Coach Alastair Clarkson IV - HFC Racism Investigation Discussion

[blackshadow]

Because it was a hit job on Clarko from the get go.

Bingo!

Commissioned by Kennett to do a hatchet job on Clarkson and it’s all blown up in Jeff’s face.

 

[Roostorm]

Clarko.

He’s one of us and we’ll all gather ranks around him. That was a bloody hard few minutes to watch during that presser…and he conducted himself brilliantly. How darn narrow minded and pathetic are a certain section of the hawks fan base who would rather run him into the ground as A Human Being? The same guy who lead them to success that they loved. You can‘t have your cake and eat it to you muppets. Sonja has his back and that’s fine for me…..glad he’s here and hope he gets his peace eventualy.
Interesting how old human prune Kennett then pleaded for his mates Gill and Goyder to shut it down, followed by radio interviews to paint Clarko as an erratic volcano. l can’t wait for this guy to be confined to the dust bins of history as a pox on our society….The kitchen must be getting very for old Jeff. There’s a special kind of karma reserved for individuals like him and l think his so called “mates” will gladly cut him adrift to advance this process.

 

[tales129]

Turning on the bloke who won them four flags. Nice one……

Revolting by the Hawks, as a club, the way they’ve handled this for all involved.

Would you expect anything more from a pokie revenue driven family club?

 

[giantroo]

 

[blackshadow]

Weren't some hawks mods already leading the charge against him in the MB thread?

In the Hawthorn board thread one of the Hawthorn mods removed all mention of Barrett’s reporting on the matter and said he’d delete all references to it. So much for open debate lol

 

[BigRedRoo]

Don’t venture there.

 

[choppy]

All those self righteous woke gen X Nancy pants who have justified there 1998-2019 gen Xie educated green democratic Biden voting transgender BLM carbon neutral let's vote for the voice let's get vaccinated and drive our electric vehicle P ants. Hang your head in shame . You are not shinboners.

You are pathetic.

Go Clarko

Go Tarryn

Shinboner spirit.

 

[Lomas]

It's ridiculous no one is calling Jeff Kennett out at this point in the media.

He sanctioned this god damn report or investigation or whatever the s*** it is.

He's also the only one publicly accused of anything untoward by the Rioli's and has a collection of Golliwogs.

The investigation (he sanctioned) omits his tenure at the club.

And now he wants to shut the whole thing down? Are you joking? F*** this bloke.

He’s many things, but not stupid when it comes to slimy politics

 

[Lomas]

All those self righteous woke gen X Nancy pants who have justified there 1998-2019 gen Xie educated green democratic Biden voting transgender BLM carbon neutral let's vote for the voice let's get vaccinated and drive our electric vehicle P ants. Hang your head in shame . You are not shinboners.

You are pathetic.

Go Clarko

Go Tarryn

Shinboner spirit.

There is a lot to unpack there…

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

All those self righteous woke gen X Nancy pants who have justified there 1998-2019 gen Xie educated green democratic Biden voting transgender BLM carbon neutral let's vote for the voice let's get vaccinated and drive our electric vehicle P ants. Hang your head in shame . You are not shinboners.

You are pathetic.

Go Clarko

Go Tarryn

Shinboner spirit.

 

[LuvtheKangas]

Kennett now wants it closed down.


‘Close it down now’: Kennett wants racism probe abandoned

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/news/jeff-kennett-wants-hawthorn-racism-probe-to-be-abandoned/news-story/c6c8d98fd69918db7dc4cdac07960838

Hawthorn racism: Jeff Kennett says he wants racism probe shut down
www.heraldsun.com.au

Former Hawthorn president Jeff Kennett has called for the immediate termination of the AFL’s “disastrous” independent investigation into allegations of racism at the club.

Kennett said the league’s eight-month probe led by Bernard Quinn KC had descended into “farce”and become “a lawyers picnic”.

He believes the claims made against former Hawks officials Alastair Clarkson, Chris Fagan and Jason Burt by past First Nations players must now be “tested properly” in a court of law.

Speaking as a “concerned Hawthorn member”, Kennett declared “there is no way the AFL, the Hawthorn Football Club or any individual should at this stage be paying any compensation to anyone” until all parties had been given the chance to have their say in court.

“The panel has failed. It is going nowhere. To my dear friends Richard Goyder and Gill McLachlan, I say close it down – close it down now,” Kennett said.

“The inquiry was never going to work because it didn’t have the powers of a court, it wasn’t a royal commission, it wasn’t a judicial inquiry.

“It has turned out to be an absolute disaster for those who have made the complaints and for those who have been accused through the story telling …


Jeff Kennett believes the investigation should be shut down. Picture: Jason Edwards
“You have lawyers representing the AFL, the club, the players who have made the accusations, those who have been accused – and now you have lawyers appointed by the four-man inquiry panel and lawyers appointed to handle the mediation.”

