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Toast What are some of the greatest calls made in history?
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Yes was following roughly the same logic that said Adelaide would be a better team without Dangerfield.
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Moving Billy Duckworth forward in the 84 GF.
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Clayton Oliver eating macdonalds chicken nuggets before playing a vfl game for richmond tigers was a solid call. Was considered very unprofessional at the time, maybe if he’d had a carrot stick carlton would have picked him at number one istead of J Weitering and he’d be stuck there instead of being a premiership legend at Melbourne Demons.
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Malthouse saying preseason he can't see how the Blues could drop a game for the year.
They got the spoon.
The greatest call is a matter of perspective.
They got the spoon.
The greatest call is a matter of perspective.
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boncer34
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As senior coach what's he meant to say pre-season?
"Yeah we're shit, forget this season."
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Only if he wanted to be accurate
FWIW this is just as I perceived it.
Hawthorn trading Trent Croad.
It’s not because they received a 4x flag (3 as captain) player and 2x NSM in exchange for him. Also people forget it was Trent Croad and Luke McPharlin (who IIRC wanted to go home) that was part of the deal. People mention Sam Mitchell was used on the last pick from those traded selections but that’s a little tricky because they selected Elstone (?) before him who was a bust.
What I’m applauding them for is not so much for the outcome but for the philosophy behind it (BTW IIRC Croad was almost traded to Essendon instead of Freo and I have NFI what the Hawks would’ve received from the Bombers). I like that they made a very brave call in trading away a player they took at #3 four years earlier and was a fan favourite because it’s more important to be bold. They knew he wasn’t going to become a superstar and other clubs totally overrated him as far as they were concerned. They backed their judgement and it potentially could have backfired big time but they still did it because they knew Croad wasn’t going to get much better and had serious footballing limitations and traded him at his absolute peak value before the football world would begin to reach the same conclusions Hawthorn already had.
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Also FWIW this is as I perceived it.
Another list management decision I like is Carlton at the end of 2000.
They couldn’t come to terms with Aaron Hamill. IIRC he was being offered about $350k a season to stay and wanted $450k -$500k and the Saints and Swans were prepared to pay him that. The Blues just wouldn’t budge and so he left for Moorabin.
While St Kilda might have appreciated Hamill’s work ethic, leadership and hardness IMO the undeniable reality was that he just wasn’t an elite player but he was getting paid like one. He seldom delivered performances that were even close to the level that someone on that salary should have been producing. Carlton’s reluctance to pay Hamill’s quote was thoroughly validated by his lacklustre St Kilda output.
However the other high-profile St KFC recruit during that same offseason, Fraser Gehrig, gave tremendous value for money.
Hawthorn trading Trent Croad.
It’s not because they received a 4x flag (3 as captain) player and 2x NSM in exchange for him. Also people forget it was Trent Croad and Luke McPharlin (who IIRC wanted to go home) that was part of the deal. People mention Sam Mitchell was used on the last pick from those traded selections but that’s a little tricky because they selected Elstone (?) before him who was a bust.
What I’m applauding them for is not so much for the outcome but for the philosophy behind it (BTW IIRC Croad was almost traded to Essendon instead of Freo and I have NFI what the Hawks would’ve received from the Bombers). I like that they made a very brave call in trading away a player they took at #3 four years earlier and was a fan favourite because it’s more important to be bold. They knew he wasn’t going to become a superstar and other clubs totally overrated him as far as they were concerned. They backed their judgement and it potentially could have backfired big time but they still did it because they knew Croad wasn’t going to get much better and had serious footballing limitations and traded him at his absolute peak value before the football world would begin to reach the same conclusions Hawthorn already had.
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Also FWIW this is as I perceived it.
Another list management decision I like is Carlton at the end of 2000.
They couldn’t come to terms with Aaron Hamill. IIRC he was being offered about $350k a season to stay and wanted $450k -$500k and the Saints and Swans were prepared to pay him that. The Blues just wouldn’t budge and so he left for Moorabin.
While St Kilda might have appreciated Hamill’s work ethic, leadership and hardness IMO the undeniable reality was that he just wasn’t an elite player but he was getting paid like one. He seldom delivered performances that were even close to the level that someone on that salary should have been producing. Carlton’s reluctance to pay Hamill’s quote was thoroughly validated by his lacklustre St Kilda output.
However the other high-profile St KFC recruit during that same offseason, Fraser Gehrig, gave tremendous value for money.
Worked for Usain Bolt haha
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Came here to say the same. Pickett didn't start full training with the club until last week of July 2019 due to a broken hand. 6 VFL games including 3 finals and a BOG in the VFL premiership later and Dimma has the balls to select him to debut ahead of Jack Ross and Kamdyn McIntosh.
Still hard to believe really.
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Focus on footy
‘66 GF, hit the boundary.
hird, I’m shocked to be sitting here.
hird, I’m shocked to be sitting here.
The launch of the club's "20-One-3" plan at Kurrawa Beach with the Gold Coast hoping to have 20,000 members and a flag by the end of 2015.
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Sydney not accomodating the contracted Ryan O’Keefe’s request to return to Melbourne and play for Hawthorn.
He won an NSM against Hawthorn.
He won an NSM against Hawthorn.
Tough question, but out of these two for me:
Brendan Goddard "When we win a flag, they are going to make a movie & write books about us"
Or the Essendon marketing department coming up with “Whatever it takes”
Brendan Goddard "When we win a flag, they are going to make a movie & write books about us"
Or the Essendon marketing department coming up with “Whatever it takes”
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2014 Bulldogs trade for Tom Boyd after their captain Ryan Griffin requests trade to GWS…7 years for $7M…two years later a premiership and most Dogs fans would agree he was equally deserving of Norm Smith that day!
Massive call, doesn’t get much bigger!
Massive call, doesn’t get much bigger!
So... they failed then?
