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The recently retired Port Adelaide captain played all of his junior club footy at Payneham Norwood Union and represented Rostrevor College in school football.Paywalled
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Does the note say 'please buy my wine, I'll be your best friend'?
Made from grapes that used to get picked every week no matter how ripe they were.
Or kept getting picked 2 years after they were obviously cookedMade from grapes that used to get picked every week no matter how ripe they were.
Narrator: He never made it.
He was clearly finished as a player before last year but no one had the balls to tell him.
That's what happens when you have no humility and stick around way too long.
Why do we mock someone like Jonas for opening up about his mental health issues?
Always thought the shit he copped was unnecessary, when all he seemed guilty of was diminishing form that hits most players at the end of their career But then he opens up about his mental health battles 12 months later and he just gets more ridicule for it.
Strange, I read that and thought many of his keyboard critics would find some perspective but obviously I was wrong.
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Look, it's hard. It is hard to be in a position where a job you love has been taken away from you because your ability to perform it is deteriorating. But Jonas got the absolute best out of himself personally. He can be proud of his career on a personal level. He might have been able to retire more at peace if he'd won the flag he would have won under a better coach. He might have been able to make that flag happen if he was a better captain, more willing to bravely push for success instead of adhering to the established culture of failure and advocating for his player's rights to do things that made winning a flag harder.
I think he was still reasonably serviceable in 2022, he was waning but he fell off a cliff in 2023. I think that is more on the club and timing. They clearly wanted Rozee or Butters to be the next captain, but neither were going to be ready for 2023. It was either go on one more year with Jonas or have someone like Wines as a stop gap.I didn’t bother reading any of it tbh.
Blind Freddy could see he was as cooked as second-hand beef jerky, but was somehow allowed to continue on as captain going into season 2023.
Careers end. It sucks. As far as someone being set up for life after footy, he’s in a more privileged position than most.
I think he was still reasonably serviceable in 2022, he was waning but he fell off a cliff in 2023. I think that is more on the club and timing. They clearly wanted Rozee or Butters to be the next captain, but neither were going to be ready for 2023. It was either go on one more year with Jonas or have someone like Wines as a stop gap.
The alternative would've been just as awkward.
I suggest reading it or listening to what Jonas has to say. The reaction on here is quite odd.
Our inability to make tough calls has consequences beyond adding a few more years of riding the gravy train.Why do we mock someone like Jonas for opening up about his mental health issues?
Always thought the shit he copped was unnecessary, when all he seemed guilty of was diminishing form that hits most players at the end of their career But then he opens up about his mental health battles 12 months later and he just gets more ridicule for it.
Strange, I read that and thought many of his keyboard critics would find some perspective but obviously I was wrong.
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