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Originally Posted by troyerlaw
we wouldn't criticize the Shanny punishment regime if there were any evidence whatsoever it was WORKING. but it isn't. concussions are up this year, even after the multitude of suspensions accompanied by the Soviet-style video explanations of league justice.
further, the suspensions are wildly inconsistent. check out the michalek hit on hendricks earlier this year which yielded no punishment whatsoever. or check out the measly 5 games to rene bourque who ended backstrom's season on a totally extraneous elbow to the head just weeks after bourque had been suspended for doing the same damn thing.
no one is in favor of head hunting. we are merely pointing out that what the league is doing IS NOT WORKING.
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i was mainly aiming that statement to the guy i was quoting. my point was that there is no doubt at all that the hit in question was a bad hit where mike green clearly targeted a player in no position to absorb the hit. he had other options to close the guy down without crushing his head.
you're right in that there is no evidence showing that "the shanahan regime" is working, and neither that it isn't. an analysis in this case is not simple and needs time. the mere focus on the issue however is positive (as long as it doesn't bring back the red line offside...)
i didn't mean to start a discussion on "the shanahan regime" as a whole, i just wanted to point out how silly i find the guys posting about how "soft" or unfair this specific call was.
edit: i forgot to write that i totally agree that the bourque "hit" is the worst whatever i've seen all season. just cheap and dirty and the guy shouldn't be allowed to play until he realizes what he's done (i don't even think he appologised, or did i miss it?). makes me sick just thinking about it.
