Chris Davies - PAFC General Manager of Football

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I see the brught side of vaccines unless other certain people 😜

I assume you mean unlike 😂

hey we’re all set different ways, some get caught up in the fear more than others. Don’t worry my time is coming shortly for the jab.
 
I assume you mean unlike 😂

hey we’re all set different ways, some get caught up in the fear more than others. Don’t worry my time is coming shortly for the jab.
Yes, people choose their fear.
There are those who fear their loved ones catching a severe case of this coronavirus and see the vaccine as a hopeful out
and there are those on the other hand whose fear is more about the vaccines than covid19.
Each person has their rationale.
 
Yes, people choose their fear.
There are those who fear their loved ones catching a severe case of this coronavirus and see the vaccine as a hopeful out
and there are those on the other hand whose fear is more about the vaccines than covid19.
Each person has their rationale.

Where does Chris Davies stand on the issue?
 

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Yes, people choose their fear.
There are those who fear their loved ones catching a severe case of this coronavirus and see the vaccine as a hopeful out
and there are those on the other hand whose fear is more about the vaccines than covid19.
Each person has their rationale.
Correct perspective. Meaning we should all try to look at the underlying rational of each perspective rather than judge
 
Never met Davies on a one to one basis but everything I have seen of him in terms of public presentations and interviews exudes elite professionalism, commitment and confidence.

In one of my previous working roles I was required to make assessments of an organisation's prospects prior to investment. Experience taught me to look for the one person in the organisation who was most critical to the organisation's performance and to make that the focus of the assessment. Almost invariably the pivot point for most successful organisations was not the head honcho or figurehead but the 2IC who simply doesn't have time to fall for the spin and the BS that is generated above him/her.

In Chris Davies I reckon we have one of the best in the business. And AFL House simply doesn't deserve him. Great to hear that he has decided to stay.
 

While I am absolutely shattered that we are in lockdown and there won't be a sea of black and white for Boaks 300th at Adelaide Oval, the news about Davies + him tweeting a Costanza gif has made my day.
 
Looking forward to more Summers of George


Seeing as CD tweeted a GIF of George, the other day I thought of this great Costanza quote to go with the look on his face in the above tweet. Can't find a GIF or short video so here is the meme.

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Anyone else just hear Caro on 5 double crow?

Basically intimidated "not to count our chickens yet" regarding CD staying put. Apparently AFL a big wrap for him.
 
Anyone else just hear Caro on 5 double crow?

Basically intimidated "not to count our chickens yet" regarding CD staying put. Apparently AFL a big wrap for him.

As long as CD goes "I'll take your job, but Port Adelaide get the bars".
 
Anyone else just hear Caro on 5 double crow?

Basically intimidated "not to count our chickens yet" regarding CD staying put. Apparently AFL a big wrap for him.

So the AFL is trying to weaken one of their clubs by poaching their key operational staff?

Sounds about right.
 
So the AFL is trying to weaken one of their clubs by poaching their key operational staff?

Sounds about right.
It was pretty bizarre. She said he's a young man and he won't be at Port forever - he has to move interstate if he wants to further his career bla bla bla

What a sour puss. She needs to suck on more lemons
 
It was pretty bizarre. She said he's a young man and he won't be at Port forever - he has to move interstate if he wants to further his career bla bla bla

What a sour puss. She needs to suck on more lemons
So basically a Victorian who can't believe someone doesn't want to move to Victoria...

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Basically intimidated "not to count our chickens yet" regarding CD staying put. Apparently AFL a big wrap for him.

What Caro is effectively saying is that Gil and his AFL mates will do a Geelong, don their Armani suits, fly into Adelaide (when borders re-open) and make an offer that CD can't refuse, marching out of town with his name on a contract the same day. The irony that Caro makes this claim on the eve of Boaky's 300th game with us seems to be lost on her.

And this is the way it rolls with the Melbourne based AFL journos. They have long accepted that AFL House and its larger clubs will always get their way in a supposedly national competition. The subservience of lesser clubs like Port Adelaide is assumed, their players and employees simply biding their time in a backwater just waiting for the call from the east to sail off to the promised land.

The fact that CD has made it clear in his twitter feed as recently as yesterday that he has made the decision to stay at Alberton matters not one jot

This is the arrogance of the AFL and the Melbourne based journos who have become beholden on AFL House for their survival.

