Should never have been introduced. Delighted it's been binned. The system's grossly unfair anyway.
Limerick's equalising score came after added on time was over and from a free that clearly wasn't a free. How come technology wasn't referred to for that?

Maroonatic (Galway) - Posts: 1066 - 18/08/2013 16:51:55    1463375

It did malfunction, commentator announced it.

arock (Dublin) - Posts: 4953 - 18/08/2013 17:20:23    1463393

Maroonitic - it's clear the ref gave that last free for limerick because they had one genuine and possible wrongly declared wide by hawke eye.

yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11540 - 18/08/2013 17:22:23    1463401

"Yeah, eh, excuse me. I bought this thing about 6 months ago for about 500k and it doesnt seem to be working, here is the receipt. There is something not right with it. It doesnt seem to be working for some reason, in fact it doesnt seem to do the one thing I bought it to do, i.e. call scores over the bar.

I've always thought it was an expensive waste of money and when the system cant be rolled out to every ground in the country, it is a complete joke.

Get better umpires, make them referees, give them the right to call penalties also, jobz a good un.

Pinkie (Wexford) - Posts: 4100 - 18/08/2013 17:24:31    1463406

Open your eyes people! it's obvious the gaa purposely done this to eliminate hawk eye from the agenda so they won't have to fork out thousands to install it in all county grounds! it was an overwhelming success up until this point late in the gaa season.

Jimin10 (Meath) - Posts: 783 - 18/08/2013 17:26:40    1463413

18/08/2013 16:51:55
Maroonatic
Should never have been introduced. Delighted it's been binned. The system's grossly unfair anyway.
Limerick's equalising score came after added on time was over and from a free that clearly wasn't a free. How come technology wasn't referred to for that?
Hasn't been totally binned and GAA were dead right to introduce it.
Don't be stupid wrt Limericks score in added time being after added time allotted. Ref can add time if he feels its needed and you're taking the piss about technology wrt that

ormondbannerman (Clare) - Posts: 13473 - 18/08/2013 17:36:11    1463423

I see the conspiracy theorists are out already. Its all a cunning plot eh!
Maybe its a rival software company wot banjaxed it. Any truth in the rumour next years minor hurling c'ship is to be played on an xbox instead of grass to appease the technophiles?

Maroonatic (Galway) - Posts: 1066 - 18/08/2013 17:38:15    1463426

Theyd need to get hawk eye ready for next week. Bigger ball no problems !

border Gael (Monaghan) - Posts: 906 - 18/08/2013 17:39:49    1463428

I see the conspiracy theorists are out already. Its all a cunning plot eh!
Maybe its a rival software company wot banjaxed it. Any truth in the rumour next years minor hurling c'ship is to be played on an xbox instead of grass to appease the technophiles?

Maroonatic (Galway) - Posts: 1066 - 18/08/2013 17:40:31    1463429

You can buy me as someone who's stupid ormondbannerman but you'll have a heck of a job trying to sell me as that

Maroonatic (Galway) - Posts: 1066 - 18/08/2013 17:42:52    1463433

Could they not have just tried plugging it out at the wall and back in again ?

sponger (Wicklow) - Posts: 2926 - 18/08/2013 19:12:13    1463499

My reading of it was that it worked perfectly except the animation at the endpoint indicating a miss instead of a point. This seems like a simple coding issue. Had it been wide it probably would have indicted a point. Kind of like mixing up your left and right hands. Unfortunate though and certainly should not be happening. I have also noticed hawk eye been questioned in tennis recently too. Players clearly pointing to ball prints on the court been out where hawk eye indicated in.

thetownman (Longford) - Posts: 9 - 18/08/2013 19:24:26    1463506

Interesting development today, I have wondered just how Hawk Eye could figure out a deflected ball off a wet upright on a stormy day.
Does hawk Eye calculate the trajectory of the ball before it hits the upright?
Does it take into consideration if the ball is struck from the left or right of the pitch?
Can it calculate the curve and spin on a ball?

bryanadams (Kildare) - Posts: 733 - 18/08/2013 19:33:20    1463516

bryanadams
Legitimate questions. Also is there an assumption on the software that the goalposts are perfectly perpendicular and have the same girth from base to tip ? (Apologies if that sounds a bit smutty). Additionally what about the goalposts moving ? Even well built tall buildings sway.

Maroonatic (Galway) - Posts: 1066 - 18/08/2013 19:46:12    1463526

Kingdom boy....Was paddy any relation to joe mcquillan beal?
all Cavan people are related!!!

beal (Mayo) - Posts: 1388 - 18/08/2013 19:50:14    1463529

there should be an upper crossbar and a point net. simple solution

s goldrick (Cavan) - Posts: 5520 - 18/08/2013 20:02:37    1463536

people calling for end to Hawk-Eye
should we get rid of umpires as well, they have got a lot more decisions wrong?
should we get red of referees they have got loads wrong?
should we get rid of officials totally?

kerryluck (Kerry) - Posts: 2517 - 18/08/2013 20:16:21    1463545

Sounds like the system wasn't really tested as exhaustively as it should have been before being introduced. Not sure if it should be scrapped, its a bug, and bugs can be fixed. But its a bug that should have been found and fixed long before it was used on the big stage.

I still think that with 7 officials on the field, the correct calls should be getting made without the use of technology. While there is a role for tools such as hawkeye, the role of the umpire needs to be reviewed in general.

Marlon_JD (Tipperary) - Posts: 1823 - 18/08/2013 20:30:50    1463552

I don't agree with the use of Hawkeye. Where was it the other week for the contested point in Monamolin? Unless something can be used in every game, it should be used in no game.

icehonesty (Wexford) - Posts: 2573 - 18/08/2013 21:05:21    1463580

Interesting development today, I have wondered just how Hawk Eye could figure out a deflected ball off a wet upright on a stormy day.
Does hawk Eye calculate the trajectory of the ball before it hits the upright?
Does it take into consideration if the ball is struck from the left or right of the pitch?
Can it calculate the curve and spin on a ball?

----------

It works well enough in tennis and cricket, both of which rely heavily on the curve or turn of a ball. Especially cricket, when the bounce turns the ball a lot. If it's trusted in them, then it should be trusted in the GAA.

OgraAnDun (Down) - Posts: 406 - 19/08/2013 10:25:31    1463655