Ben Cousins - The Merged Threads

[WeninRome]

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24806112-661,00.html

"RICHMOND appears to have headed off a fan revolt after late last night deciding to give Ben Cousins a second chance.
After a series of meetings and phone calls between Richmond directors, coaches and officials, the club decided to use its only selection in today's pre-season draft to take the fallen champ.

The Herald Sun was told the club finalised its decision after 10pm and some key Richmond players were immediately told.

This came after Cousins' future was again thrown into doubt after the AFL Commission yesterday denied Richmond permission to move the injured Graham Polak to its rookie list, which would have given the Tigers a second draft pick."

hope this is true, hope he can go out with some dignity. Would be great to see Richmond vs Carlton great games of old. Judd vs Cousins wow!

 

[Brazen]

Re: Richmond Decide to take Cousins

Booya

Although the headline is a little overstated from the article content...

Richmond football operations manager Craig Cameron last night kept hopes alive of securing Cousins.

"It is not absolutely impossible,'' he told the Herald Sun.

The club would not decide until close to the 10am starting time for the draft.

Cameron initially said it was unlikely Richmond would pick Cousins because the club would probably stick to a strategy of selecting youth. "The decision we have to make has to be a long-term one and shouldn't be based on a swinging public mood.''

 

[tandino]

Re: Richmond Decide to take Cousins

Common sense prevails.

Still a stupid move by the commission.

 

[Bomber32]

Re: Richmond Decide to take Cousins

Great to see the Tigers have given Ben another chance.

 

[WeninRome]

Re: Richmond Decide to take Cousins

Common sense prevails.

Still a stupid move by the commission.

it was the correct decision. If they had of allowed it then it would of made a precedent for other clubs to rort the list lodgement dates.

If Richmond want him then they need to take full responsibility for him, the AFL re registered him that was there job done.

 

[El Diablo]

Re: Richmond Decide to take Cousins

this better be true

i will be so devastated if cousins is not in richmond colours by 11am tomoz morn

eat em alive tigers

 

[Team Mo']

Re: Richmond Decide to take Cousins

Cool.

 

[KENT2008]

Re: Richmond Decide to take Cousins

how reliable is this?
ive trusted the herald b4 and have ended up with egg on face

 

[B-Bomber]

Re: Richmond Decide to take Cousins

Will watch Richmond games with far more interest next year

 

[greatwhiteshark]

Re: Richmond Decide to take Cousins

Please let this be true!!!!

 

[BadSeed]

Re: Richmond Decide to take Cousins

I hope none of you are being serious.............. Actually read the article.. the dude just made it all up....

 

[WeninRome]

Re: Richmond Decide to take Cousins

how reliable is this?
ive trusted the herald b4 and have ended up with egg on face

i guess all will be known by 11 tomorrow. However, if it's not true some journo may have some serious egg on his face.

 

[Andronicus]

Re: Richmond Decide to take Cousins

Will watch Richmond games with far more interest next year

i will watch richmond games period.

 

[KENT2008]

Re: Richmond Decide to take Cousins

would be funny if after all this, one of the teams before the tigers picks him up

 

[WeninRome]

Re: Richmond Decide to take Cousins

would be funny if after all this, one of the teams before the tigers picks him up

melbourne 1st pick .... wait for it!

 

[Aphrodite]

Re: Richmond Decide to take Cousins

i guess all will be known by 11 tomorrow. However, if it's not true some journo may have some serious egg on his face.

You missed this article by the same journo . ........

Tigers' power play on Ben Cousins backfires

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sport/afl/story/0,26576,24805759-19742,00.html

RICHMOND has no more than $120,000 to play with under its salary cap for 2009. Which crystalises why it so desperately wanted to move Graham Polak from its senior list to the rookie division.

Had it been successful with the most ambitious part of its submission to the AFL commission, Polak would have had his wage, believed to be about $310,000 base, placed outside the salary cap.

That would have left about $420,000 for two players in today's pre-season draft.

As it stands, with the commission rejecting Richmond's request, the club is now faced with having just $120,000 to accommodate Cousins next year.

 

[Rohan Coventry]

Re: Richmond Decide to take Cousins

Cous will play for match payments, min.
He'll make more money off the field than any player next year.

 

[evo]

Re: Richmond Decide to take Cousins

Bennnny.

 

[Silvagnis]

Re: Richmond Decide to take Cousins

Then this news should make it interesting.

Does Benny boy want to run a podiatry clinic?

Tigers' power play on Ben Cousins backfires

Had it been successful with the most ambitious part of its submission to the AFL commission, Polak would have had his wage, believed to be about $310,000 base, placed outside the salary cap.

That would have left about $420,000 for two players in today's pre-season draft.

As it stands, with the commission rejecting Richmond's request, the club is now faced with having just $120,000 to accommodate Cousins next year.

In so many respects, the Tigers' handling of the whole Polak/Cousins saga has been embarrassing. The club publicly stated in late November that it was not at all interested in Cousins.

Then, between player drafts, it attempts to exploit the rookie list rules to move Polak off the senior list, in order get an extra selection at the pre-season draft as well as more salary cap room.

And so to the thousands of mouth-frothing Richmond supporters angered by the denial of smooth passage of Ben Cousins, do not, under any circumstance, blame the AFL commission.

Instead, focus your anger on your own club. It was Richmond which didn't properly think this out.

Damian Barrett is on fire.

Where's Caroline with all the hard hitting footy news?

 

[Soul_Pie]

Re: Richmond Decide to take Cousins

We'll see.

 

[ManWithNoName]

Re: Richmond Decide to take Cousins

Would be your best player by the length of Puckle St!

Incorrect. He won't be as good as he was.

 

[Aphrodite]

Re: Richmond Decide to take Cousins

Then this should get more interesting.

Does Benny boy want to run a podiatry clinic?

Tigers' power play on Ben Cousins backfires




Damian Barrett is on fire.

Where's Caroline with all the hard hitting footy news?

General check post #18

 

[Benno_900]

Re: Richmond Decide to take Cousins

You forgot arrogant, self obsessed, junkie & nearly 31.

He'd arguably still be your best midfielder.

 

[ManWithNoName]

Re: Richmond Decide to take Cousins

He'd arguably still be your best midfielder.

Apart from McVeigh I don't think that'd really be a debate.

 

[tandino]

Re: Richmond Decide to take Cousins

it was the correct decision. If they had of allowed it then it would of made a precedent for other clubs to rort the list lodgement dates.

The precident should be set. If somebody else is as unlucky as to get hit by a tram, than that's fair enough. If someone faces significant hardship resulting from an incident outside Football, then the club should be free to support that player, and not be disadvantaged by doing so as opposed to cutting them loose.

They bent the rules for Rama, they bent the rules for Melbourne when Troy Broadbridge died. And nobody would argue that those two decisions were wrong.