Tony Olango (formerly part of Hawthorn's Next Generation Academy - now a West Coast Eagle rookie)

[arupist]

Mildly racist. He was born in Kenya, but his parents are South Sudanese.

Give it a rest. Nothing wrong with what he said.

 

[TazHawk15]

The best part for me about the kid becoming a Hawk.

The Handbaggers were very keen.

 

[Gralin]

From watching the videos, it looks like he has very little confidence in his kicking, which is understandable as he has played so little footy. However, his assets, big leap, tapping to a team mate, and second efforts are as good as you would get from a seasoned player.

His tank shouldn't be a problem; we all know Kenyans can run all day, and fast as well. He looks like he could be a go in the draft this year, if he develops.

Depends which part of Kenya and how long he lived there for before moving. Though now I want to look up how much moving to a lower altitude changes this if you grew up in a high altitude area.
Maybe after my coffee

Moved at age two after reading the article so been here most of his life

 

[Mappa]

Of course he is raw, he's only a young kid. One thing that struck we was how far he could roost the footy !

 

[Thaihawk]

Mildly racist. He was born in Kenya, but his parents are South Sudanese.

Could you please explain what you mean by mildly racist?

 

[Thaihawk]

Give it a rest. Nothing wrong with what he said.

Thanks, arupist. I have just asked what he meant by his post.

 

[CD Xbow]

Give it a rest. Nothing wrong with what he said.

Agree, Thai just made a mistake about his nationality. BTW the Hun has an article about him, really just a rehash of others with (perhaps) a somewhat more anti hawthorn headline see: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/a...y/news-story/9769d813621e4e76b4d8190ca1098b45 The comments are delicious. If it's behind the paywall paste it into google search and it should work.

 

[The_Axeman]

Mildly racist. He was born in Kenya, but his parents are South Sudanese.

Umm, no.

 

[Ned Ryerson]

Agree, Thai just made a mistake about his nationality. BTW the Hun has an article about him, really just a rehash of others with (perhaps) a somewhat more anti hawthorn headline see: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/a...y/news-story/9769d813621e4e76b4d8190ca1098b45 The comments are delicious. If it's behind the paywall paste it into google search and it should work.

I do love the great unwashed who throw their comments on Herald Sun articles about us. It makes me so glad they had to watch us win three flags in a row.

 

[Argy]

I do love the great unwashed who throw their comments on Herald Sun articles about us. It makes me so glad they had to watch us win three flags in a row.

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Just wow.

 

[Pessimistic]

Kenyan or Sudanese? sorry for the politics but in some quarters its the decider whether you're a potential terrorist or not.

If the Lad goes well the backpedalling will be delicious

 

[Pessimistic]

I do love the great unwashed who throw their comments on Herald Sun articles about us. It makes me so glad they had to watch us win three flags in a row.

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If we really did have sway, wed have the tiwi islands hended to our 'zone' instead of essendon - three norm smith medalists from a tiny population, talk about stacking the odds

 

[Great 2008]

I do love the great unwashed who throw their comments on Herald Sun articles about us. It makes me so glad they had to watch us win three flags in a row.

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I wonder if this guy kicked up a fuss when North got Tasmania for their Academy despite Hawthorn starting in the state from scratch when no-one else wanted a bar of it. Doubt it.

 

[atlas1]

Good agility for a bloke his size, exciting stuff

 

[RobHawk]

Mildly racist. He was born in Kenya, but his parents are South Sudanese.

I feel your comments are mildly stupid.

 

[Ned Ryerson]

Interesting story on the young man - seems like a really decent lad. Would be great if we were able to develop and recruit him.

http://www.ntnews.com.au/sport/loca...m/news-story/ceafd05dae3089056c551b65e8bf33c8

 

[Pessimistic]

Will we be checking out NITV?

 

[Mr Lizard]

Could you please explain what you mean by mildly racist?

Kenyans can run all day, fast as well.

Chinese people are good at maths, everybody knows that.

Black Americans like chicken, watermelon, and grape drink.

 

[Thaihawk]

Kenyans can run all day, fast as well.

Chinese people are good at maths, everybody knows that.

Black Americans like chicken, watermelon, and grape drink.

I may be getting old, but I have never ever had a racist bone in my body, and I can't see that as a racist comment.
If anything, I was getting a little confused (didn't research) between and Ethiopians and Kenyans winning world class marathons, but then again they are neighbors, aren't they?
Incidentally, my wife is not a white caucasian.

 

[Mr Lizard]

I can't see that as a racist comment.

Apologies if I caused offense, I didn't mean it as an absolute judgement of your character.

I think what I meant was 'indulging in racial stereotypes'.

You see the comment about Kenyans as different to the other two?

 

[Thaihawk]

Apologies if I caused offense, I didn't mean it as an absolute judgement of your character.

I think what I meant was 'indulging in racial stereotypes'.

You see the comment about Kenyans as different to the other two?

In my opinion, none of those remarks are racist, just opinions. Now i haven't lived in Australia since 1996/7, so what's racist and what's not could have changed dramatically.

 

[Mr Lizard]

In my opinion, none of those remarks are racist, just opinions.

I did move the posts further up the slippery slope, to 'indulging in racial stereotypes'.


In any case, hopefully this pans out and the Hawks get games out of the athletic beanpole.

The way he moves, he's like a taller version of Aliir Aliir. Very promising.

 

[Great 2008]

Kenyans can run all day, fast as well.

Chinese people are good at maths, everybody knows that.

Black Americans like chicken, watermelon, and grape drink.

They are also all well hung.

 

[Davo23]

No mention of Dawn?

"Knock three times..."

 

[Randy Campbell]

lets not get to carried away pretty certain he could of been picked up last draft and was passed by all teams. Very raw but something to work with

Could be better than someone who peaks in high school.