Was it Collingwood?

[The Sqawka]

AN AFL club wants to present a plan to the League's commission on how it intends to help Ben Cousins win his battle with drug addiction.
The 30-year-old, who is nearing the end of a 12-month suspension for bringing the game into disrepute, needs to gain approval from the AFL Commission next month to be allowed to return.
Cousins' manager Ricky Nixon said Collingwood, St Kilda and a non-Victorian club had all expressed interest in recruiting the former West Coast skipper.
One of the clubs - Nixon declined to specify which one - had gone to the extent of developing a plan to help with Cousins' rehabilitation and wanted to put it before the commission as part of the case for his return.
"A club yesterday presented to me a fairly detailed plan of how they think they can assist Ben in football and life going forward," Nixon told Melbourne radio station SEN on Wednesday afternoon.
"They actually even made a very, very good comment and put forward the motion that perhaps the plan is presented to the commission as part of him being eligible to play again.
"I think that's very professional and probably a good way forward."
Nixon said the club's proactive approach was one of the most heartening developments in Cousins' comeback bid.
"Some of the things they put forward in the plan yesterday were outstanding, things that I hadn't even thought of myself," he said.
"Attracting people to the club, people Ben knows that can help him and get some confidence out of him being at the club and keep him going and focussed in the way that he needs to be."
Nixon said he was confident Cousins was ready to return and the ban had had a "massive" effect in ramming home how much the game meant to him.
If given the go-ahead by the AFL, Cousins is likely to nominate for the NAB AFL Pre-season Draft on December 16.
Meanwhile, Nixon revealed that several clubs were taking a much less tolerant approach to suspected drug use within their ranks.
"One captain, the club was aware that one young player might have overstepped the mark," he said.
"The captain grabbed him in a team meeting, the coach was about to address it, but the captain stood up, grabbed him, shoved him against the wall and said; `If you ever ever take drugs in my footy club I'll fair dinkum kill you and you'll be out of this club.'
"The kid absolutely packed himself and so did the rest of the playing group.
"I can assure you I don't think any of them will be going near it after that display.
"Whether that's good leadership or not I don't know but it was one way of addressing it."
Nixon said the coach of another club took the stance that a player would be kicked out of the club if a member of the leadership group became aware that they were using drugs or conducting other activities that broke club policy.
"There's no second chances, it's zero tolerance," he said

As per article, does anyone have any inside news that this club was in fact collingwood?

 

[Keele]

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AFL: Collingwood's plan to back Cousins' comeback bid

Collingwood wants to present a plan to the sport's ruling body on how it intends to help Ben Cousins win his battle with drug addiction.
The 30-year-old, who is nearing the end of a 12-month suspension for bringing the game into disrepute, needs to gain approval from the AFL Commission next month to be allowed to return.
Cousins' manager Ricky Nixon said Collingwood, St Kilda and a non-Victorian club had all expressed interest in the former West Coast skipper.
One of the clubs - Nixon declined to specify which one - had gone to the extent of developing a plan to help with Cousins' rehabilitation and wanted to put it before the commission as part of the case for his return.
``A club yesterday presented to me a fairly detailed plan of how they think they can assist Ben in football and life going forward,'' Nixon told Melbourne radio station SEN today.
``They actually even made a very, very good comment and put forward the motion that perhaps the plan is presented to the commission as part of him being eligible to play again.
``I think that's very professional and probably a good way forward.''
Nixon said the club's proactive approach was one of the most heartening developments in Cousins' comeback bid.
``Some of the things they put forward in the plan yesterday were outstanding, things that I hadn't even thought of myself,'' he said.
``Attracting people to the club, people Ben knows that can help him and get some confidence out of him being at the club and keep him going and focussed in the way that he needs to be.''
Nixon said he was confident Cousins was ready to return and the ban had had a ``massive'' effect in ramming home how much the game meant to him.
If given the go-ahead by the AFL, Cousins is likely to nominate for the pre-season draft on December 16.
Meanwhile, Nixon revealed that several clubs were taking a less tolerant approach to suspected drug use within their ranks than the AFL's three strikes policy.
``One captain, the club was aware that one young player might have overstepped the mark,'' he said.
``The captain grabbed him in a team meeting, the coach was about to address it, but the captain stood up, grabbed him, shoved him against the wall and said: `If you ever ever take drugs in my footy club I'll fair dinkum kill you and you'll be out of this club.'
``The kid absolutely packed himself and so did the rest of the playing group.
``I can assure you I don't think any of them will be going near it after that display.
``Whether that's good leadership or not I don't know but it was one way of addressing it.''
Nixon said the coach of another club took the stance that a player would be kicked out of the club if a member of the leadership group became aware that they were using drugs or conducting other activities that broke club policy.
``There's no second chances, it's zero tolerance,'' he said.

 

[Dave The Man]

^^

When was that Posted and where is the Source?

 

[ButteredCrumpet]

Saints.. trying to trump us

 

[Ed D]

Unless that non-Victorian team is Sydney, we'd have to trump them...

