He wanted everything to be above board, he believes everything was above board.
Essendon cannot logically at this point sack him on the basis of anything other than him appealing when the club isn't.
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He wanted everything to be above board, he believes everything was above board.
Essendon cannot logically at this point sack him on the basis of anything other than him appealing when the club isn't.
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Yeah, I must admit I don't know why it would be assumed that he must be sacked simply because he's appealing in his own right. Unless he starts litigating against the club itself, I don't see the strict necessity as such.
Having said that, It would seem that Hird is not doing the club any favours with all this fiasco. I can understand that he feels he may have been hard done by, but there comes a point where you just take your medicine and move on - if he's genuinely clean in all this, then ASADA will not have grounds to act against him and possibly even the players (though the latter looks unlikely). If he rides this out as Little appears to be letting him do, backing him all the way to this point etc., in a couple of years time the board and probably everybody else wont care about supplement scandals etc., it will simply be on how well he's coaching the players.
I'm getting really pissed off now.
CONFIRMATION
Seven players have been nominated under the Club Academies Rule for the NAB AFL Trade Bidding Meeting to be held on Monday October 6
SYDNEY
Isaac Heeney (top 5 draft pick apparently)
Abe Davis
Jack Hiscox
Sydney academy player, Jack Hiscox has today smashed GWS midfielder, Josh Kelly's 3km time trial record by 19 seconds, running 9min 18sec to round out the final day of the National Draft Combine at Etihad Stadium.
CONFIRMATION
Seven players have been nominated under the Club Academies Rule for the NAB AFL Trade Bidding Meeting to be held on Monday October 6
SYDNEY
Isaac Heeney (top 5 draft pick apparently)
Abe Davis
Jack Hiscox
Sydney academy player, Jack Hiscox has today smashed GWS midfielder, Josh Kelly's 3km time trial record by 19 seconds, running 9min 18sec to round out the final day of the National Draft Combine at Etihad Stadium.
What is your point ? Daniel Bandy was a running machine, so was Sam Menegola, James Walker was a brilliant runner, doesn't mean jack if you can't get the ball, dispose of it well and have a heart.
He's good enough for them to want to take , so they will possibly get a draft advantage on three of their draft picks.Not sure what your point is either, for all you know he might be very good.
You've highlighted a running stat record as if that will make him a gun player, obviously him being a Swans academy player means Sydney can get him cheap but that doesn't make him a star. He might end up a good player or he might spend 2 years on a list and get the chop. Heeney is another issue but they're the rules we have.
Have a look at some of these names that have set records at the combine, some great names surrounded by some average ones. Even the kicking efficiency has some blokes that didn't get drafted, it is a complete package that makes a player. I'd rather our recruiters watch 100 games of footy and decide on who to pick than pick a bloke who did well at the combine.
http://www.topendsports.com/sport/afl/testing-draft-results.htm
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I think you've completely missed apuchar s point. He's not saying that just because he has a record time trial that he will automatically be a great player.
But the bottom line is, again Sydney have an unfair advantage over the rest of the competition by being able to select these academy players for unders.
If that was his point he may need to highlight all the players, especially Heeney. And the academy players for the other clubs too.
why should he? he was taking an aim at sydney
i did point out that Heeney was rated as a top 5 draft pick and they would get Abe Davey and possibly this new kid we didn't know about (the elite runner) as well, all with a possible and sizable trade advantage.
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I'm sure one of the mods can ban him. Only fair.
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The most unfortunate name imaginable.
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Freo should put in a bid for him so he can train at Cockburn.
NRL GF about to start, the only NRL game I watch each year.
Sad to see Yow Yeh retire, what a terrible injury.
Sad to see Yow Yeh retire, what a terrible injury.
AFL gets Tom Jones and NRL gets Slash. NRL always get better music guests.
i prefer tom jones
Not too sure why Slash performed ?, he was playing to a backing track with no band behind him !!!!. To me a bit like Phil Collins doing a drum solo.
The singing of the national anthem was pretty good.
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