As Mick Warner pointed out in his book released last month, the AFL has gone from an organisation employing just 76 people in 2000 to having 795 on its staff in 2020 (before the covid cost cutting). It is an organisation that has become drunk on the power and revenue stream generated on the media broadcast and advertising deals and is more than happy to see traditional clubs like PAFC stay on the poverty line forever to (in the words of one of Warner's sources) reinforce the Docklands dictatorship.

Well I reckon and hope CD sees through that sham and stays with our club. But if he does happen to wake up one morning to find a horse-head on his bed and packs his bags to join the AFL House gravy train then there may well be a silver lining for us. Because I reckon he would turn that bloated self centred bureaucracy into finally being accountable to club members across all states, as is so desperately needed.

/end rant.
 
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What Caro is effectively saying is that Gil and his AFL mates will do a Geelong, don their Armani suits, fly into Adelaide (when borders re-open) and make an offer that CD can't refuse, marching out of town with his name on a contract the same day. The irony that Caro makes this claim on the eve of Boaky's 300th game with us seems to be lost on her.

And this is the way it rolls with the Melbourne based AFL journos. They have long accepted that AFL House and its larger clubs will always get their way in a supposedly national competition. The subservience of lesser clubs like Port Adelaide is assumed, their players and employees simply biding their time in a backwater just waiting for the call from the east to sail off to the promised land.

The fact that CD has made it clear in his twitter feed as recently as yesterday that he has made the decision to stay at Alberton matters not one jot

This is the arrogance of the AFL and the Melbourne based journos who have become beholden on AFL House for their survival.

As Mick Warner pointed out in his book released last month, the AFL has gone from an organisation employing just 76 people in 2000 to having 795 on its staff in 2020 (before the covid cost cutting). It is an organisation that has become drunk on the power and revenue stream generated on the media broadcast and advertising deals and is more than happy to see traditional clubs like PAFC stay on the poverty line forever to (in the words of one of Warner's sources) reinforce the Docklands dictatorship.

Well I reckon and hope CD sees through that sham and stays with our club. But if he does happen to wake up one morning to find a horse-head on his bed and packs his bags to join the AFL House gravy train then there may well be a silver lining for us. Because I reckon he would turn that bloated self centred bureaucracy into finally being accountable to club members across all states, as is so desperately needed.

/end rant.
The make an offer he can't refuse and horse head quotes reminded of this old soothers ad

 
Gil might be spineless but he isn’t stupid. His tenure is publicly judged on the performance of the GM football and he would understand he needs a hard campaigner with a thick skin in the role.
 
What Caro is effectively saying is that Gil and his AFL mates will do a Geelong, don their Armani suits, fly into Adelaide (when borders re-open) and make an offer that CD can't refuse, marching out of town with his name on a contract the same day. The irony that Caro makes this claim on the eve of Boaky's 300th game with us seems to be lost on her.

And this is the way it rolls with the Melbourne based AFL journos. They have long accepted that AFL House and its larger clubs will always get their way in a supposedly national competition. The subservience of lesser clubs like Port Adelaide is assumed, their players and employees simply biding their time in a backwater just waiting for the call from the east to sail off to the promised land.

The fact that CD has made it clear in his twitter feed as recently as yesterday that he has made the decision to stay at Alberton matters not one jot

This is the arrogance of the AFL and the Melbourne based journos who have become beholden on AFL House for their survival.

As Mick Warner pointed out in his book released last month, the AFL has gone from an organisation employing just 76 people in 2000 to having 795 on its staff in 2020 (before the covid cost cutting). It is an organisation that has become drunk on the power and revenue stream generated on the media broadcast and advertising deals and is more than happy to see traditional clubs like PAFC stay on the poverty line forever to (in the words of one of Warner's sources) reinforce the Docklands dictatorship.

Well I reckon and hope CD sees through that sham and stays with our club. But if he does happen to wake up one morning to find a horse-head on his bed and packs his bags to join the AFL House gravy train then there may well be a silver lining for us. Because I reckon he would turn that bloated self centred bureaucracy into finally being accountable to club members across all states, as is so desperately needed.

/end rant.
The look on Eddie's face when he walzedd into AFL house with a list of demands only to leave with a black eye and his tail between his legs would almost be worth it.

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