I am laughing uncomfortably at this Carl.
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I am laughing uncomfortably at this Carl.
As much as I think any arbitary policy is dangerous, and I include the contract one in that, Hudson wanted out, and the contract thing was his means to achieve it.
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I agree with this. And the club was within their rights to not offer him a three-year contract. But they then should be judged on that decision, and it's hard to argue to argue it was correct.
That being said, Hudson was probably a 7/10 ruckman, and we replaced him for a couple of years with 6/10 ruckmen, so the dropoff isn't enormous.
A disappointing chapter in our history.
Our other ruckmen were Griffin, Maric and Meesen (who we traded that year) yet we couldn't find a 3 year deal for him. Oh, we traded in Moran when we lost Hudson so I guess we felt it balanced out
A self inflicted wound that grates to this day. An example of our 'club knows best' policy.
I couldnt agree more. We have lacked a decent ruck since he left. In fact I would go as far to far we had the worst rucks in the league as a whole.
But thats all changed now ever since the big Sauce headed our way.
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I call bullshit.
Ripping bloke who is just your normal person, never pounced around as though he was special because he was an AFL footballer and neverthought of himself as a star of the game.
As for being a pain in the arse at the bulldogs my understanding is you couldn't be wider of the mark.
Hes a bit of a cult figure because of the beard and quite poular with the fans that much is true.
The story I got was that he has been a bit 'disenchanted' this year.
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Never treated himself as a footballer either. Drinking, partying, not adhering to team rules - wanted to be a lad and didn't give a shit if it wasn't in the teams best interests.
Southerntakeover
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I thought you were against personal attacks on footballers?
And again, ive heard nothing which suggests this to be the truth.
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I have always said I thought he was a great ruck man for us, and was sad, but not surprised, when he left. As a person, he was disappointing in his approach to the game/Club. I know much about him away from the Club as I am close friends with an old mate of his.
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Anyways, good luck to him in his retirement. He's done alright for himself.
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I guess he must have changed?Not with us though.
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Why not? Or does that not fit your agenda that every decision the club has ever made was wrong?
Southerntakeover
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Lol. You guys have got to stop falling into Carl's traps.
Hint: Hudson reforming upon arrival at the Western Bulldogs isnt a good thing for us either.
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Its not a good or a bad thing. Players often change with a change of environment. What happened after Hudson left the AFC is irrelevant. Its what happened whilst he was at the club that is relevant.
Southerntakeover
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And if the club was so unable to motivate a player who was capable of it, we should perhaps stop hyping up our famous 'culture'.
That is of course if you believe the slur on Hudson's character, which I dont.
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Or could he have realised that the way he was going was a sure fire way to losing his career?
BTW - it wasn't the coach he had issues with, it was the playing group that enforced his 1 match suspension.
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You can look at that both ways. Sometimes there's just no helping some people in your particular environment. As to Hudson's character I have no idea other than what you read between the lines of the media reports.
A quality ruckman but a sh*thouse human being who abandoned club and teammate when the chips were down.
Meh, he screwed us. We stuck by him during his dark days and he had a sook and gave us the shaft. Good player but as a person I really couldn't give a shit about this news.
I've also met him, and he seemed like a good bloke, so who knows... Wasn't there one stage in 2005 or 06 where he led the hitouts in the AFL and barely anyone knew who he was?
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