Adelaide coach Brenton Sanderson wants two goal umpires at each end, but his Fremantle counterpart Ross couldn’t care less.
The coaches were at odds after a controversial video score review in the Dockers’ gritty seven-point win against the Crows on Saturday.
The game, when on a knife-edge, stopped for three minutes in the final quarter after a set shot from Adelaide’s Patrick Dangerfield.
The kick was judged a goal by the goal umpire, a decision cleared by a field umpire, and Adelaide went two points up.
But a boundary umpire protested the ruling, saying the ball hit a post.
After two minutes of animated discussion between three umpires – a debate which infuriated Adelaide’s home crowd – they called for a video review.
Replays showed the ball hit a post and the goal was overturned – but Sanderson wasn’t convinced.
“You would think the goal umpire would have been in the correct position to make that decision,” he said.
The Crows mentor said stationing two goal umpires at each end, instead of the current one, would solve such problems.
“That is the consensus across the industry,” Sanderson said.
But Dockers coach Lyon wouldn’t buy into the debate about more goal umpires, or whether cameras should be fixed on goal posts for more accurate vision.
“In all honesty, I don’t have a strong opinion on it … I’m busy enough trying to prepare an AFL team,” he said.
But Lyon believed the video review system was worth pursuing.
“It’s trial and error,” he said.
“Everything is pioneering. We would still be at the old VFL, playing at suburban grounds, if we didn’t try things.”