News 2012 Media Thread Part 2

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By Luke Holmesby 6:36 AM Thu 13 Sep, 2012​

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Scott Watters says the Saints are under no salary cap pressure
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ST KILDA coach Scott Watters has denied his club is facing salary cap pressures and says it can be "aggressive" in the coming free agency period.

The Saints had been reported to have a tight squeeze on its salary cap with little room to move, but Watters said that was not the case.

"Twelve months ago, yeah there was some pressure, as you would expect of a club that had been through a number of Grand Finals," Watters said after Wednesday night's club best and fairest.........

http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/147559/default.aspx
 
■St Kilda's high-performance manager Peter Burge has quit the club to join Richmond, replacing the recently resigned and long-serving Matt Hornsby. The move will cause a reshuffle in the Saints' fitness area for the second time in 12 months, with David Misson leaving this time last year for Melbourne.
It is understood coach Scott Watters is pushing for a new-look sports science regime heavily based on that run by Collingwood's David Buttifant, a pioneering subscriber of high-altitude training.
 

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St Kilda star Lenny Hayes eyes pre-season training following heart surgery

  • by: Glenn McFarlane
  • From: Herald Sun
  • September 13, 2012 9:45AM
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St Kilda's Lenny Hayes is on the comeback after heart surgery Source: Herald Sun
ST KILDA best and fairest Lenny Hayes admitted it had been a "tough week" after corrective heart surgery, but says he can't wait to push himself into pre-season training in the belief that the Saints can challenge again next season.
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Hayes was released from hospital on Tuesday following surgery last week on a leaky heart valve and was unable to be on hand to accept his third Trevor Barker Medal last night.

But the 32-year insisted that he was recovering well and would be right to go for the start of the pre-season.

"I'm doing really well, but it is probably a bit soon to get in there," Hayes said in a recorded message at the best-and-fairest count.

He praised his parents and wife for being by his side in a "tough week" but insisted he was well on the way to recovery from a leaky heart valve.

"I am really overwhelmed and honoured to win the best and fairest - I am just a bit blown away to be honest," Hayes said of his third Trevor Barker Medal which came after he suffered a knee reconstruction last season.

"It's been a pretty big couple of years, so I just want to thank the club for sticking by me.

"I really believe in this group of players that we have got. I believe that we can be challenging next year, so I hope you guys believe it too.

"I am looking forward to cracking into pre-season with you guys soon."

St Kilda coach Scott Watters praised Hayes' resilience and insisted he would be "ready day one of the pre-season".

"It (the heart issue) was picked up early in the year in a screening process, which was really fortunate," Watter said.

"Whenever we mention heart surgery, there is obviously a degree of seriousness, but the really pleasing thing is that it was corrective surgery.

"It is certainly going to be a great thing long term and his recovery has already been outstanding with no complications.

"I have seen quicker players, stronger player and more skilful players, but I have never seen a player with his strength of will and heart - I know that (heart) is the appropriate word at the moment."

Watters last night declared St Kilda's salary cap pressures were not as bad as has been suggested, claiming the club could still be a player in the trade period.

"Our club 12 months ago had some pressure which you would expect ... but it would be good to correct people (who think) our position is compromised in a any way, shape or form," he said. "We are in a position to be aggressive from a salary cap point of view and that needs to be put on the record."

Asked if that signalled the Saints as a potential player through the free agency period, Watters said: "... if we choose to be. There will certainly be no restrictions from a salary cap point of view."
 
http://www.saints.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/5315/newsid/147615/default.aspx

St Kilda Football Club is pleased to announce that Bill Davoren has been appointed as its new High Performance Manager.

Mr Davoren joins the Saints from the Western Bulldogs FC where he was the Head of Physical Conditioning for the past four years.


Before moving into AFL football, Mr Davoren spent eight years as the Head Coach of the Australian Triathlon Team and has an extensive background in elite sports performance.

His appointment is part of a restructure of St Kilda FC’s High Performance Department.
 
Some great work at the kid's hospital by Buddy, Hodgey and Gibson. There was a guy there who looked awfully like Brendon Goddard, but it can't have been him as Channel 9 didn't see him. :rolleyes:
 
http://www.smh.com.au/afl/afl-news/staff-pay-takes-a-toll-20120917-262lb.html

AFLPA boss Matt Finnis says the off-field ''arms race'' at clubs continues to expose a multi-speed economy.

While the AFL began to address this issue through distributions to clubs announced last season, Finnis said the gap between the rich and poor in terms of football department spending was still considerable.

''Certainly the AFL took steps forward in that process last year, but I don't think anyone is of the view that that bigger issue has been resolved at all,'' he said.

The Western Bulldogs, North Melbourne, Melbourne and St Kilda were the major beneficiaries of the funding. Finnis said players, constrained by a salary cap, personally felt the pay increases that off-field staff were receiving.

''Talk to the players of one club who see one of their fitness advisers, one of their football IT guys being recruited to another club and being paid 50 per cent, 100 per cent more than what they were getting. That's where you see players really feel it.''

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/player-alert-on-spending-20120917-262l7.html

High-performance managers can command close to $400,000, about $150,000 more than the average player wage.

In recent weeks, Richmond and Port Adelaide were involved in a bidding war for Liverpool's fitness boss, Darren Burgess, who is set to join the Power for about $350,000.

