Armagh manager Kieran McGeeney said he was delighted to get their first points of the league but reiterated his scepticism about the need for new rules after his side overcame Tyrone at the Atheltic Grounds.
The All-Ireland champions bounced back from their six-point loss to Galway in Salthill last week, building up a 14-point lead with the aid of the wind and keeping Tyrone at bay when the visitors put on a spurt in the second half.
Afterwards, McGeeney stressed the impact of the weather conditions, referring back to the Salthill game and arguing that the wind will play a bigger role since the introduction of the two-point arc.
"It was a bit of a lottery last week. Galway chose to play against it (the wind) in the first half, when it dropped off before the game. And then it went up in the second half.
"Today it was very strong in both halves but we got the benefit of it this time. It's one of those things with the new rules, it seems the elements play a bigger part than they should.
"Delighted to get a win here at home for the first time since we won the All-Ireland. It's a big plus for us but you know every game you're going into in Division 1 is top drawer. Another four minutes (tonight) and it was even stevens, that was the way it was going.
"Especially with the stoppages now, halves are lasting around 40-45 minutes. Our second half with Galway last week was 45 minutes, which you'd never get before. All of things come into play against quality teams."
McGeeney - long a sceptic of the need for rule changes and critical of the nostalgic school of punditry - again offered a wry opinion on the new rules, suggesting most of them were already covered but expressing approval of the two-point arc, provided it's restricted to scores from play.
"You have to be careful. You're not allowed to have a bad opinion on them, by the looks of it. I just think it was a lot of rules that already existed.
"The throw-up, you weren't supposed to be pulling and hauling. If you had a quick free-kick, if somebody stood across it, it was supposed to be brought up 20 yards. All of those things existed.
"I think the two-point arc is very good. I don't think it should exist for a free though. It's just too big of a penalty for some of the infractions.
"But, listen, you just try and go with it. Everybody seems to want to do something different.
"There was a brilliant game 30 years ago," the Armagh manager, with more than a hint of a smile. "I missed that generation. We'll just have to get back to it."
Tyrone manager Malachy O'Rourke admitted it was a disappointing night, coming off the back of their encouraging opening round win at home to Derry.
"Disappointed. The first half got away from us. I suppose we were the architects of our own downfall a wee bit in that we gave the ball away and left ourselves open at the back.
"Half-time, it was a tough position to be in. In fairness to the boys, they made a real go of it in the second half but we left ourselves with too much to do. There's a lot of lessons to be learned out of it.
"You can have a good win one week, the next week it doesn't go so good. You just can't get too down or too up after these games. It's about trying to get consistent."
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