{"id":403989,"date":"2024-06-18T03:12:39","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T03:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=403989"},"modified":"2024-06-18T05:07:58","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T05:07:58","slug":"buckley-worried-umpires-freeze-after-crucial-non-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=403989","title":{"rendered":"Buckley worried umpires 'freeze' after crucial non-call"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Collingwood<\/a> coach Nathan Buckley<\/a> has weighed in on yet another controversial umpiring non-call, after the league's footy boss Laura Kane admitted another mistake was made in round 13.<\/p>\n

It came after North Melbourne's Bailey Scott was not given a 50 metre penalty in their one-point loss to Collingwood on Sunday<\/a>\ufeff.<\/p>\n

With just seconds remaining in the fourth term, Scott \ufefftook a mark just outside the Roos' forward 50 and moved to attempt to kick the ball quickly.<\/p>\n

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Collingwood pair Beau McCreery and Steele Sidebottom immediately moved with Scott, encroaching the mark.<\/p>\n

However, the act was not deemed a 50-metre penalty by the on-field umpires.<\/p>\n

\"Scott<\/p>\n

Seconds later the siren blew and the Pies held to to take the win, after trailing at one stage by a whopping 54 points.\ufeff<\/p>\n

Kane moved to explain the umpiring blunder on Monday, admitting that there could have been a free kick paid to Scott, which would have resulted in a likely goal and win for the Kangaroos.<\/p>\n

"It was a confusing situation and I understand why people … are left wanting to understand what happened," Kane said on AFL.com.au on Monday.<\/p>\n

"One of two calls could be made – it could be 'play on' immediately, or it could be 'stand', which would indicate the mark had been paid.<\/p>\n

\"Matthews'<\/p>\n

"Neither of those two calls occurred in the immediate moments after the whistle was blown and Bailey takes four steps or so inbound, and looks to play on.<\/p>\n

"The correct call should have been 'play on' initially – that has caused confusion for the players in the immediate vicinity, being the Collingwood players, that there was a delay.<\/p>\n

"The communication was the error, I guess."<\/p>\n

Kane admitted that if the umpire called "stand" immediately after blowing his whistle to indicate it was a mark, the 50m penalty would have been paid against McCreery and Sidebottom.<\/p>\n

\"Kangaroos<\/p>\n

"The initial mistake, if you like, is that play-on wasn't called," she said.<\/p>\n

Buckley\ufeff has called on the AFL to make the rules as "black and white" as they can, to avoid yet another call, or non-call deciding games.<\/p>\n

"We try and make a grey game as black and white as we possibly can," Buckely said on SEN radio on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

"I've always been\ufeff an advocate for the difficulty of umpiring.<\/p>\n

\"'Fundamental<\/p>\n

"(But) that was pretty clear (a 50m penalty). People in the stands, people watching at home, I thought that was a 50.\ufeff There's nothing wrong with saying that, is there?"<\/p>\n

Buckley admitted he feels the game has changed drastically in 2024, which means \ufeffthat umpiring decisions in the dying stages of games are more intense than ever before.<\/p>\n

"It seems like there is a greater proportion of games decided by one or two kicks. So a decision in the last two or three minutes, seems to carry a lot more weight," he said.<\/p>\n

"You've got to come back to something that is as black and white as possible."<\/p>\n

\"Kangaroos<\/p>\n

\ufeffIt may be the heat of the moment getting to the on-field officials, Buckley suggested.<\/p>\n

"When Sam Draper (Essendon) jumped on the ball (against Adelaide earlier this season), that was a free kick, but it wasn't (paid). Players freeze potentially the same way umpires freeze," Buckley said.<\/p>\n

Buckley has called on the AFL to continue to force umpires into uncomfortable and high pressure game situations to ensure hey can learn the correct decisions to make.<\/p>\n

"In the end, you've got to keep coaching the … umpires through that\ufeff, and making sure the ones that can handle that are pushed up and reinforced," he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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