St Kilda's Peter Burge has defected after one season to Richmond, Bill Davoren has joined the Saints from the Western Bulldogs, while Essendon's Dean Robinson is understood to have been demoted despite being on a $1 million, three-year deal.

The Magpies led the league in football department spending last year with $19.1 million. The Bulldogs were last ($14.7 million).

The AFL has so far resisted capping off-field spending, although chief executive Andrew Demetriou has said he is concerned about the large salaries paid to fitness bosses.

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Don't have youtube at work (so haven't watched this - if it hasn't posted correctly, can someone fix and I'll delete my post).

http://www.essendondfl.com.au/news/article///edfl-tv-st-kildas-ahmed-saad/

Former EDFL player Ahmed Saad was kind enough to be the guest speaker at Saturday's Premier Division Grand Final luncheon telling his story about his journey to playing AFL football.

 
WOWEEEEEEEEE!!! BT sucks.

http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/kicking-goals-and-behinds-20120919-2655u.html

You could - kind of - understand why Channel Seven recruited Brian Taylor to its AFL commentary team.

''BT'' had built a strong following shouting at games with the ''Triple M screams football'' team. He was relatively inoffensive calling less consequential matches on Fox Sports. Perhaps the trademark catch-cries - ''boy oh boy, wowee!'' - and the low-brow Rex Hunt impersonation would translate in a more high-profile role.

However, long before Taylor was imposing himself on the finals series - most vociferously, in the closing moments of Fremantle's elimination final victory over Geelong - the monster had run amok in the laboratory. Taylor's commentary was, unchallenged, the biggest ''cross'' of the electronic media's football season.

This cross was in direct proportion with how badly ticked off the audience was by his caterwauling and repetitive references to ''footy factories''.

X Reading tweets during the game. Does anybody really care that ''Terry from Aberfeldie thinks that Dane Swan's new tat looks ace?''

X Michael Malthouse. Not just because he sounds so cross. But because, despite having accepted a well-paid role in the media, the curmudgeonly coach did not fully embrace his new job. There were occasional insights, but not enough to justify the way in which he used Seven and 3AW as platforms from which to further his causes. Malthouse was especially unconvincing critiquing Collingwood and speaking on his role in the Carlton coaching saga, and how his new $1 million job would upset his family.

X Current-day players. Biases and vested interests of retired players and professional commentators are evident enough. Adding players such as Nick Maxwell reduces the chances of critical, uncompromised analysis.

X Brett Kirk's heart-on-the-bespoke-sleeve approach. We really wanted it to work. We tried to understand. Maybe it's not you Kirky, it's us.
 

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http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/a/-/afl/14903630/d-day-for-micale-nears/

East Perth coach Tony Micale is awaiting a formal offer from St Kilda before deciding whether to leave the Royals and return to the AFL.

The four-times WAFL premiership coach spent the weekend with the Saints as he considered an offer to join Scott Watters in a development role.
Micale expects to receive a formal offer to join St Kilda by the end of this week
 
St Kilda is pleased with their relationship with Sandringham and has an agreement until 2013, with the option to extend it into 2014.

The two bayside clubs have invested significant time recently to make the relationship work well for both parties. The Saints have some of their development coaches on the Sandringham coaching panel and are confident in the way their players are managed at VFL level.

With head of football Chris Pelchen's experience at Hawthorn, where the alignment with the Box Hill Hawks has been very successful, the Saints are confident alignments can work.

http://www.afl.com.au/tabid/208/default.aspx?newsid=148300&utm_medium=RSS
 
Uh, I wouldn't be bringing up Box Hill for credibility with a Zebs supporter, Pelchie.
 
St Kilda Football Club is honoured to congratulate Recruiting Advisor John Beveridge, who last night received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2012 Momentum Energy AFL Coaches Association Awards, held in Melbourne.

Recognised for a tireless career that spans three decades, Beveridge’s commitment and devotion to the game of Australian Rules is unquestionable.

With a humble nature, it’s impossible not to have the utmost respect for the long-time recruiter who has been part of the Saints network for almost 30 years. Having travelled thousands of kilometres identifying Australian talent playing football, his involvement across a range of areas has made significant contributions to the development and promotion of the game.

http://www.saints.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/5315/newsid/148619/default.aspx
 
How hard is it to spell St Kilda player names?


Player Appearances
11:00am - 12:00pm: Brendon Goodard - Swisse
11:15am - 12:15pm: Steve Johnson - Origin
11:30am - 12:30pm: Jack Trengove - Foxtel
12:00pm - 1:00pm: Brendon Goodard - Four N Twenty
12:30pm - 1:30pm: Jack Trengove - Swisse
1:30pm - 2:30pm: Jack Trengove - Bailey Ladders
1:30pm - 2:30pm: Nic Natanui - Australia Post
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http://www.afl.com.au/toyota afl live site/tabid/14576/default.aspx


Heat 1
  • Sydney: Harry Cunningham
  • West Coast: Ashley Smith
  • GWS Giants: Tomas Bugg
  • St Kilda: David Armintage
  • Carlton: Kane Lucas
  • Melbourne: TBC
  • Collingwood: Paul Seedsman
  • Fremantle: Tendai Mzungu
  • North Melbourne: Shaun Atley
Click to expand...

http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/148648/default.aspx
 

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