Opinion Who is holding referees accountable?

[Otis]

The storm are by far the best at pushing the limits. Always have been and will be with bellyache there. By continually passing flat from dummy half they get on the front foot and the refs get bummed into missing the obvious forward pass.
They struggled to win last year early while the refs cracked down on all the BS in the ruck, the wrestle etc but now thrive because we need to have a free flowing / entertaining game, which we all now = ignoring all the smaller time delaying fouls they are so good at.
Refs now won’t blow the whistle, but because the game is soooooo good, they get applauded. Personally I enjoyed seeing the game policed properly last year, but as per usual, public influence changes the weak minded and soft willed.

 

[Lil Ms Fabulous]

You can add Paul Gallen to that list and I love it when the refs don’t take any shit from him or Cameron Smith

 

[Heckler]

I think that the Refereeing has improved considerably on past years. The game against the Storm was the standard of refereeing over 5 years or so. Graham Annesley is doing an ok job so far. Fingers crossed it continues to improve although I doubt it.

 

[James zac]

Betting agencies?

 

[steeliz]

Is common sense that far gone?

In a thread about refs, you bring up a coach.

But you do bring up a good point.

Where has your common sense gone?

 

[86Gtown]

Consistent forward passes from smith.

Storm consistently flopping on players after a linebreak. Excessive wrestling in the ruck (when we hold the same time they did refs would be yelling at us in an instant).

Now, Im not necessarily blaming refs for the loss, we made some silly errors in the end there, to be expected though in fairness regarding our experience.

However, I ask, who holds refs accountable for ignoring breaches from one team, and being anal about the other?

Well i thought that that was what Graham Anisly was meant to be doing this year, but all he does is come out and rant about how much better everything is this year with his stats and then shows a few calls and defends the reffs decision or sometimes just says they got it wrong!! There is no accountability in the nrl unless your a player or a coach. And also why are the media happy to ask a coach what they thought of the officiating knowing they aren't happy, we we don't hear Graham being asked why there were so many foward passes or why they were allowed to hold in tackle longer

 

[wendog33]

Well i thought that that was what Graham Anisly was meant to be doing this year, but all he does is come out and rant about how much better everything is this year with his stats and then shows a few calls and defends the reffs decision or sometimes just says they got it wrong!! There is no accountability in the nrl unless your a player or a coach. And also why are the media happy to ask a coach what they thought of the officiating knowing they aren't happy, we we don't hear Graham being asked why there were so many foward passes or why they were allowed to hold in tackle longer

Completely agree. Annesley needs to be grilled for an explanation of mistakes and what he is doing about it. Cleaning up either the bias or the corruption...unless of course he is up to his ears in it as well.

He has the title, start earning it.

 

[GDR]

unfortunately the media is frilled with the current state of refereeing because the penalty counts are low , thats seems to be the only criteria that matters .. when there was a cracked down last year, it was the media that help force a change to its current state.. Teams like Melbourne will always take advantage of the current situation ..

The Media runs this game..

 

[Bluebody]

The NRL has always bemused me with their pseudo-monarchy cult style of governing the game. They think they are the overlords that dictate what is allowed to be scrutinised and the Clubs are the peasant benefactors of the land of league. They think they hold the purity of truth and integrity as if the humans involved can't and don't lose their way.

The idea that refs are like priests that are pure and to not be doubted is ridiculous for every reason we have seen unfold in the Church and on the field. Refs are human and mistakes may be due to incompetence, but patterns of mistakes lead to warranted speculation that there is subconscious bias.

Everyone has a subconscious bias, it is how the brain works! It cannot take in everything because it would be overloaded will irrelevant info and not be able to deal with what is important. So the brain decides what to notice based on what it has been conditioned to believe is important and worthy to be attentive to. When refs routinely notice what we do wrong and not what the Storm do wrong, this is why we get frustrated but the NRL get to pretend the brain does not function the way science has already worked out that it does. We have stupid NRL management out of date with their management style, philosophy and attitude. This is why the NRL brand is mud!

We love the game and we love our Club. It is like saying we love God and we love being a decent human in our day to day life. That does not mean religion and those that represent it are not corrupt or mentally deranged or plain stupid. The NRL by acting they are perfect already classify themselves with a personality disorder of delusional megalomania.

 

[Bob dog]

Glad Sutton got the arse, half the time he wasn't even concentrating preferring to dribble some shit about people he doesn't know.

 

[TwinTurbo]

We have stupid NRL management out of date with their management style, philosophy and attitude.

What would you change the style, philosophy and attitude to?

Go Dogs

 

[Bluebody]

What would you change the style, philosophy and attitude to?

Go Dogs

The philosophy shifting would automatically change the style and attitude. But the attitude blocks the possibility to discover a more powerful philosophy that would redefine how you relate to your stakeholders. The arrogance and denial are very real and incredibly hard to break. And the style is an authoritarian parenting style that knows better even when they are wrong. We are raised with this style in much of society - NRL is just a product of the darkness in the human condition! LOL

 

[TwinTurbo]

The philosophy shifting would automatically change the style and attitude. But the attitude blocks the possibility to discover a more powerful philosophy that would redefine how you relate to your stakeholders. The arrogance and denial are very real and incredibly hard to break. And the style is an authoritarian parenting style that knows better even when they are wrong. We are raised with this style in much of society - NRL is just a product of the darkness in the human condition! LOL

There is no doubt that the most efficient form of governance is a benevolent dictatorship, the successes of many are obvious. Ecclestone in F1, the France's in NASCAR, Guber and Lacob at the Golden State Warriors, the Buss Family who own the LA Lakers, Penske's numerous motorsport enterprises, Ezpeleta at Dorna, Kraft at the NE Patriots, etc. But often they either lose their benevolence and/or when they have had enough they leave a gigantic hole that is hard to fill and as a result the sporting organisation suffers. Hence the public company structure with a Board of Directors and an Executive arm is the most common form of governance, be it for a team or a franchise as a whole.

Go Dogs