The Ox

[BAMF 3,812]

Was there ever a link to a podcast of this interview?

[Biffen 12,445]

The Ox was a game-changer and a match winner . No wonder some of less talent like to slam the dude .

He comes across as a guy who doesn't care but on the filed he cared about winning the game at any cost.

On the punt he was some kind of freak also .

Mortals on here and on radio , TV or print can say what they like .

He had the killer instinct .

The dude is a frickin Demon legend.

Love or hate The OX

Would you like to play on him or get him angry?

No .

So shut up .

[old dee 23,109]

The Ox was a game-changer and a match winner . No wonder some of less talent like to slam the dude .

He comes across as a guy who doesn't care but on the filed he cared about winning the game at any cost.

On the punt he was some kind of freak also .

Mortals on here and on radio , TV or print can say what they like .

He had the killer instinct .

The dude is a frickin Demon legend.

Love or hate The OX

Would you like to play on him or get him angry?

No .

So shut up .

Spot on Biff

If not for the injuries this guy would be held in the same esteem as Carey.

He has his heart in the right place.

and on top of that I like the guy.

[My TD 156]

We like to elevate to legend status those who don't really deserve it .

He coulda been as good as Carey ........ but wasn't .

Had a good year in '94.

He won a B&F in '99 after we finished 14th.

Once pushed Sam Newman over ..... Big deal .

[Sir Why You Little 35,144]

We like to elevate to legend status those who don't really deserve it .

He coulda been as good as Carey ........ but wasn't .

Had a good year in '94.

He won a B&F in '99 after we finished 14th.

Once pushed Sam Newman over ..... Big deal .

Very harsh.

He also had his knee reconstructed 3 times and returned to play for our club the MFC.

[My TD 156]

Not sure if that makes him a legend .

[Sir Why You Little 35,144]

Not sure if that makes him a legend .

Depends on your personal definition doesn't it. The Ox did his best once his body let him down. Edited January 3, 2012 by why you little

[Guest Jackie]

Not a legend but was a tragedy for himself and the club when he did his knee. Perhaps our only genuine superstar candidate for decades prior and since then. The type of player who could dominate games. With him fully fit we would have been premiership contenders for sure.

Edited January 3, 2012 by Jackie

[Dinosaur Rover 197]

So thats why he was employed by an Top 8 club as an Forward coach.

So he's not articulate enough for modern media junkies who want some [censored] talk about how the wheels been reinvented and all your fathers Ideas are & always were obsolete.

He's a Melbourne great, and a fantastic radio drive time Jock.

Very entertaining & humerous, (Humour or humor (see spelling differences) is the tendency of particular cognitive experiences to provoke laughter and provide amusement. The term derives from the humoral medicine of the ancient Greeks, which taught that the balance of fluids in the human body, known as humors (Latin: humor, "body fluid"), control human health and emotion.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humour LoL...

Well you raised it and it is the silly season - As Theodoric of York said it on SNL...

Theodoric of York: Well, I'll do everything humanly possible. Unfortunately, we barbers aren't gods. You know, medicine is not an exact science, but we are learning all the time. Why, just fifty years ago, they thought a disease like your daughter's was caused by demonic possession or witchcraft. But nowadays we know that Isabelle is suffering from an imbalance of bodily humors, perhaps caused by a toad or a small dwarf living in her stomach.

Perhaps this applies to Ox...perhaps not.

There is a Bill Murray piece where he explains humors straight to camera which is fantastic - I couldnt find it.

[dee-luded 2,958]

Well you raised it and it is the silly season - As Theodoric of York said it on SNL...

Theodoric of York: Well, I'll do everything humanly possible. Unfortunately, we barbers aren't gods. You know, medicine is not an exact science, but we are learning all the time. Why, just fifty years ago, they thought a disease like your daughter's was caused by demonic possession or witchcraft. But nowadays we know that Isabelle is suffering from an imbalance of bodily humors, perhaps caused by a toad or a small dwarf living in her stomach.

Perhaps this applies to Ox...perhaps not.

There is a Bill Murray piece where he explains humors straight to camera which is fantastic - I couldnt find it.

Your @ the crossroads my friend. LoL...

Could this be him @ it?

Bill Murray explaining things & putting them into Perspective,,, @ the 6Min-40 second mark... Maybe you better go full screen for this little message !!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Imdo5qL99o

[dee-eee 231]

Don't mind The Ox in small doses on SEN. He's a simple soul and something of a natural buffoon. I cringe but laugh at the same time when he seems to lack the common sense to moderate his "Australianisms" when interviewing overseas sporting identities. They can be perplexed into silence by his rhyming slang and "fair dinkums" !

