What They're Saying - The Bulldogs Media Thread - Part 4

[Optimistic Dog]

As I heard this footy joke on radio I will post in the media thread.

Why do people not swim at St Kilda
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Because they have only got one flag.

 

[Bulldogs85]

Statement: Bulldogs accept suspended sanction

The Western Bulldogs have accepted the AFL’s $20,000 suspended sanction for administrative errors identified in the 2022 AFLW Total Player Payments.

www.westernbulldogs.com.au

The Western Bulldogs have accepted the AFL’s $20,000 suspended sanction for administrative errors identified in the 2022 AFLW Total Player Payments.

The Club will not have to pay the sanction unless a similar breach is identified in the AFL or AFLW programs up to the end of their respective 2024 seasons.

The Club has implemented additional compliance measures and procedures to ensure future administrative errors are avoided.

 

[Prince Imperial]

Statement: Bulldogs accept suspended sanction

The Western Bulldogs have accepted the AFL’s $20,000 suspended sanction for administrative errors identified in the 2022 AFLW Total Player Payments.

www.westernbulldogs.com.au

The Western Bulldogs have accepted the AFL’s $20,000 suspended sanction for administrative errors identified in the 2022 AFLW Total Player Payments.

The Club will not have to pay the sanction unless a similar breach is identified in the AFL or AFLW programs up to the end of their respective 2024 seasons.

The Club has implemented additional compliance measures and procedures to ensure future administrative errors are avoided.

Further evidence of how woefully managed our women's football program has been.

 

[doggies ftw]

Further evidence of how woefully managed our women's football program has been.

Is there anyway I can blame this on Bevo somehow?

 

[ossie_21]

Statement: Bulldogs accept suspended sanction

The Western Bulldogs have accepted the AFL’s $20,000 suspended sanction for administrative errors identified in the 2022 AFLW Total Player Payments.

www.westernbulldogs.com.au

The Western Bulldogs have accepted the AFL’s $20,000 suspended sanction for administrative errors identified in the 2022 AFLW Total Player Payments.

The Club will not have to pay the sanction unless a similar breach is identified in the AFL or AFLW programs up to the end of their respective 2024 seasons.

The Club has implemented additional compliance measures and procedures to ensure future administrative errors are avoided.

Interesting timing to get this out just after the new drug controversy

 

[dogwatch]

Interesting timing to get this out just after the new drug controversy

Why’s that Ossie?

 

[ossie_21]

Why’s that Ossie?

The classical distraction to try & hide other news, such as a drugs furore

It’s somehow the current top story on news.com.au for AFL

 

[dogwatch]

The classical distraction to try & hide other news, such as a drugs furore

It’s somehow the current top story on news.com.au for AFL

Ah ok. “News.com” says it all. I should have guessed they’d be a player in this too.

The drug story is about 40 times more important than an admin error in the AFLW.

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

Cough a bit of positivity for a change

IF ...​

footy usually produces more lows than highs ...

THEN ...​

you wouldn't know that by simply observing Cody Weightman

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. He's always smiling, always bouncing. And he's always doing the team thing, no matter the numbers on the scoreboard. I love it, rapt for him that he kicked six goals last week.

 

[Bulldog rick]

Absolutely love Libba

Libba joins The Front Bar

Bulldogs Media | Western Bulldogs

Watch the latest videos from the Western Bulldogs

www.westernbulldogs.com.au

 

[bobs head soup]

Absolutely love Libba

Libba joins The Front Bar

Bulldogs Media | Western Bulldogs

Watch the latest videos from the Western Bulldogs

www.westernbulldogs.com.au

He really is a gem.

Paraphrasing, but best bit was when he was given the Bob Murphy quote about Libba making his teammates play braver, and Libba replies deadpan "it's not hard to make him play braver." Gold.

 

[geoffjennings79]

I've decided to assume that all our players, staff and officials are drug-addled 365x24x7, so anything less than that is a win.

Glass (rolled up $100 note?) half full all the way...!

 

[Bulldogs85]

Article on AFL website

SAM DARCY thought it was just a corked quad when he came off the SCG last July. It ended up being much worse.

Burst blood vessels forced him to remain in Sydney when the team headed home. It ultimately cost him another two months, just when he was back in the team. Yet another unusual injury that required specialist intervention.
The 2021 pick No.2 has endured a brutal welcome to the AFL. While those drafted around him – Nick Daicos (51 games) and Jason Horne-Francis (42 games) – have played plenty of football early, including big finals, Darcy has spent more time in hospitals and in the rehab group than on the park. Richmond key defender Josh Gibcus is in the same boat.

Darcy arrived at the Whitten Oval with a stress fracture in his foot, which wiped out most of his debut season. Then he missed a chunk of football last year when a hole was discovered in his lung. A fractured jaw in the VFL and the incident at the SCG limited Darcy to just seven AFL appearances until his return against Gold Coast last Sunday in Ballarat.
"It has definitely had its challenges. You always try and set yourself lofty goals for the season coming ahead. It can be tough at times when you get setbacks, especially ones that are so random and obnoxious and you don't see coming," Darcy told AFL.com.au this week after kicking two goals from 15 disposals at Mars Stadium.

