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This is a little old now, but I only just noticed it.
http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,21822328-21545,00.html
Numbers add up but Port dynasty dudded
MICHELANGELO RUCCI
May 31, 2007 02:15am
PORT Adelaide coach Mark Williams on Sunday will become the 14th man to complete the 200-double in VFL-AFL football as player and coach.
And the bizarre irony of his 200 AFL games as the Power's coach - on top of his 201 VFL-AFL with Collingwood and Brisbane - is that they do not allow his three sons to qualify as a father-son pick at Alberton.
The AFL father-son rule does not take into account games coached - only those played.
Port football operations manager Peter Rohde yesterday noted how the original intent of the VFL's father-son rule - written for Ron Barassi to join Melbourne in the 1950s - applies well to Williams' sons.
But it is no longer applicable in the AFL.
"There was a time when the father-son rule took into account service as a coach or an administrator - but no more," Rohde said.
"There is more than irony to think that Brett Ebert did not technically qualify as a father-son pick at Port Adelaide. But in view of Russell's achievements here, Brett fitted exactly what the father-son rule should be about.
"And the same with Mark and his sons. Mark has noted, more than once, the irony that his sons are aligned to Collingwood under the father-son rule rather than Port.
"He had six years at Collingwood. He is now in his 15th year at Port Adelaide."
Williams' 179 SANFL games - 115 with Port Adelaide and 64 with West Adelaide from 1976-1992 - do not help either.
Williams needed 200 SANFL games, from 1976 to 1996, with one SA league club to have his three sons eligible under the current father-son rule to follow the family line started by their grandfather Fos at Alberton in 1950.
This leaves Williams' three sons - Marcus, Isaac and Louis - and perhaps the fourth if Williams' fifth child, due in September, is a son, aligned to Collingwood under the AFL's father-son rule. Williams played 135 games for Collingwood from 1981 to 1986. The AFL father-son rule has an eligibility requirement of 100 games with a Victorian-based club.
Williams played 66 games with Brisbane from 1987 to 1990 - 34 short of making his sons eligible for the Lions as well.
This saves the AFL from making a ruling on which club - Collingwood or Brisbane - gets first bidding rights for Williams' sons if they are capable of playing in the AFL.
By contrast, Sydney and Essendon - where Anthony Daniher played 100 games for each of the Swans and Bombers - still do not know who gets first say on 17-year-old Darcy Daniher, who is currently playing as a key defender with the Calder Cannons under-18 team.
Anyone know who the Williams kids are playing junior footy for now?
http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,21822328-21545,00.html
Numbers add up but Port dynasty dudded
MICHELANGELO RUCCI
May 31, 2007 02:15am
PORT Adelaide coach Mark Williams on Sunday will become the 14th man to complete the 200-double in VFL-AFL football as player and coach.
And the bizarre irony of his 200 AFL games as the Power's coach - on top of his 201 VFL-AFL with Collingwood and Brisbane - is that they do not allow his three sons to qualify as a father-son pick at Alberton.
The AFL father-son rule does not take into account games coached - only those played.
Port football operations manager Peter Rohde yesterday noted how the original intent of the VFL's father-son rule - written for Ron Barassi to join Melbourne in the 1950s - applies well to Williams' sons.
But it is no longer applicable in the AFL.
"There was a time when the father-son rule took into account service as a coach or an administrator - but no more," Rohde said.
"There is more than irony to think that Brett Ebert did not technically qualify as a father-son pick at Port Adelaide. But in view of Russell's achievements here, Brett fitted exactly what the father-son rule should be about.
"And the same with Mark and his sons. Mark has noted, more than once, the irony that his sons are aligned to Collingwood under the father-son rule rather than Port.
"He had six years at Collingwood. He is now in his 15th year at Port Adelaide."
Williams' 179 SANFL games - 115 with Port Adelaide and 64 with West Adelaide from 1976-1992 - do not help either.
Williams needed 200 SANFL games, from 1976 to 1996, with one SA league club to have his three sons eligible under the current father-son rule to follow the family line started by their grandfather Fos at Alberton in 1950.
This leaves Williams' three sons - Marcus, Isaac and Louis - and perhaps the fourth if Williams' fifth child, due in September, is a son, aligned to Collingwood under the AFL's father-son rule. Williams played 135 games for Collingwood from 1981 to 1986. The AFL father-son rule has an eligibility requirement of 100 games with a Victorian-based club.
Williams played 66 games with Brisbane from 1987 to 1990 - 34 short of making his sons eligible for the Lions as well.
This saves the AFL from making a ruling on which club - Collingwood or Brisbane - gets first bidding rights for Williams' sons if they are capable of playing in the AFL.
By contrast, Sydney and Essendon - where Anthony Daniher played 100 games for each of the Swans and Bombers - still do not know who gets first say on 17-year-old Darcy Daniher, who is currently playing as a key defender with the Calder Cannons under-18 team.
Anyone know who the Williams kids are playing junior footy for now?
