Did the NRL overreact to the 2010 Melbourne Storm salary cap scandal?
It is 13 years (has it really been that long?) since former NRL Chief Executive Officer David Gallop announced Melbourne Storm's unprecedented, eviscerating punishment…
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No need to apologise Shmick.
Yes, nothing brings a teenage boy down to earth quicker than a comment from a teenage girl:-
Boy: “I kicked ten goals!”
Girl: “Yeah but who was that hot guy you were playing on?!”
Hoping the good looking Hawks stay that way
Sean, she may have had a chance if she’d dressed like Thatcher – or John Kennedy snr.
How long until we see the first female AFL coach?
That’s an interesting one Alfred. Perhaps Sportsbet will take it up!
How long until we see the first female AFL coach?
“There does seem to generally be [a belief] , and yes there are exceptions, that in order to understand what the players go through you need to have played at that level”
Excellent point Timmuh..
How long until we see the first female AFL coach?
I’ve just been advised that Peta Searle, a multiple premiership winning coach with the Darebin Falcons in the VWFL, is now an assistant at Port Melbourne.
How long until we see the first female AFL coach?
Anthony,
Mostyn described the reaction to her appointment a couple of years ago: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/footys-first-female-still-making-her-mark/story-e6frg8zx-1226032270155. Not all were happy about it.
Hopefully since the second woman Linda Dessau was appointed in 2007 some of the mail senders have changed their mind.
How long until we see the first female AFL coach?
Cam, I must admit I didn’t see myself ever quoting Shaw but there we go! 🙂
The Demons not sinful, just lost
Red, a very good point about the reluctance to appoint non ex-AFL players as senior coaches.
Bulldogs, you bldy beauties!
Yes pope, that would have been a better grand final. Unfortunately, “after wrapping up the 1997 Preliminary Final with a couple of minutes remaining the Bulldogs proceeded to unwrap it and hand it to Adelaide – the eventual Premiers”.
My feel-good outcome for the 2013 season
Lucan, it has also affected the preparation of the forwards. On Friday night, Jonathan Brown was talking to the haranguing umpire as he was walking in to take a shot.
Make goalkicking the goal
Kennedy is a good example of a hard coach Reccymech although I suspect the players were fond of him and his bad dress sense. Allan Jeans was cut from the same cloth: raincoat material!
Time for 'Tubs' to take over Australian Cricket
Christo, are you sure good leadership and being liked have nothing to do with good coaching?
I also said he was a conciliator and had a good analytical mind which definitely are important.
Time for 'Tubs' to take over Australian Cricket
I didn’t say he was just a great player Christo.
Time for 'Tubs' to take over Australian Cricket
Reccymech and Andy Roo,
I agree that being liked is not enough but Taylor’s record as player and captain has earned him respect. I think a coach who is respected and liked would get more out of his players than one who is respected and feared/hated.
Time for 'Tubs' to take over Australian Cricket
Sheek,
Yes, his promotions haven’t gone well. He’s currently the face of an investment broker that is under investigation in the US.
Although he did pronounce Fujitsu correctly!
Time for 'Tubs' to take over Australian Cricket
ICF,
Actually if you read the article properly you’ll realise I have made up my mind: Indian pitches and conditions and Australian inexperience and lack of ability. I am one of the few who believe the Australians are not “pussies” as you put it. Australia got thrashed in the first match and the selectors made changes and they got thrashed again. What did the selectors do wrong?
You mention: “the Indians don’t whine about the grassy bouncy strips – they look at their shortcomings and how to overcome them”. I’m sorry but I heard plenty of whining from my end during the 2011/12 series and i’m interested to know when they overcame their shorcomings after losing the First Test. Was it during the Second Test when they lost by an innings an 68 runs, or the Third (an innings and 37) or the Fourth (298 runs)?
I agree Pujara has done very well as a rookie and may become a true champion but unlike Henriques had home crowds and conditions ‘holding his hand’ on debut. His four centuries have all been scored in India.
If he had debuted at the WACA against Pattinson, Cummings, Starc, Johnson, Harris et al and failed would you have labelled him a ‘pussy’ ?
Who cares about India?
I just think the unadulterated criticism of the players is unwarranted. Yes, there were undisciplined, inappropriate and poorly executed shots but most of that was a result of frustration, inexperience and sheer lack of ability. In the past you had to be a great side with experience of the conditions to triumph. With the Indian side in transition it’s possible an excellent team with strong batting and a very good spinner can win.
Australia at present is not that team.
However, I do enjoy watching matches in India. Seeing poor Clarke trying to save his team early on the first day in Hyderabad by batting away grubbers was compelling stuff.
Who cares about India?
Yes, Redb, I agree that is the most dramatic event of all. I just hope the Commission doesn’t dilute it by having the umpire fling it in the air.
Why AFL needs dramatic pauses
Thanks for staying John
Hoping the good looking Hawks stay that way