled someone today and 8 players stopped because they knew it was HTB yet it got called olay on... WTF!

[WilliamPowell]

Shocking today

Can we send the umpiring dept. a "please, explain"?

First half:      2 - 12
Second half: 13 - 8

Reckon the umpire advisor must have saod something at half time