Roast The Rotten Stench of the AFC

[Soggy2112]

Surely other than fitness it’s almost impossible to train physically to be an umpire, is it all tape watching?
Like goal umpires, how do they actually train to do the decision making?

Positioning, reading the play, how you get to the right spots on time (running patterns) are hugely important and all skills you need to develop.

 

[FR0GGY]

Positioning, reading the play, how you get to the right spots on time (running patterns) are hugely important and all skills you need to develop.

Yeah but how do you do all that without a game going on?

 

[Pugsley]

Change is not going to happen.

Get rid of Nicks and the new coach says * off Rory Sloane and Brodie Smith ala 1997 Blighty style.

McHenry and Sholl. That is the player clean out. Now for the administration.

 

[Soggy2112]

Yeah but how do you do all that without a game going on?

Pretty sure a lot of them go to club trainings and umpire match sim, not 100% but I know it definitely happens in other sports.

 

[FR0GGY]

Pretty sure a lot of them go to club trainings and umpire match sim, not 100% but I know it definitely happens in other sports.

It just seems most of the stuff they need really needs to be done in a game situation.

 

[CryptoCrow]

What if the board is the swamp?

 

[CryptoCrow]

How old is Blight now?

Would he be any better in the Balme type role - surely he wouldn’t tow the line on the myriad of problems we have!

Maybe coax Roos back from the states

 

[Burtonsgottago]

Dunstall is highly intelligent. Rare for a footy player but they are out there. Roo was good at footy luckily enough for him.

Roo done good at footy

 

[Burtonsgottago]

Maybe coax Roos back from the states

No way. Cannot watch one more Roos coached game ever again

 

[Crowstar]

The club cannot get anything right.
Selection, coaches, recruitment...everything it touches turns to poo.
It's either cursed or perennially substandard.

We support an organisation that rewards mediocrity. Im now over caring about the fortunes of the club.
If it one day decides to be a serious club, I'll give a shit about what direction it's heading.
For now, everyone associated with AFC can go **** themselves.

 

[DJ75]

The club cannot get anything right.
Selection, coaches, recruitment...everything it touches turns to poo.
It's either cursed or perennially substandard.

We support an organisation that rewards mediocrity. Im now over caring about the fortunes of the club.
If it one day decides to be a serious club, I'll give a s**t about what direction it's heading.
For now, everyone associated with AFC can go * themselves.

When you have dumb people in charge, you get dumb decisions.

 

[Harris1991]

The club cannot get anything right.
Selection, coaches, recruitment...everything it touches turns to poo.
It's either cursed or perennially substandard.

We support an organisation that rewards mediocrity. Im now over caring about the fortunes of the club.
If it one day decides to be a serious club, I'll give a s**t about what direction it's heading.
For now, everyone associated with AFC can go * themselves.

The scary thing is this guy is part of the football dept.

Only joking. I'm with you. I don't see a white knight coming along to challenge the status quo. You either accept this is the way it is going to be or you hand in your membership, which my wife and I will be doing in 25.

 

[Brenton Davy]

When you thought things couldn’t have been worse in the aftermath of the camp this little snippet arises:

Serious charges laid against architect of Adelaide Crows’ disastrous preseason camp

Wolfgang Raven Wildgrace and his wife went missing in Queensland. Police have found them.

7news.com.au

The complete lack of due diligence was staggering.

 

[Sanders]

When you thought things couldn’t have been worse in the aftermath of the camp this little snippet arises:

Serious charges laid against architect of Adelaide Crows’ disastrous preseason camp

Wolfgang Raven Wildgrace and his wife went missing in Queensland. Police have found them.

7news.com.au

The complete lack of due diligence was staggering.

As a former member of the constabulary, how would they have done relevant due diligence here?

What relevant checks are/were available to them, that they could reasonably have been expected to perform

 

[cmndstab]

As a former member of the constabulary, how would they have done relevant due diligence here?

What relevant checks are/were available to them, that they could reasonably have been expected to perform

In terms of the criminal behaviour, probably none. However it should have been clear that this lunatic was a charlatan.

The whole thing just smacks of some idiot at our club thinking he's smarter than everyone else. Hey guys, I've discovered this great resilience guru, nobody else knows about him! We'll have an edge over everyone else!!

 

[FR0GGY]

In terms of the criminal behaviour, probably none. However it should have been clear that this lunatic was a charlatan.

The whole thing just smacks of some idiot at our club thinking he's smarter than everyone else. Hey guys, I've discovered this great resilience guru, nobody else knows about him! We'll have an edge over everyone else!!

Weren’t they at other clubs and an nrl club or two?

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Was he the one who told the players he'd go and sit by a tree until the voices in his head stopped?

 

[1970crow]

Positioning, reading the play, how you get to the right spots on time (running patterns) are hugely important and all skills you need to develop.

I’d you’re doing that, aren’t you getting the football, or tackling those with it, a bit more often?

 

[Slippery Pete]

In terms of the criminal behaviour, probably none. However it should have been clear that this lunatic was a charlatan.

The whole thing just smacks of some idiot at our club thinking he's smarter than everyone else. Hey guys, I've discovered this great resilience guru, nobody else knows about him! We'll have an edge over everyone else!!

I think if the name “Wolfgang Raven Wildgrace” doesn’t set off a couple of alarm bells, something’s wrong.

 

[Slippery Pete]

Was he the one who told the players he'd go and sit by a tree until the voices in his head stopped?

It was one of them, not sure which one.

I got into a chat with one of the facilitators who told me he occasionally gets voices in his head… I asked how do you get them to stop… he said he sits under a tree until the voices stop.

He said they took two days to stop so he sat beneath a tree for two days.

I only include that info to explain how misguided this whole situation was… how could you possibly allow someone of that nature to be in control of high-performing professional athletes?

 

[Slippery Pete]

The whole thing just smacks of some idiot at our club thinking he's smarter than everyone else.

Two idiots

 

[DJ75]

Two idiots

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I don't blame Pyke. Bottom line is Burton was Roo's man. One of his best friends. Almost impossible for Pyke to pull him up.
I blame Burton for the camp. He is a moron who thinks he's very smart. Combined with an out of control ego and you get a very dangerous combination.
I blame Roo for the whole debacle. He appointed and then promoted a clearly incompetent Burton. That Roo escaped and is still making decisions at the club is a disgrace.

 

[GreyCrow]

I blame Burton for the camp.

All Burton - he wanted them at Brisbane and the Board said woah wait a second - checks company - thats a hard pass Brett

 

[Twist_of_Lemon]

All Burton - he wanted them at Brisbane and the Board said woah wait a second - checks company - thats a hard pass Brett

Brett Burton is the kinda guy to have Deepak Chopra tomes full of quantum word salad on his book shelf.

 

[DJ75]

All Burton - he wanted them at Brisbane and the Board said woah wait a second - checks company - thats a hard pass Brett

Imagine the conversations the Brisbane people had once the news of the camp leaked out.

I imagine it was something like this: