Why does the Melbourne media love Neil Balme?

[raymond35]

Honestly, the man is a total buffoon. Spent two days mocking reporters and saying there was nothing wrong with Dustin Martin, only for the coach to admit he is suffering from a badly corked thigh.
Yet today i see no mention of Balmes lies.
After his career as a thug player, failed coach and now glorified dressing room doorman ( I've actually seen him performing this role ), i just don't understand the medias love affair with him.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Because everywhere he goes results follow.

 

[Nostradumbass]

This is new and exciting information.

 

[The King!]

what did he do wrong exactly?

 

[Barry_Badrinath]

He’s no Gubby Allen lmao

 

[JB1975]

I like the man. Wouldn't trust a word he utters about player fitness on the eve of a final, but otherwise strikes me as a good bloke.

 

[Royce Hafey]

Honestly, the man is a total buffoon. Spent two days mocking reporters and saying there was nothing wrong with Dustin Martin, only for the coach to admit he is suffering from a badly corked thigh.
Yet today i see no mention of Balmes lies.
After his career as a thug player, failed coach and now glorified dressing room doorman ( I've actually seen him performing this role ), i just don't understand the medias love affair with him.

Whoever stuffed all those smokes in your mouth needs to do something to silence those typing fingers because that was one of the more floggish posts I've seen on Bigfooty. Firstly, Balme wasn't a thug. Knocking out Carlton players is a community service (I would have thought a Collingwood supporter would understand that). Secondly, I just listened to the Balme interview about Dusty on SEN and he didn't say anything of the kind - he stubbornly refused to answer whether Dusty had an injury or not. Thirdly, as you're a supporter of one of the three clubs that won premierships immediately after hiring him I would have expected a little bit more gratitude. But now he's our premiership winning, Carlton thumping, press manipulating doorstop, not yours. So suck it up princess!

 

[Milanista28]

Loves a cheeky 24 nuggets for $10.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

I’d say he probably has a fairly good relationship with the media and treats them with respect.

He’s long had regular stints on radio etc while working for a club.

It’s only human nature to lay the boots into douchebags and go easy on good people.

 

[Barry_Badrinath]

Anyone got footage of him I think from his Geelong days where they were interviewing Ablett or someone in the changerooms and he walks out of the toilet, realised he’s on camera and then sheepishly walks away

 

[sprockets]

Anyone got footage of him I think from his Geelong days where they were interviewing Ablett or someone in the changerooms and he walks out of the toilet, realised he’s on camera and then sheepishly walks away

Was he giving 'it' a shake?

 

[00Stinger]

Because everywhere he goes results follow.

except Melbourne

 

[evo]

except Melbourne

I think he found out pretty early in the piece that coaching wasnt really his thing.

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

Honestly, the man is a total buffoon. Spent two days mocking reporters and saying there was nothing wrong with Dustin Martin, only for the coach to admit he is suffering from a badly corked thigh.
Yet today i see no mention of Balmes lies.
After his career as a thug player, failed coach and now glorified dressing room doorman ( I've actually seen him performing this role ), i just don't understand the medias love affair with him.

All Balme has been saying is Martin WILL play. Now, unless Martin misses the game, how did he lie? As for "Buffoon", you've got NFI.

 

[living_in_syd]

The only thing he is lying about is his secret love for a monte carlo

 

[Shane Heard]

Whoever stuffed all those smokes in your mouth needs to do something to silence those typing fingers because that was one of the more floggish posts I've seen on Bigfooty. Firstly, Balme wasn't a thug. Knocking out Carlton players is a community service (I would have thought a Collingwood supporter would understand that). Secondly, I just listened to the Balme interview about Dusty on SEN and he didn't say anything of the kind - he stubbornly refused to answer whether Dusty had an injury or not. Thirdly, as you're a supporter of one of the three clubs that won premierships immediately after hiring him I would have expected a little bit more gratitude. But now he's our premiership winning, Carlton thumping, press manipulating doorstop, not yours. So suck it up princess!

Community service lol

Dean Wallis nods approvingly

 

[Gaben]

All Balme has been saying is Martin WILL play. Now, unless Martin misses the game, how did he lie? As for "Buffoon", you've got NFI.

He literally said "there's nothing wrong with him"

 

[Ron The Bear]

Neil Balme is the godfather of football.

 

[Muddiemoose]

He literally said "there's nothing wrong with him"

Club official not giving player injury info out to media before a game... in other news water is wet

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

I think he found out pretty early in the piece that coaching wasnt really his thing.

I had the pleasure of working with Balmey when he came to Norwood (SANFL) as coach in 1980. He was the first to admit he didn't know a lot about coaching but his strengths were in people management. The players loved him, supporters loved him, and his ability to deal with the media was 1st class. I was never surprised that he didn't succeed as an AFL coach, but equally not surprised that he found his niche in the game in other roles. Totally approachable and a great bloke.

 

[Gaben]

Club official not giving player injury info out to media before a game... in other news water is wet

Follow the conversation train, bud.

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

He literally said "there's nothing wrong with him"

Nope, he never said that. He was asked about his injury, he didn't comment on that, he kept saying he will be right to go on Friday night.

 

[Mr_Moogle]

Yeah Balme sucks. Send him to Adelaide as punishment.

 

[Royce Hafey]

Yeah Balme sucks. Send him to Adelaide as punishment.

He can sing the Tigers song to your players on the bus to their next camp.

 

[raymond35]

Nope, he never said that. He was asked about his injury, he didn't comment on that, he kept saying he will be right to go on Friday night.

His exact words - "there's nothing wrong with him"