2016 Non Crows AFL Discussion thread Part 2

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Fascinating article about a coaching great

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/success-needs-explanation-failure-accepts-alibis-cameron-schwab

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"Success needs no explanation, failure accepts no alibis"

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When Yab arrived at Richmond, he was asked to have a photo taken with the famous tiger skin that adorned the Richmond Board table. He refused. It wasn’t a snub, he would often talk of the club as ‘your club’, rather than ‘our club’, which could be misconstrued by those who didn’t know the man.

In his mind, he had to earn the right to be a part of it. For him it wasn’t a matter of signing a contract, it was about building respect, which he had earn the right – pay the price."

 

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You mean like Stiffy did?

You guys are so full o shit
While i believe no club is perfect in this area, given how arrogant and sanctimonious your lot are when it's one of our players like Talia/Stiffy/Laird /etc stuffing up, you can suck it up for a bit now the shoe is on the other foot.
 

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You mean like Stiffy did?

You guys are so full o shit
Your board is so full of sanctimonious one eyed crap it's actually sad. You don't want to face the facts and will make up any shit to try and avoid taking responsibility just like Gimpey. Pathetic club, pathetic supporters, pathetic culture. Go away flog.
 

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I once had 1 mid strength then drove, I changed the volume level in my car in a multi-storey car park, lost control and wrote off three levels of cars. I panicked, ran up the freeway to Hahndorf, commandeering a bike on the way, and didn't report into the police for 12 hours. This type of thing happens all the time. :)
 

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So "The Future" is at Centrals
I once had 1 mid strength then drove, I changed the volume level in my car in a multi-storey car park, lost control and wrote off three levels of cars. I panicked, ran up the freeway to Hahndorf, commandeering a bike on the way, and didn't report into the police for 12 hours. This type of thing happens all the time. :)
Does the 'B' in Doctor B stand for Ben??
Sounds like something Ben Cousins has probably already done..
 

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Heard Graham Cornes say that he crashed into multiple cars while looking for his phone. Spin spin spin Port working overtime to spin this. Happens all the time you know you innocently reach for your phone under the seat in a 40 or 50kmh zone and accidentally write off a few cars. Happens all the time. Then you suddenly find yourself doing the bolt to Grange. Was drinking just before the incident but not smashed. Important difference. Alcohol played no part in the crash or the poor decisions afterwards. Surely no one is dumb enough to believe that. Alcohol is usually behind incidents like this and stupid decisions like leaving the scene of an accident. Pathetic.
Graham is senile, I don't know why they give him airtime.
 

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What absolute BS.

I lost my Dad suddenly when I was 18. His grief/loss/toll on him personally isn't any greater than a non-Indigenous person like me.
Depends on your connection and spirituality. It was horrendous on you. It is horrendous on all of us. But death is treated quite differently in various cultures. Just because you don't understand it, doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
 

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I get that everyone loves to have a go at Port, and certainly their handling of this (despite a certain radio station saying otherwise) has been pretty poor (and they deserve much shit). But we've had similarly bad stories in our history over the years... enough to know this could happen to any Club given the age/money/maturity of all players. Reckon it's a bit tough to be attacking the young lad so vehemently. He made a shocking error of judgement (as did his team mates for allowing him to drive - and I'm sure ALL of us over the years), but geez, he doesn't need to be hung drawn and quartered because of it.
 

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I once had 1 mid strength then drove, I changed the volume level in my car in a multi-storey car park, lost control and wrote off three levels of cars. I panicked, ran up the freeway to Hahndorf, commandeering a bike on the way, and didn't report into the police for 12 hours. This type of thing happens all the time. :)
You sound completely innocent to me. Can't see any problems with your actions.
 

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I get that everyone loves to have a go at Port, and certainly their handling of this (despite a certain radio station saying otherwise) has been pretty poor (and they deserve much shit). But we've had similarly bad stories in our history over the years... enough to know this could happen to any Club given the age/money/maturity of all players. Reckon it's a bit tough to be attacking the young lad so vehemently. He made a shocking error of judgement (as did his team mates for allowing him to drive - and I'm sure ALL of us over the years), but geez, he doesn't need to be hung drawn and quartered because of it.
Reckon if you read properly most of the criticism is aimed at how Port have spun and covered this up.
 
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