Indeed. Sandercock put it best on Friday.
'No comment. But you saw it, I saw it, Everyone saw it' and that was as far as he dare go!

Coaches can say what they like about referees.
There are rightful restrictions about where they say it.

Yes, but it's slightly different for someone, say Peter Gentle for instance, saying what he feels like about a referee to Chris Irvine, compared to saying what he feels like about a referee to his pet budgie (if he has one).

What I'm saying is that there shouldn't BE restrictions.

He's able to talk to the RFL, head of referees and the ref himself. What would he hope to achieve by talking to a journalist?

That is the comparison with crikeet I'm making, there are gonna be mistakes even by video-refs, you have to accept it, that's the way it is. And the refs on the field are going to favour the better teams too, as a Storm fan, good, we put on 68 pts today And Feb.22, what a great day, first hit-out of the season, away from home, against apparently the best player on the planet, Mr.K.Sinfield, and we win. As M.Boyce said, "I was there".

Indeed.
We then get 'tracked the wrong player' as an apparent valid excuse. Most rightly thought 'How is that even possible?' but the moron Jon Sharp obviously thought it was all ok. Most would have said 'No sorry Steve that makes no sense as it isn't possible.'.
Still as long as it is all behind closed door's it's all good I guess. I mean we wouldn't want transparency now would we.

What would he hope to achieve by talking to a journalist?

If that only happened behind closed doors, how did we all hear about it?

When a ref drops a massive blunder the coach should be allowed to talk to whoever he want's without fear of the big bad RFL for daring to have an opinion.

Because Jon Sharp COULDN'T keep it behind closed doors as it was such a MASSIVE balls up the excuse however doesn't in anyway stand up to any real scrutiny but Jon is happy with it.
Now you have to ask. Is he thick or did he give a BS excuse to appease the masses whilst in private saying 'Come on Steve that can't be right'.

What would he hope to achieve by talking to a journalist?

Are you allergic to answering questions or something?

BTW, you don't seem to understand the difference between an excuse and an explanation.

Putting it out there instead of having to hide under a rock. Which was the point of this thread.

I know the difference and 'Tracked the wrong' player maybe many things including an excuse but it certainly isn't an explanation as it explains nothing that makes any sense.

You still haven't actually answered the question "Putting it out there" isn't a gain.

Referreing decisions aren't hidden under a rock.

"Tracked the wrong player" was the reason given for making the error. In this particular case, what explanation did the Hull player give for making the error of chasing the kick from an offside position? Not sure why I'm asking you, considering your allergy

Sorry, this is cobblers.

Rugby League is an incredibly violent game played by incredibly aggressive men. The line between a hard game and an illegal brawl is actually very thin. That line is held only by the referee, often with 10,000 fans urging their players across the line. If you have a situation before a game where the players, and the fans, all have been given tacit permission by a coach through public criticism, to believe that the referee has no authority, then you will have chaos.

Even at an amateur level, anyone who watches the game will know that if a club begins a game without respect for the referee, then it gets very nasty, very quickly.

It is absolute nonsense, and frankly demonstrates a very limited understanding of the game, to suggest that coaches or players should be given carte blanche to publicly criticise referees. It would be a fast and ugly road to a serious car crash.

No, you still haven't answered.
If you weren't happy with the explanation, can you explain what kind of explanation you would have been happy with? Can you answer the prior questions too please? If you were able to do that, we might progress the discussion. Sorry if that interrupted what you only intended as a drunken rant

When was Josh Charnley a dishonest cheat? He did his best to get the ball down. He didn't. James Child still gave the try. How can you respect James Child for decisions like that?