A Monument Doing the Coaching at the Raiders?

thatsnotme said :

thatsnotme said :

Check out this (old and dodgy) video on Youtube for an explanation as to why this type of system would have issues.

Ohh…and the actual link! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgMlDy2jP9s

Great explanation. I wonder how many spectators are even aware of this? It demonstrates exactly why the forward pass rule is complex and slightly ambiguous. It’s no wonder that video refs aren’t able to rule on a forward pass.

thatsnotme said :

thatsnotme said :

Check out this (old and dodgy) video on Youtube for an explanation as to why this type of system would have issues.

Ohh…and the actual link! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgMlDy2jP9s

There was a GPS system developed last year I think that takes the previous motion of the ball into account and so wouldn’t have this problem. I’ll try to find a link for the story.

thatsnotme said :

Check out this (old and dodgy) video on Youtube for an explanation as to why this type of system would have issues.

Ohh…and the actual link! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgMlDy2jP9s

jolrug said :

The standard of NRL Refs has been going down hill for years. A simple GPS in the ball would say if had gone backwards or forwards. A beep in the refs ear would say the ball is in forward motion without being held and hey presto, forward pass, blow metal thing in my mouth.

Check out this (old and dodgy) video on Youtube for an explanation as to why this type of system would have issues. It’s a video for Rugby Union, but the physics of it remain valid. A whole heap of passes that appear to be completely legal actually travel forwards in relation to the pitch, despite being completely legal passes. This is why the laws of the game have been updated so that the only consideration is what direction the ball has left the passers hand, not what actually happens after that point.

I’m not sure these days, given that rule change, why the video ref isn’t allowed to take forward passes into consideration? It used to be harder when they had to call on whether the ball traveled forwards through the air, but surely making a call on whether the ball had left the hand forwards or backwards should be a lot more clear cut?

Could be worse. They could have Stephen Kearney coaching them…

dungfungus said :

chewy14 said :

C’mon the Broncos were awesome on Friday night.

They didn’t even give a penalty away for 50mins. Surely that shows how good they were playing.

What you mean to say is the Brocos didn’t get caught milking for 50 minutes.

The referees gave an A+ performance as well. They weren’t affected by the home crowd at all.

chewy14 said :

C’mon the Broncos were awesome on Friday night.

They didn’t even give a penalty away for 50mins. Surely that shows how good they were playing.

What you mean to say is the Brocos didn’t get caught milking for 50 minutes.

C’mon the Broncos were awesome on Friday night.

They didn’t even give a penalty away for 50mins. Surely that shows how good they were playing.

The standard of NRL Refs has been going down hill for years. A simple GPS in the ball would say if had gone backwards or forwards. A beep in the refs ear would say the ball is in forward motion without being held and hey presto, forward pass, blow metal thing in my mouth. Raiders fell behind as the refs got tired at the end of the first half. Bad calls that should have changed hands never did and the Bronco’s had ball they should have lost. That gave time for the Raiders to get sloppy.

As for dumping Furnsie, if the same Raiders take to the field that gave away stupid ball last week, I’ll join the chorus. Cost your team 6 point by being an idiot, you’ve got no right to be called a professional.

Hardly a surprise that the Raiders lost, given the five-day turnaround and it being an away game and being without Fensom, White and Dugan. That’s why the bookies had Brisbane as a long odds-on favourite before the game; the subsequent injury to the Great Man didn’t help.
To be 3-4 is hardly the end of the world, indeed the Raiders were in the top eight only last week. Seems as if johnboy has had this piece sitting on ice since last year, and has been just itching for any excuse to let rip with some new season’s Furnerphobia. Get over it.