Injury Wines has done his shoulder

[TeeKray]

Here's a quick definition of the term 'unprofessional' ...

"Below or contrary to the standards expected in a particular profession."

I would've thought a basic standard in professional sport is to do everything you can within your own reasonable level of control to prepare your body to be capable of taking part in your chosen sport. If you get injured at training, that's not reasonably within your control. If you get hit by a drunk driver, that's not reasonably within your control. If you dislocate your shoulder flipping around on a wake board, that's completely within your control and injury is easily foreseeable as a possible outcome.

People can say players are allowed to have a life. That's true to an extent. It's also like anything else in life - you take the risk, you wear the consequences. In this case, the consequence probably won't be much, because the club itself has low standards when it comes to professionalism.

 

[Rendaw]

Hinkley showing where our low standards are coming from.

 

[Alberton Proud]

I understand that players need to have their outlets etc. outside of football and there may be inherent risks involved

But FMD why is the PAFC made the whipping boy for every little fricking thing that goes marginally wrong

The recent list is as long my arm

Just imagine if we had been the ones to mentally and physically torture our players last year

Alberton would be a new housing estate and all reference to PAFC would have been wiped from history

 

[Lawnchair Larry]

So 8 weeks, add the usual Ports 'this is why we can't have nice things' surcharge of it'll be longer and a week or so in the SANFL to get match fit by that lay off and it's round 5 - 6 if you're a betting person.

Hang on, its 53 days to start of season-nearly 8 weeks.
He'll either be running or on the bikes within 2 weeks from now.
Rnd 5-6? Nah More like Rnd 2-3

 

[OneGreatClub]

 

[PAFC66]

Urging players to live their life outside of footy

Yep typical ..nice guys boys club..

Also starting to understand why so many of our players are getting caught up in off field dramas and bullshit more so than ever since Ken arrived. Just enjoy ya selves boys

 

[badbeats]

Yep typical ..nice guys boys club..

Also starting to understand why so many of our players are getting caught up in off field dramas and bullshit more so than ever since Ken arrived. Just enjoy ya selves boys

Oh **** off, he wasn't drunk. He was doing something he's done since he was a kid.

Next ****ing thing you'll tell us is the players have to live at Alberton because driving is dangerous.

 

[afl2004]

He could of been wrestling crocs all his life doesn't mean its ok to do as a high paid professional athlete in season

 

[LFC2010]

Where was this scrutiny when a crow player broke an arm riding on the back of a golf cart?

 

[tribey]

Next ******* thing you'll tell us is the players have to live at Alberton because driving is dangerous.

If they had to waterski/wakeboard as part of their commute we should at least consider it.

 

[badbeats]

If they had to waterski/wakeboard as part of their commute we should at least consider it.

There's an idea, re-open the canal up Port Road to the city. We can catch a ferry to Adelaide Oval

 

[Rigs]

http://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/2019-01-29/ollie-wines-injury-update-

PORT ADELAIDE midfielder Ollie Wines is recovering well after undergoing shoulder surgery.
“Ollie is expected to have his arm in a sling for a period of time,” Davies said.

“His progress will be assessed in coming weeks with a view to him returning to the field early in the home and away season.”

 

[Byrons Firen]

Yep typical ..nice guys boys club..

Also starting to understand why so many of our players are getting caught up in off field dramas and bullshit more so than ever since Ken arrived. Just enjoy ya selves boys

In fairness we don't know what, if anything, the club said to the boys.
One thing is for sure, the club are going to publicly back Ollie but behind closed doors.......mmmm.
As Feel said a "tightening" procedure to minimise time off that leads to a compromised Ollie for all of 2019
is a heavy price to pay for having fun. Maybe by the business end of the season it won't be so funny.

 

[chachi11]

Hinkley makes me vomit....one of your best players is out for 2 months, but yeh live your life, I'm a good bloke coach..
Just get the **** out of this club already, set some standards you pleb.

 

[PatientMental]

Jack Watts was living his best life with us until his ex ruined it.

 

[Willsy10]

when i was playing footy, at low amateur level i still used to be concerned about going skiing close to the season. To the point i probably went the best part of a decade not skiing. I had lower back issues that i was worried about aggravating it and i preferred to give skiing a miss than miss games of footy.

I now ski again every now and then because i don't play footy.

These blokes give up all sorts of things from junk food, alcohol, drugs, late nights, etc in a quest to maintain professionalism and yet the supporters aren't entitled to question our 800k per year captain in waiting and the club for allowing him to get injured Skiing in season and are being unreasonable?

 

[tribey]

http://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/2019-01-29/ollie-wines-injury-update-

PORT ADELAIDE midfielder Ollie Wines is recovering well after undergoing shoulder surgery.
“Ollie is expected to have his arm in a sling for a period of time,” Davies said.

“His progress will be assessed in coming weeks with a view to him returning to the field early in the home and away season.”

“... early in the home and away season”.

What a rollercoaster.

 

[David Puddy]

How can people seriously be defending Ollie and the club on this?

Go and ask a proper pro athlete like Rafa Nadal or Roger Federer what they do in their spare time, and I'm sure it's not doing backflips being dragged on the back of a boat at 100km/h in an important part of their season.

I don't give a stuff how good he is at it or how long he's been doing it growing up. You're the highest paid player and supposed future captain of our club, act like it.

 

[Forzaport]

People can try and justify this all they want, but Ollie won’t be Wake boarding this time next year.

This. He'll stay in the boat this time next year or take a flight somewhere.

 

[Visenfest]

“... early in the home and away season”.

What a rollercoaster.

The club have given themselves some wriggle room there. I look forward to seeing Ollie in round 8.

 

[supernova_]

How can people seriously be defending Ollie and the club on this?

Go and ask a proper pro athlete like Rafa Nadal or Roger Federer what they do in their spare time, and I'm sure it's not doing backflips being dragged on the back of a boat at 100km/h in an important part of their season.

I don't give a stuff how good he is at it or how long he's been doing it growing up. You're the highest paid player and supposed future captain of our club, act like it.

Wakeboarding you do about 25-40km/h depending what you're trying to do.

Nonetheless I agree with you

 

[PatientMental]

Jack Watts would like this tweet a lot.

 

[PAFC66]

Jack Watts was living his best life with us until his ex ruined it.

Him and ken sitting back on deck chairs with a beer having a good laugh about it I'm sure.

 

[edgie]

That's the thing.

Some of us know amateur sports people, some of us may even be or have been those people, who prepare and preserve their bodies to a stricter standard than our AFL. Can we train and play to a level comparable? Absolutely not. Do non professionals commit to greater discipline than our professionals despite much much less reward? Yeah, they do.

Call them try hards or heroes or whatever you like. I wish we had a few heroes. Could do with a couple of Kornes or Tredreas around the place now.

 

[Scholz Supremacy]