Trent Robinson Changes His Tune

[Kevinward777]

Surprise surprise - we all needed to calm down when the rule change was implemented after some Chookin' sookin'. What happened Trent?

 

[The Who]

He's the voice of reason . . .
until it impacts his club.

 

[Kevinward777]

He's the voice of reason . . .
until it impacts his club.

He does the same thing when other coaches complain about dud decisions playing against ths Roosters. Then when a bad call affects the chooks; he sooks and goes even redder in the face.

 

[DUFFMAN]

The roosters get upset and want action taken when Teddy and Friend had high tackles on them but as soon as some of their own players dish them out they get upset when action is taken.

Yes the NRL have gone overboard but they are heading in the right direction with player safety.

 

[chuckee]

Good on him. Love him or hate him we need powerful figures of the game to stand up to the nonsense.

 

[Kevinward777]

Good on him. Love him or hate him we need powerful figures of the game to stand up to the nonsense.

He was the one who instigated the nonsense.

 

[Eagle Eyed]

I suppose he is trying to do his best for his club, unfortunately it has backfired, for the poor old flat back headed git

 

[HoldenV8]

Its all good for Robinson until the Chooks lose isn't it.....

 

[wombatgc]

What a hypocritical c@nt.

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

Robbo has a good point. I think the crackdown should be ignored for Origin.
Also for grand finals. Also semi finals, and the match of the Round (as chosen by channel 9) (or Fox, or whoever selects it).
Also probably for Test matches.
Maybe also for junior level Origin games? Not sure about that one. Definitely for junior level grand finals though.

 

[HoldenV8]

Shock horror, the coaches of sides that are continually having players binned, put on report and suspended are complaining about the crackdown.

When the rules suit them, all good. When the rules don't suit them ... unfair.

 

[BH72]

oohh "Gladiators".. how many games did he play at the top grade?

a few years back they had their own 'hard man' who seemed to like aiming his shoulder (and arms) at opposing players heads. No surprise really.

 

[BH72]

Steve Menzies and Ron Coote were good tacklers... to name a couple.

 

[SeaEagle21]

Oh poor Robbo, he and Uncle Nick brought this $hit crackdown with their whinging after the Parra game. You reap what you sow, Victor the inflictor might need to get in line with the directive

 

[chuckee]

He was the one who instigated the nonsense.

I agree. But at least now he’s saying it’s over cooked. Double standard I know but I guess he’s just trying to help dig out of the hole

 

[wombatgc]

I agree. But at least now he’s saying it’s over cooked. Double standard I know but I guess he’s just trying to help dig out of the hole

Ummmm, nope. He's still a c@nt.

 

[TokyoEagle]

Not sure it was the Chooks themselves that instigated the crackdown but the incidents in the Parra game (presently one of the untouchable clubs when it comes to refs) definitely deserved to be more harshly punished than they were that day. You'll probably find that the only reason for the suspensions, see comment in brackets above, was the public backlash.

To be fair to Robinson, the main topic from this interview was origin. Not sure that he said anything about how the rules were affecting his club team.

While I agree that they do need to get a better handle on careless/accidental/unlucky (i.e. bouncing up off the forearm, etc.), if they want to get it out of the game, they can't stop now. Let's just hope they start to adjust the radar a little so that it is punishing those who are careless or with intent rather than the guy falling into the tackle.

 

[47MVEagle]

Must admit, my perception is that fewer players are being sent off for contact with the head & those that are sent off are being sent off later in the game now.

I think it's a combination of the refs now having an onfield grading system in place (on report & penalty only, on report, penalty & 10 in the bin, on report, penalty & send off) as well as the players making the effort to tackle lower.

So I guess it's working after all.

 

[47MVEagle]

Re: Robinson's call to let SOO flow & not use the new stricter rules - after telling everyone to calm down after magic round, is he now conceding the new rules are too gung ho?

Does seem hypocritical & also makes me wonder how he'd react if Tedesco got KTFO by a high shot in SOO this year?

 

[Go manly]

Trent is yesterdays Hero
Teddy next

When I walk down the streets
See the people who stop and stare and say
Haven't I seen that face somewhere a long time ago