McLeod doesn't feel like past players are welcome at the Crows

[hey shorty]

Ah right, I thought his coaching role with AFLW had been cut

I think it has

 

[BACCS]

I think it has

So does this reek of being a little bitter about that? He’s never remotely hinted at anything like this when he’s getting paid by the club. I just don’t get what he’s hinting at, they still have premiership reunions most years, so what else can the club do to include him?

 

[hey shorty]

So does this reek of being a little bitter about that? He’s never remotely hinted at anything like this when he’s getting paid by the club. I just don’t get what he’s hinting at, they still have premiership reunions most years, so what else can the club do to include him?

To be fair, does the club do their best to make you feel welcome ?

I don't think they do, and I'm not even an employee. I have no doubt he enjoys the work that he does with the indigenous programs and the AFLW, but do his employers make him feel welcome...

Clearly not.

 

[dani_giuls]

It is remarkable how in the 2 month period of no AFL, we manage to constantly hit the headlines for negative reasons.

I can't think of another club that comes close.

It's got to be a bit draining for current day players to have this stuff going on around you all the time.

Having said that, I wish McLeod could be more specific about what makes him uncomfortable. Not a good look for us whether he's right or wrong either way

I was about to ask, is it just me, or are we copping some negative flak at the moment, it’s just one thing after the other, and not just in SA

*some of it deserved to a point


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[The Sloane Ranger]

Why come out and say it now?

Because he is no longer on the clubs payroll

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[hey shorty]

Because he is no longer on the clubs payroll

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I think he's still running the indigenous programs isn't he ??

You'd think if he was let go we would've heard of it

 

[SaltPeter]

Is Edwards getting more love atm?

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

McLeod is hardly an outspoken, controversial type. Barely makes any public comment.

If Andrew Jarman said it that's one thing

 

[hey shorty]

McLeod is hardly an outspoken, controversial type. Barely makes any public comment.

If Andrew Jarman said it that's one thing

I think that's the thing to take out of it.

He didn't even leave the club on poor terms as a player. Shows how much the place has changed.

 

[jenny61_99]

Has there ever been a period where our past players felt welcomed?

Has the situation decayed or has it never been there?

Um hello... how many past players work at the club?

 

[Sack Chapman]

This is abit sad to hear your favourite player and club legend feels disconnected from the club. Things just look grim in all areas at the club at the moment.

 

[jenny61_99]

I would think many people feel disconnected from the club at the moment.

 

[Sack Chapman]

Is Edwards getting more love atm?

LOL. This is a good point.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Um hello... how many past players work at the club?

There's a gravy train for some no doubt

Are you calling McLeod a liar?

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

I would think many people feel disconnected from the club at the moment.

He's obviously not talking about the Covid situation

 

[triggyscrewedus]

Why come out and say it now?

...not happy about chappy and his extension?

 

[Freshj]

I’m sure this will be another easy one for posters to bag to the club, but as I posted late last year they’re very good with including families of current players and get very positive feedback.

This seems linked to losing his jobs at the club recently due to budget cuts as he has never mentioned this in public before now.

I have had the opposite told to me from past players. No tickets to games, they are treated like the public. Often kids aren't included in things, its just the player only.
Premiership players who also don't feel welcomed. Only when the cameras are on.

Also apparently the premiership reunions have turned to shit.

 

[feenix67]

I’m on a retired officers committee of ex-Nab employees and we have a monthly function and the Nab pays an annual subsidy for each member registered (not a great amount but it is sufficient to cover the cost of the functions for those that attend).

It was sarcasm mate

PS I played footy for NAB for years until the staff club pulled the pin

 

[Dank Academy]

We've enjoyed so much success lately it's understandable that some of our focus has moved away from past glories.

 

[Scorpus]

It’s such a general statement that it just reeks of making headlines for his podcast, can anyone say they had heard of this podcast before today?

What do most past players, outside of coaching or admin, exactly do at any club these days? As someone said earlier, this isn’t the 80s.

McLeod doesn't seem like the sort of person that would make a statement like that to promote a podcast

 

[CH Jazz]

Maybe McLeod just needs to sharpen up his baseball or esports skills to get some respect. That’s our core business now right?

 

[1970crow]

I'm not sure what point you're trying to make, I actually agree with you.

Roo and Jamo knew the concerns of the players, they ignored them.

Because they believed Burton was doing a great job.

 

[hey shorty]

Because they believed Burton was doing a great job.

Yep absolutely they did, probably still think that.

 

[1970crow]

Yeah right, because the club has earned the benefit of the doubt. I'm going with Macca on this one and not Roo/Chappy who thought Burton was an elite operator.

They can both be right. The players that our board speak to feel welcome, the guys Macca speaks to don‘t. It’s just the sheer arrogance of Chappy et al that is grating. ‘What? Our club? Macca? Nah, he’s wrong.’

 

[1970crow]

Is he? I think his jobs were cut during the pandemic

Won’t change your view that the club is great and Macca a whinger though.