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Brad Green's Retirement - It's Official

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troll, you say?

You continue to slyly twist meaning in an observation Malthouse made about Terry Wallace, in order to bag out on Neeld.

Twisting meanings and miscontextualizing to suit an agenda = trolling.

 

You continue to slyly twist meaning in an observation Malthouse made about Terry Wallace, in order to bag out on Neeld.

Twisting meanings and miscontextualizing to suit an agenda = trolling.

My god RR is there such a word?

.If there is you win the award for today

what Malthouse said was ...

Whether or not Malthouse would advocate ...

the thoughts of Malthouse ...

Malthouse has a history of saying one thing and doing another.

Case in point: he once had a crack at another coach over something that was said or done to said coach's players. "I would never ever do that to my players" said St Mick. Lo and behold, next day in the papers was an article from one of his former players ... Great Mick had done exactly that!

There are other examples.

But leaving that aside, why is Mick's opinion so important?

It makes no practical difference either way. We can't do a damn thing about it. The only opinions that have any relevance are those of our footy department. Let's let them do the job their way.

And ... GO DEMONS!

 
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I don't think it's that.

There are some who are so addicted to whining that they don't pass up a single opportunity to throw a chilly blanket of negativity over anything in reach.

They can turn any topic -- even the robot spaceship on Mars -- into something negative about MFC. ("Imagine if our footy department was in charge of it ... it would have landed on Venus!")

They enjoy it.

A shocking, destructive habit, but there it is.

Ted, sadly I think you're right.

What's that saying? A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks.

Ben Hur summed it up well. Neeld must clean the list before he can be judged in any way.

All coaches deserve that respect.


My god RR is there such a word?

.If there is you win the award for today

yes, definitely in the running for word of the day (WOD)

yes, definitely in the running for word of the day (WOD)

Jimmi C used "dickwittery"

I reckon they are the two to fight it out DC

What do you think?

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Jimmi C used "dickwittery"

I reckon they are the two to fight it out DC

What do you think?

good pickup od. i missed that one. it does have a certain mellifluous tonality to it.

we might have to apply the dc countback rule here if there are no new nominations by close of business sunday

 
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My god RR is there such a word?

.If there is you win the award for today

I hope so OD, or I'll look like a right [censored].

When I read the age this morning I thought great Brad got pushed and had this horrible image of Brad running around in GWS colours next year. But if a club that will win a flag in the next season or 2 speak to him then I can understand if he does play because his point of retiring was to leat a kid have a spot on the list.

But reading the herald sun article it sounds like it was brads decision and he will officially retire after round 23. Anyway I reckon he would be a good development coach at an AFL club.


good pickup od. i missed that one. it does have a certain mellifluous tonality to it.

we might have to apply the dc countback rule here if there are no new nominations by close of business sunday

I will review again tomorrow DC but it is hard to see anyone topping those two!

And Essendon apparently keeps 'old man' Fletcher for another year....

The Keep Brad Green /Trade jack Watts /Sack Neeld group will be saddened by this not so shock announcemnet.

well done Brad.

I will miss the commentators bringing up the fact that you tried out for Man, United every time you take a shot for goal .

And your straight kicks and gutsy marking.Brad leaving is very much the last of the old guard signing off.

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The Keep Brad Green /Trade jack Watts /Sack Neeld group will be saddened by this not so shock announcemnet.

Please explain your grouping (and use a grammar/spellchecker).

I will review again tomorrow DC but it is hard to see anyone topping those two!

you never know. i suspect the biffenator is already working on it


you never know. i suspect the biffenator is already working on it

No "Dickwittery"works for me .

Cant top it .

Please explain your grouping (and use a grammar/spellchecker).

That grouping is surely the axis of entropy and should be left unamended.

If I see Green and McDonald running around in orange and grey next year I will be very disappointed. I hope that Green left on his own terms and was not shown the door.

I think McDonald has offically retired, no way Green will go to GWS, but I can see him running around in an Carlton, Essendon, Collingwood or even a Fremantle Jumper next year. Green would be great value as a third or Fourth forward in a team that should be playing finals next year


Didn't I read somewhere in the last couple of weeks that Green has done (or is doing) a coaching course? If so, I wonder if there's any chance the MFC might retain him at the club in some sort of role that could allow him to gain the practical experience that could see him eventually progressing to an assistant coaching position.

A couple of key points that I took out of his speech was the fact that yes, he has been meeting with Neeld on a weekly basis about his futue (among other things I'm sure). The other thing BG mentioned was about looking at what preseason 14(?) was going to look like.

I have come to the conclusion that BG was not at all pushed, but was made aware of this preseasons expectations of ALL players who "want to buy in", and considering Brad's circumstances (age, confidence in his body, etc), he decided that preseason 2012/13 was something that he wasn't willing to put his body through, just to get one more year of playing footy.

Ability wise he would be more than capable of playing games next year, but it's the journey between day 1 of preseason and Round 1 of season 2013 that probably didn't look appealing.

Could be wrong, but I beleive it would make a lot of sense if Brad felt this way.

 

Didn't I read somewhere in the last couple of weeks that Green has done (or is doing) a coaching course? If so, I wonder if there's any chance the MFC might retain him at the club in some sort of role that could allow him to gain the practical experience that could see him eventually progressing to an assistant coaching position.

Usually retired players coach at a different club to get experience in another...wouldn't mind this so long as he doesn't play in another jumper! If he does we will know is that he didn't go willingly

Heard today in an operating theatre (often a great source for footy news and gossip) that Brad did not retire on his own terms. Very disappointed if that is the case.


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