kirbs wrote:
premiership hangover wrote: Its the classic example of all care and no responsibility the way umpires are treated in our game. They get paid good money each weekend to umpire, yet they cant be spoken to on match day, they cant be approached during or after the game for a discussion, and heaven forbid someone makes a comment about their poor performances......
The umpires of our game need to harden up, the game isn't about them its about the players, If they are not thick skinned enough to be told where they went wrong then they really don't deserve to be taking the money out of our game that they get paid each weekend. No one gets fined for that if a player gets upset at comments about his performance
A quick trip around Oz Footy see's you Umpire bagging on a few topics, not that I'm surprised
Regardless of the job done in this game, the laws have been set about commenting, so if they choose to let people spew forth be it right or wrong then whats the point of laws, if they don't take any action.
Umpiring dept should be more transparent, and come out with details on why umpires were dropped. Williams comments were petty in my opinion, take it up with the Department not make childish assertions in the press.
Kirbs I wasn't at the P "EP" game; however, the Perth coach's comments hardly warrant a fine, particularly in the context that two of the three were dropped after their performances. Personally, if Worobec never umpired another league that would improve the standard of the WAFL league umpiring.
