Clarkson banned...
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Re: clarkson
After starting off well, some of the decision in recent weeks have meant DOPS is rapidly losing credibility IMO.
How can you ban someone on the basis of a reflection? Besides that Doug is looking in the opposite direction and sackofshit brushes his stick at the most. Play acting at its worst and done right in front of Hicks to ensure a call is made.
What a load of balls!
After starting off well, some of the decision in recent weeks have meant DOPS is rapidly losing credibility IMO.
How can you ban someone on the basis of a reflection? Besides that Doug is looking in the opposite direction and sackofshit brushes his stick at the most. Play acting at its worst and done right in front of Hicks to ensure a call is made.
What a load of balls!
Same thing for me they have not got all the information so how can they be sure what happened?? And if hicks didn't call it as match pen then why has it been reviewed unless giants asked for it to be in the hope Doug would get 3\4 games and miss the 2nd leg on weds!!!. Let's be fair to ban a player on a bloody glass reflection is really clutching at straws!!
I'm sorry guys but it was a spear, seen it clear as day on the night. two hands on his stick and jabbed it toward Sandrock.
Now i gotta be honest, I think 1 game for a spear is light, now maybe its due to the footage that doesn't show it clearly enough I don't know. I'm certain that other spearing calls have been longer bans? could be wrong.
Hicks even called it on the night, now I suspect he must of had input in the decision, as lets be honest the video isnt totally clear.
I agree though that DOPS doesn't seem to be consistent.
Also Voth26 this is totally different situation from the Capitals who failed to provide the game tape (that they are meant to). This happened behind the play, the camera was following the play. Sadly this is not football, and we do not have multiple HD cameras covering every aspect.
Anyway thats my view on this.
Now i gotta be honest, I think 1 game for a spear is light, now maybe its due to the footage that doesn't show it clearly enough I don't know. I'm certain that other spearing calls have been longer bans? could be wrong.
Hicks even called it on the night, now I suspect he must of had input in the decision, as lets be honest the video isnt totally clear.
I agree though that DOPS doesn't seem to be consistent.
Also Voth26 this is totally different situation from the Capitals who failed to provide the game tape (that they are meant to). This happened behind the play, the camera was following the play. Sadly this is not football, and we do not have multiple HD cameras covering every aspect.
Anyway thats my view on this.
You know, I agree the footage isn't great but you can kind of see the spear. Now i don't think that's enough so can only assume Hicks had a say also. I think a Spear is usually a longer ban, maybe if it was clear on the footage it would of been a longer ban? I dont know.
But it was a spear, and I think personally 1 game he got off lightly.
But it was a spear, and I think personally 1 game he got off lightly.
The footage you watch is on YouTube and is prob not HD not frame by frame when you can pick out parts of an image and zoom in and out, all you are watching is an explanation of the incident, to show you on what basis a decision is made. Having said all that the ref was stood right by the incident and would also have probably seen what led up to the incident so why they would change the call I'm not sure, unless game is incorrect and the ref got it wrong?
I'm absolutely baffled that they've tried to justify the ban using a reflection in the plexi, however I get the feeling discussions between DOPS and Hicks would have gone on and come to the conclusion it should have been a match penalty, if it was a spear.
All I know is he's raring to go in Nottingham on Sunday, given his tweets!
All I know is he's raring to go in Nottingham on Sunday, given his tweets!