Kane "Bully" Cornes banned from any media engagement with North Melbourne

[The Nostradamus]

Let’s see Kane the hypocrite defend rozzee

29 touches stat padding and 1 score involvement from their captain

Rozeasy ball

 

[Bulldog1954]

I assume Kaneo will launch into Hinkley the same way he would Bevo if Port beat the Dogs by 15 goals.

 

[pico]

Let’s see Kane the hypocrite defend rozzee

29 touches stat padding and 1 score involvement from their captain

Rozeasy ball

I assume Kaneo will launch into Hinkley the same way he would Bevo if Port beat the Dogs by 15 goals.

You would be surprised how forgiving he is of the monthly 15 goal port loss. After all, Ken isn't a 19 year old kid

 

[demondavey]

I don't watch.
Music and other things interest me too.
These bloke's think we should breathe footy in our sleep.

Turn the khunts off,get some balance.

Footy industry full of people with incredibly huge egos.

I don’t watch either. I’ve never watched an AFL program. I’ve only got free to air.

 

[demondavey]

He's not a journalist though. He's an ex-player. Like dozens of others.

And I think this is the issue with the media. There aren’t any professionals involved, just recycled players with a bias that’s very hard to shift. It’s all just a big circle jerk of campaigners.

 

[Greenfinger]

Kane Cornes is just a bitter old loser. He doesn’t add to the football culture, he just takes from it as a click bait warrior with shit takes on everything. I wonder if it has to do with his old man failing at North Melbourne? Or his family hatred of anything to do with Victoria and their resentment towards the smaller clubs in Victoria that they believe shouldn’t be a part of the AFL? Does he realise how small South Australia really is? He picks a weak opponent and then bullies them through his strong media presence. And never lets go, even though he becomes a hypocrite because he always protects his own with double standards. Pathetic the level of AFL media at the moment.

I can’t stand him either but boy do you draw some pretty long bows in this post

 

[Outtatym]

According to Caroline Wilson the fixturing from the last rounds of the season will intentionally blacklist North from Free to air and put them in the worst timeslots possible as retribution. Be hilarious if this is what finally get the Good Friday game stripped from them. Totally deserve whatever they get North.

We've had like 5 FTA games over the last 2-3 years anyway...

 

[Doggstats]

The flog's become a caricature of himself at this point. You can already predict his rants this week.

"about time Bevo won some games, he has the best list in the comp"
"Port's list sucks, it's amazing how much Ken has got out of it"
"Port were robbed by the umps"
"Yea Sheezel had 32 disposals and was North's 2nd highest rated player, but [shows a mistake on screen] look at this terrible mistake"
"Even though JHF only had 22 disposals at 40% efficiency, [shows 1 good tackle] look at that effort, Sheezel could never do that"
"Harley Reid is once again the reason the Eagles lost Saturdays game, he's just not good enough"

I actually don't care that he's become the Skip Bayless of the AFL. My problem is that he's hired by the AFL media department (and channel 7) as an "expert" when his analysis is hardly ever objective and almost always personal (like his feud and obsession with Bevo), and vindictive. Imagine if the NBA hired Skip Bayless to constantly belittle and degrade it's up n coming young stars (as well as coaches). There would be an uproar, and rightly so. You're basically undermining your own product.

Compare that with actual expert analyst's on fox like Bucks, Lyon, King, Lewis, Montagna etc and it's night and day. They're objective and for the most part don't let any personal beefs compromise their analysis.

 

[Progressive Aggresion]

The flog's become a caricature of himself at this point. You can already predict his rants this week.

"about time Bevo won some games, he has the best list in the comp"
"Port's list sucks, it's amazing how much Ken has got out of it"
"Port were robbed by the umps"
"Yea Sheezel had 32 disposals and was North's 2nd highest rated player, but [shows a mistake on screen] look at this terrible mistake"
"Even though JHF only had 22 disposals at 40% efficiency, [shows 1 good tackle] look at that effort, Sheezel could never do that"
"Harley Reid is once again the reason the Eagles lost Saturdays game, he's just not good enough"

I actually don't care that he's become the Skip Bayless of the AFL. My problem is that he's hired by the AFL media department (and channel 7) as an "expert" when his analysis is hardly ever objective and almost always personal (like his feud and obsession with Bevo), and vindictive. Imagine if the NBA hired Skip Bayless to constantly belittle and degrade it's up n coming young stars (as well as coaches). There would be an uproar, and rightly so. You're basically undermining your own product.

Compare that with actual expert analyst's on fox like Bucks, Lyon, King, Lewis, Montagna etc and it's night and day. They're objective and for the most part don't let any personal beefs compromise their analysis.

To be fair out of all these hypothetical critiques this is the only one that sounds completely reasonable.

 

[Shagga is all Class]

Let’s see Kane the hypocrite defend rozzee

29 touches stat padding and 1 score involvement from their captain

Rozeasy ball

Cornes stood on the best player, often under the armpit of the ruck.

He probably doesn't understand that if was easy to play inside midfield and then flick a switch to create and perform at Bailey Dale or Whitfield level in a different role, everyone would do it.

That said, Sheezel still has more contested ball than inside bulls like Viney, Warner, Reid and more than Rozee. And when in the midfield, Sheezel would not even be close to the # 1 banana.

