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Message: [QUOTE="Foordy, post: 3280477, member: 1769"] **** has taken aim at Hethrington on Triple M, basically saying it was his own fault he was sent off ... then he gets into it with Tallis and Hooper for trying to defend Hethrington [B]here is the exchange:[/B] “It is the perfect case of accidents happen in our game,” Tallis said on [URL='https://www.triplem.com.au/story/gorden-tallis-paul-kent-s-fiery-debate-over-kobe-hetherington-send-off-176219']Triple M[/URL]. “The ball carrier couldn’t control where he was going and the guy (Hetherington) that is tackling him probably would have hit him in the chest if he stays upright. “So he can’t react that quick.” “Exactly,” James Hooper agreed. “Well bad luck,” Kent interjected. “That’s his fault. If he can’t react that quick he shouldn’t be in that position.” “Oh come on Kenty you have played footy Mate, how is he meant to change in that split second?” Hooper asked. “So you are saying it should have been a send-off?” “This is the whole point. look I have no doubt it was a tough call,” Kent replied. “But the fact that everyone with the benefit of hindsight sits down and says they should have done this and splits hairs over all the different angles they have seen. “The referee made a call on the run and OK I don’t particularly believe he got it right, but I’m not going to sit here and make excuses for the tackle and make excuses for these people who think it shouldn’t have been a send-off. “The ref made a call live with it.” “I think the players have done a fantastic job of lowering their targets,” Tallis offered. “And Kobe Hetherington didn’t and he paid the price,” Kent interjected. “It is because he drops two feet,” Tallis hit back. “He doesn’t drop two feet please,” Kent said. “There was no doubt he tripped and he was on his way down, but you cannot argue with me that if he actually had a lower target zone he wouldn’t have hit him in the face. “He might have hit him on the ball, but that’s what they are trying to get rid of these tackles on the ball, which are 50/50 calls. “There is too many target zones being the ball area and let’s remember it is a rounded surface, so you either hit it and go up or hit it and go down. Too many are hitting it and going up. “If you had a lower target zone when he tripped he would have fallen into his arms. I have got no problem with the referee. I don’t necessarily agree that it was a send-off, like most people, but the fact is the referee made a call on the run, live with it. “We just sit and bitch and moan about the way it is in hindsight all the time. The fact is it is a decision made on the field. Just live with it. Don’t sit there now and have to re-write the whole rule book because you don’t like one tackle.” “No one is saying that, they just got that decision wrong,” Tallis hit back. “It is as simple as that. That has never been a send-off.” [/QUOTE]

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