Media Then and Now: Sackings, Dirty Rats and a Milestone

[jackster83]

50 years ago we heard Qough Whitlam utter the now famous words after the Qovernor Qeneral dismissed him.

“Well may we say, ‘God save the Queen’, because nothing will save the governor-general”


Fast forward 50 years and we have controversy in the Sweet FA with a coach of a finals-bound team being sacked on the spot.

So who is the powerful figure responsible for this uprising and ousting of a Sweet FA figurehead?

It wasn't the Swamprats CEO Big Chungus or even sportsmaniac89 - who was forced to front the media in a terse press conference.

No, the one responsible was the big cheese himself damicky.

A little more on the man himself, who coincidentally plays his 150th Sweet FA match in R16 against the Old Boys.

149* games
11 games Mt Buller Demons (S32)
7 games Fighting Furies (S32)
64 games West Coast Wonders (S34-S36)
67* games Sin City Swamprats (S37-)
EKA Medal (S32)
Mobbs Medal (S33)
All-SFA (S35)
2x Toots Hibbert Medal (S37, S38)
Premierships: soon



While the Sin City Swamprats are heading into a finals campaign with the coaching position still in the air, some pundits have written them off. The lack of talk surrounding candidates for the vacant position has only served to fuel rumours that the club is running with a playing coach. Could it be the man himself?

(Author's note - as proof of how old I'm getting, I originally wrote the Whitlam sacking as being 40 years ago)

 

[Jabba73]

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50 years ago we heard Qough Whitlam utter the now famous words after the Qovernor Qeneral dismissed him.

“Well may we say, ‘God save the Queen’, because nothing will save the governor-general”


Fast forward 50 years and we have controversy in the Sweet FA with a coach of a finals-bound team being sacked on the spot.

So who is the powerful figure responsible for this uprising and ousting of a Sweet FA figurehead?

It wasn't the Swamprats CEO Big Chungus or even sportsmaniac89 - who was forced to front the media in a terse press conference.

No, the one responsible was the big cheese himself damicky.

A little more on the man himself, who coincidentally plays his 150th Sweet FA match in R16 against the Old Boys.

149* games
11 games Mt Buller Demons (S32)
7 games Fighting Furies (S32)
64 games West Coast Wonders (S34-S36)
67* games Sin City Swamprats (S37-)
EKA Medal (S32)
Mobbs Medal (S33)
All-SFA (S35)
2x Toots Hibbert Medal (S37, S38)
Premierships: soon

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While the Sin City Swamprats are heading into a finals campaign with the coaching position still in the air, some pundits have written them off. The lack of talk surrounding candidates for the vacant position has only served to fuel rumours that the club is running with a playing coach. Could it be the man himself?

(Author's note - as proof of how old I'm getting, I originally wrote the Whitlam sacking as being 40 years ago)

Surely you are just taking damicky out of us, no one sacks a coach this close to finals.

 

[Braklet]

"Come out and take it, you dirty yellow-bellied rat, or I'll give it to you through the door!"

 

[Tigerturbulance]

thanks for the nice write up jackster83, although when I first started reading it I thought you were breaking the real big news...

 

[MP_]

I didn’t even know we had a coach, mind you I’m at the bar during training.
Congrats damicky one of the most caring people in the sfa.

 

[sportsmaniac89]

Surely you are just taking damicky out of us, no one sacks a coach this close to finals.

When you have 2 weeks in a row of being a first-quarter non-entity, damn straight you do.

In the last 2 first quarters

Swamprats 2.2.14
Opposition 9.5.59

Being out of games at quarter time is simply unacceptable.

Qmorin got rightly sacked for it in a fit of rage!

 

[sportsmaniac89]

Also on topic, congrats damicky on #damickyonefiddy

Been a fantastic support and an excellent co-captain to take some pressure off me.

 

[Elton Johns Wig]

Going to love watching damicky melt under pressure.

Then we'll clap him off.

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[Kilroy]

Congratulations to damicky for accumulating 150 games by defying convention before settling down.

Perhaps you’ve “matured”.

 

[Braklet]

Congratulations to damicky for accumulating 150 games by defying convention before settling down.

Perhaps you’ve “matured”.

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I actually owned that Zep t-shirt way back when...

 

[damicky]

Congratulations to damicky for accumulating 150 games by defying convention before settling down.

Perhaps you’ve “matured”.

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It has been a hell of a ride