Did abletts refusal to play for GC for 2 yrs take away from his legacy?

[TiggerMan22]

The same Dusty who shopped himself around for a bigger contract but found no offers? Right.

Do you know the difference between player and manager? Players dont shop themselves around.

 

[Farm Boy]

His legacy as the best player in the modern era is firmly in tact. As time goes on he will be in the conversation of GOAT. Should have 4-5 Brownlows.

 

[Art Corvelay]

Do you know the difference between player and manager? Players dont shop themselves around.

Yeah, players have zero say on their careers or how their manager deals with contracts.

 

[PhatBoy]

Exactly! He's a fraud !

Yeah every footballer’s body is identical from one 6 months period to another. No one has ever recovered from an injury. It’s why we see so many retirements from side strains, heavy corks etc.

 

[Cincinnatus]

Rofl.

Yeah ok, because getting the equivalent of a promotion at work, and then going to another firm for less money makes you a bad person.

Thats one view of it ( leaving out some details) but not the view I have of it.

 

[TiggerMan22]

Yeah, players have zero say on their careers or how their manager deals with contracts.

A quiet 22 year old kid trusting his manager to do his job and taking his advice. Weird huh?
Also pretty weird how you think he wanted to look at other clubs, but when at GWS says his role models are his Coach and Captain. But yeh it was his idea. Lmao.

 

[PhatBoy]

Thats one view of it ( leaving out some details) but not the view I have of it.

He’s Hitler mate. That’s all there is to it.

 

[Cincinnatus]

Do you know him?

We judge everyone in the public lights as people and professionals. Regardless of whether we know them. It's just a quirk of humanity.

 

[Cincinnatus]

He’s Hitler mate. That’s all there is to it.

Bit silly.

 

[PhatBoy]

Bit silly.

As opposed to judging someone as a person because of where they play footy.

 

[Adz]

GC appear to be playing better without him, whilst Geelong will still not get past a prelim. I have my doubts they’ll even finish top 4.

 

[Cincinnatus]

As opposed to judging someone as a person because of where they play footy.

Geelong, Gold Coast, Perth, Adelaide, Sydney who cares where they play. I judge them based on their actions.

Just an opinion mate, we clearly have different ones. Don't worry so much about trying to change people's minds.

 

[TheBlue]

The standard a lot of you guys hold AFL players to is utterly absurd. The fact of the matter is that AFL is a ~10 year career for which you forfeit any form of tertiary education and establishment of a long-term career during the prime years of your working life. Then, after your 10 or so years are up you're back out on the streets, usually with a wrecked body. A select few may be offered coaching jobs and some others might be able to get admin jobs in the AFL industry but the ceiling on these jobs is tiny, and your job security in the coaching industry is equally tenuous. Point is, that AFL players of all people should be the ones trying to get as much money as possible during the short time they spend at the top. Ablett isn't a bad person for putting himself and his family/interests at number one, particularly not when it comes to a so-called moral consideration he should have for the corporate giant that is the AFL/GCS. A lot of you, I'm sure, have left your place of work for a better paying position, or have threatened to without receiving a promotion/benefit of some sort. To suggest that AFL players aren't allowed to, or shouldn't, get all the money they can from their employer whilst they are physically still able is a hypocritical and absurd proposition - especially given that many of us couldn't give a toss about our jobs/employers at all.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

See that game there? That tells you everything you need to know about Ablett’s terribly judged move to the Gold Coast.

Big game, huge crowd, huge pressure, in the balance and he’s right in the thick of it, almost willing his team over the line.

Precisely what he should have been doing for the past seven years.

Instead he spent it - a good part of his career, and his prime - up in Queensland either not playing, or playing in such meaningless games they might as well have been practice matches.

What a crying shame for him and footy watchers... it’s put an enormous hole on his legacy as one of the all-time greats.

 

[Plat]

Calm down.

 

[Gameova_]

Agree.

 

[BoxMatrix]

Yeah I'm sure Ablett is gonna regret earning all those millions in the Gold Coast.

 

[Judd2Sewell]

Can't blame him for taking the money but you will always think 'what could have been' come the end of his career. Same too with Buddy to a lesser extent but he's got more time to win another flag

 

[BallaratBulldog]

Would have been spent well if they didn't get rid of McKenna and made finals.

 

[Frank Gallagher]

Not sure what your problem is, he was offered a contract that was simply to good to refuse, who the * are you to judge? You'd probably change centrelink offices if one offered 5% more.

 

[PhatBoy]

At least this thread is about the reality of a situation, rather than some other ridiculous ‘he should be jailed because he didn’t play enough games when injured’ thread.

And I agree with the general sentiment. It was like he’d never left watching him today.

 

[Art Corvelay]

Not sure what your problem is, he was offered a contract that was simply to good to refuse, who the **** are you to judge? You'd probably change centrelink offices if one offered 5% more.

Any tips on how to get an extra 5%?

 

[Gysberts2Bate]

Not sure what your problem is, he was offered a contract that was simply to good to refuse, who the **** are you to judge? You'd probably change centrelink offices if one offered 5% more.

Can confirm I would

 

[100action]

Coming back to geelong was an error on behalf of his future wellbeing. Instead of setting his family up for generations he'll be left out in the financial wilderness forgoing a few million that we will never have the opportunity to make again.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Not sure what your problem is, he was offered a contract that was simply to good to refuse, who the **** are you to judge? You'd probably change centrelink offices if one offered 5% more.

Who are you to judge the thread?

Feel free not to participate.

Calm down.

I’m chill af