before no doze dermie and the hawkes used to eat coffee

[Father Jack]

i am old enough to remember perth pentathlete alex watson coming a cropper at the Seoul olympics for exactly this kind of behaviour.

 

[jacko57]

before a game the hawks of the early 90's used to eat coffee to get a buzz and to be more alert for the first 10 20 minutes of game

If they were doing that, surely Sheedy would have called for a police investigation.

 

[smasha]

Seems most of you missed the point of the OP but being thick as thieves ,I can see why.

The point he was trying to make is don't get down on Cuz for taking No Doze when players were doing it back in the 80s.

 

[Infamy]

Yes it does

Cocaine, which acts quickly, causes initially a sense of wellbeing and self-confidence, a surge of great physical strength and mental alertness, a feeling of being more than equal to any task or challenge. The user is wide awake, feels himself fueled to think, talk, act and work. He does all of these rather compulsively. He is "speeding."

You are faster, stronger and absurdly alert with no inhibitions/fear, it also reduces fatigue.You'd just have to load up at the end of every quarter so you don't have the effects of coming down off it.

Mate, I've put enough of it up my nose to know that it would do nothing but hinder any athletic performance

 

[mantis]

before a game the hawks of the early 90's used to eat coffee to get a buzz and to be more alert for the first 10 20 minutes of game

No Doze were around in the 70's..

 

[RobV]

Mate, I've put enough of it up my nose to know that it would do nothing but hinder any athletic performance

I agree, It may make you think you can, but in reality you would be worse off.

 

[True Bluebagger]

before a game the hawks of the early 90's used to eat coffee to get a buzz and to be more alert for the first 10 20 minutes of game

"....before no doze dermie......the early 90's...."


from my memory No Doze in tablet form, has been at least from the early 70's, maybe longer.....so why would you bother eating coffee ???

 

[True Bluebagger]

No Doze were around in the 70's..

sorry i didn't read this before my post......but FWIW, your are on the money

 

[Furn]

Yes it does

Cocaine, which acts quickly, causes initially a sense of wellbeing and self-confidence, a surge of great physical strength and mental alertness, a feeling of being more than equal to any task or challenge. The user is wide awake, feels himself fueled to think, talk, act and work. He does all of these rather compulsively. He is "speeding."

You THINK you are faster, stronger and absurdly alert with no inhibitions/fear, you also THINK it reduces fatigue. You'd just have to load up at the end of every quarter so you don't have the effects of coming down off it.

Coke just makes you think your better than you are. Theres nothing that can actually make you better thna you are.

 

[stefoid]

Thats a bit stupid isn't it?


I mean, wouldn't coffee actually be absorbed more effectively in liquid form?

liquid: quicker onset, higher initial high
solid: slower onset, lower initial high, longer lasting overall effect

take your pick

 

[yirra_kurl]

the Hawkes...as in Bob and Hazel?

 

[nineteen eighty]

Mate, I've put enough of it up my nose to know that it would do nothing but hinder any athletic performance

Agreed.

However, you would be talking up a storm during the game

 

[The Falcon Strike]

Mate, I've put enough of it up my nose to know that it would do nothing but hinder any athletic performance

Certainly promotes dancing performance!

Is also a great remedy for pain relief when your wisdom teeth come through!

 

[Herne Hill Hammer]

i am old enough to remember perth pentathlete alex watson coming a cropper at the Seoul olympics for exactly this kind of behaviour.

I think the reasoning behind stamping down on elevated levels of caffeine in the system was that caffeine was said to help with prolonged concentration which was needed in particular for the fencing.

His defence was that he'd drunk lots of coffee that morning. IIRC the findings stated that he would have had to drink 60 cups or so immediately before competing.

(yes, we're both old Father Jack)

 

[Tiger2709]

Yes it does

Cocaine, which acts quickly, causes initially a sense of wellbeing and self-confidence, a surge of great physical strength and mental alertness, a feeling of being more than equal to any task or challenge. The user is wide awake, feels himself fueled to think, talk, act and work. He does all of these rather compulsively. He is "speeding."

You are faster, stronger and absurdly alert with no inhibitions/fear, it also reduces fatigue.You'd just have to load up at the end of every quarter so you don't have the effects of coming down off it.

Your forgetting it's a team game, the problem would be decision making, yes he thinks he is making good decisions, but generally he won't be, so rather than passing to a teammate the user may decide to take on the world and of course that isn't going to work.

Ben Cousins mentioned that these are anything but performance enhancing.

 

[Tiger2709]

Coke just makes you think your better than you are. Theres nothing that can actually make you better thna you are.

Yes there is, it's called practice

 

[Sportman1987]

Wouldn't drinking/eating lots of caffeine deyhydrate them?

I'd chew coca leaves before a game myself.

 

[doondoon]

Mate, I've put enough of it up my nose to know that it would do nothing but hinder any athletic performance

Is that you Ben????

 

[chardonnay]

Is that you Ben????

Did you see 360 on Fox Wednesday night, Gerard Whately trying to make sure twat Robbo didnt mention drugs & Hawthorn in the same sentence. Nothing to hide there?

 

[Pessimistic]

The strippergram worked well in that VAFA game - no wonder they outlawed it

 

[Pessimistic]

Wouldn't drinking/eating lots of caffeine deyhydrate them?

I'd chew coca leaves before a game myself.

Can you actually get them (in personal quantities) ?

 

[HarryTiger]

Jack Watts drinks a glass of red cordial, double concentration.

 

[Pessimistic]

Jack Watts drinks a glass of red cordial, double concentration.

Be vewy, vewy careful you don't make it too 'strong"

Then green cordial after the game

wasnt it lolly snakes at one time ? those were the days "bite their heads off. boys"

 

[Docker Clint]

Even though No Doz was around in the 80's.

 

[puskas]

Wouldn't drinking/eating lots of caffeine deyhydrate them?

I'd chew coca leaves before a game myself.

I don't know about eating/drinking coffee, but at my club a few years back a fair few of us would take a couple of no doz pre game, and every time I did that I found myself cramping up a lot easier, so I stopped taking them.

I know of a few that this has happened to.