Certified Legendary Thread Sympathy for *essendon - congratulations on '16 Wooden Spoon (RIP The Scales)

[Nate7]

"Plates have never been displayed"

who would dare now?

An attention seeker perhaps?

 

[LT Smash]

An attention seeker perhaps?

Yes a total narcissist. I think I know just the bloke.

 

[LT Smash]

I've been told that the AFL and hird came to an agreement that the afl will pay for Hird to head to the USA next year for study and Hird will be in the hall of fame in 2 years time. OBviously needed to step down as coach and drop the court orders. Time will tell.

For bringing the game into disrepute, the idiot boy should be held back from HoF just as Carey and Ablett were.

 

[MaddAdam]

I wonder what exactly Hird is doing with his time off.

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

I wonder what exactly Hird is doing with his time off.

Building a house of mirrors.

 

[muttley45]

spud frawley and hollywood wallace on selection panel for *essendon home and away seat warmer
( alternative name for coach ) next year, also heard sean wellman has bailed out too, jobs aplenty up there

 

[Horace]

spud frawley and hollywood wallace on selection panel for *essendon home and away seat warmer
( alternative name for coach ) next year, also heard sean wellman has bailed out too, jobs aplenty up there

Potential candidates include East German athletes from the 1970's, Chinese swimmers from the Beijing Olympics and speed and endurance coach, Ben Johnson of Canada.

 

[ShinbonerBaz]

Potential candidates include East German athletes from the 1970's, Chinese swimmers from the Beijing Olympics and speed and endurance coach, Ben Johnson of Canada.

Lance A doesn't get a gig there anywhere Horace?

 

[Horace]

Lance A doesn't get a gig there anywhere Horace?

How remiss of me Shinbonerbaz. Make him head coach.

 

[Egga]

I've heard the leading coaching candidate is a soccer coach from the Victorian Premier League

 

[jacko57]

Building a house of mirrors.

Well he couldn't live in that house of cards any more.

 

[Twinkletoes]

I've heard the leading coaching candidate is a soccer coach from the Victorian Premier League

A merger with The Southern Stars is shirley not far away.

 

[Mr Reliable]

How come the AFL dropped the 38 charges against Doc Reid? Surely the AFL execs would have made great witnesses giving evidence on oath?

I bet *hirdy now wishes he'd stayed the course.

 

[Limerick]

Think that AFL didn't want the Doc in the witness box in an open court. The doc wasn't involved in the stuff up. His warning was ignored and then he was out of the loop.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

The fun part is, Essendon will never be clear of this in the mind of any rational or intelligent footy follower. Essendon will always be known as drug cheats. It will never wash away.

The AFL can push it all aside, call it ' poor governance', ASADA can come out and say that their investigation did not turn up enough evidence to infract any players......they'll never live this down.

 

[Daveo Plonk]

The fun part is, Essendon will never be clear of this in the mind of any rational or intelligent footy follower. Essendon will always be known as drug cheats. It will never wash away.

The AFL can push it all aside, call it ' poor governance', ASADA can come out and say that their investigation did not turn up enough evidence to infract any players......they'll never live this down.

If you are a hamner, I'll be your nail (Sounds a bit suspect, a bit ed/tod suspect, but whaterya gonna do?)

 

[LT Smash]

How come the AFL dropped the 38 charges against Doc Reid? Surely the AFL execs would have made great witnesses giving evidence on oath?

I bet *hirdy now wishes he'd stayed the course.

Doc Reid was only ever a pawn in the game. The clear tactic was to force *Hird to accept responsibility for the mess he'd created, with the underlying threat of destroying the career and reputation of his personal physician if he didn't comply. As someone else said most eloquently earlier today, once you've landed the big fish, you don't eat the bait.

 

[MaddAdam]

Doddering old Doc Reid.

Cleared his name of being wilfully negligent, plead guilty to having utterly no idea.

If a player suffers any ill effects of that doping regime, we may yet find out how wide the gap between those two is.

