BlueLife wrote:
Mark J wrote:
Springsteen wrote:
Mark J wrote:
King Kenny wrote:
Bell does the same tackle all the time. He should be suspended too.
What about when Levi flies for one of those pack busting grabs; his knee hits an opponent in the head and knocks him out.
If the head is sacrosanct shouldn't he be suspended?
Could someone please answer this?
someone called into to Kb today and asked this, the marking contest is pure accident and unavoidable where the gibbs tackle was deemed as 2 actions with the sling
But doesn't Levi have the same duty of care as Gibbs?
If he chooses to fly for a mark with his knee up, he'd be aware of the potential outcome, and contact is not unavoidable in that situation.
Gibbs didn't intend to knock Gray out; it was an accidental outcome off the tackle.... Was it not?
I still don't see the difference. Either the head is sacrosanct or it's not.
Gibbs had him around the waist!
Gibbs had his arms pinned!!!
I've got no problem with the onus being put on the tackler to make an assessment whether they've got their opponents arms pinned and adjusting their tackle accordingly. Gibbs could have collapsed his knees and brought Gray to the ground. He didn't and went the sling instead. The former would have been the perfect tackle in that situation. The latter did nothing but run the risk of injuring his opponent who couldn't protect himself in the one area everyone knows we don't want injuries.
So both arms pinned is now off the table because the player can't protect his head?
One arm pinned, the so called 'chicken wing' is also suspect?
No arms pinned means the tackled player can handball.
Where is this going?
EDIT: Just watching the second half. At the 5:00 min mark of the third quarter, Carazzo does exactly the same thing as Gibbs but the player isn't knocked out. Same tackle, same bang of the head on the ground, different ranting by the commentators, 'Roo' me old matey, 'Roo', no comment.
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