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[spenze]

The Betts family are all class. To take in a younger player while they are raising a young family is pretty selfless.

Babysitters are pretty expensive, think it is a smart move by Eddie

 

[GrommoT]

It'll be great if Eddie just picks crows players and screws the AWFL over

Actually would rather Eddie didn't pick any Crows players.

 

[Thetrader15]

Babysitters are pretty expensive, think it is a smart move by Eddie

Stengle will be free most Saturday nights

 

[fabs33]

After 2 years in the AFL system, and back in his home city ....this is unusual

Sounds like he has some "learning" & "guidance" required, and Eddie's the man

Betts has been one of our best recruitment storys both on and off the field.

 

[WaynesWorld19]

Betts has been one of our best recruitment storys both on and off the field.

And I desperately hope, once he retires ....Betts is kept at the club, a in a player welfare role

 

[jackster83]

And I desperately hope, once he retires ....Betts is kept at the club, a in a player welfare role

Head of Football

 

[WaynesWorld19]

Head of Football

Wasn’t that Burton interview on Sportsday SA awful ..... the guy speaks terrible and would find it hard to command respect .... yes on knowledge of footy fitness, but not on life experiences or mentoring young players or coaches

 

[Deaneus!]

And I desperately hope, once he retires ....Betts is kept at the club, a in a player welfare role

Imagine being a young Aboriginal bloke and having Andrew McLeod and Eddie Betts turn up to your place to talk to you about maybe coming to play for Adelaide

 

[WaynesWorld19]

Imagine being a young Aboriginal bloke and having Andrew McLeod and Eddie Betts turn up to your place to talk to you about maybe coming to play for Adelaide

HUGE !!

 

[Bearded Clam]

And I desperately hope, once he retires ....Betts is kept at the club, a in a player welfare role

Unfortunately i think i read somewhere last year that, whilst she doesnt mind adelaide, eddie’s wife is very keen to move back home to vicco as soon as eddie retires from playing.

 

[MRB37]

And I desperately hope, once he retires ....Betts is kept at the club, a in a player welfare role

He won't be. He'll be headed back to Victoria once he retires.

 

[WaynesWorld19]

He won't be. He'll be headed back to Victoria once he retires.

Why is everyone so sure about this ?

 

[1970crow]

I wonder why Macca’s Norm Smiths don’t go on the locker.

 

[MRB37]

Why is everyone so sure about this ?

Cause he's talked about it in interviews. His talk was he wasn't super keen to stay involved in football post his playing career and wanted to move back to Victoria and get into teaching with younger kids.

 

[Jeffcrowe]

Wasn’t that Burton interview on Sportsday SA awful ..... the guy speaks terrible and would find it hard to command respect .... yes on knowledge of footy fitness, but not on life experiences or mentoring young players or coaches

No empathy which is almost number 1 trait needed dealing with young men

 

[Jeffcrowe]

Unfortunately i think i read somewhere last year that, whilst she doesnt mind adelaide, eddie’s wife is very keen to move back home to vicco as soon as eddie retires from playing.

Doesn’t surprise me as not sure she’s overly invested

 

[WaynesWorld19]

Cause he's talked about it in interviews. His talk was he wasn't super keen to stay involved in football post his playing career and wanted to move back to Victoria and get into teaching with younger kids.

He could still do that, working with Andy McLeod & his work

 

[WaynesWorld19]

No empathy which is almost number 1 trait needed dealing with young men

Think the speed of his delivery is half the problem, along with the pitch of his voice .......sounds more like a salesman than a Manager

 

[Jeffcrowe]

Think the speed of his delivery is half the problem, along with the pitch of his voice .......sounds more like a salesman than a Manager

Insecure and over compensating

 

[treeman]

Cause he's talked about it in interviews. His talk was he wasn't super keen to stay involved in football post his playing career and wanted to move back to Victoria and get into teaching with younger kids.

Could be exactly right but I too remember when Wayne Carey said he was going to retire buy a servo in his old country town.

People change their minds.

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[WaynesWorld19]

Insecure and over compensating

When Burton is talking on a subject he knows, he's very fluent in his delivery & slows the delivery down .....in area's he feels under pressure he speeds up his delivery, voice is an octive higher, and he Um's and Ar's an incredible amount .....he's obviously very nervous

 

[WaynesWorld19]

Could be exactly right but I too remember when Wayne Carey said he was going to retire by a servo in his old country town.

People change their minds.

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It sometimes depends on the offers that are tabled

IIRC Bulldogs Tom Campbell retired from the Bulldogs .....then came out of retirement to join North

 

[StickerMan]

Whether Eddie lives in SA, VIC or timbucktoo, I would still have him employed by AFC.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Could be exactly right but I too remember when Wayne Carey said he was going to retire buy a servo in his old country town.

People change their minds.

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That's exactly right

Scott Thompson wasn't interested in coaching post-football either.

Then when the time gets nearer they realise the huge opportunities that are available to them in football compared to the outside world. Also the value their 15 years in the game brings compared to their 0 years of experience elsewhere.

 

[ChilliP]

That's exactly right

Scott Thompson wasn't interested in coaching post-football either.

Then when the time gets nearer they realise the huge opportunities that are available to them in football compared to the outside world. Also the value their 15 years in the game brings compared to their 0 years of experience elsewhere.

Thompson was originally planning to be a fireman when he left, him and Sloane were doing qualifications together. I reckon he learnt that firemen don't get paid a few hundred grand per year and decided to go into coaching.