Rumours that Doc Reid has called it a day (Doc Larkins)

[Sanders]

But remember the Ziggy report talked of him being marginalised, and brushed aside for the 'new', 'modern', sport scientists and biochemists. Reid may have been cut out completely, and there wasn't a lot he couldn't do.
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Bullshit

 

[Sanders]

Not going to lie. After the game tonight I'm absolutely exhausted. Fair to say my math isn't at 95%.

Up to the usual standards of your analysis I'd say

 

[ManWithNoName]

Up to the usual standards of your analysis I'd say

There was a brilliant joke there and you went for the insult instead. Disappointing.

 

[Freo2012]

According to Doc Larkins. Has doctored his last AFL game.

I saw what you did there

 

[Sanders]

There was a brilliant joke there and you went for the insult instead. Disappointing.

Maybe I wasn't joking.

It was embarrassing

 

[dart]

Add him to the Essendon injury list:


Doc Reid - Reputation - Indefinite

 

[campbell]

He knows he had to follow uo. Not turn a blind eye to what was happening. He is responsible for clinical governance. Sad friendships skewed his thought process. Sad he didnt take his concerns outside of essendon at that time. No excuses.

 

[Sunshine Saint]

The most culpable in the whole affair. He is a trained medical professional and was responsible for allowing this to continue at the club. He may have been a great servant for the club, but now should leave through gross negligence over this.

 

[Sunshine Saint]

Impossible to deny he's both long in the tooth and that any potential retirement ties in with the Supplements scandal.

One individual who has carried himself quietly, with dignity and a modicum of self-respect & sensitivity throughout this debacle. Has earned the right to exit this scandal quietly should he wish to. Wouldn't surprise me if he's been pushed throughout the 'peace talks' that have gone on over the past couple of days though.

Lets not glorify him or downplay his part in the whole Essendon supplements program. At Essendon he was and continues to be the head of all medical practices at the club. If he had doubts as his letter shows, he should have done more about that simply write a letter and then sit back. His position was to ensure that all medical practices at the club were of the highest order and clearly they were not.

Appreciate that this has tarnished his reputation, but his inaction and turning a blind eye, to what he clearly knew was wrong, did that. He should have been the first to resign not hanging on with all of the other deniers at the club. A shameful lack of moral values and non acceptance of responsibility. It will be interesting to see what ramifications there may be for his medical licence etc from this.

 

[neutralguy]

Along with Evans he is part of the collateral damage of this saga - tried to do the right thing by the club but was over ridden by others

Shame that such a loyal servant of the club ends his association like this

I really can't understand the love for this guy. In my eyes he is just as guilty as the rest. The charges say he was in a room with players being given IV's that he hadn't authorised, yet did nothing. Any person that was as entrenched in this saga is as guilty as the next to me.

 

[inyourcool]

I really can't understand the love for this guy. In my eyes he is just as guilty as the rest. The charges say he was in a room with players being given IV's that he hadn't authorised, yet did nothing. Any person that was as entrenched in this saga is as guilty as the next to me.

Correct. They're all equally guilty. Fancy tabling a letter like that and then sit by and do nothing else about it. At the very least he should've reported this externally of the club. If he was fair dinkum! But he is just another loyal cult follower who compromised his professional integrity for his cheating scum club. Pathetic really

Not a bad GP though. I used his services a few times in years past. Shame he has been so compromised.

 

[Cylon7]

Reid is probably a decent person, He has probably been an good and decent doctor all his life.

But if he turned a blind eye to a drugs program, he is just as accountable as the others.

 

[Dalphonso]

If its from Doc Larkins then its more than likely Reid is staying on for another 3 years..

Doc Larkins saw him limping so he predicted he had torn his ACL

 

[Dalphonso]

Along with Evans he is part of the collateral damage of this saga - tried to do the right thing by the club but was over ridden by others

Shame that such a loyal servant of the club ends his association like this

And the bucketloads of money he was paid over the years by Essendon.Also the fame associated with it made his own practice very busy.

 

[Dalphonso]

Reid is probably a decent person, He has probably been an good and decent doctor all his life.

But if he turned a blind eye to a drugs program, he is just as accountable as the others.

Didn't he write a complaint to someone but it went missing?

 

[RegHickeyStand]

I really can't understand the love for this guy. In my eyes he is just as guilty as the rest. The charges say he was in a room with players being given IV's that he hadn't authorised, yet did nothing. Any person that was as entrenched in this saga is as guilty as the next to me.

The question to why Reid did not act after a certain point (after the letter had no effect) is something I don't think we will ever know.

I can only guess against his better judgement he allowed Hird to get away with it hoping the bullshit Hird must have told him was true. I'm guessing it was Hird who was the Essendon official that told Reid that Dank had the ok from ASADA on AOD. And I'll bet Lance Uppercut's left testicle the players were told not to say anything to Reid after a point. If that is true, I would be amazed if there is any hugs between those Hird and Reid nowadays.

Reid needs to take his kick up the arse, but I feel sorry for him.

 

[Hearts to hearts]

Whether the players were told to sideline Reid or not, the charges suggest he was involved and present when drugs were given to players outside the agreed protocol. And his involvement would have been vital in getting traction for the program, given the trust people had in him and what players knew about checking with their club doctor.

If this happens, isn't it more of the "deal that never was" that he was reported to have rejected?

 

[SunshineBoy]

Definitely not a rumour. You only had to look at him. He was almost in tears and he completely ignored Hird as he walked past pregame.

Another bus has just pulled in to tullamarine, and the #standbyhirdmorons are still gushing over his every word.

 

[Ron The Bear]

And I'll bet Lance Uppercut's left testicle the players were told not to say anything to Reid after a point.

If that's the case, the club deserves a two-year ban.

 

[RegHickeyStand]

If that's the case, the club deserves a two-year ban.

Can you think of another way where all this shit went down for months and Reid never found out? I can't. I can't believe he knew about all those offsite injections, and that means not one player told him.

 

[evo]

And I'll bet Lance Uppercut's left testicle the players were told not to say anything to Reid after a point.

Hey! No one told me that you could bet other poster's left testicle. And here I was risking my own all these years. What an idiot.

 

[RegHickeyStand]

Hey! No one told me that you could bet other poster's left testicle. And here I was risking my own all these years. What an idiot.

I only bet other people's testicles when I'm sure, but not entirely.

 

[year of the cat]

Just out of interest, who do you guys think is the bigger culprit

Hird for his naivety and ego or Dank for his scheming and irresponsibility

(apologies if this is a little off topic)

Sort of trying to compare Hitler and Goebbels

 

[The Goon]

Some people laying into the Doc really need to take a look at the Milgram Experiment.

 

[FuManchu]

Didn't he write a complaint to someone but it went missing?

He is being judged for not following up on that letter. If you know there is an issue, you can't just write the letter,hand it to someone and wash your hands of whats at the cause of the problem. As a medical practitioner, you have to make sure it gets acted on.