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As a WC supporter I have obviously followed Woosha throughout his career. I believe he is an absolutely honest, upright person of the highest integrity. He was a fabulous captain, but I always thought he was too one dimensional as a coach. At WC it was plan A. Plan B consisted of moving Adam Hunter forward (or back if he started forward). And that was it.
Good captains tend to come in two types.
Type 1 is the one who motivates and gets the best out of the team by inspiring them with words. This captain lifts a team when it flagging and always talks both one on one and as a group. This is the Churchill/JFK type of captain.
Type 2 is the one who is the quiet motivator who inspires by actions rather than words. This is the guy you follow over the trenches, charging at the machine gun nest because you know he’ll be the one leading the push. He’s the guy who always puts his body on the line and you do the same because you don’t want to let him down. This is Woosha.
One of these captain types translates really well into the coaching arena, the other doesn’t. And I’ve always thought Worsfold’s style didn’t translate to coaching very well.
He took over an Essendon at a low and has done a lot to rebuild the brand, but I’m not convinced he’s the guy to take the team to the next level.
Why John Worsfold is the man to coach Essendon to their next premiership
You’re right. All sizes could get a gig of they were good enough.
Can you imagine anyone recruiting 1975 premiership ruckman Mick Nolan these days? The Galloping Gasometer had a playing size of 194cm and 135-140kg.
Huge question marks over whether Caleb Daniels was too short to be recruited at 168cm. Barry Cable (168cm) and Tony Liberatore (163cm) say Hi.
Alan Richardson hangs by a thread
Thanks Jonboy,
It was Tom Boyd I was thinking of. It was mental health/lost the love of the game rather than physical injury. But he cancelled his contract, got paid out a reduced figure for 2019 and gave back the salary cap space for 2 years.
So it can be done if instigated by the player rather than the club.
Naitanui: I've still got a lot of good footy ahead of me
Unfortunately the tribunal went down the ‘we can’t be seen to be wrong unless your name is Ablett’ route.
For some reason we do struggle against Hawthorn at the G even when we are the better side. Like Sydney at the SCG.
2019 AFL season: Round 15 preview
Shane, why do you say… ‘It’s actually going to take “two games like that” to knock Geelong out this year.’?
In 2018 Richmond finished on top, won in week one, had a weeks rest, lost in the prelim and went home. The Prelim, that’s the one bad game that could kill Geelong.
If you think the final eight is done and dusted, think again
Not necessarily.
If he does another knee in a bad way and has to stop playing, I can see him doing the right thing and retiring, he’s that sort of a bloke. Cancels the rest of his contract and is re-employed as a ruck coach. I seem to recall someone else did early retirement and salary cap return; just can’t remember who.
Naitanui: I've still got a lot of good footy ahead of me
Richie Tiger is right that at 20 he is an adult, not a kid.
Players these days are professionals. They turn up at a club and don’t just get taught how to play football the way the club wants them to (systems/roles/plays etc.). They get taught about drugs, behaviour, racism, sexism and amazingly, gambling, amongst other stuff.
If all he did was bet on a few AFL games then that would have been dumb and worthy of a couple of weeks and a fine. It’s the betting on games you are playing in and even how many goals you yourself will kick that elevates this from dumb to significant and dumb.
And again like RichieT, I also agree with what you are saying re Gilligans Island.
Ten weeks for Jaidyn Stephenson? You've got to be kidding, AFL!
JS not only bet on the sport he plays (No-No), he bet on his own team (BIG No-No), and he bet on his own performance (HUGE No-No). The last alone should have got him a year.
And it is pathetic that Eddie (oooh, it’s big scary Eddie. We’d better do as he wants or he’ll shout at us) gets a say in the penalty, getting it reduced to a convenient ‘back in time for finals’ length. Absolutely weak from the AFL. As GOAT says, soft option.
Was Stephenson's punishment fair?
I fundamentally disagree with the author on this issue.
Just because they were weak on Melbourne tanking, it doesn’t mean that because this offence is less serious you have to be even weaker to make the penalty less than that given to Melbourne. On that, the error of the AFL was not on how hard they (correctly) came down on this, but how pathetic they were on Melbourne.
JS not only bet on the sport he plays (No-No), he bet on his own team (BIG No-No), and he bet on his own performance (HUGE No-No). The last alone should have got him a year.
Ten weeks for Jaidyn Stephenson? You've got to be kidding, AFL!
I wonder if it was his first day on the job.
Briefing by his boss…
‘Your job is to make sure everyone behaves. If anyone starts fighting you have to break it up and remove the offenders from the stadium. Now off you go and make sure you do a good job’.
Security guard attempts to break up fight between two players
Back in the ‘good ol days’ of one umpire and little camera coverage this sort of rubbish was rife. There were players in the VFL/WAFL/SANFL that just did it every game, all game. Murray Couper from Perth was a classic.
More recently there were some players who are considered champions of the game that still resorted to niggle. Greg Williams and Libba snr are just a couple.
But importantly, with the two then three umpires and blanket TV coverage, this type of stuff is now (thankfully) pretty rare. It is now noteworthy rather than the norm, and is totally unacceptable, kindergarten behaviour.
As for Stratton. As a team leader that makes it even worse. Give him a week for the stomp, a week for the pinching and a week for being stupid.
Ben Stratton's controversial 'pinching' tactics on Fantasia- dirty, or fair play?
A lot of matches were on BT Sport this year (and in 2017). There is also the AFL International pass. I used that and just HDMI’d my laptop to the big screen.
Joffa's heartbroken reaction to Collingwood's nail-biting loss
Now I know why I became a pilot and not a doctor… I failed anatomy.
So Lynch hit him in the chest, the chest being that narrow bit above the shoulders and below the head. Something I’ve just learnt.
Seriously, the incident on its own was probably a fine. But, as has been pointed out, the only way to stamp this out is to provide repeat offenders with a little thinking time. As things stand he has had no real incentive to change his ways, so he’ll keep pushing the line. Maybe he’ll continue to get away with it/pay a few bucks here and there. Or maybe he’ll go just a bit too far, and miss an important match or two.
Tom Lynch in more hot water for ANOTHER off-the-ball whack