Opinion Non-Crows AFL 10

[hippyhippy]

Had this rule been in place last year, Jakob Ryan, Josh Carmichael, Trent Bianco, Will Kelly, Trey Ruscoe and Tom Wilson all would have been awarded premiership medallions ?? You wouldn't be able to pick most of those blokes out of a crowd. The medallion needs to have prestige. Otherwise, as an average footy fan you'd likely be able to pick one up on ebay for a few hundred bucks in a few years time. I'm firmly in the camp where only premiership players are awarded a GF medallion. Society as a whole has sadly adopted the trophies for everyone mentality, the AFL does not need to follow down this path.

They do a similar thing in the nba... I dont hear any of the players complaining.. even players that dont even play get a ring?

 

[Sanders]

Correct .....but you forgot AFL Fantasy as well

Equally bad at that too

 

[Mostyn]

Do you honestly believe Phil is attending u18s games, pouring over hours of footage, having a genuine say in who we draft?

If he says he is, then he probably is. I don't think the guy is a liar.

 

[Sanders]

To get a medal, 3 things need to happen

1. You have to make the GF
2. You have to be selected
3. You have to win

It’s not a participation award, which is why it matters so much

 

[WaynesWorld19]

Equally bad at that too

That’s cruel !!!

 

[Punchy Bassett]

What do they do in the soccer, where they don't have finals, the top team wins. Does everyone in the squad get something?

In the EPL there is a qualifying amount of games, I think it's 15 over the course of a 38 game season.

 

[SugarShane]

They do a similar thing in the nba... I dont hear any of the players complaining.. even players that dont even play get a ring?

I don't hear any AFL players complaining either. Just the media.

 

[Punchy Bassett]

The hilarious thing about Kane's comments on Reid was Mummy's boy was WAY worse in his first year with Norf. But of course that was the clubs fault apparently.

 

[Peter Doherty]

If he says he is, then he probably is. I don't think the guy is a liar.

I'm sure he probably assists with admin work, like booking Hamish a flight to WA, accommodation, arranging sit downs with prospects, coaches etc.

He wouldn't be asked to give an opinion on these players.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

If he says he is, then he probably is. I don't think the guy is a liar.

He's been at the club a long time

I can see him being asked in his annual review where he sees himself in 5 years, what direction he'd like to go in etc.

Not a stretch to think he'd be keen to move into recruiting. He's not going to coach, don't think he'd be a head of football.

A good thing to refresh people's roles from time to time and expand their skillset.

Jenny posted it as though he'd taken over from Hamish which is where the scepticism came from. I assume he's now part of the recruiting team on at least a part time basis.

 

[Slippery Pete]

Do you honestly believe Phil is attending u18s games, pouring over hours of footage, having a genuine say in who we draft?

God help us if he is

 

[Pugsley]

God help us if he is

Fetching coffees and recruiting. What can't Phil do?

Next he will be doing cleaning players houses

 

[Redline]

Why do I keep hearing 'Port hardman Lachie Jones'.

He is anything but that, lots of examples where he literally looks scared of a contest. He and Dixon have proved if you appear to look tough everyone will think you are.

 

[jackster83]

 

[FullyBigKPro]

Ol' Jeremy got lucky

Suns defender hit with five-game ban after making homophobic slur

The AFL has cracked down on the Sun after investigating the incident.

www.sen.com.au

 

[brucetiki]

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You’d think players would’ve learnt that this isn’t acceptable after Finlayson.

How can people be this dumb and still breathe!

 

[brucetiki]

Ol' Jeremy got lucky

Suns defender hit with five-game ban after making homophobic slur

The AFL has cracked down on the Sun after investigating the incident.

www.sen.com.au

The AFL loaded the penalty given it was so close to Finlayson’s misconduct - and rightly so.

Keep extending the penalties until it gets through players heads that vilification is wrong

 

[Scorpus]

Unbelievably stupid from Powell

 

[jenny61_99]

Do you honestly believe Phil is attending u18s games, pouring over hours of footage, having a genuine say in who we draft?

Yes, yes I do. You honestly are calling him a liar?

 

[ams4crows]

This utter bullshit of I knew straight away when the words left my mouth it was wrong..... You always knew it was wrong you're only sorry because you got caught and will face consequences.

 

[George Kramer]

Maybe the Vegas stories are true

 

[jenny61_99]

He's been at the club a long time

I can see him being asked in his annual review where he sees himself in 5 years, what direction he'd like to go in etc.

Not a stretch to think he'd be keen to move into recruiting. He's not going to coach, don't think he'd be a head of football.

A good thing to refresh people's roles from time to time and expand their skillset.

Jenny posted it as though he'd taken over from Hamish which is where the scepticism came from. I assume he's now part of the recruiting team on at least a part time basis.

I never said he'd taken over from Hamish though, did I? This is something many of you are very quick to do (jump to the wrong conclusion). He is clearly a part of the recruiting team, and has been for the last three years. He is a fair bit of down time with the girls comp being on a ridiculously short schedule, the rest of the time, he's scouting.

 

[Scorpus]

This utter bullshit of I knew straight away when the words left my mouth it was wrong..... You always knew it was wrong you're only sorry because you got caught and will face consequences.

Normal people don't let hateful language just "slip out". It would never even cross their minds to use those words.

The defense of "ooops I didn't mean to say it" is bullshit

 

[Redline]

This utter bullshit of I knew straight away when the words left my mouth it was wrong..... You always knew it was wrong you're only sorry because you got caught and will face consequences.

I agree, I am far from being perfect but there are a number of words I'd never say in any situation. It just wouldn't come into my head.

He like Finlayson and Tex when he got caught would of said it many times.

 

[jenny61_99]

God help us if he is

Let's see: Since he started scouting these are the 18 year olds we've brought in:

Josh Rachele
Jake Soligo
Zak Taylor
Luke Nankervis
Max Michalanney
Billy Dowling
Hugh Bond
Dan Curtain
Charlie Edwards
Oscar Ryan