Ross Oakley - Go Forth and Multiply

[HawkMongrel]

I would like to invite old m8 Ross to go ahead and find the largest spoon he can get his hands on so that he can eat our collective arse.

He tried to bury Hawthorn, 4 flags since.

He tried to bury Footscray, now they have a flag.

Melbourne, it's now your turn.

Fitzroy, know that when he arrives in hell he'll get the job of polishing Satan's bollocks.

Up yours mongo.

 

[Bluelegs]

Melbourne, it's now your turn.

We tend to handle this kind of pressure very well.

 

[_Mike_]

 

[Headless]

We tend to handle this kind of pressure very well.

I don't expect us to last the pre-season now.

 

[Fire]

This thread is a huge stretch.

I'm sure Oakley doesn't give a shit.

 

[Cripps 'n' Blue Bloods]

Odd to bring up a guy that hasn't been at the helm for 20 years.
Hawthorn didn't win this year, no need to try and make them relevant with a strenuous link to the current premiers.
He had a point that there are/were too many Vic teams and some of them struggle to survive. It's natural that supporters of the teams in question will feel aggrieved. Would Hawthorn be where they are today if they hadn't been given a kick up the bum and scare from merger talks? It's possible that Oakley kickstarted the whole thing in a round-about way.

 

[Catsnlakers]

I reckon oakley loves the fact the dogs won as it means his name keeps getting mentioned...

 

[Randomizor]

Lol poor Hawks fans. Desperate to be relevant. The Bulldogs are where it's at now. Long live Footscray.

 

[Blue1980]

Today's the 27th anniversary of the announcement of the new force in VFL football, the Fitzroy Bulldogs

 

[HawkMongrel]

Today's the 27th anniversary of the announcement of the new force in VFL football, the Fitzroy Bulldogs

Don't be stupid. I just wanted to talk about Hawthorn and make us relevant again.

 

[Blue1980]

Don't be stupid. I just wanted to talk about Hawthorn and make us relevant again.

That would be the Melbourne Hawks

 

[Randomizor]

That would be the Melbourne Hawks

Think their membership will fall off a cliff now?

 

[Blue1980]

Think their membership will fall off a cliff now?

Yeah was always going to be an issue when they lost dunstall and Gary Lyon

 

[Flandersss]

A bit young but what a campaigner of a bloke

 

[Ant_]

Who's the biggest ****wit between Oakley & Ian Collins?

 

[masai]

He had a point that there are/were too many Vic teams and some of them struggle to survive. It's natural that supporters of the teams in question will feel aggrieved. Would Hawthorn be where they are today if they hadn't been given a kick up the bum and scare from merger talks? It's possible that Oakley kickstarted the whole thing in a round-about way.

This is what he was trying to do, move the VFL to the AFL. There needed to be a big shake of how the AFL went forward.

Yes his moves did get up the noses of Fitzroy, Footscray, Hawks & Melbourne fans, but how do we judge the end result ?.

The AFL is thriving, a far bigger national product than it was 20+ years ago.

Would you not say that the Bullies & Hawks are "stronger" clubs due to the hurdles they faced and overcame ?.

 

[HawkMongrel]

Who'd the biggest ******* between Oakley & Ian Collins?

Collins' effort to take the reigns at Carlton for 6 months, bury their home ground and sign them up to a dodgy deal at Docklands where he was also in charge, and then quit shortly after to focus solely on Docklands is one legendary act of c**thood.

 

[Ant_]

Collins' effort to take the reigns at Carlton for 6 months, bury their home ground and sign them up to a dodgy deal at Docklands where he was also in charge, and then quit shortly after to focus solely on Docklands is one legendary act of c**thood.

My hatred of him is how he overrode the umpires and video review to rub out Chris Grant for a week.

 

[Stan_Darsh72]

Collins' effort to take the reigns at Carlton for 6 months, bury their home ground and sign them up to a dodgy deal at Docklands where he was also in charge, and then quit shortly after to focus solely on Docklands is one legendary act of c**thood.

But it did **** Carlton over

So thats a positive

 

[HawkMongrel]

My hatred of him is how he overrode the umpires and video review to rub out Chris Grant for a week.

He really did deserve that medal. What a stitch up. Even we thought it was horseshit.

 

[HawkMongrel]

But it did **** Carlton over

So thats a positive

I wouldn't laugh too hard as he's also the bloke that is currently burning your club with that Docklands contract.

 

[Roylion]

Would Hawthorn be where they are today if they hadn't been given a kick up the bum and scare from merger talks? It's possible that Oakley kickstarted the whole thing in a round-about way.

The AFL has actively supported Melbourne based clubs since the early 2000's.

Many have had multi-million dollars amounts given to them, through the AFL's then named "Competitive Balance Fund".

A selection of AFL grants to various clubs from the C.B.F reads as follows:
2002: Western Bulldogs - $1 million
2003: Western Bulldogs - $1 million, North Melbourne - $1 million
2004: Western Bulldogs - $1.5 million, North Melbourne - $1 million
2005: Melbourne $1.5 million + $1.5 million retrospectively, Western Bulldogs $1.5 million, North Melbourne $1 million.
2006: Carlton - $2.1 million
2007: Western Bulldogs $1.7 million, North Melbourne $1.4 million, Melbourne $1 million, Sydney Swans $0.7 million, Richmond $0.4 million, Hawthorn $0.25 million, Port Adelaide $0.25 million
2008: Melbourne - $250,000, Western Bulldogs $1.7 million, North Melbourne $1.4 million
2009: Melbourne - $1 million, Port Adelaide - $1 million

Totals 2002-2009
Western Bulldogs - $8.4 million
North Melbourne - $5.8 million
Melbourne - $5.25 million
Carlton - $2.1 million

Without those funds, the Western Bulldogs, and perhaps a couple of other clubs, wouldn't exist today as an independent entities in the AFL competition.

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

The AFL is thriving, a far bigger national product than it was 20+ years ago.

And more corrupt than ever.

 

[Kwality]

Odd to bring up a guy that hasn't been at the helm for 20 years.
Hawthorn didn't win this year, no need to try and make them relevant with a strenuous link to the current premiers.
He had a point that there are/were too many Vic teams and some of them struggle to survive. It's natural that supporters of the teams in question will feel aggrieved. Would Hawthorn be where they are today if they hadn't been given a kick up the bum and scare from merger talks? It's possible that Oakley kickstarted the whole thing in a round-about way.

Oakley had a vision to FIX real problems for our game & IF the hard decisions were taken our game would be better off IMHO !!

 

[GreyPower]

He's the guy who tried to American-alise our game via the draft.

Yeah **** him!