Rumour Dees pull out of tough training camp

[Ghost of Punt Road]

Dees players apparently went to the players association to ask if they could ask the club to get them out of It?

They apparently felt It was too hard last year? Seems odd.

 

[King Brown]

After a taxing finals series who can blame them.

 

[Gavin Excell]

Our Dees

 

[Tulip]

It’s going to be another long season of what ifs, I reckon

 

[Always Ballin]

Weak.

Political correctness has gone mad!

 

[ZEV]

They all can't get traded to Port Adelaide...

 

[Xenthor]

There is more to it than that. Last year we had two fairly major injuries with Christian Salem getting concussed from a brick to the head and Dom Tyson dislocating his knee. I definitely agree with the decision, let them train for footy instead of whatever army course they had them doing.

 

[kaiserchief13]

There is more to it than that. Last year we had two fairly major injuries with Christian Salem getting concussed from a brick to the head and Dom Tyson dislocating his knee. I definitely agree with the decision, let them train for footy instead of whatever army course they had them doing.

Brick to the head? How tf....

 

[JVseven]

They’ve asked to attend a Day Spa instead.

 

[JVseven]

Brick to the head? How tf....

Marching with a backpack full of bricks, had to stop and do shoulder presses above their heads. Salem’s backpack tore and a brick fell onto his scone.

 

[Sellout Scully]

I don't blame them.

There's a point where training becomes so intense it's no longer practical and just risks getting players injured.

At last year's camp Salem got concussion, Tyson injured his knee and players were being deprived of sleep.

As for the "it makes you mentally tough and resilient" well that clearly didn't hold up for us in R23 this year.

Yes as a coach you want your players to be tough but there is a danger that by pushing them too far the players feel like they are just pieces of meat and isolating people. Everyone is human.

 

[yeahmate]

Also refusing to play round 1 I hear because of the obvious OH&S risks. Injuriez much worse than mild concussion amd a twisted knee could happen!

 

[The Dice Man]

Millenials.

 

[schmuttt]

I'm with the players on this tbh, and I've called them out on a lot of soft s**t in the past 10 years. They are athletes, not training to be in the ******* SAS.

 

[Power Raid]

They’ve asked to attend a Day Spa instead.

pedicure anyone?

 

[schmuttt]

Bit strange they went straight to the AFLPA and not the club hierarchy? Unless they did and the club told the players to suck it up.

Strange and pretty unsettling if that's the case...

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2017-12-14/players-worries-prompt-dees-to-cancel-camp

However, it is understood the playing group raised their concerns about the camp in the past week.

The players were still worried about the risk of injury and the associated loss of conditioning following what would have been an intense couple of days in the lead-up to their Christmas break.

After listening to the players' apprehension, coach Simon Goodwin and the club's football department decided to do away with the camp and modified the program as a result.

 

[Moo]

Jake Lever impacting the culture of the club already.

 

[Leather Poisoning]

I have two thoughts on this:

1. Goodwin is a nutter with his army “push em to the limit” approach.

2. Endless fuel for opposition sledgers. This will not go well for the dees public image.

 

[Mitchell Madness]

Hawthorn does the Kokoda trek (or hike through the NZ mountains)
Poor deed, no wonder they struggle

 

[JVseven]

Hawthorn does the Kokoda trek (or hike through the NZ mountains)
Poor deed, no wonder they struggle

Kokoda is the same as Everest these days, a Sherpa just pulls you along while you lay on a sled.

 

[Jugada]

Possibly the dumbest "training camp" ive heard of. Good call by the players

 

[TerryWallet]

They lose their hard man to Port, and the Dees turn soft.

 

[Brasher]

There is more to it than that. Last year we had two fairly major injuries with Christian Salem getting concussed from a brick to the head and Dom Tyson dislocating his knee. I definitely agree with the decision, let them train for footy instead of whatever army course they had them doing.

Salem's injury goes straight to the non football related injury Hall of Fame...his bust will be enshrined next to NSW Rugby League State of Origin forward Robbie Kearns who broke his collarbone and missed the entire Origin series after falling from a horse during a team bonding exercise.

 

[legend166]

Tiger Woods pretty much destroyed his career with special forces training, it's really not a good idea.

 

[Collingwood 4 eternity]

Tiger Woods pretty much destroyed his career with special forces training, it's really not a good idea.

Took the order to "get down and show me 100 push ups" to the extreme