 

[MaddAdam]

I see Mark Harvey is getting the good job of stepping into Hirdy's shoes.

FFS.

There's a man with a track record of good governance in and around the house. And an oddly familiar attitude.

'Around that time Mr Harvey was one of Victoria's greatest footballers; he'd gained great adulation from the public … his mental state was such that he had a very cavalier approach to a variety of things, including pool safety,'' Mr Willee submitted. ''He regarded himself as being above the law.''

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/we-cared-about-pool-safety-harvey-20121108-2906l.html#ixzz2fFBrliU3

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Doddering old Doc Reid.

Cleared his name of being wilfully negligent, plead guilty to having utterly no idea.

If a player suffers any ill effects of that doping regime, we may yet find out how wide the gap between those two is.

It was nice to see Barker and McKenzie pop their heads up this afternoon, though.

 

[ShinbonerBaz]

Surely this thread would qualify for a "certified legendary" prefix ???

 

[ozzyoslo]

Uncanny Wild Bill....separated at birth??

 

[ozzyoslo]

Potential candidates include East German athletes from the 1970's, Chinese swimmers from the Beijing Olympics and speed and endurance coach, Ben Johnson of Canada.

You forgot Vera De Milo !!

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[scottywiper]

THE Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority is preparing a slew of infraction notices against Essendon players and club officials that could result in lifetime bans from all sport.
Essendon coach James Hird, people and development manager Danny Corcoran, former high-performance manager Dean Robinson and sports scientist Stephen Dank, as well as players involved in the injecting scene, are all in ASADA's sights.
However, club doctor Bruce Reid, who raised questions about the supplements program, is likely to avoid an infraction notice, sources have indicated to The Australian.
Details of ASADA's continued pursuit of Essendon emerged as the AFL yesterday withdrew serious allegations against Dr Reid of bringing the game into disrepute.
The development validated a report in The Australian last week that the AFL commission would not proceed with charges against the doctor.
The report, savagely mocked by AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou as garbage, said that Dr Reid would be "cleared of all charges and face no penalty for his role in failing to prevent Essendon players being exposed to health risks and, potentially, anti-doping violations through the injection of exotic supplements". A joint press release yesterday morning from the AFL and Dr Reid concluded: "The AFL accepts Dr Reid's position and withdraws all charges against him, without penalty."
While Chip Le Grand's article had correctly predicted the AFL's withdrawal from court proceedings due today, Mr Demetriou strongly denied he owed Le Grand or The Australian an apology. "Le Grand's story was wrong," the AFL chief executive said yesterday.
"The report said that (AFL chief commissioner) Mike Fitzpatrick had approached (Essendon president) Paul Little to do a deal.
"That was wrong. Fitzpatrick did not."
The report said the AFL had moved to abandon its case against Dr Reid to avoid answering allegations of bias about its handling of the supplement scandal. "That's wrong too," Demetriou said.
It is believed the AFL decision not to push ahead against Dr Reid was, in part, due to the fact that an adverse finding could affect his standing as a doctor. If that happened, it would ultimately be a bigger penalty than administered to Hird (a 12-month suspension), assistant coach Mark Thompson (a $30,000 fine) and Corcoran (a four-month suspension).
Essendon was thrown out of the finals. For his part, Dr Reid will not return to the club until January.
ASADA officials are preparing the legal paperwork to issue infraction notices to at least seven AFL players and officials but the final numbers of those who may be implicated may be more than a dozen.
The Australian has learned that the first tranche of infringement notices will be issued at the conclusion of the current AFL season, marking the "first step" in several sanctions that will be sought by ASADA. Players and officials face bans of up to two years for taking the supplements, but it is believed ADADA is looking at issuing some of the infraction notices with trafficking infractions, which could bring about a life ban.
Any penalty handed down will be imposed across all of sport.
Mr Demetriou said that he had no knowledge of any infraction notices that were about to be handed down by ASADA

- See more at: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/spo...y-fnca0u4y-1226722374126#sthash.nTa8GmPp.dpuf

 

[DesertRoo]