Kennett said “the first great failing” of the process came with the leaking of the allegations to the ABC last September.

“Otherwise there could have been a process that dealt with this respectfully and legally,” Kennett said.

The “second major error” came on Wednesday night when Mr Quinn publicly released a statement explaining the reasons for its stalled investigation, Kennett said.

“Like the leaking of some of the elements of the inquiry that Phil Egan did, the statement was released to one journalist only and not to the community,” he said.

“And the details within the chairman’s release were a fundamental admittance of total failure on their behalf.

“This inquiry should be wound up by the AFL commission immediately. The accusations being made must now be properly adjudicated on – and that can only happen in a court of law.

“The courts will decide by jury or by judge whether the accusations are with substance or without.”

The former Victorian premier said he did not understand how mediation could be held “if the facts have not been determined”.

“There is no way, in my opinion, that mediation is going to achieve a thing,” Kennett said.

He said Fagan and Burt were quality men.

“In terms of Clarko, I will say this – he has an electric personality,” Kennett said.

“I have seen him explode on many occasions against non-indigenous individuals and if it is said that he made these remarks, the one thing I will say about him is, I don’t believe they were made racially at all.

“They would have been made as part of Clarko’s personality, which was a bit like a latent volcano, which explodes from time to time.

“If people want to judge him for making the comments at all, that’s a different matter, but they should take that to court and have the evidence tested properly …

“Hawthorn is a safe workplace, it has been for years, but it’s a big workplace and if anyone has overstepped the mark, I for one want to know about it.

“But it is not good enough for people to make accusations and then not be prepared to have those accusations tested.

“The four-man inquiry was set up as a result of the AFL wishing to be seen to be doing something quickly, but they didn’t give thought to the fact that the inquiry has no real powers at all.

“Compensation should only be paid when the facts are known – and the facts and the claims have not been contested.


“And if people are not prepared to have the matters tested in a court of law, their accusations fail and no compensation should be paid.

“The very fact that the lawyers representing some of the families have made 18 demands of those they have accused – without establishing the facts – only reinforces that this inquiry is a failure, expensive, going nowhere and should be closed down immediately.”

Of course he wants it shut down. Reality is sinking in.

It's only because he's so full of hubris that he thought he could initiate this hatchet job on Clarko without it blowing back on him.

 

[Lomas]

Of course he wants it shut down. Reality is sinking in.

It's only because he's so full of hubris that he thought he could initiate this hatchet job on Clarko without it blowing back on him.

Yep, last thing he wants is scrutiny on his own tenure/actions

 

[choppy]

There is a lot to unpack there…

Grumpy old man waiting to be banned again after being banned in 2003 and reinstating account in 2023

Go Roos

Vote No

Anti vaccine trump supporting , Kevin Rudd did not visit the Island believer

Yep true story

 

[Groucho]

Grumpy old man waiting to be banned again after being banned in 2003 and reinstating account in 2023

Go Roos

Vote No

Anti vaccine trump supporting , Kevin Rudd did not visit the Island believer

Yep true story

You were an idiot then and you’re an idiot now cooker

 

[blackshadow]

You were an idiot then and you’re an idiot now cooker

Careful you’ll be accused of bullying mav’s pet

 

[Mav]

Careful you’ll be accused of bullying mav’s pet

Wow, you want to go there again? After I made you like a right fool time and time again.

Let’s start with some robust discussions shall we?

 

[blackshadow]

Wow, you want to go there again? After I made you like a right fool time and time again.

Let’s start with some robust discussions shall we?

 

[Mav]

You’re not smart enough.

 

[marklovesbeer]

That is disgusting.

 

[Ashley B]

Wow, you want to go there again? After I made you like a right fool time and time again.

Let’s start with some robust discussions shall we?

Mav you using my robusts now

 

[Sillygit]

All those self righteous woke gen X Nancy pants who have justified there 1998-2019 gen Xie educated green democratic Biden voting transgender BLM carbon neutral let's vote for the voice let's get vaccinated and drive our electric vehicle P ants. Hang your head in shame . You are not shinboners.

You are pathetic.

Go Clarko

Go Tarryn

Shinboner spirit.

 

[justroyal]

“I have seen him explode on many occasions against non-indigenous individuals and if it is said that he made these remarks, the one thing I will say about him is, I don’t believe they were made racially at all.

Was this even needed by Jeff? He didn’t bring up the other two’s specific involvement. What comments was he referring to?

 

[franjon]

Hmmm, takes me back.

 

[Lomas]

That is disgusting.

I actually find it cathartic

 

[r_boy]

“I have seen him explode on many occasions against non-indigenous individuals and if it is said that he made these remarks, the one thing I will say about him is, I don’t believe they were made racially at all.

Was this even needed by Jeff? He didn’t bring up the other two’s specific involvement. What comments was he referring to?

He's a slimy politician painting a narrative trying to distract from himself and he knows exactly what he is doing.