"I think I've handled it pretty well – as tough as it can be at times – I've tried to stay positive and grow in different areas off-field. I think it's a mindset that will hold me in good stead in the long run. You also learn good habits going through those injuries.
"It was tough not being out on the track but you do build up a lot of resilience through lots of different injuries. I've been able to practice different off-field stuff like mindfulness, yoga and breathwork, which you might not have time to explore otherwise. I can take them into my career going forward."

While the Whitten Oval was being redeveloped, both literally and figuratively over the off-season, Darcy was coming and going every other day. No player was spotted at the club more between the club's final game in August and the start of the pre-season in November.
Darcy was one of the standouts across the pre-season and was stiff not to be picked against Melbourne in round one. He had been in a battle with Rory Lobb

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all summer for the spot behind Tim English in the ruck and alongside Aaron Naughton

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and Jamarra Ugle-Hagan inside 50. He didn't whinge. Instead, he went back to the VFL and kicked five goals for Footscray in a practice match. It was only going to be a matter of time before he got the spot.

"I was obviously disappointed initially, but there is only one thing you can do and that's keep your head down and try and prove to the coaches that you are good enough to be in the team and keep performing," Darcy said.
"I think it's a good sign for our list that there is that healthy, competitive, fight for spots. Lots of people are fighting for spots, so it's not just us. Me and Rory get on really well. We are both here trying to put our best foot forward. We'll just leave it up to the coaches."

Darcy is unlike almost any athlete the AFL has seen. Standing at 208cm, the Scotch College product has played in the ruck and in a key post at either end across his first eight games. He is lighter and more mobile than most close to his size, providing the high-performance department with a unique challenge to develop. Long-term he wants to be a ruckman who plays forward. But right now, with the reigning All-Australian ruckman in the side, the split is the other way.

"During the pre-season I did a lot of work in the ruck working closely with 'Ladey' [midfield coach Brendon Lade

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] and Tim English. That ruck craft is something I want to have in my arsenal going forward," he said.
"The plan now is that ruck-forward mix. I've played down back in the past, so I've always got that if needed. I'm going to say a ruck-forward (in the long-term). Think more ruck than forward, but not too fazed as long as I'm playing."

Lade is in his corner, but ironically, for a long time the Port Adelaide great was one of his dad's toughest opponents. At the turn of the century, Luke Darcy and Lade were two of the best ruckmen in the country, competing for All-Australian blazers. Darcy collected one in 2002 when he shared the Leigh Matthews Trophy with Michael Voss. Lade secured two in 2006 and 2007 after leading the Power to their only AFL premiership in 2004.

"Ladey has been really helpful with my development," he said. "I've worked with him really closely on my craft stuff in the mornings on the touch floor. After training we go through edits. He is so knowledgeable and experienced in the game. Hall of Fame career at Port Adelaide, assistant at different clubs, so he has been a great sounding board for me."
Darcy is a third-generation player at the Dogs. He has red, white and blue blood coursing through his veins. His dad played 226 games, captained the club and is now the football director on the board. His grandfather, the late David Darcy, played 133 games for Footscray between 1963 and 1971, as well as two stints with South Adelaide in the SANFL.

"For as long as I can remember, this is what I've wanted to do," he said. "I've always wanted to play AFL, always wanted to play for the Bulldogs. It is pretty special when you think about it."

Darcy has had to be patient. Now he is ready to make up for lost time.

 

[Golden_6]

Interesting that Darcy has said long term he wants to be a ruckman who plays forward.

From a team perspective it probably makes sense given he’d likely always be the third banana in a forward line that contains Naughton & JUH. Whether his ruckman call eventuates next season if English leaves or 4 or 5 years down the track as English gets older will be the interesting development.

 

[TiAn_]

While English is around there’s no reason for Darcy to take on the lead ruck duties for another 2-3 years, until he’s 23-24 years old and his body is completely ready. Even solid units like Goldstein weren’t first ruck until 22-23. Until then, he can be a pretty devastating forward/ruck and learn his ruck craft without being battered around.

 

[H Dolphin]

A 3rd generation Darcy. David was a failed forward turned champion defender. Luke a useful forward and a good enough ruckman to be among the Brownlow favourites in one year. Let's hope young Sam continues the upward trend, particularly starting this weekend. Weightman for one game aside, our forwards have been abysmal.

 

[H Dolphin]

While English is around there’s no reason for Darcy to take on the lead ruck duties for another 2-3 years, until he’s 23-24 years old and his body is completely ready. Even solid units like Goldstein weren’t first ruck until 22-23. Until then, he can be a pretty devastating forward/ruck and learn his ruck craft without being battered around.

