Steve Hocking Gone

[LordLucifer]

Good riddance.

Seconded !!

 

[pjcrows]

I wonder which one of Travis Auld, Brad Scott or Andrew Dillon will step in to the job and continue the current sh*thouse trajectory of the league.

 

[fpm84]

An absolute stain on the game. Geelong must be pissing their pants at the thought of being treated like everyone else.

Yes, I'm terrified of losing all of our advantages, like having fewer home games than any other team and being the only team in the league to not be able to host a home final.

 

[kickazz]

Which rules do you disagree with? IMO the stand rule is a big tick.. stricter interpretation of the deliberate is a big tick, 6-6-6 tick..

Yeah all those rules are good.

The only bad ones really is not strict enough on throws and push in the back.

 

[GPW1]

Eddie McGuire to take over.

 

[The 747]

Don't really care other than glad James Sutherland didn't become our CEO.

Tiger fans will have to find some new conspiracy to cry about though.

 

[The 747]

Eddie McGuire to take over.

The AFL could be tone deaf enough to do that.

 

[NaturalDisaster]

It won’t make a difference with Gil still at the top, he will just ensure another one of his mates in the Boys Club gets the job.

 

[PhatBoy]

Shhhhhh, don't spread the false rumours on here about the "messiah" who has caused the downfall of our game.

Let them choose whoever they want to choose, then we will laugh at them so much it's not even funny, when they circling around the Bottom 4 for the next 5 years of their existence as a result of their mishaps of choosing the muppet in town

Yeah the team that’s never finished lower than 14th, this - THIS is what will make it happen for years on end.

 

[Lynchy04]

It won’t make a difference with Gil still at the top, he will just ensure another one of his mates in the Boys Club gets the job.

Everyone knows Benny Gale is the next Gil. Surely we get 22 games at home and Geelong get all home games at a proper football stadium not that dump down at Geelong

 

[Black Panther]

So which nuffy will take over at HQ?

 

[ItsAllAboutMe]

Everyone knows Benny Gale is the next Gil. Surely we get 22 games at home and Geelong get all home games at a proper football stadium not that dump down at Geelong

Gale will be brought in to head up the new Tasmania team

 

[Barry_Badrinath]

A few days ago there was a thread that suggested his position was untenable due to his ties to Geelong. The OP got laughed down as a conspiracy theorist.

Now he’s joined Geelong

 

[Wojcinski]

Hopefully Brian Cook takes over and continues to specifically target Richmond with rule changes and no one else

 

[PhatBoy]

A few days ago there was a thread that suggested his position was untenable due to his ties to Geelong. The OP got laughed down as a conspiracy theorist.

Now he’s joined Geelong

It is laughably and a conspiracy theory.
Everyone involved in the sport at an admin level will have some sort of tie to someone or some club. He’s not going to go back in time and be CEO at Geelong before and during his time at the AFL.

 

[Bipolar Bear]

I wonder which rules the new Football Operations Boss will bring in/remove.
The problem with these roles are that the person in them feels the need to make changes.

 

[kickazz]

In four completed years in the role, he managed to deliver the tigers three flags, for which they will be ever grateful.

 

[kickazz]

I wonder which rules the new Football Operations Boss will bring in/remove.
The problem with these roles are that the person in them feels the need to make changes.

Change is inevitable. Hocking probably a bigger agent for change than most, but those folks pining for some mysterious time when nothing changed (newsflash- no such time existed) will be perpetually left in change's wake.

 

[Red mist]

Intricate Salary Cap knowledge for one thing.

What, so there is a grimoire that swallows money among other things?

 

[Farang83150]

Yes, I'm terrified of losing all of our advantages, like having fewer home games than any other team and being the only team in the league to not be able to host a home final.

Does the GFC request games at the G?

 

[HairyO]

Not his area

Are you sure the AFL boss of football wouldnt be aware of player payments and ambassador payments ?

 

[Rotayjay]

He can bugger off. Much better suited to a club-specific role with his old club.

 

[Farang83150]

So McLachlan does have a sense of humour....""He has brought improvement to every aspect of the game"...

 

[Red mist]

An absolute stain on the game. Geelong must be pissing their pants at the thought of being treated like everyone else. Luckily they still have strong media backers like Holier than thou Whateley.

As good a lesson as any in why you shouldn't be allowing clubmen to run the code.

It’s not like it was in his interests now hey? Allowing draft picks when over concessions etc.

 

[Dazzler9]