Interesting Article - KB

[PerthBoy87]

See link below, for those interested.


http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/ri...th-an-mcg-statue/story-fndv8t7m-1226816980557

 

[acr2751]

as long as he is not posed handballing

 

[Roachy8]

Excellent - would be great for Hungry, for the Tigers and the AFL in general.
Bartlett was an absolute champion and IMO stacks up very well alongside other AFL players already cast in bronze at The G.
(Ron Barassi, Dick Reynolds, Leigh Matthews, John Coleman, Hayden Bunton)

Get it done Benny!

 

[Underarm]

Considering there's no real Richmond commemoration at the ground, a tiger in Bronze would be great to see. And since Dyer is at PRO, Bartlett sounds like a good starting point!

 

[Top_4_Tiger]

Not only worthy as a player but has also spent his whole life giving back to the game.

Today he influences AFL rules of the game and while the public will almost never support every decision of anybody is such a role, his influence is widespread. Great commentator too!

Thoroughly deserved!

 

[_Wang_]

**** yeah!!

 

[oi watch out]

Absolutely not.

He's the reason the game is frustrating, hard to understand and occasionally unwatchable.

Good player but such a moron who doesn't deserve anything other than being muzzled and put in a retirement home.

 

[johnno77]

Absolutely not.

He's the reason the game is frustrating, hard to understand and occasionally unwatchable.

Good player but such a moron who doesn't deserve anything other than being muzzled and put in a retirement home.

Did you ever watch him play? He was much more than a good player. Absolute champion player.

Pretty unlucky as a coach given what a rabble the administration was and how little money he had to play with. I remember Chris Naish being asked who was his best coach after he left for Port Adelaide and he named KB.

I also think you give him far too much credit for his role in making the game unwatchable as you put it. So many people involved in rule changes. The fact he's on SEN gives him far more exposure to criticism than the rest is the BIG difference.

 

[Nostradumbass]

Absolutely not.

He's the reason the game is frustrating, hard to understand and occasionally unwatchable.

Good player but such a moron who doesn't deserve anything other than being muzzled and put in a retirement home.

...........

 

[sregit]

Absolutely not.

He's the reason the game is frustrating, hard to understand and occasionally unwatchable.

Good player but such a moron who doesn't deserve anything other than being muzzled and put in a retirement home.

You are an idiot! I have watched Richmond for near on 50 years and have barely missed a game in that time. KB is the greatest player the Tigers have produced in my time. Better than Royce Hart and an absolute gun. No on baller dominated the game like he did. Best rover of his era. Better than Mathews as on baller and delivered on the big stage year in year out. Even at the end of his career as a small forward he was a star. Regardless of what his opinions are and your take on him, what he delivered to the game at the MCG makes him deserving of being immortalised alongside other greats of the game with a statue at the G. KB thanks for the memories!

 

[Tiger_Of_Old]

Absolutely not.

He's the reason the game is frustrating, hard to understand and occasionally unwatchable.

Good player but such a moron who doesn't deserve anything other than being muzzled and put in a retirement home.

Is that you Stan Magro?

 

[oi watch out]

As I said I'm not talking about his on field ability.

I agree that he receives more criticism because SEN gives him a forum to back up his rule changes and ideas but he's so stubborn about them and refuses to take criticism on board from the public.

As I said, good player but his media presence ruins his legacy for me.

 

[Roachy8]

Absolutely not.

He's the reason the game is frustrating, hard to understand and occasionally unwatchable.

Good player but such a moron who doesn't deserve anything other than being muzzled and put in a retirement home.

Happy for you to not watch it then...

 

[oi watch out]

gee what a bunch of sensitive sally's

 

[johnno77]

As I said, good player but his media presence ruins his legacy for me.

For all the annoying things he might do in the media, his constant trolling of Carlton more than makes up for it.

I haven't listened to SEN for a while but I'm sure he'll be ramping things up again about this time of the year.

 

[Hank Heavenly]

as long as the statue has his 7 locks of hair blowing in the breeze behind him! other wise I couldnt look at it lol

 

[TJTIGER]

As I said I'm not talking about his on field ability.

I agree that he receives more criticism because SEN gives him a forum to back up his rule changes and ideas but he's so stubborn about them and refuses to take criticism on board from the public.

As I said, good player but his media presence ruins his legacy for me.

Just a minor detail there oi watch out , it's rules committee and not really as you've mentioned "his rule changes" . I don't necessarily agree with the rule changes etc either but I wouldn't go as far as laying it all on KB. For me as a whole his contributions to the game as a player, coach, involvement post coaching, promotion of footy more than justify a statue. Love him or not I don't think it can be denied that overall his positive contributions to the game far outweigh any negatives...just my 2c worth

 

[NUFC Tiger]

Make it happen Benny G!

Thoroughly deserved IMO

 

[Punt_Road_Roar]

Absolutely not.

He's the reason the game is frustrating, hard to understand and occasionally unwatchable.

Good player but such a moron who doesn't deserve anything other than being muzzled and put in a retirement home.

You need to bring his name up in front of any Collingwood supporter older than 30 and to see their face when you mention his name will highlight to you exactly why he needs a bloody bronze statue LMAO

 

[Wild Westiger]

As I said I'm not talking about his on field ability.

I agree that he receives more criticism because SEN gives him a forum to back up his rule changes and ideas but he's so stubborn about them and refuses to take criticism on board from the public.

As I said, good player but his media presence ruins his legacy for me.

Good player? Come on, oi watch out. A great player, even legendary, our KB!

 

[TJTIGER]

You need to bring his name up in front of any Collingwood supporter older than 30 and to see their face when you mention his name will highlight to you exactly why he needs a bloody bronze statue LMAO

That's GOLD PRR !!

 

[Groupie_]

The MCG has chosen Jim Stynes as the next statue

http://www.mcg.org.au/News/News/2014/February/Stynes statue.aspx

 

[Nostradumbass]

Best I say nothing....

 

[Groupie_]

Best I say nothing....

Bit of a slap in the face to KB and Richmond I would've thought....

 

[WATIGE]

The MCG has chosen Jim Stynes as the next statue

http://www.mcg.org.au/News/News/2014/February/Stynes statue.aspx

That's just totally f....d he's not even bloody Australian like the rules say.