Was Ian Collins really wrong for citing Chris Grant and his strike on Nick Holland in 97 ?

Remove this Banner Ad

Log in to remove this ad.

Elmer_Judd said:


So sick of Bulldogs fans/players and indeed Chris Grant himself complaning about being hard done by. It's easy to say in hindsight, but the slow motion footage clearly shows that Grant hit the man, not the ball.

The fact the original tribunal panel (at that time) let that incident fly (possibly because C.Grant was regarded as a major Brownlow fancy at the time ) was disgraceful, and I cannot fault Ian Collins for appealing the decision), the Chas Brownlow medal is (and should forever should be) awarded for the Fairest and Best Player in the league.

Personally I have always felt Corey McKernan was screwed out of a Brownlow far more on 1996 for a non illegible offence anymore.

The ongoing bitterness of Chris Grant and refusal to accept responsibility over what he did has always sadly diminished me in the eyes of a neutral supporter who always thought he is a bona champion of the game.
Click to expand...

Need to honestly ask yourself if grant was say Kouta, would Collins have done the same thing?
 
lumpinee said:
ive made my thoughts known about the conduct of a certain pos administrator from Carlton many times in different threads...all i'll say is Karma's a sl*t
and boy do Carlton continue get theyres based on efforts such as this one in 1997....what a grub of a person n club
Click to expand...

Ay, we dont like the campaigner either. Thanks to him we stopped playing home games at Princes Park :mad:
 

(Log in to remove this ad.)

lumpinee said:
ive made my thoughts known about the conduct of a certain pos administrator from Carlton many times in different threads...all i'll say is Karma's a sl*t
and boy do Carlton continue get theyres based on efforts such as this one in 1997....what a grub of a person n club
Click to expand...
Carlton had nothing to do with it, what a stupid post.
 
Seeds said:
He is hard done by because suspended players shouldn't be ineligible for the Brownlow. The fact he can't earn any brownlow points during the games he is suspended is punishment enough.

Chris Grant is a brownlow medalist in my eyes.
Click to expand...

But that is the very definition of the Brownlow. 'Fairest and Best'. If you commit an act that results in a suspension, you can't be eligible.

You are quite entitled to say he was the Best Player of 1997 - but he cannot be regarded as a Brownlow Medallist.
 
Collins and his d*ckhead AFL Commission mates were just salty that the Dogs hadn't gone quietly into the night...

...like Carlton almost did in 2002, due to Collins and his d*ckhead Blues admin mates.
 
Wallaby said:
But that is the very definition of the Brownlow. 'Fairest and Best'. If you commit an act that results in a suspension, you can't be eligible.

You are quite entitled to say he was the Best Player of 1997 - but he cannot be regarded as a Brownlow Medallist.
Click to expand...

He wasnt reported on the day and was cleared by the MRP. Tribunal shouldve factored that into their decision. It was a stitch up
 
FLYING DEES said:
Irrelevant, nonsensical ramble
Click to expand...
Translation = Melbourne football club. It relates as it was the same scenario of some idiot trying to big note himself to gain attention. In fact very similar to what you have poorly attempted and failed to do. :$
 
Niggles said:
A bit of the path but more so another example of AFL tribunal incompetence. What about that incident last year when Dusty copped a 2 week ban over an elbow to GWS' Adam Kennedy, for what that incompetent Cristian called 'the potential to cause injury'. What a load of sh*t and it was rightfully downgraded to 1 week, but that 'potential' crap was just that. A made up rule that has never been mentioned in any case before or since. Michael Cristian should be rightfully unemployed next year. Who pulls his strings. That other incompetent fool Hocking? Such a joke of a position. What was Ian Collins position at the time of Grants issue? Was it more like the Bachar Houli crackdown after he got let off far too lightly initially until someone??? appealed
Click to expand...

Huh?

Potential to cause injury has been written into the MRP/MRO for years...

Ridiculous rule maybe you can argue, but absolutely not a made up rule.
 
Niggles said:
Translation = Melbourne football club. It relates as it was the same scenario of some idiot trying to big note himself to gain attention. In fact very similar to what you have poorly attempted and failed to do. :$
Click to expand...
So basically you've tried to make a post about a Western Bulldogs player into one about Richmond. And you've served it up as one big mess. Not all about you or Richmond champ.
 
Ding Ding! The karma bus has arrived Collo!
 

Remove this Banner Ad

Was Ian Collins really wrong for citing Chris Grant and his strike on Nick Holland in 97 ?

Similar threads

P
Chris Toce Go fUnd Me page for his family
Replies
0
Views
206
panatha1908
P
GOTHELIONS16
Make it a Film! Is Chris Fagan’s journey to Premiership Coach the best Coaching Story in the history of our game?
Replies
11
Views
667
GOTHELIONS16
GOTHELIONS16
Always Ballin
Who was better in 2004? Warren Tredrea or Nick Riewoldt
2
Replies
38
Views
1K
Back One Out
Back One Out
PowerfulPies2023
Injury Christian Petracca's injury - A disgrace he was allowed to come back on the field
3 4 5 6 7
Replies
172
Views
6K
Glorfindel
Glorfindel
T
Player Watch Will Ashcroft - Better than Nick Daicos?
5 6 7 8 9
Replies
202
Views
7K
adammania9
adammania9
Cleric
  • Poll
Expansion Should Tasmania be granted a Northern States style of Academy?
Replies
19
Views
522
Sherrinator
Sherrinator
F
Coach Sam Mitchell on his players staging for free kicks
2 3 4
Replies
77
Views
3K
Back One Out
Back One Out

Remove this Banner Ad

Back
Top