Deciphering the gag order on umpire critique | The Eye of the Coach with Adam Simpson (25.06.26)

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Gerard Whateley· Host0:52

Gag order on coaches.

Adam Simpson· Guest0:54

Yeah.

Gerard Whateley· Host0:55

No, no comment on umpires from here.

Adam Simpson· Guest0:57

Yeah. Is that ... I, I, I d- ... Yeah, I, I think the common sense one, um, says that you can still do it. [laughs] I, I think, uh, if you mention the, the Russian Empire- [laughs] ... um, that might, that, I, I think the direction of coaches u- using those analogies, and the Roman Empire is what, um, Dimma was meant to say. But I, I, I think the coach who says, "Yeah, look, the, he got that decision wrong. Mistakes happen and we move on," I think that's still okay to say. That, that's the common sense in me as a coach. That someone asked me about a decision that,