Dublin manager Jim Gavin believes that the red card issued to John Small appeared to be a harsh call, as his side collected an eighth consecutive Leinster SFC crown on Sunday.
Small was was only on the pitch five minutes when he dismissed in the 57th minute following a challenge on Laois' Evan O'Carroll, thus ruling him out of selection for Dublin's upcoming Super 8s game on July 14/15.
Gavin noted that he has yet to review the video footage of the incident, but he said that he felt it was a harsh decision after seeing it in real time.
"From my view? No," he told RTÉ Sport after the game.
"It was a mis-timed tackle and not anything aggressive or malicious from John. I haven't seen it yet on the tape, obviously I'm just straight off the pitch. We'll have a look at that later on and consider it.
"Despite getting a man sent off in the second half that I thought was harsh, the boys knuckled down and I thought they shot really well in the second half.
"We created lots of opportunities in the first half and didn't take them but I suppose the positive thing at half time was that we were creating those opportunities. And thankfully in the second half we were a bit more clinical."
Dublin were without goalkeeper Stephen Cluxton for their clash against Laois at Croke Park, following an injury he sustained in the Leinster semi-final against Longford.
The seasoned netminder was named to start, but Dublin made a late change before throw-in to replace Cluxton with Evan Comerford.
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"Stephen was very keen to play," said Gavin, "but I had to make the call for the team and I thought Evan was fantastic. It was no surprise to us as we've seen in training games and well done to him.
"I think from the fall Stephen got, the pitch is hard during the summer months but he was very close today and he's kicking ball and training away, so we'll see him back soon."
Gavin added that he was pleased with his side's overall performance, and although Dublin kicked some uncharacteristic wides in the opening half, the Dublin boss emphasised the team's perseverance to convert their opportunities in the second half.
"Over the expanse of the game you've got to be happy, the second half was really strong when we were a man down. It was certainly nip and tuck in the first half, I thought Laois played really well.
"Sometimes the game goes like that but from the coaching perspective we were creating lots of goal [scoring] opportunities, lots of wides as well but the positive is that we're creating them. That was the message at half-time just keep doing the same. The boys were a little more focused in the second half and as you saw, they put up a big score."
He continued: "It's very much a team effort and I suppose what the strength of this team in the past has been that collective and that still remains the same. They really played their part, lots of players there today didn't get game time and they'll be disappointed but I know that they're happy that we won the Leinster title.
"We're gonna celebrate tonight with family and friends and later next week we'll consider the quarter-finals."
Dublin will now progress to the Super 8s which starts next month, with fellow provincial winners Kerry, Galway and Donegal also assured of their place in the competition.
"Really looking forward to it, we've have some great trips to Omagh, Castlebar and Salthill this year and got great support. The great Dublin fans that they are, they'll travel in numbers now. Our first priority is to review this game, try and learn from it and then we'll see who we have in the first game."