 

[Somebody]

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Seems like that comfirms it, unless someone is playing funny buggers and doctored an article b4 posting it here...
I would have thought it would be the Woods. I'd guess St Kilda's strategy would be to offer more lenient contract conditions which would be very tempting for Cousins, but this plan may be a master stroke in that the AFL might *require* certain contract conditions that Collingwood may have proposed as part of the submission.
Interesting devt and maybe woods will actually land a big (older) fish for once.

 

[Keele]

When was that Posted and where is the Source?

It was posted in another thread


Lupton is yet to provide an answer.

It is a doctored version of a newspaper article

 

[Rohan Coventry]

That was from EBW Keele.

 

[daics cousin]

Remember that we have the pick ahead of both Sydney and stkilda,if we want Cousins.Only what if the interestate club that is interested in Cousins is Brisbane.then we are in trouble,they can pick him ahead of us.

 

[magpie_militia]

Remember that we have the pick ahead of both Sydney and stkilda,if we want Cousins.Only what if the interestate club that is interested in Cousins is Brisbane.then we are in trouble,they can pick him ahead of us.

Sydney have a pick before us. Actually, I forgot they beat North - my bad!

 

[The Sqawka]

none of this answers my question..

yes that second article posted was doctored by some moron who just added in collingwoods name. The article i posted was the original article in which no club was officially named (afl.com.au). so who says it was in fact saint kilda and how do we know this??

As for ben cousins, well he is going to go straight into the PSD, where we have the pick before both sydney (5th) and saint kilda (4th). we finished 6th.

Ladder (after finals)
1. Hawks
2. Cats
3. Bulldogs
4. Saints
5. Sydney
6. Collingwood
7. Adelaide
8. North Melbourne

the problem is with our trading, we will have to pass pick 48 i think it is and use that in the PSD for cousins.

basically are we prepared to use pick 48 on cousins?
answer = yes!

 

[Dazman]

the problem is with our trading, we will have to pass pick 48 i think it is and use that in the PSD for cousins.

basically are we prepared to use pick 48 on cousins?
answer = yes!

Its a good draft. I'd hope we delist another person, use pick 48 on a young player and get Cousins in the PSD.

Pick 48 this year will be a lot better than Alan Toovey will ever be.

 

[Somebody]

none of this answers my question..

yes that second article posted was doctored by some moron who just added in collingwoods name. The article i posted was the original article in which no club was officially named (afl.com.au). so who says it was in fact saint kilda and how do we know this??

As for ben cousins, well he is going to go straight into the PSD, where we have the pick before both sydney (5th) and saint kilda (4th). we finished 6th.

Ladder (after finals)
1. Hawks
2. Cats
3. Bulldogs
4. Saints
5. Sydney
6. Collingwood
7. Adelaide
8. North Melbourne

the problem is with our trading, we will have to pass pick 48 i think it is and use that in the PSD for cousins.

basically are we prepared to use pick 48 on cousins?
answer = yes!

I don't think it's as simple as that - as already said by others, Collingwood may not take him up if he prefers another club.

As for pick 48, can't we just delist someone else? I think there are a few who would not be too dearly missed (not including Tooves!).

 

[sunnyTEE]

I was under the impression we only have to pass on pick 48 to get Cousins if we elevate both Wellingham and McAffer.

With the ruling that a rookie may be elevated mid-season without someone being placed on the long term injury list, and the fact we have a plethora of small forwards, I see no reason why would not just make Brent wait until then.

 

[shawthing09]

I was under the impression we only have to pass on pick 48 to get Cousins if we elevate both Wellingham and McAffer.

With the ruling that a rookie may be elevated mid-season without someone being placed on the long term injury list, and the fact we have a plethora of small forwards, I see no reason why would not just make Brent wait until then.

Brent is at the end of his rookie contract so we can't keep him on the rookie list we have to elevate him or he goes back into the draft system. If everybody passes on him in the draft we could then re-rookie him.

I would not be all that dissapointed if he wasn't elevated anyway.

 

[Kirby]

Brent is at the end of his rookie contract so we can't keep him on the rookie list we have to elevate him or he goes back into the draft system. If everybody passes on him in the draft we could then re-rookie him.

I would not be all that dissapointed if he wasn't elevated anyway.

I think we share the same concerns about where he would ever fit into the side. It wouldn't bother me if he wasn't elevated either. I'd be happy to re-rookie him though.

 

[shawthing09]

I think we share the same concerns about where he would ever fit into the side. It wouldn't bother me if he wasn't elevated either. I'd be happy to re-rookie him though.

Yep I'd like to elevate him to reward his work this year. In terms of a depth player his probably decent value too. That said AFL is cut throat and it's no point handing out list spots as rewards to a guy you don't feel has a spot in your best side and as it stands that's where I sit on Brent. Although as I said I am not against elevating him entirely as he does deserve it on VFL form.

 

[DeZi]

Doubt its the Pies now given what was just report on the sun website