Play Nice James Hird rushed to hospital - suspected overdose

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I feel for James and his Family, having suffered through depression and many similar attempts on my life. It will be long road from here and I wish him all the best. The first (and hardest) step is to understand that you are the sole responsibility for the situation you are in. Only you can change or alter your life in any meaningful way. Whilst you continue to blame everyone else for your mistakes you will never heal. He needs to ignore the media, AFL and plebs with their 2 cents and just focus on himself, his kids and his wife.
 
Will be interesting to see how much the "online troll" angle is used by the media from here or how many journalists will try to portray themselves as brave non-participants in the media swamp. It kicked off with Rohan Connolly sliding this into his piece not long after the news was announced.

And it's why some on social media, that haven for keyboard warriors and gutless wonders, will no doubt react harshly to this latest sad news.
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Connolly then went on SEN to have a moan and again redirect towards social media. The pious one then claimed on twitter if he was a cadet journo he wouldn't stand outside someone's house and he's been at odds with his newspaper. Sure, pal. If he was so at odds with his newspaper he would have found something else to do, but they also pay him to cover the 3rd test in Sydney while sitting in his undies on his sweaty couch in Melbourne. Plus a 50+ man in a rapidly crumbling industry can only be so idealistic.

Looked at my local paper this morning and the editorial and opinion piece were going on about the social media trolls and abuse of Hird online. I didn't think Hird had an online presence and I doubt he'd spend his spare time reading social media or online forums. I dunno about anyone else, but I never saw @10inchesofmeat or @macfart69 live tweeting from outside Hird's house.

The media did what they did (I don't agree with standing outside his house), but if there were any fault with Caro or anyone else's work, Hird would have taken action, he'd gone to the courts during the process on other issues. However a few of them are now uncomfortable with the outcome, so it's a kneeslapper to watch them now wheel out their old whipping boy teh internets or moan they've been a target of the anger their industry/company generated.

Finally, there's one guy who has gone totally unmentioned. Want to talk about bad media and communications strategy? How about advising your client to be the unyielding face of a four year media shit storm?

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Shane Hird said:
Do you blurt out aggressive, verbal attacks on people at parties?

Cause normal, mentally stable people don't.
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How do you know re: the bolded?

Nonsense.
It was a "private" party of 8 people.
She was a prominent lawyers wife whom barracked for your club.
Might be safe to say that she or the hubby had passed a few sheckels into the coffers of Windy Hill over the years,yeh?
I'm assuming that a few rather expensive flutes had passed her lips that evening and she plucked up the courage to have her say to the golden boy and he didn't like it one little bit.
 
I do find it stange that Tania asks for privacy particularly from the media and nek minnit Hirds lawyer does a HS exclusive making allegations that cant be defended publicly .You'd almost think glenhawker83 was about . But after so many years nothing should shock me about this story.
 
Westy Bogan said:
I can't help but think if Jimmy boy had of stood down day 1 all would be forgiven and forgotten now and he would be making plenty of $$$ in the media and banging models.

Lyon, Carey and Hird radio show would be interesting.
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Need double doors for their egos
 
chelseacarlton said:
How do you know re: the bolded?

Nonsense.
It was a "private" party of 8 people.
She was a prominent lawyers wife whom barracked for your club.
Might be safe to say that she or the hubby had passed a few sheckels into the coffers of Windy Hill over the years,yeh?
I'm assuming that a few rather expensive flutes had passed her lips that evening and she plucked up the courage to have her say to the golden boy and he didn't like it one little bit.
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"It didn’t surprise the fallen Essendon champion, but it was a claim that made him suspect many of the Melbourne doors he once waltzed through were now slammed shut."

He's still being invited around for drinkies with the posh people.
"At a recent private Christmas function, the ex-Essendon coach was savaged in front of stunned fellow guests by the wife of a prominent judge."


But why on Earth would SEN even think of hiring him in the year his victims were returning to work? What would be going through your mind that would spark that idea? Still, the ratings would be pretty big for the first appearance at least.
 
Westy Bogan said:
I can't help but think if Jimmy boy had of stood down day 1 all would be forgiven and forgotten now and he would be making plenty of $$$ in the media and banging models.

Lyon, Carey and Hird radio show would be interesting.
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That would be a radio show I would listen to!