 

[BillytheLid]

And I think this is the issue with the media. There aren’t any professionals involved, just recycled players with a bias that’s very hard to shift. It’s all just a big circle jerk of campaigners.

But some of these ‘professionals’ are unbearable. Would rather hear the insights of Lyon, Riewoldt (N & J), Bartel, Buckley etc than arrogant hacks like Damian Barrett and Sam Maclure. There are some good professional media commentators who are not ex-players but there are also some absolute shockers who also demonstrate the same levels of bias.

 

[IronMike]

Let’s see Kane the hypocrite defend rozzee

29 touches stat padding and 1 score involvement from their captain

Rozeasy ball

That's not an anomaly either, Rozee averages 4.6 score involvements a game which is exactly the same as Sheezel. The only difference is Sheezel averages more possessions at 30 per game to Rozee's 28.2 per game. Sheezel also averages more contested, less turnovers and less clangers with a better disposal efficiency %75 vs %69.

So he get's more of the ball himself, is more efficient and turns it over less. He's also rated higher too. But of course Kane will tear down a 20 yr old kid in just his 3rd year instead of a experienced captain of a team playing the same position.

And before Kane-o says that Sheezel deserves the ridicule because he was a high draft pick, Rozee was also a top 5 pick so that excuse doesn't fly either.

 

[demondavey]

But some of these ‘professionals’ are unbearable. Would rather hear the insights of Lyon, Riewoldt (N & J), Bartel, Buckley etc than arrogant hacks like Damian Barrett and Sam Maclure. There are some good professional media commentators who are not ex-players but there are also some absolute shockers who also demonstrate the same levels of bias.

The above mentioned are good

 

[SAweagle]

Lol. Has anybody accused Kornes of Anti Semitism yet? It can't be far off.

Dangerously close

 

[Thedeftouch]

Good work North, hopefully other clubs follow.

Kane is a childish bully whose opinions are shaped by his personal biases.

I cringe every time I hear him speak.

 

[Warhorse]

It's nearly like all the haters on this thread have not listened to him in the long form format. He is actually very good

 

[Chip Scab1]

It's nearly like all the haters on this thread have not listened to him in the long form format. He is actually very good

He's good. I certainly don't hate him, I hate his brother and their club though.

Rate their old man as a person too, even though he was a failed NMFC player which I'm sure is why he's doing this.

 

[Redline]

If the best Stevie J can bring to Triple M football pre game is talking about Kane stat padding in the 2007 GF then he may as well give it away.

He works for another network and who cares. Why you talking about him.

 

[Rabish Binney]

Korn loves to highlight the laziness of footballers (selectively I might add)

When will he call out the absolutely laziness of Jeremy Finlayson

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Jeremy Finlayson

Age

30

Ht

197cm

Wt

93kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.5

3star

K

9.9

4star

HB

3.6

3star

M

4.5

4star

T

1.4

3star

G

1.3

5star

D

7.0

1star

K

7.0

3star

HB

0.0

1star

M

1.0

1star

T

2.0

3star

G

1.0

4star

D

18.4

5star

K

12.6

5star

HB

5.8

4star

M

3.8

4star

T

1.6

4star

G

0.0

1star

?

The guy just doesn't chase. There were several instance of this in the WB vs PA game on Saturday.

 

[Obeanie1]

lol banned for being realistic about player output. That will hit em where it hurts North!

If all clubs were that sensitive we wouldn’t have any commentary on players.

Banned for being a flog.

And he is.

Kane has taken the massive pay rise from his new employers and is now doubling down on his click bait pathetic journalism.

He has spread himself so thin over multiple media platforms its obvious he doesn't have the intelligence or work ethic to produce decent media content to the volume demanded by his new employers.

So what does he do?

Makes up more bull shit click bait headlines and commentary. And yes, is bullying players who are just doing their jobs and many who are young and still developing.

Toxic bloke with a big mouth and small brain.

 

[Obeanie1]

To be fair out of all these hypothetical critiques this is the only one that sounds completely reasonable.

Did you miss an emoji?

You can't be serious?

 

[MisterMarcus]

It's nearly like all the haters on this thread have not listened to him in the long form format. He is actually very good

He's good when he chooses to be, it's just he seems to want to spend most of his time spouting tryhard hot-takes and intentionally provocative comments, that outweigh any sensible points he wants to make.

He's basically the Sam Newman of 20-30 years ago - Sam could also give genuinely good 'serious' analysis, but was far more interested in the controversial stuff.

 

[MF]

Every time he triggers one of you his bank balance increases.

 

[Redline]

Korn loves to highlight the laziness of footballers (selectively I might add)

When will he call out the absolutely laziness of Jeremy Finlayson?

The guy just doesn't chase. There were several instance of this in the WB vs PA game on Saturday.

You are right with everything you say but I think given the circumstances with his wife I think everyone steps lightly with Finlayson and probably fair enough.

 

[Rabish Binney]

You are right with everything you say but I think given the circumstances with his wife I think everyone steps lightly with Finlayson and probably fair enough.

Completely understand his situation but lets be honest, he's been the laziest player on a list since he started with GWS.

It's not a recent thing