James Hird's Essendon story has yet to be told - The Age

[BF Tiger]

http://www.theage.com.au/comment/james-hirds-essendon-story-has-yet-to-be-told-20150303-13sa71.html

As well as possibly writing Doc Reid's letter Albert is also penning pieces for Scott McNiece. Strangely, no mention of his Anzac Day heroics though.

 

[Jade's_]

#sobrave

 

[Beer n Skittles]

Huh - James Hird is James Hird's hero too, I'm sure the author will be glad to have something in common with the great man.

 

[DapperJong]

Top story, top article, great stuff.

 

[Big Sim]

I think it must be a pisstake. Surely anyone smart enough to string a few hundred words together like that could not really think what it says.

"Hird was only on the periphery of the program and has been extremely contrite, having apologised not once, not twice, but three times."

 

[mellowyellow]

Time is precious Should I read it?

 

[invinciBlues]

The Age be trolling...

 

[zachary]

Time is precious Should I read it?

Only if you're constipated

 

[Schraderbrau]

This is a quote from the article:

Hird's 12-month suspension in August 2013 saw his entire life dragged through the mud, let alone his football legacy. And yet people still refuse to acknowledge simple facts such as his contrition about the supplements saga. Many claim Hird remains unrepentant, but he has apologised on three separate occasions –to the AFL Commission, to Essendon fans through the club website, and to the general public."

I have difficulty accepting the sincerity of those apologies given the way he has conducted his affairs since then. Actions speak louder than words imo.

 

[onemancyclone]

That'll make a great book title:

James Hird's Story Yet To Be Told
The James Hird Story

 

[andrewb]

Wonder how Rohan got that article past his vitriolic campaigner of a boss

 

[GOAT LOVER]

That'll make a great book title:

James Hird's Story Yet To Be Told
The James Hird Story

Wouldn't his book be called
"James and the giant Breach"

 

[QuietB]

That column space must have been paid for? Surely

 

[andrewb]

That column space must have been paid for? Surely

Nah just fairfax preparing its readers for the fact that their smear campaign failed to remove Hird

 

[CountryRace]

That column space must have been paid for? Surely

Awful, huh.

I was sure he was going to have a homoerotic fantasy line coming up

 

[CountryRace]

Nah just fairfax preparing its readers for the fact that their smear campaign failed to remove Hird

That was Albert threatening to sue the s**t out of little and the Essendon football club, remember?

Blame the media but, good deflection

#StandByCult

 

[Iskender Time]

This is a quote from the article:



I have difficulty accepting the sincerity of those apologies given the way he has conducted his affairs since then. Actions speak louder than words imo.

He's sorry. Sorry he got caught.

 

[QuietB]

Nah just fairfax preparing its readers for the fact that their smear campaign failed to remove Hird

That article is everything that is wrong with your football club. Can't touch Hird cause he was my hero

No matter how you cut it, the whole thing still happened on Hird's watch.

 

[galindez]

Hard to believe he still expects to Hird to tell his side

 

[CountryRace]

Hard to believe he still expects to Hird to tell his side

Easy to see how mass suicide cults happen

 

[Gavstar]

Does every other club get to have a fan who gets right of reply?

Also he needs some IPECAC syrup for the Coolaid overdose.

Ignored every negative fact about Hird throughout this saga.

 

[pablo668]

If you could put the act of fellatio into a machine that would spit it out as an essay......this article would be the result.

 

[BlueWorld]

Nah just fairfax preparing its readers for the fact that their smear campaign failed to remove Hird

Nah just fairfax preparing its readers for the fact that poor James is a victim in this terrible saga that is about to see players banned for a season or more.

 

[Lockyer24]

His playing career is mud now Scotty, who knows what he got up to with Charter back in the day.

Just 12 months into his first coaching gig he was a key driver of the biggest doping scandal the sport has ever seen. The text messages prove his involvement, the legal challenges and backstabbing thereafter paint the picture of a desperate man trying to bury the truth at any cost.

I've always known he was a campaigner, just didn't know he was a cheating one too.

 

[Sector 7G]

You wonder if that ex cheers squad member Rohan Connolly had any involvement helping Scooter putting that steaming pile together.

Scooters twitter feed is a laugh. Tracy Holmes is a big fan though.