Uncle Mick
Active Member
Re: CMCA- Ommies to remain in top grade
Healthy debate and tend to agree mostly with Bunter here. It was a ballsy decision to cancel the round when it only reached 28, but the decision was made with good intentions and given the unpredictability of Melbourne's weather, it's very hard to leave these decisions to last minute.
Also agree in part with Merlot. The execs tend to look after their own. I can recall a game about 8-9 years ago that we played against Aspendale in Rd.11 - the year Elwood won the Woolnough flag. A win would've given us 2nd spot and a loss potentially meant we could miss out. We weren't allocated an umpire and at 9 down with a handful of runs to get, an Aspendale batsman was stranded mid-pitch and threw his bat out as the throw came in knocking the ball away from a certain run out - far more than just running in the line of the throw. They proceeded to pinch the single and later score the required runs to win. At the point of the incident I was ready to walk our players off, but insisted we play on and try for the win. I then rang the CMCA execs that night and no action was taken. I have no doubt in my mind that a Mackie, Uniting, ESBC, etc would never have suffered the same fate. Any of the aforementioned clubs would've A) had an umpire allocated given the importance of the game, and/or; B) been given the courtesy of an investigation into the incident. Fortunately for us results went our way, and we hung onto 4th, but it further proved in my mind that the execs look after their own. Any time we've felt hard done by since, we've not bothered to pursue any course of action for fear that the same will occur.
So, whilst I don't agree with the approach being taken with part of the debate, I do agree that the same consideration/opportunities aren't afforded to all clubs where the CMCA execs are concerned.
Healthy debate and tend to agree mostly with Bunter here. It was a ballsy decision to cancel the round when it only reached 28, but the decision was made with good intentions and given the unpredictability of Melbourne's weather, it's very hard to leave these decisions to last minute.
Also agree in part with Merlot. The execs tend to look after their own. I can recall a game about 8-9 years ago that we played against Aspendale in Rd.11 - the year Elwood won the Woolnough flag. A win would've given us 2nd spot and a loss potentially meant we could miss out. We weren't allocated an umpire and at 9 down with a handful of runs to get, an Aspendale batsman was stranded mid-pitch and threw his bat out as the throw came in knocking the ball away from a certain run out - far more than just running in the line of the throw. They proceeded to pinch the single and later score the required runs to win. At the point of the incident I was ready to walk our players off, but insisted we play on and try for the win. I then rang the CMCA execs that night and no action was taken. I have no doubt in my mind that a Mackie, Uniting, ESBC, etc would never have suffered the same fate. Any of the aforementioned clubs would've A) had an umpire allocated given the importance of the game, and/or; B) been given the courtesy of an investigation into the incident. Fortunately for us results went our way, and we hung onto 4th, but it further proved in my mind that the execs look after their own. Any time we've felt hard done by since, we've not bothered to pursue any course of action for fear that the same will occur.
So, whilst I don't agree with the approach being taken with part of the debate, I do agree that the same consideration/opportunities aren't afforded to all clubs where the CMCA execs are concerned.
