The people to blame for ONeill's being knocked out are the officials for their total lack of control and Mark ONeill. The most important aspect of refereeing any sport is player safety, and there was absolutely nothing done by the officials throughout the game to prevent the Tigers from headslamming on a few occasions, and ngoing in with high shots or high swinging arms.
Mark ONeill brought it on himself with his pathetic excuse of a tackle that is somehow the same standard as the Adrian Morley tackle from Friday night. It is absolutely ridiculous. Morley's tackle was not a careless high tackle, and if it was, then ONeill's should be a grade 4 reckless high tackle. The judicary judge players on their reputations and Danny is known as being a tough player and they will wroingly make an example of him.
As far as I'm concerned, Danny Williams did not hit Mark ONeill. Yes, that may sound strange but to me it's true. I've seen Danny Williams play a heck of a lot, and after that shot put on him, the real Danny Williams was knocked out of him.
We have seen in the past what Williams will do if he's pissed off with someone. Against the Broncos a few years ago, some Broncos put on a cheap shot on Danny as the Broncos player got up to play the ball. Danny let the guy look at him and let him make sure he saw it coming. That's the kind of player Danny Williams is. No cheap shots from behind, he'll tell it to his face.
He's also the kind of guy that would have his say and argue his case. What I saw on Saturday night was a case of a high shot knocking the real Danny Williams out of Danny Williams. ONeill brought on what happened. Danny got up, played the ball, looking in a bit of a daze, reaches for the guy he thought had just tried knocking his head off and throws back what he was given. If Mark cant' take it, he should stop attacking a players head. Danny had barely said a word, and that is not like Danny Williams.
It was a case of someone with their senses knocked out of him doing what natural instincts tell him to do - protect himself by taking out those trying to get him.
The Real Danny Williams would NOT have played the ball, he would have gotten up throwing punches, not just one swing, he'd of looked him in the eye, dropped the ball and let the bastard see what was coming. He wouldn't have been able to keep quiet afterwards either, he'd have had plenty to say. That is what DANNY WILLIAMS would have done.
Instead, I saw someone knocked senseless who then proceeded to do what the referee's were fasiling to do - protect people's ssafety, throw a punch that Danny Williams would not have thrown without pulling the guy around to face him to see what was coming. Then, with barely a word spoken, so uncharacteristic of Danny Williams, he stood there while everything else went on, still in a daze from what had happened and then left the field without even a complaint or arguement. That is NOT Danny Williams. He'd of had plenty to say.
What transpired did so at the hands of a Mark ONeill cheap shot that knocked someones senses out and created a monster. ONeill deserves the suspension for striking himself and knocking himself out.
Taking circumstances into account, Danny Williams body may have hit Mark ONeill, but the mind that was Danny Williams was still laying on the ground as a result of Mark ONeill's foul play. For ONeill to have been branded this poor defenseless victim of the whole situation is absolutely pathetic.
No, someone should not be hit the way ONeill was, but Danny Williams was not himself when the incident occured.
He stated that he does not even remember the inncidient, and seeing the tackle quite a few times I can understand why that would be the case.
He should plead insanity/amnesia, whatever and get off without a suspension, because that was NOT Danny Williams in the mind an body that knocked ONeill out. That was a creation of ONeill's foul play. ONeill deserved what he got. For Danny to be found guilty of something that he didn't even conciously do due to concussion/whatever the case is a travesty of justice.
To suspend Danny is to suspend someone for being a victim of foul play that has knocked their senses out. That may have been Danny Williams body, but due to Mark ONeill it was not the mind of Danny Williams that conciously went after him. It would never happen again, unless someone else tries to put a high cheap shot on him. Why should he be punished as a result of another's conciously inability to play a game without attacking the head? Quite simply, he shouldnt.
LET DANNY WALK FREE! :evil:
