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Bear

Years ago

Stricter reffing

^anon, I think we all agree on those points, and we all want to show a good example. The contentious issue is when it is an official that doesn't show the same level of acceptance.

Aussies, by nature, all just want to see fair treatment I think.

I for one am an advocate of stricter refereeing, as I see it we have drifted off into the jungle ball/rugby fest style of play for far too long and we are all still trying to adjust, it will take a little while but it is the only way to go.

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Bear

Years ago

Certainly not advocating a state of anarchy, just suggesting that in the extreme case presented in the above post, it would appear the coach may have had no other options.

Happy for other suggestions, but if you are actually baited as a coach, where do you go and what do you do?

I would suggest it is an extreme and rare occurance, plan B would be a letter to the VBRA I guess...

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Bear

Years ago

In the above example, if it is a true account, there was a simple course of action for the coach.

Refuse to go on the grounds that the officials are not acting according to the code of conduct, get reported by the officials and then they must bring the matter up before the tribunal. You state your side of the story and stick to your guns, what else can you do?

Having been involved as a third party on a tribunal where coaches were treated almost as poorly, the outcome that time was that both referees were suspended. Originally, bogus charges were laid against the coaches by two VJBL officials that acted like cowboys, baiting the coaches, but it backfired.

This will and should come out in the tribunal, don't fear it, it is part of the process and appears to be the only way something like this gets aired out...

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Bear

Years ago

Had a short conversation with a couple of VBRA referees just this weekend about this and what I gather is that their consistency is very much about whether there are two of them or three of them.

They admit that when there are three officials they are often much more consistent, especially in picking up those holds inside the key, while two officials can become a little too preoccupied with ball watching and miss the obvious holding.

Simple analogy, I know, but it was probably true to a point.

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