[Harrisonrules 273]

I also listened to the interview and thought it was outstanding.An interesting point raised by David,was that right through the time that Daniher was there,Daniher could not cop the Ox, thought he was not good enough.

Pity Daniher didn't know of the Ox's good years.

I remember a radio broadcast involving Swan McKay following a dominant performance by the Ox, speaking of him as the Nureyev of football. Or the day in the final when the Ox had received a knock on the head five minutes from the end after a premier performance by the Ox and a big Melbourne win, the reporter arked Balmie if he had thought of taking him off as a precautionary move as the game was well and truly over. Balmie, laughed, 'Why I just love watching him play. So easy to have forgotten the enormous range of skill he had, sensational marking, wonderfully kicking and exquisit agility. Perhaps the closest thing we have had to a modern day superstar.

[Dinosaur Rover 197]

Your @ the crossroads my friend. LoL...

Could this be him @ it?

Bill Murray explaining things & putting them into Perspective,,, @ the 6Min-40 second mark... Maybe you better go full screen for this little message !!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Imdo5qL99o

Is that the pump house reference? Non comprendez? - the sketch I was referring to was probably on SNL and it has BM dressed in middle ages garb - he explains how in the past medicine thought that common maladies were the result of demonic possession (or something like that) but now through advances in science we know that illness is actually the result of imbalances in bodily humors (ka-ching) - he delivers funny things with such a straight face.

The guitarist with the white cap was very good.

[dees64 104]

The Ox made Daniher? Oh thats right, daniher was never made.

Out of the 2, give me the Ox.

Let see, both wiped out with multi Knee injuries. Both Top class players. Ox was better. Especially Pre Injury, & better post. But a Lad & larakin.

But Daniher was what, a conservative? And in charge? And we went nowhere but backwards.

The Ox made Daniher? Oh thats right, daniher was never made.

Out of the 2, give me the Ox.

Let see, both wiped out with multi Knee injuries. Both Top class players. Ox was better. Especially Pre Injury, & better post. But a Lad & larakin.

But Daniher was what, a conservative? And in charge? And we went nowhere but backwards.

I agree Daniher did not make tough calls on players to improve our list but lets not forget his achievements

6 final series from 10yrs

1 GF & 2 prelims

Club was broke & continued board issues, Gutnick etc, Poor training facilities, no oval to train on during preseason

To achieve playing in finals with the issues the club faced was a good effort

[dee-luded 2,958]

Is that the pump house reference? Non comprendez? - the sketch I was referring to was probably on SNL and it has BM dressed in middle ages garb - he explains how in the past medicine thought that common maladies were the result of demonic possession (or something like that) but now through advances in science we know that illness is actually the result of imbalances in bodily humors (ka-ching) - he delivers funny things with such a straight face.

The guitarist with the white cap was very good.

HaHaHa, that Guitarist with white cap is very good. There was a little bit of talent on that stage, ka-ching.

The pump house, yeah, I was using a Bill Murray reference to segway to this little gem of guitarists. Just to lighten the Xmas mood.

[dee-luded 2,958]

I agree Daniher did not make tough calls on players to improve our list but lets not forget his achievements

6 final series from 10yrs

1 GF & 2 prelims

Club was broke & continued board issues, Gutnick etc, Poor training facilities, no oval to train on during preseason

To achieve playing in finals with the issues the club faced was a good effort

Yep, he Overachieved with a worse & worse list til' finally he ran the List into Total disrepair, Under his watch.

It's taken Us, since 2008 to bottom right out to regrow our list & now we have to spend another couple of years developing the kids to AFL top level, recruiting this draft, top up players to tide us over..

This poor list management Very Nearly killed us off! Achievements, yeah, for his resume'.

But Not for our History.

Edited January 3, 2012 by dee-luded

[Guest lambtotheslaughter]

Gotta love theox

His tale of listening to the Port game played in Darwin in 2009 when Trenners punched through a behind so we won by a solitary, and David telling of punching the air and whoop whooping as he entered Geelong near the trotting track as he was driving home was a beauty. Shows where his heart really is

He was a bloody beautiful player. headband and all

[Sir Why You Little 35,144]

HaHaHa, that Guitarist with white cap is very good. There was a little bit of talent on that stage, ka-ching.

The pump house, yeah, I was using a Bill Murray reference to segway to this little gem of guitarists. Just to lighten the Xmas mood.

Bill Murray as Hunter S Thompson in "Where the buffalo roam" is pure genius.