Hardwick\u2019s latest comments<\/a> don\u2019t put him at immediate risk of a fine, he claimed: \u201cOne more time and I think this will be the case\u201d.<\/p>\nDual premiership Roo David King didn\u2019t think the umpire criticism was enough to warrant sanction, debating the issue with Clark on Sunday night.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat\u2019s wrong with what he\u2019s saying about the umpiring?\u201d King questioned.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s not having a go at them personally, he\u2019s not naming them.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s been pretty disparaging,\u201d Clark interjected.<\/p>\n
\u201cIsn\u2019t he just saying what Alan Richardson said years ago \u2013 the affirmation, the noise of affirmation. Isn\u2019t he saying something like that just using different language?<\/p>\n
Hardwick questions home ground advantage | 04:52<\/p>\n
\u201cI want coaches talking like this. Not having a go at umpires specifically individually, but I like the conversion that it creates.\u201d<\/p>\n
Clark said the repeated nature of Hardwick\u2019s comments was the main issue.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think the point is clear this continues to happen,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe repeat offence of it all. I think the fact that it keeps coming up and keeps coming back to the umpires \u2013 the game\u2019s got a problem trying to attract umpires to the game.\u201d<\/p>\n
Clark claimed Hardwick\u2019s umpire comments drew attention away from the real issue \u2013 labelling the club the \u201cbiggest disappointment in the game so far\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen Damien Hardwick arrived at the Gold Coast, he said 80% of the premiership list is here. Well, what if rivals come for that cupboard?\u201d he questioned.<\/p>\n
‘Gift’ Free Kick stuns Suns | 00:37<\/p>\n
\u201cBen King\u2019s undecided about his future, Jed Walter is meeting other clubs, Bailey Humphrey has had a poor season and looks set to go back to Victoria again\u2026 Matt Rowell is the big one \u2013 he\u2019s out of contract next year and already did the tour of viable clubs last year. So if he says the premiership squad is 80% here already, well what if they start to leave?<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is the big issue.\u201d<\/p>\n
First Crack panellist Leigh Montagna said the Suns looked like a \u201cdistracted\u201d playing group in that Friday night loss to the Cats as their season sits precariously placed at 7-6.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was a lot of players complaining at the umpiring, a lot of players complaining at each other, finger pointing and trying to sort it out. It did look like it\u2019s a concern at the moment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey don\u2019t look like a happy playing group no doubt with how they are playing.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey are playing nowhere near their capability and their potential.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The AFL is set to issue Gold Coast coach Damien Hardwick a \u201cfinal warning\u201d for his repeated umpire…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":736733,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,54514,64,63,689,55,639,11295,355979,14385,35629,355981,13658,13659,2105,2485,9130,6278,5330,19125,12141,3465,1136,12157,7198,677,14449,25541,224021,112894,701,355983,14368,85,355985,355980,355982,355984,660],"class_list":["post-736732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-alan-richardson","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-ben-king","tag-cats-charge","tag-damien-hardwick","tag-final-warning","tag-form-woes","tag-geelong","tag-geelong-cats","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-gold-coast","tag-gold-coast-suns","tag-greg-swann","tag-head-coach","tag-jay-clark","tag-jeremy-cameron","tag-leigh-montagna","tag-looks-set","tag-matt-rowell","tag-michael-willson","tag-oceania","tag-oscar-adams","tag-premiership-list","tag-premiership-squad","tag-press-conference-antics","tag-queensland","tag-questions-home","tag-season-sits","tag-sports","tag-throwing-toys","tag-umpire-criticism","tag-umpire-ire","tag-umpiring-bash-path","tag-victoria"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=736732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/736733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=736732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=736732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=736732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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