- Moderator
- #51
Burton's time at Brisbane was a disaster. That should've been a red flag
Roast Sack Ricciuto
- Thread starter killtaker1993
- Start date
- Tagged users None
Burton's time at Brisbane was a disaster. That should've been a red flag
- Aug 30, 2021
- 15,173
- 27,704
- AFL Club
- Adelaide
He blamed that on Leppitsch, true story told to me by Fagan when he was defending Burton as a superstar. FMD, those idiots actually believed he was good.
I believe that prior to Roo joining the Board there was a concern that there was a lack of insider AFL knowledge. We needed our version of Neil Balme or Jason Dunstall.
It is always an issue with AFL Boards that you don’t want all lawyers and publicans but you also don’t want too many ex-players.
I think the idea was sound but the problem is the Roo is too old school. He can’t understand why the “modern players” shower in their undies and don’t celebrate a win with a dozen beers.
Is there a recently retired player (someone in their thirties) who could replace Roo and Jamie?
It is always an issue with AFL Boards that you don’t want all lawyers and publicans but you also don’t want too many ex-players.
I think the idea was sound but the problem is the Roo is too old school. He can’t understand why the “modern players” shower in their undies and don’t celebrate a win with a dozen beers.
Is there a recently retired player (someone in their thirties) who could replace Roo and Jamie?
From memory the only reason that Roo went on the board was because the club traded out his mate Bernie Vince. If Sando had not traded Vince, Roo probably wouldnt have ended up on the board, Burton wouldn't have been hired and the camp probably wouldn't have taken place. Sliding doors.
Last edited:
WTF they shower in their undies
dogs105
Sweet Kennels Proprietor
Patrick Dangerfield would be good.
Doubt they would be interested, but either David Pittman or Matthew Liptak would be good choices IMO. Both ex-players, both with professional backgrounds and qualifications, both not involved in the media or boofhead footy jocks by the looks of it...
After a match most do. Some men dont want to show off their big ones or little ones to other blokes.
I was aware junior footballers do, but wasn’t aware senior players did, I am a dinosaur
killtaker1993
Club Legend
- Sep 17, 2021
- 1,865
- 4,460
- AFL Club
- Adelaide
- Thread starter
- #61
My son told me when he was in primary school his footy coach demanded all the team shower naked
- Jun 21, 2014
- 8,595
- 9,375
- AFL Club
- Adelaide
Diversity awareness.
- Aug 19, 2015
- 1,183
- 1,971
- AFL Club
- Adelaide
Blight certainly fired up on Sports Day SA today about the calls for Riccuito to be sacked, said there’s so many uneducated people on how boards actually operate and they wouldn’t have known all the details.
- Aug 30, 2021
- 15,173
- 27,704
- AFL Club
- Adelaide
The issue is it’s more than just that, Roo brought in Burton, he downplayed the camp fallout, he’s made numerous embarrassing gaffs and he has a conflicting media role
Roo played under Blight. Of course Blight is going to back him in.
- Aug 19, 2015
- 1,183
- 1,971
- AFL Club
- Adelaide
Oh I agree but just thought I’d post blights thoughts
- Aug 30, 2021
- 15,173
- 27,704
- AFL Club
- Adelaide
Wasn’t having a crack at you. Blight also coached Roo so he’s got a bit of conflict
dogs105
Sweet Kennels Proprietor
Agree with what you said but on point two, that's pretty much what you'd expect from someone in his position at the time.
I think he's got his heart in the right place but the heat he's now getting is deserving too and it might be time for a fresh face.
Eddie Betts, but I doubt he'd be interested.
Blight is wrong.
I'm sure Blight has been on a few boards over the years. His roles would have been very limited. A meeting here and there, an idea thrown out. A fe laughs, a few drinks, some handshakes and on he goes. That would have been the limit of his involvement.
Roo's role wasn't like that. He was hands on. He appointed his best mate to a role, despite poor performance in that same role at Brisbane. He promoted him, despite poor performance in the role at Adelaide, to a position he had no experience in. He led meeting and oversaw the footy program.
The responsibility is 100% on Roo.
Disagree when it comes to the camp. All the calls are for Roo to step aside due to his role in the camp. The reality is that all of the decisions around selecting Collective Minds and dealing with the aftermath sat below the Board at the coaching level. The Board would have dealt with very little of that leaving it in the hands of Pyke, Burton and Co.
Now the selection of Burton and Co does sit with the Board including Roo and that appointment process should be reviewed
While I agree with the latter part of that, what irks me is that the board fobbed it off to an external review rather than taking responsibility and just sacking Pyke, Burton, Campo etc outright. Pyke resigned rather than stick around for the review, but really the board should have had the balls to make the call themselves instead of hiring somebody outside to make the obvious calls for them.
The board should have sacked themself at the same time for allowing those below them to hijack the club. As a mate of Burton Roo would have known every intricate detail of the camp. What's even more disappointing is the way that Roo handled himself with the "nothing to see here" attitude when clearly he knew players were struggling with mental anguish from the camp. The other disappointing part from Roo is how he has mismanaged our list as head of list management. There's simply no way Roo survives being involved at the club. He needs to do the right thing and step down along with the other board members who were derelict in their duty to the club.
They probably have cubicles these days.
