Geelong coach Chris Scott has met with two AFL officials following his post-match rant after last week’s loss to Port Adelaide.
The Cats fell just short of a miraculous comeback, with the coach questioning a late umpiring decision to not pay advantage that would have resulted in a certain goal to Jeremy Cameron in the final minutes.
Play was called back for a free kick to forward Ollie Henry instead, with the resulting shot at goal missing to leave the Cats six points adrift.
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After the game, Scott went on a lengthy rant about the holding-the-ball interpretation, as well as that late decision.
The comments raised eyebrows at league headquarters with the AFL sending new head of officiating Stephen McBurney and head umpiring coach Michael Jennings to Geelong for an impromptu meeting.
7NEWS reporter Mitch Cleary said Scott wasn’t given a sanction with the AFL instead taking the approach of a face-to-face meeting to discuss his concerns.
As well as the late non-advantage call, Scott raised questions regarding how long players have to dispose of the ball when being tackled.
The two-time premiership coach was measured with his comments, but it was a lengthy.
“The holding the ball one: at the moment, you’re getting a lot more time with the ball. And the biggest risk that I see, as opposed to some frustrations from the supporters and the coaches and the players, is that the players are really clear that they’ve got to be careful taking a player to ground in the tackle,” he said.
“At the moment, you can be spun 360 and still get time to get rid of the ball after having prior opportunity … Jake Kolodjashnij gave up a goal against Carlton two weeks ago where he’s holding onto a player – two years ago he would’ve taken him to ground but we’re telling him ‘don’t do that’ – the Carlton player just turns around and kicks a goal because Jake can’t take him down.”
“So I would imagine that the umpires have been … like the rules are there. They don’t have to change the rules. It’s kind of like, that is a whistle and a ball-up straightaway or it’s holding the ball.
“Some people say, ‘Oh, there should be no prior opportunity at all’. That’s ridiculous in my opinion. We should protect the ball-player who’s trying to keep the game going and if he hasn’t had prior opportunity, he should get time to try to get rid of it. But if it’s clearly locked up, play a stoppage.
“Maybe there is this fear – and I think it is fear mongering – that if we have too many stoppages, the game doesn’t look as good. I just completely disagree with that – but I always have.
“And then the other one is the advantage rule. Every sport in the world that has an advantage rule, that I can think of, doesn’t blow the whistle when there’s a free kick because they want to see whether the advantage is there or not. In rugby, which is not as continuous a game as ours, sometimes the play goes on for a minute before the referee blows his whistle and then pays advantage. But we don’t have that rule. It’s one worth thinking about.
“The one tonight, the rule is if the play is continuous and the team chooses to take the advantage, then the umpire calls play-on.”
In regard to the late advantage decision where the umpire brought the free kick back, the AFL said it was the right decision.
“The umpire’s whistle has gone at almost the same time that the player (Jhye Clark) has disposed at the ball,” AFL footy boss Laura Kane said.
“It’s worth noting it came off the side of his boot, it was a shanked kick, and the umpire has made the decision to bring that back and give Geelong the shot on goal.
“So we were comfortable with the way it was officiated.”
