MRP / Trib. Kossie Pickett hit on Bailey Smith

[My Tilly]

Looks like a shoulder tackle, if he connected with his head Smith would've been knocked into next week.

Not really. Pickett's a whippet and won't be hurting too many throughout his career.

 

[Demonic Ascent]

Not really. Pickett's a whippet and won't be hurting too many throughout his career.

Ok mate

 

[Demonic Ascent]

The AFL have never taken head knocks seriously enough. The fact that Bailey got back up should be irrelevant, if he had done that to Paddy Mccartin it would have ended his career. The act needs to be penalised not the outcome.

If the AFL were serious this would be a 6 week ban and the AFL would send the message that preventable blows to the head are going to be significantly penalised from here on out.

And to head off any accusations of bias or hypocrisy I also think that Buddy should get 3 weeks for his hit last night. He honestly does not seem to have enough concern for the welfare of opposition players and too often collects them high or just narrowly avoids getting them high.

Buddy should've got 12 weeks, if he did that to Paddy McCartin he would've killed him.

 

[Demonic Ascent]

Look at the Melbourne nuffs try to defend the dog campaigner, he’s a ******* pig of a player.

Should honestly be 5 weeks for that action

 

[Sentinel]

Did he even get him in the head? Looks like a shoulder tackle, if he connected with his head Smith would've been knocked into next week.

If its as you say it should be a pretty easy tribunal case then for the Demons and he'll line up next week

 

[Vintage]

Careless and high impact both don't really make sense.

IMO they've set a bad precedent by grading all bumps as careless.

Just call it Intentional and medium impact.

Intentional, severe impact, low outcome.

intentional and severe are multipliers, outcome multiplier is 1 no matter what. Got to stop this farce of players getting lenient penalties just because the action missed by a cm or 2.

unbelievable that the week after concussion lawsuit the afl comes up with penalties like this. Should have been 4 minimum.

and Franklin should have been 2 minimum.

 

[CaptainHowdy87]

3-5 weeks, yet the bloke he hit was caught engaging in an illegal activity, and only got 2 weeks? You kidding!?

Should be given a medal for putting him on his arse.

Facebook nuffie level post here.

 

[Mitchell Madness]

How do they measure that? Seems pretty arbitrary, in what circumstances could it have caused injury that differed from the actual incident?

Ben stratton got 2 weeks for pinching.
Effectively, they are saying being a little bitch is worse than being a thug

 

[Mitchell Madness]

3-5 weeks, yet the bloke he hit was caught engaging in an illegal activity, and only got 2 weeks? You kidding!?

Should be given a medal for putting him on his arse.

Drug use isn't actually illegal in most states of Australia.
Even possession is not illegal under a certain amount.

 

[FrustratedTiger]

Whether supporters like it or not, if the AFL don't start giving 4-6 weeks for something like this (regardless of any injury caused or not), it will cost them bazillions down the track. Like cigarette companies, they have now reached the point where they can no longer claim they didn't know the consequences

 

[Hoops]

Yeah, I'm trying to work out how it wasn't graded as intentional.

Because it's hard to prove he intended to hit him high.

 

[Mofra]

Not really. Pickett's a whippet and won't be hurting too many throughout his career.

His uncle wasn't huge but was the best 'bumper' of his generation

 

[Corn Cobbers]

Surely a week's discount given the target

 

[GWT6]

Pickett chose to jump up and hit a player in the head instead of tackling. Absolutely stupid. IMO should get four weeks for that. The player hit didn't feel a thing. 2 week suspension.

Buddy deliberately takes out a player's head, IMO should get 4 weeks for that. Absolute grub act. Player left the game and had a concussion test. 1 week suspension.

Both were assessed as high-impact and careless. The difference in the weeks they were given was that Pickett's was deemed high impact and Franklins' was deemed medium impact.

Outside of AFL corruption - is there any other reason for this decision?

 

[RAPPA]

Surely MRO stands for ‘Making Ridiculous Observations’.

 

[JyeDye]

I don't know how this is only two weeks. Should be 4+ IMO but lucky he hit a guy with a tough head.

 

[HirdsTheWord]

classic case that shows we should be punishing the action, not the result.

had bailey smith

3

Bailey Smith

Age

24

Ht

185cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.3

5star

K

8.5

3star

HB

9.8

5star

M

2.3

2star

T

3.8

5star

CL

2.7

4star

D

19.8

5star

K

9.6

4star

HB

10.2

5star

M

1.8

2star

T

3.2

4star

CL

3.2

4star

D

14.8

4star

K

7.6

3star

HB

7.2

5star

M

2.0

3star

T

3.4

5star

CL

1.6

4star

not gotten up pickett gets a minimum 4 weeks, the fact smith gets up he gets 2.

MRO needs to start punishing the action, regardless of the result. This type of hit has NO place in AFL footy.

 

[ashep]

Because it's hard to prove he intended to hit him high.

Then why did he launch himself like Greg Louganis going into a triple twist?

In all seriousness you can't prove that he was trying to take his head off, but the extraordinary level of recklessness should be graded just the same as intentional IMO.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

classic case that shows we should be punishing the action, not the result.

had bailey smith not gotten up pickett gets a minimum 4 weeks, the fact smith gets up he gets 2.

MRO needs to start punishing the action, regardless of the result. This type of hit has NO place in AFL footy.

We’ve been saying this for years just because the bloke is lucky his jaw isn’t smashed in 10 places should not make the action any better. Expected this charge but do I agree with it no. In a week we have had a class action launched we take the softest punishment ever on head high contact

 

[HirdsTheWord]

We’ve been saying this for years just because the bloke is lucky his jaw isn’t smashed in 10 places should not make the action any better. Expected this charge but do I agree with it no. In a week we have had a class action launched we take the softest punishment ever on head high contact

AFL should cover over the top and demand 4 weeks.

Cannot understand how this gets 2 weeks.

The fact it is graded careless and not intentional is completely ****ed to begin with...... it should have been 3 weeks which even still is less than what it deserved.

 

[ZionMig22]

So Buddy causes more damage and has a shocking record but gets 1 week?

 

[LukeParkerno1]

AFL should cover over the top and demand 4 weeks.

Cannot understand how this gets 2 weeks.

The fact it is graded careless and not intentional is completely ****ed to begin with...... it should have been 3 weeks which even still is less than what it deserved.

Now watch the one yesterday get 4+ and fans be like what..

 

[HirdsTheWord]

Now watch the one yesterday get 4+ and fans be like what..

will hopefully be a big serve up to the MRO on 360 this week.

the MRO is a joke.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

will hopefully be a big serve up to the MRO on 360 this week.

the MRO is a joke.

In a week like this how are the suspensions so soft that’s the part I don’t get. I expected them to go too harsh not the other way!

 

[Mitchell Madness]

So Buddy causes more damage and has a shocking record but gets 1 week?

When he was at the hawks he couldn't sneeze without getting suspended... wonder what changed