Mod. Notice Ron The Bear RIP

[Sterge]

Hi All,

We have just been given some sad news that board regular Ron The Bear passed away yesterday.

Our thoughts are with Ron's family

Thanks

 

[Nostradumbass]

Oh damn.... Terrible news.

Ron was a regular on a Hendrix forum I was a mod on, we traded bootlegs on occasion.

Not only have we lost a fellow Tiger but a wealth of football knowledge as well. I'm shocked.

Condolences to his family and friends.

R.I.P.

 

[Marcel Proust]

RIP

 

[Sir_Loin]

RIP Ron. He was very well regarded on the MB. Condolences to his family and friends

 

[roacheee]

Vale Ron

 

[Bojangles17]

Sorry to hear that , Rest In Peace Ron

 

[_Wang_]

Rest in peace Ron, long term poster and respected in this community

 

[Dr Tigris]

What a great poster. So sad to hear of his passing.

 

[tigland]

Such sad news. RIP Ron!

 

[Grrr]

Hi All,

We have just been given some sad news that board regular Ron The Bear passed away yesterday.

Our thoughts are with Ron's family

Thanks

Sad news.
Reckon a lot of posters on the main board would be sad as well. Very regular there and a font of knowledge regarding stats and so on.
Maybe could you put something up there.

 

[tigs2010]

Terrible news.

 

[Harry Bosch]

Very Sad , RIP..

 

[tiggywigs]

Always seemed to have something worth saying.
RIP.

 

[JAKLAUGHING]

Vale...

 

[Marmik]

Terrible news. Thank you for your contributions and Rest In Peace Ron The Bear.

 

[tugga]

sad news.
kept the bastards honest on the main board and his use of stats to dismantle a poster was legendary.

 

[Philth]

A straight shooter, he was one of my favourite posters.
Will be sadly missed.

 

[Infamy]

That is terrible news, one of my absolute favourite posters on here, he will be missed
Thoughts are with his family and friends

 

[Morro]

RIP good sir

 

[SunshineBoy]

Rest in Peace Ron, you will be sadly missed

 

[Mofra]

So sudden, so sad. I'll miss the stats on the MB.

 

[tunksy]

Rip. His posts were always insightful and interesting

 

[morell]

Hey all, not sure how much personal stuff he shared on here, he was a private guy, but wanted to let you all know just how much of a ripper person and Richmond tragic Ron was. I didn’t really know where to put this, so forgive the soliloquy.

I met Ron when I moved to Melbourne from Adelaide to start my first job as a young fella, fresh out of Uni. Didn’t know a soul in the state. Ron was the database programmer working in the same department as me and the first question he asked was who I supported in the footy. A strange look came across his face when I said Port – he thought it was odd and had never met a fan from a club that he considered to be new. Suffice to say some lessons between us on football history went back and forth. I told him about Russell Ebert and Scott Hodges and winning flags in the 90s. He told me they didn’t count. Then he told me about Francis Bourke, Royce Hart and Jack Dyer and winning flags in the 70s. I told him they didn’t count. Then we had a statistical argument about who was better Richo or Tredrea. We agreed to disagree.

After all that we became fast friends.

Next came invites to go to the footy and stand with him in the “grog squad” behind the goals at the Punt Road end. He was too bashful to become too involved with the social stuff, but he stood there for every game for decades including in the dark days for Richmond – although he would admit that on occasion he sneak away to the TAB for a punt if things were too dire. He was certainly not bashful when it came to feedback on opposition players and/or the umpires. The language and terminology being yelled not at all 2021 appropriate. But he never had any real malice. It was just his way. He was emotional and passionate about his footy club.

Soon after that came the invite to play cricket. Ron was a crafty swing bowler, treasurer and life member for Marcelin Old Collegians. I reckon quite a few batsman would see a large Homer Simpson looking dude trotting in and underestimate him, largely to their peril. His outswinger was deadly.

Then there was the invite to the custom fantasy football tournament (before online fantasy footy was thing) where Ron and group of mates would hold draft nights and pick our players. Ron ran the scoring database, kept that stats up to date and did the results updates.

As you can tell, he was an incredible support and friend for me. Without him, I would have gotten homesick much quicker than I did, probably quit my job and moved back to Adelaide much sooner than I should have - and then who knows where I would’ve ended up.

Sadly the tyranny of distance, time and other commitments meant we didn’t catch up as often as I would have liked, then COVID hit and we somewhat lost touch other than online. So when the news came through, I felt a strong pang of regret. Give your mates a message, just to say hello. Nothing bad can come from that.

Thank you Ron for introducing me to punting, Nando’s, hand tennis, VFL lore, statistical analysis, Richmond history, some terrible language, how to handle temper tantrums but most of all thank you for being a genuine character, the likes of which I haven’t met before or since.

 

[smasha]

R.I.P. Ron The Bear.

Very regular contributor on the main board.

Condolences to his family and immediate friends.

You will be missed by the Tiger Army.

 

[Tiges1229]

RIP Ron the Bear , always liked reading his posts