Universal Love Cometh the hour, cometh Tex

[alex_is_on_fire]

Calf strain by all accounts.

Should miss the Freo game.

 

[The Karma Bus]

Calf strain by all accounts.

Should miss the Freo game.

It was a knock/cork on the calf, just was icing it up as they do with all knocks..
Media no doubt couldn't wait to jump on it after his vital comeback to the team..

 

[Elite Crow]

Not sure where to post this but when Tex was playing under Craigy, I and some others mentioned that had Craig stayed Tex was going to go.

Well I've caught up with a mate today who asked Tex at a sportsman night earlier in the year that question. Tex's response that if Craig was there he was gone. He said Craig was not a bad a coach and taught him a few things but he felt he was treated unfairly and just wanted to play at the highest level as he believed he was ready. He had a number of clubs chasing him. He's glad he stayed because he loves the club, as a kid that's all he wanted to do was play for the Crows.

 

[FR0GGY]

Not sure where to post this but when Tex was playing under Craigy, I and some others mentioned that had Craig stayed Tex was going to go.

Well I've caught up with a mate today who asked Tex at a sportsman night earlier in the year that question. Tex's response that if Craig was there he was gone. He said Craig was not a bad a coach and taught him a few things but he felt he was treated unfairly and just wanted to play at the highest level as he believed he was ready. He had a number of clubs chasing him. He's glad he stayed because he loves the club, as a kid that's all he wanted to do was play for the Crows.

Craigy greatest gift.

 

[TheLeftFist8]

One wonders if others may have stayed if Craig got sacked a year earlier (as he should have). We'll never know i guess.

 

[alex_is_on_fire]

One wonders if others may have stayed if Craig got sacked a year earlier (as he should have). We'll never know i guess.

Like who?

 

[TheLeftFist8]

Like who?

A certain mummy's boy may have found our fine city didn't ruin his personality so much if there was a better environment around the club?

 

[alex_is_on_fire]

A certain mummy's boy may have found our fine city didn't ruin his personality so much if there was a better environment around the club?

But he left based on the huge hawks offer. Not anything the crows could do.

I don't think it really mattered who the coach was.

 

[ManInTheArena]

But he left based on the huge hawks offer. Not anything the crows could do.

I don't think it really mattered who the coach was.

You sure about that?

 

[alex_is_on_fire]

You sure about that?

Very sure.

 

[Slippery Pete]

Not sure where to post this but when Tex was playing under Craigy, I and some others mentioned that had Craig stayed Tex was going to go.

Well I've caught up with a mate today who asked Tex at a sportsman night earlier in the year that question. Tex's response that if Craig was there he was gone. He said Craig was not a bad a coach and taught him a few things but he felt he was treated unfairly and just wanted to play at the highest level as he believed he was ready. He had a number of clubs chasing him. He's glad he stayed because he loves the club, as a kid that's all he wanted to do was play for the Crows.

Boy oh boy would I love to bump some posts from the "Crows plan Walker talks" thread.

 

[alex_is_on_fire]

Boy oh boy would I love to bump some posts from the "Crows plan Walker talks" thread.

Would be an interesting read.

Not surprised by EC post as I told you that 3 years ago.

 

[TheLeftFist8]

Very sure.

We were absolutely blindsided.

Maybe their offer was huge, maybe not (baffles me how they got around the cap, more stealth than Phil), but if it was just about a huge offer he would've given us a chance to negotiate. Was predominantly about getting out of Adelaide methinks.

 

[Slippery Pete]

Would be an interesting read.

Not surprised by EC post as I told you that 3 years ago.

Yes, a lot of us echoed these thoughts and were labelled agitators or Craig-bashers.

It's all coming out in the wash now...

 

[alex_is_on_fire]

We were absolutely blindsided.

Maybe their offer was huge, maybe not (baffles me how they got around the cap, more stealth than Phil), but if it was just about a huge offer he would've given us a chance to negotiate. Was predominantly about getting out of Adelaide methinks.

IIRC - the hawks missed out in a player ( can not remember who) and then head hunted Gunston and the offer I heard was very generous for a 19 year old.

 

[alex_is_on_fire]

Yes, a lot of us echoed these thoughts and were labelled agitators or Craig-bashers.

It's all coming out in the wash now...

The sane stuff about Bernie Vince not wanting to leave and was pushed will come out in a few years as well.

 

[Slippery Pete]

The sane stuff about Bernie Vince not wanting to leave and was pushed will come out in a few years as well.

I think that one's pretty much common knowledge isn't it?

 

[Mattrox]

The sane stuff about Bernie Vince not wanting to leave and was pushed will come out in a few years as well.

I thought it was common knowledge that he was told his future was not assured at the Crows and a trade was in the best interest of his playing future.

 

[alex_is_on_fire]

I think that one's pretty much common knowledge isn't it?

Yeah but we still have some posters who will argue that he wanted to leave. It was all his idea.

 

[alex_is_on_fire]

I thought it was common knowledge that he was told his future was not assured at the Crows and a trade was in the best interest of his playing future.

Bernie wanted to stay and was willing to take a massive pay cut to stay. He loved the club and didn't want to leave.

 

[Mattrox]

Bernie wanted to stay and was willing to take a massive pay cut to stay. He loved the club and didn't want to leave.

We all knew he didn't want to leave......

 

[Slippery Pete]

I think Bernie also left for Melbourne because he'd exhausted Adelaide as far as notch-counts go.

And that's a pretty good reason.

 

[alex_is_on_fire]

We all knew he didn't want to leave......

More to this story will come out.

 

[ManInTheArena]

IIRC - the hawks missed out in a player ( can not remember who) and then head hunted Gunston and the offer I heard was very generous for a 19 year old.

Butcher from Port.

I didn't think Gunston shifted for a huge offer. Are you basing that on your recollection of events or more than that?

 

[alex_is_on_fire]

Butcher from Port.

I didn't think Gunston shifted for a huge offer. Are you basing that on your recollection of events or more than that?

I am basing it on some very reliable information I gained the other day. This coming from an executive at an Adelaide PR firm who used to write press releases for the AFC.