The term "salute"...

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Can't stand it.

I don't remember it being used in footy parlances pre Clarko using it after we won the flag in 2008.

For mine it should be kept for armed forces conversations.

What wrong with "victorious".. "premiers"... etc ???

What do others think?

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Yes, I agree.

It appears to be a carry-over from the Kokoda treks & the Commando theme that Clarkson (via Kennedy) brought to the club.

The term jars with me & appears to be out of context. There has got to be a better phrase.
 
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Yeah I've noticed that Clarko uses a lot of the military language/metaphors in his post-match press conferences and other media appearances. I vaguely remember from the Playing to Win book that the players had asked him to tone down the military stuff during the Leading Teams feedback sessions? I could be wrong.

Anyways, I'm not a fan of it myself, partly because playing sport has nothing to do with war (and shouldn't ever), but mainly because it just sounds silly. But yeh, 3 premierships under the belt so who am I to criticise?
 

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It has always been used ever since I can remember and I remember going to games in 1969.

Every now and then a commentator will use the vert "to salute" to mean "to win the premiership"

It was used with the australian cricket teams run of world cups as in "if the aussies salute again it will be blah blah blah" or something.
 

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