Chief said:
But why on Earth would SEN even think of hiring him in the year his victims were returning to work? What would be going through your mind that would spark that idea? Still, the ratings would be pretty big for the first appearance at least.
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It would be a ratings bonanza but a PR disaster for the station. I don't think there was anyway they could take Hird this year for the reason you state. Time heals all wounds though and it has been a relatively short amount since the final appeal was dismissed.
 
Chief said:
"It didn’t surprise the fallen Essendon champion, but it was a claim that made him suspect many of the Melbourne doors he once waltzed through were now slammed shut."

He's still being invited around for drinkies with the posh people.
"At a recent private Christmas function, the ex-Essendon coach was savaged in front of stunned fellow guests by the wife of a prominent judge."

But why on Earth would SEN even think of hiring him in the year his victims were returning to work? What would be going through your mind that would spark that idea? Still, the ratings would be pretty big for the first appearance at least.
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One would question why Timmy would take a year off at SEN . He had plenty of free hits prior to the players being found guilty to tell stories .
 
Satan said:
James Hird’s former lawyer, Steven Amendola, on Friday night said the ex-Essendon coach was the victim of years of bullying by league chiefs.

Details also emerged on Friday of a stinging verbal assault aimed at Hird by the wife of a prominent judge at a Christmas party last month.

From hs
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Is it just me, or has there been very little press on Hird in the last ten or so months. And now Hird connections and media friends are there calling for everyone to leave Hird alone and consequently there are a plethora of articles about Hird. If his friends and media contacts stopped talking about him, he maybe would be left alone?
 
chelseacarlton said:
How do you know re: the bolded?

Nonsense.
It was a "private" party of 8 people.
She was a prominent lawyers wife whom barracked for your club.
Might be safe to say that she or the hubby had passed a few sheckels into the coffers of Windy Hill over the years,yeh?
I'm assuming that a few rather expensive flutes had passed her lips that evening and she plucked up the courage to have her say to the golden boy and he didn't like it one little bit.
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I guess being the wife of a prominent lawyer gives her justified rights to verbally abuse someone else at an intimate dinner party.

Oh and she barracks for the football team and has given money to be part of a coterie group so she's all good.
 

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Chief said:
But why on Earth would SEN even think of hiring him in the year his victims were returning to work? What would be going through your mind that would spark that idea? Still, the ratings would be pretty big for the first appearance at least.
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At the height of the saga SEN thought it a good idea to have the Sth Yarra chemist of ill repute as their regular guest giving supplement advice.
 
DapperDon said:
I guess being the wife of a prominent lawyer gives her justified rights to verbally abuse someone else at an intimate dinner party.

Oh and she barracks for the football team and has given money to be part of a coterie group so she's all good.
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Maybe like Zaka who refused to get involved in the program , she refused to drink the Kool Aid ?
 
jenny61_99 said:
Is it just me, or has there been very little press on Hird in the last ten or so months. And now Hird connections and media friends are there calling for everyone to leave Hird alone and consequently there are a plethora of articles about Hird. If his friends and media contacts stopped talking about him, he maybe would be left alone?
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Are you serious Jenny?

Might have something to do with the journalists camped on his front lawn, you wouldn't be condoning that behaviour could you?
 
DapperDon said:
I guess being the wife of a prominent lawyer gives her justified rights to verbally abuse someone else at an intimate dinner party.

Oh and she barracks for the football team and has given money to be part of a coterie group so she's all good.
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Was it verbal abuse or just some home truths? Anyone know what she actually said or just speculating?
 
Satan said:
Maybe like Zaka who refused to get involved in the program , she refused to drink the Kool Aid ?
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So that gives her the right to verbally abuse someone at an intimate dinner party?
 
jenny61_99 said:
Was it verbal abuse or just some home truths? Anyone know what she actually said or just speculating?
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Home truths?

Why does she feel it's her place to verbally "home truth" someone at an intimate dinner party?
 
iDon said:
Are you serious Jenny?

Might have something to do with the journalists camped on his front lawn, you wouldn't be condoning that behaviour could you?
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Absolutely not. Just scum. Obviously Hird being rushed to hospital is newsworthy in an AFL town. However, how they "cover" newsworthy stories these days is anything but worthy. But you don't think his friends and mates in the media are going about this the wrong way? Surely if they stopped talking to the press, he will be left alone? I just can't see how what they are doing is helping.
 

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