Big difference between:
“can you please explain how that is a free?” where players are asking for advice in a calm manner.
Vs
“That’s not a free” or “what was that for?” When they are pointing at the replay.
Even if you don’t consider those scenarios to be different, the simple fact is the umpire has made his decision, accept it and get on with it.
If you need someone to explain to you the rules of the game, as your coach during the week.
It’s not the umpires job to justify his decision to you, especially when you are doing g it in a manner that question ions his decision.
Jimmy_041 wrote:Trader wrote:Allow the umpires to be human, during the week their performance will be reviewed.
Abusing him in front of the 300,000 fans watching on TV isn't the answer.
But the players cant be?
Ruckmen tapping the ball into the corridor from a boundary throw in inside their defensive 50 is a mistake that they are allowed to make as a human, and the umpires won’t abuse them for it.
Making the mistake is human.
Abusing someone else when you perceive they have made a mistake isn’t human, it’s being a bully.
Accept the decision, get on with the game and if you still think it was the wrong decision, on Monday morning ask your club to contact the AFL and seek clarification then.
Abusing or simply querying the umpires mid game isn’t going to get him to change his decision, so accept it and move on.