It's entirely possible. Remember him saying that the shelf life a senior coach was about 5 years? He's now into his eighth year.
His old President, from his Hawthorn days, Jeff Kennett, said much the same thing and similarly overstayed. Bev might well stand down when he thinks it appropriate. I'm encouraged by the sincerity of Kennett's use-by date for Club Presidents regime by my in depth conversation with Kennett, last year, on the ground floor of a CBD building
I'm pleased to see you didn't give him the time of day (you just acknowledged it was morning, which is excusable since he already knew that).
Kennett achieved what John Cain / Joan Kirner couldn't, the amalgamation of small, local, inefficient, corrupted councils into larger, more transparent bodies. He might not be much of a bloke but he is a fair judge of the time of day.
A shame he couldn't achieve the same among his colleagues. (And yes, that applies to both sides of the house)
It's post close loss, historic State politics are very interesting.
I would agree with that bit. Even his own party thought he was a clown before he was elected.
In the 1990s, Melbourne's population was still just a bit over 3 mil. ALP Bracks tried to reconcile and reorganise local government. Corruption wnet unchecked . Bracks' [Kennett's] efforts were stymied by the "tomato left". Current Defamation laws oblige me to be cautious but members of the tomato left included a former Member of Parliament who had a good arm. Despite my intimate friendship with Kennett, derived from that now famous CBD encounter in the CBD last year, I can't support your "fire sale" allegation. For all its ideological downside, plenty of privatisatiosn worked well for Victoria. 30 odd years on, though, the prospect of putting power infrastructure on the open market is a real issue.I would agree with that bit. Even his own party thought he was a clown before he was elected.
He was good at selling off the farm and acting to run the place 'more efficiently' at the expense of service to, and care for, the people.
Our own 'small' council, which was neither inefficient nor corrupt, was merged and our assetts [paid for by our ratepayers] sold off in fire sale style. For me he was a standout for worst premier in my time. In a traditionally 'blue ribbon' electorate, we elected an independent candidate which helped remove him from power.
The State should not be in the business of containerism and you omitted “some” but you are right about power corp, particularly in light of the the way the current government deals with state assets and CCP. I've amended my original post but, let me assure you, before I saw yours.
Weve won 2, lost 4, 1 of those we should have won but kicked poorly and one of the other 3 was a 1 point loss. We could very easily be 4/2. Which is about where the stats put us. And that with a s**t ton of injuries to key players.
I personally think "Backs to the Wall" helps. We loook to have gone intot he season thinking "We made last years Granny, we can do that again easy". Well no, you cant, making the Granny is the second toughest job in footy and is never given lightly. I felt we were going into 2022 a little entitled. And it has shown. Going into the rest of the season needing 100% from everybody every week might work in our favour.Fair synopsis OF. Considering the injuries and drop off in certain areas, 4 and 2 would be a decent result.
I still think we can make finals too. My concern is that we now have to exert so much energy just to make it, I can’t see us having much of an impact once there.
The modern game is so demanding, it’s not often now days teams go on massive runs of form like they did back in the day.
If we can make finals from here, it’ll mean our last 3/4’s of the season had been pretty good. Here’s to good form from here on in
Its a really good point but outside of the Sydney game (Norf doesnt count), I don't think we've played well in any game.
Did I ever tell you how much I love you Fossie?I would agree with that bit. Even his own party thought he was a clown before he was elected.
He was good at selling off the farm and acting to run the place 'more efficiently' at the expense of service to, and care for, the people.
Our own 'small' council, which was neither inefficient nor corrupt, was merged and our assetts [paid for by our ratepayers] sold off in fire sale style. For me he was a standout for worst premier in my time. In a traditionally 'blue ribbon' electorate, we elected an independent candidate which helped remove him from power.