Scott Wynd won his Brownlow in his 4th year. John Schultz won his in his 3rd year. This is Sam's 2nd year. The lad has momentum on his side. What are the odds on Sam for this year's Brownlow and where's the nearest bookie ?

 

[dogwatch]

A 3rd generation Darcy. David was a failed forward turned champion defender. Luke a useful forward and a good enough ruckman to be among the Brownlow favourites in one year. Let's hope young Sam continues the upward trend, particularly starting this weekend. Weightman for one game aside, our forwards have been abysmal.

Pretty sure Luke won an AFLPA MVP one year. Right up there with the best in his peak years.

 

[H Dolphin]

Pretty sure Luke won an AFLPA MVP one year. Right up there with the best in his peak years.

With the Windsors, Xis, Kennedys; possibly Cains, certainly Liberatores, Abletts, Whittens, Vineys; Darcys are right up there, a long way from Sunshine YCW.

 

[Bulldogs Legend]

We had a pretty capable recruiter and that didn’t stop Bev trying to do his job too, long before Covid ever hit. He’s done some incredible things as our coach but it doesn’t mean you have to be his butler in fairyland.

Dosent mean you have to exaggerate every minor thing. Hardly crime of the century a Coach having opinions on recruiting. Let me know what senior coach had no say in recruiting?

 

[Bulldogs Legend]

I don't disagree with this at all but it doesn't address the post that you quoted. Before COVID, it's pretty well known/rumoured around this board that Bevo had run-ins with Dalrymple and McCartney as our recruiting manager and list manager, Beveridge apparently didn't want to concede all his power to those two in future planning, and we lost those two for this reason. McCartney in particular has done an excellent job overseeing the long-term planning of GWS to get them to where they are now and continues to be highly regarded in the AFL industry, promoted from list manager to GM of Football for GWS (Egan's role). It's a shame that we lost McCartney and there's no reason to think that we couldn't have eventually promoted him into the role that he's at GWS now and Egan has now, had he had a better relationship with Beveridge.

In a similar manner Dalrymple was apparently very unhappy at Beveridge overrulling the work they had done in analysing the draft pool for our rookie pick in the 2017 draft, promoting Billy Gowers from our VFL team. This shows you the difficult nature of the relationship and managing the division of responsibilities among highly capable footy staff at the time - Beveridge was not entirely wrong pushing for Gowers, who proved to be our 2018 leading goalkicker, and insisting on selecting Gowers was the right call as we got better-than-expected value out of him. On the other hand, you can't be overruling what should have been clear division of responsibilities, and Dalrymple and the team may have been confident that they would have drafted someone like Brody Mihocek or Liam Baker, players that went later in the rookie draft and presumably we were looking at.

I seem to recall it was primarily conflict between Macartney and Dalrymple but whatever
Of course coaches will have some say in recruiting it’s them who take ultimate responsibility for the team on the field. There would not be a club coach in in club who doesn’t have some say.
This is the issue with this sort of criticism it’s way out of proportion.
Btw plenty of people on here bagged the crap out of Macartney when he was at our club

 

[TiAn_]

Dosent mean you have to exaggerate every minor thing. Hardly crime of the century a Coach having opinions on recruiting. Let me know what senior coach had no say in recruiting?

Who’s exaggerating? Not one post you’re replying to said a coach doesn’t get to have any say in recruiting. Given you can’t even recall the issue in question, you should stop trying to lecture others about it.

 

[Bulldogs Legend]

Who’s exaggerating? Not one post you’re replying to said a coach doesn’t get to have any say in recruiting. Given you can’t even recall the issue in question, you should stop trying to lecture others about it.

I can recall it it’s just not your version that I recall. It’s just OTT nonsense the sort of crap I would expect from Cornes and Wilson just jump on every bit of crap to support your lecture to others.
Btw this is a forum so i will give my opinion just as you and others gave theirs

 

[TiAn_]

I can recall it it’s just not your version that I recall. It’s just OTT nonsense the sort of crap I would expect from Cornes and Wilson just jump on every bit of crap to support your lecture to others.
Btw this is a forum so i will give my opinion just as you and others gave theirs

You’re “recalling” that Dalrymple had issues with McCartney. Dalrymple never said he left because of issues with McCartney, he said his issue was with Beveridge overstepping his role. Myself and other posters are referring to what Dalrymple said himself. So park the attitude until you go and have a google and get up to speed with everyone else.

 

[Bulldogs Legend]

You’re “recalling” that Dalrymple had issues with McCartney. Dalrymple never said he left because of issues with McCartney, he said his issue was with Beveridge overstepping his role. Myself and other posters are referring to what Dalrymple said himself. So park the attitude until you go and have a google and get up to speed with everyone else.

LOL I will park it when you do
If dalrymple left because a coach overruled him on a Cat B rookie then he is not the type of person you want at the club. FFS it’s not like he was overruled on our number one pick. Childish bullshit and we are definitely better off with Power running the show he knows how to work as a team.
Btw have a look in the mirror before you hand out advice