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If you believe what you read I wouldn't condone it but I'm also not that precious. Then again I'm not one to get hysterical from media build-ups and I don't consider myself to be self-righteous.
Disappointing to hear but it sounds like the right punishment. 1 week seems a bit weak (ie slap on the wrist) while 2 weeks sends a bit more of a msg to everyone involved at Bendigo.
Everyone needs a release every now and then so long as they're not harming/abusing anyone.
Everyone needs a release every now and then so long as they're not harming/abusing anyone.
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Who will be the match day coach for Bendigo ?
Yep, sorry I made it all up.
Cops are never ones to target someone with a reputation or profile and go a little overboard.
4 hours in the lock up is pretty standard for that sort of thing. The bloke was blind, big deal. He didn't throw a punch, he didn't resist arrest, he just had a few too many on a week off and made a bit of noise.
Cops are never ones to target someone with a reputation or profile and go a little overboard.
4 hours in the lock up is pretty standard for that sort of thing. The bloke was blind, big deal. He didn't throw a punch, he didn't resist arrest, he just had a few too many on a week off and made a bit of noise.
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Pathetic... Hardly unpredictable but pathetic nontheless.
In an age where coaches sit freely on moral high ground as judge and jury on every miniscule event that occurs outside football, for him to get locked up for D & D is nothing short of a disgrace.
Was a renouned piss head as senior coach of Frankston last year.
Players cop 4 weeks for less. A coach should be judged in these events on a scale at least 5 times greater than a player.
In an age where coaches sit freely on moral high ground as judge and jury on every miniscule event that occurs outside football, for him to get locked up for D & D is nothing short of a disgrace.
Was a renouned piss head as senior coach of Frankston last year.
Players cop 4 weeks for less. A coach should be judged in these events on a scale at least 5 times greater than a player.
Don't blame the cops, getting called out to deal with an obnoxious drunk is a waste of time and resources.
Binge drinking and getting blind for this bloke is a big deal. It's a sympton of deeper problems.
Making light of binge drinking and getting blind is a sad reflection of what must be your attitude to healthier lifestyle choices.
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agree 100%. exactly what we dont need trying to build up support in the region. the side is going well after years of battling, this is the last thing we need.
I don't. They acted accordingly.
It isn't effecting his ability to do his job.
Make any judgment of me you like.
It's legal and a choice. If you don't partake in binge drinking, then go for your life, but don't judge others for partaking in a legal practice.
I binge from time to time and am comfortable with it and anyone else who chooses to do the same.
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http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/94980/default.aspx
Player coach. Interesting.
http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/94980/default.aspxMatthew Knights said:
Player coach. Interesting.
I've got no real problem if he gets out on the cans, even if he does it to excess, but surely he should have been smart enough to organise a lift or a taxi. Just dumb IMHO.
Doesn't David Teague do it at the Bullants?
He got back to his hotel fine, he just couldn't get into his room.
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Yeah, it's just a bit of a rarity these days.
Wasn't suggesting anything, I just thought it was a bit of a novelty.
Why mention the cops targeting a person with a profile in the first place?
You're getting mixed up. It is affecting his ability to do his job because he can't even get on the ground to ply his trade.
What's the difference between judging you or anyone else who binge drinks.
Drinking is legal, but please don't use binge drinking as legal in this context. It's an unhealthy lifestyle choice, and the players at BB don't need the coach actively binge drinking with all it's consequences. I won't use partaking because once again, it's ridiculous in this context.
Getting blind as the target of binge drinking is mindless.
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It is. Frankston didnt want him for this exact reason. They didnt have the resources to buy players and their only hope of survival is to become family orientated and promote the young local talent. They've tried to establish a social partnership with the local netball club yet when the senior coach couldnt contain himself at functions he had to go.
Was a contributing reason but there were others including money and poor communication at times.
He was regarded as exceptional in his tactical nouse but unquestionably had what you'd deem 'major' flaws.
With a strengthened side he looks like he's getting the results on the board this year but it's besid the point. If your reserves coach gets locked up for drunk and dissorderly, 2 weeks is a pathetic punishment.
I'm with the others in here. I love a drink and to be honest, in the grand scheme of things, it doesn't matter a great deal. But if you want to create rules for players that are now so incredibly strict that they have to watch their every step, for a coach to get locked up for being a dribbling mess is not fair on the playing group and... sorry.... but you (the coaches) made a rod for your back. Double standards.
After hearing some of the rumours circulating around the St.Kilda football club this morning this seems like a fairly minor issue....
I didn't say they did in this case, I just said it's not uncommon.
No, the suspension is.
The suspension is an unjust consequence of his actions.
McVeigh missed one week for being out blind and missing training.
Hurley got blind and "allegedly" beat a taxi driver and missed three weeks.
Grant, went out on a week off, on a day where he actually went above and beyond by going to work anyway and got two weeks.
Something doesn't add up there.
It is legal, 100% completely legal.
Somewhere along the line we as AFL supporters have to stop being the moral police. Shannon Grant went out on a weekend off and was in a position to be at training on Monday. It had no impact on his ability to coach the team, a team that he has done an exceptional job with.
Frankston gave him a three year deal and in year two approached him to pay him a third of his contracted wage.
He took more money and a better offer elsewhere.
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The only thing that doesn't add up is your maths. He's the coach, not one of the boys, probably very lucky to only get the two.
If you think the administrators at BB only expect Grant to turn up to training to fulfill his job sheet, then your naivety is astonishing. Lucky for Grant, Knighter didn't call an impromptu coaches breakfast for Sunday morning at 8.00 a.m ??
Following your brand of logic then, you would be quite happy for Knights to get blind and stagger around the Royal or the Linc at 4.30 a.m so long as he can get to Windy Hill in time for training. Can't see D Evans turning a "blind" eye to that.
I've heard of at least a couple of senior coaches getting knackered on a regular basis. Meh.
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