Sheincar said:
Koop11 said:
This league is so amateur it’s unreal. It’s embarrassing.
You want to set an example for clubs breaking rules around footage. Fine, I get that, but how can punishing a player who receives a 2min penalty for a 10 game suspension fair. The fine should be enough. If not, then impose a 10 game suspension on the bench, meaning Caps have to play an import short. Don’t punish the stand out guy on a struggling franchise who for the first time in a long time look like they can be bothered to entertain fans. I can’t help feel this is part of a long term push tactic for this arena league that Black so desperately wants.
The league could not be more short sighted. If Emmerson decides to leave (I wouldn’t blame him), he is going to feed this all back to players, agents, coaches which in this small hockey world will have an impact on potential future signings.
According to Todd on Twitter ALL clubs were full aware of DPS rules before season. So no excuse for Edinburgh really.
Yes I saw Todd’s explanation on Twitter last night. Good to have some clarity on the decision made and I can’t fault him for addressing the concerns of fans. Although I think the newly appointed head of DPS should be doing so.
Rules are rules and as suggested, if Edinburgh like all clubs agreed to this then there is not much they can do. That said, I don’t agree with the ruling because of the potential for inconsistencies. I agree that player safety is paramount and the principle of reviewing an incident every time there is an injury is not a bad idea at all. However, if you are going to review every injury then you are going to be very busy. This is contact sport. On that rational, there will be 3 incidents that I can remember from our game against Coventry on Sunday alone that will automatically be reviewed.
It also raises the question of whether the league will only be announcing amendments to original penalties or even incidents that didn’t award a penalty. Josh Batch recently injured Lloyd, receiving a 2+10. This will have been reviewed but I don’t recall hearing anything about it.
Sometimes an incident is not caught by the rolling camera. For example, Stewart’s season ending hit on Faulkner was missed. He got 6 games reduced to 3 in the end (I think). Phillips has suspected concussion and plays the next night but Emerson gets 10 games because his club’s cameraman was in the toilet (hypothetical but you get my point).
If this is about punishing the club for not having the tape then fine but I think punishing the player to this extent does more long term damage to the league IMO. My suggestion as I referred before, perhaps consideration should be given to a club suspension, i.e. the bench has to suspend an import slot for 10 games.