Alex McKinnon possibly Quadriplegic - Mclean guilty of dangerous throw - 7 weeks

[StormHi]

Um... no. Hands between the legs, player lifted above the horizontal. Hasn't been completely legal for decades you fool.

Did you guys even watch the tackle? ...........

 

[gronkathon]

You obviously didn't

 

[Bulldog Force]

That was a sickening incident - probably the worst I've seen since the Yow Yeh one back in 2012... wishing McKinnon well for a speedy recovery!

 

[oikee]

I hope he is alright. He might not play again. Lifting will now be frowned upon.
It only takes one bad tackle to highlight the dangers.
Surely now when the refs call a penalty for lifting above the horizontal, we wont have all the calls of the game going soft.
Yes Satler, i am looking at you.

 

[Lambretta]

Poor Alex. Such a terrible situation and a freak accident

To the people in here saying these are deliberate Storm tactics.... seriously. Were you even watching the game? It was an accident. They didn't try lift him to drive him headfirst into the ground, they were trying to get him down and on his back and things went wrong.

It wasn't malicious - it was just a sad, unfortunate incident.

I wish Alex McKinnon all the best. No one, wants to see anyone get hurt like that

 

[BunniesMan]

Tackle was completely legal. No ones fault when a freak accident happens sad for Alex and hope he recovers.

Years of grubby tactics?? Sometimes the anti Melbourne bias on these forums from certain people is stupid.
Pretty sure grubby tactics have been around since the inception of the game.

GTFO with that crap.

It was not completely legal at all, they lifted above the perpendicular with a hand between the legs. How the f**k is that legal.

I agree the hysteria about "years of grubby tactics" is irrelevant here, this wasn't intentional but it was illegal and it is the sort of illegal act that can risk serious damage. It have an appropriately serious punishment.

 

[I Bleed Maroon]

Did you guys even watch the tackle? ...........

Yes, I did. Did you?

There are two men already trying to subdue McKinnon, when McClane comes third man in, puts his hand between his legs and intentionally pulls upward to get McKinnon off the ground. Of course, McClane doesn't have any real control over the tackle because he wasn't thinking, loses control of McKinnons trajectory and sends his head spearing into the turf.

What part of that description sounds like appropriate tackling etiquette on a footy field to you?

 

[betcats]

The tackle was not legal, the head duck obviously has made things worse but its still a dangerous one, the way the three players all pile on him(I know theres nothing wrong with that) really looked bad. Best wishes to Alex.

Cam Smith should of just shut the f**k up last night and copped the penalty, a blokes just been stretchered off with a spinal cord injury and the grubb is whinging about worse tackles melbourne have copped.

 

[Chook]

http://www.newcastleknights.com.au/news/2014/03/24/injury_update_alex_mckinnon.html



you can guarantee that won't happen

It's started already in this thread.

Can we suspend the blame game and instead just send this kid our best wishes.

Chook.

 

[gronkathon]

We all just hope he is ok

 

[macavity]

Well in the Snowden case (also an accident), Snowden got a lengthy suspension exclusively due to the injury. On that precedent, 3 storm players should be facing a few years on the sidelines.

 

[Frank_Grimes]

Tackle was completely legal.

Learn the rules.

GTFO with that crap.

Take your own advice.

 

[typicalfan]

In all seriousness the Docker tackle was even more above the horizontal. It was illegal but the injury should not decide the suspension.

Cameron Smith didn't say it was his fault, he just said Alex contributed to his own injury which is true. Some people are blind and deaf it seems. To much agenda driven bs.

 

[StormHi]

We will see come match reveiw handouts I guess.

But I saw it as a tackle gone wrong and a freak accident and wouldn't wish that injury on my worst enemy.

 

[StormHi]

In all seriousness the Docker tackle was even more above the horizontal. It was illegal but the injury should not decide the suspension.

Cameron Smith didn't say it was his fault, he just said Alex contributed to his own injury which is true. Some people are blind and deaf it seems. To much agenda driven bs.

This 100%

 

[gronkathon]

In all seriousness the Docker tackle was even more above the horizontal. It was illegal but the injury should not decide the suspension.

Cameron Smith didn't say it was his fault, he just said Alex contributed to his own injury which is true. Some people are blind and deaf it seems. To much agenda driven bs.

Peoples problem is not necessarily what Smith said but him timing and persistence even after the match officials repeatedly told him to go away while the medical staff were tending to McKinnon.

Regardless of how much concern Smith & Alexander tried to say Cameron Smith had those actions reveal a lot about his character.

But this thread is about McKinnon's injury in the end so that is the last I will say of the peripheral issues of the incident

 

[Frank_Grimes]

We will see come match reveiw handouts I guess.

But I saw it as a tackle gone wrong and a freak accident and wouldn't wish that injury on my worst enemy.

You also called it a "perfectly legal tackle".

And Bunniesman doesn't know what perpendicular means.

 

[Pete Cash]

Fractured vertebrae is bad but it shouldn't effect his ability to walk.
I have x2 fractured vertebrae t9 and t8 and never had issues with the ability to walk recover takes forever but who knows with back injuries you may be right.

I hope this isn't the case.

Your injury was a lot lower. I'm not a doctor but injuries between c1 and c4 are especially worrying.

Edit

Although a guy in the knights forum who works in that area said he should be ok. Fingers crossed for a full recovery

 

[AuckMel]

Best of luck to Alex in his recovery. Hope it goes well.

 

[typicalfan]

Peoples problem is not necessarily what Smith said but him timing and persistence even after the match officials repeatedly told him to go away while the medical staff were tending to McKinnon.

Regardless of how much concern Smith & Alexander tried to say Cameron Smith had those actions reveal a lot about his character.

But this thread is about McKinnon's injury in the end so that is the last I will say of the peripheral issues of the incident

What does it reveal? A lack of empathy? I would love to see the incident again because I thought the Storm players involved in the tackle immediately tried to help. Smith was saying he thought there were similar tackles by both sides. Sounded to me like he was trying to take the heat off the players involved in the tackle.