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Mark Jackson was a better footballer than most give him credit for. He loved playing for Geelong, he loved Tommy Hafey, I loved him, members loved him and privately he rarely spoke in a high pitched voice like he did in public. Clever man, who with an innovative management group carved a great life for himself outside of footy with TV ads/music clips (a bit dodgy)/boxing/US TV show - The Highwayman etc. Yes he may have been an individual, but he got kicked out of Geelong for basically standing up for Neville Bruns out at Princess Park (now Visy) when Lethal Leigh went ballistic and busted his jaw. Jacko was the scapegoat for the club at a time when we were run by wannabe's whose personal business interests from the GFC were of more importance than that of the rank and file supporters and members of the club. This thread has opened up a lot of personal anger for me at the time when it was hard to justify to your mates about Geelong especially after 1980 and 1981 finals debacles. We slowly rebuilt a half decent team with Hafey and he rightly or wrongly took Toohey, Bolton and Diesel who were offered ridiculous money to move North with him to play with the good doctor in Sin City. Yes it was only 5k that Diesel wanted ... this is fact! We got Devine as coach... What a joke! The gag going around at the time was that Devine's missus coached the Catter's and had more influence over the playing group than he did! Funny story also about G.Ablett snr coming late to training for the 50th time and Devine telling him one more time and he will be on his way to the Brisbane Koala Bears...he replied that Devine had more chance of ending up at Brisbane Bears then he did!! LOL. Geelong at the time hated outsiders and were perceived rightly or wrongly as a very mediocre country club. The social club and football club were at loggerheads and there was a lot of infighting and powerplays. Hafey was a great bloke had time for everybody. Jacko was a breath of fresh air who could actually play and was a 'deadeye' shot for goal. God it was great to go watch him play...Those were the days! They make 07/09/11 that much sweeter...
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He did find Pugwall's wallet and returned it to his house after a Geelong Richmond game at the G, heart of gold Jacko.
