Retired #18: Michael Hurley 🐻 - Staying on in a coaching and player welfare role! - 3/10

[Lore]

Contract Status: Retired
Last Game Played: Currently in the side
Injury Status: Comes back from injury to play his final game for the club this weekend - 18/8

Spoiler

2022
He's back! Playing a half in the VFL this weekend - 15/7
Joins main training in the next couple of weeks! - 15/6
Had a calf setback, now running again - 28/4
Wants to play a half in the VFL in the next couple of weeks - 30/3
Joined main training? - 3/3
Ahead of schedule, doing some big running loads - 16/2
Progressing well, R1 'too soon' to return, no time frame - 11/1
On track for playing return around Round 6 - 12/3

2021
Ahead of schedule, running soon - 15/12
Hip replacement surgery - 10/10
Placed on the inactive list, will not play in 2021 - 31/5
Hopes to play the last 6 weeks of the season if not sooner - 26/4
At the club daily doing 1-2 hours of exercise for recovery - 23/3
On the mend - 19/3
Apparently using the hot/cold pools at the club, progress? - 5/3
Limping on crutches with an IV at the preseason game - 25/2
Discharged, recuperating at home... again. No time frame on return - 17/2
Apparently back in hospital - 15/2
Discharged from hospital, recuperating at home. No timeframe - 9/2
In hospital with an infected leg - 4/2

My Boy Draft 2022: Claim here

 

[Call Me Cake]

Hope he plays on in the 2's, gets into some form, and keeps applying list pressure on the side.

 

[yodellinhank]

What in the hell are you lot smoking.

 

[Mr Mojo Risin]

What in the hell are you lot smoking.

Something you wish you were. The high of a Michael Hurley renaissance is damn good s**t man.

 

[yodellinhank]

Something you wish you were. The high of a Michael Hurley renaissance is damn good s**t man.

Doesn't agree with me. I watched him take a mark last week then slowly go back over the mark, look straight down the line, pretend to assess other options like he had a really stiff neck, then kick down the line. I threw up a little.

 

[fishardansin]

I hope he plays next year too. He is certainly emotionally capable of being playing coach in VFL and AFL depth as KPP for both ends of the ground. However, it is a matter of whether we have the list spots.

If he was 50/50 and we retired him cause we didn't want to pay out Smith, I would feel sad.

 

[owen87]

Hope he plays next year even if it’s with a top club looking for a tall defender …give him the chance of finals success

There's 0 chance he's a finals capable KPD.

Do people really not remember his last few years pre-injury?

 

[JT_the_Man]

There's 0 chance he's a finals capable KPD.

Do people really not remember his last few years pre-injury?

If he’s playing next year I’d imagine it’s with us in a depth/mentor role for the young KPPs. We do still lack experience around the place.

Still hard to see it happening.

 

[Call Me Cake]

There's 0 chance he's a finals capable KPD.

Do people really not remember his last few years pre-injury?

He could be the old general in defense that you keep raving about

 

[owen87]

He could be the old general in defense that you keep raving about

You've simply made this argument up based on your poor comprehension of what I've written.

Why you'd then feel the need to bring it up in another thread, despite me already telling you that you'd got it wrong, is beyond me.

 

[Call Me Cake]

You've simply made this argument up based on your poor comprehension of what I've written.

Why you'd then feel the need to bring it up in another thread, despite me already telling you that you'd got it wrong, is beyond me.

Ok.

You only have to look at how confused our team can look at times without strong on-field leaders to see how much a Hodge type presence would help.

Looking for a Hodge to Brisbane type pick-up that can play a year and direct traffic and reinforce the coaches message.

• You rave about the archetype of a veteran/leader/player-coach player as having more merit than a coach itself for improving a young side in the short term, and cite it as a barometer for a confused team.
• Then backflip when people think Hurley could play a veteran/player-coach type role for a short-term period, and provide leadership to our young confused side.

Methinks it's more you just not being able to stay consistent, rather than anything to do with me. Cheerio.

 

[owen87]

Ok.

• You rave about the archetype of a veteran/leader/player-coach player as having more merit than a coach itself for improving a young side in the short term, and cite it as a barometer for a confused team.
• Then backflip when people think Hurley could play a veteran/player-coach type role for a short-term period, and provide leadership to our young confused side.

Methinks it's more you just not being able to stay consistent, rather than anything to do with me. Cheerio.

As I said;

You've simply made this argument up based on your poor comprehension of what I've written.

Why you'd then feel the need to bring it up in another thread, despite me already telling you that you'd got it wrong, is beyond me.

Truly bizarre.

 

[Call Me Cake]

As I said;



Truly bizarre.

Agree to disagree then.

 

[The Donners]

What in the hell are you lot smoking.

Love the man but he was cooked pre-injury. Amazing to get back playing high level footy from where he’s come from.

 

[ant555]

Play him in the VFL until the last round and then the farewell game against the Tigers to finish the year off.

 

[Vindicater]

Yep. Get him as fit as possible and then send him off to stud.

 

[Howard Moon]

anyone suggesting he could be a top up kpd/mentor/onfield coach probably forgets he was training as a fwd because his defence time was up

 

[owen87]

Play him in the VFL until the last round and then the farewell game against the Tigers to finish the year off.

Home game against Richmond at the MCG on a Saturday night with no finals on the line seems quite fitting for a send-off.

 

[BrunoV]

Would you prefer a stop gap year with a fit Hurley at half back as captain or Heppell?

When I say fit Hurley I'm talking about the diminished player of 2019/20.

 

[owen87]

Would you prefer a stop gap year with a fit Hurley at half back as captain or Heppell?

When I say fit Heppell I'm talking about the diminished player of 2019/20.

Neither.

Heppell on minimum, not Captain, for 1 year.

 

[rumply]

 

[Ati Tude]

He looked quite slow in that clip

 

[ant555]

Hurley playing this week and retiring.

 

[TheGrizz]

Whately reporting on SEN that the Bear has told his teammates he is retiring.

Will play AFL this Saturday provided he gets through training

 

[DapperDon]

In typical fashion, we * this guy over one last time by creating a shitstorm rather than giving him a nice sendoff.

Love ya Hurls, get away from this joint as quick as you can.

 

[carnthedons]

Hurley playing this week and retiring.