THE ESSENDON 34: ON TRIAL

[Dr John Dee 1,057]

LOL. ( I did say it was laughable!).

I am not surprised you have fantasised this bit of rubbish based on the often ludicrous "inside" scoops you sought to ply here

It's been a long saga and you really have pushed the Armageddon theories to fill the gaps to keep your excitement levels up.

Yeah, sure. LOL.

The thing about get-out clauses is they need to be phrased ambiguously enough to be read either way. Yours wasn't.

[deefrag 277]

Even this is untrue. The only rider that could even begin to be applied to was Christophe Bassons - in reality, the whole peloton wanted him out, and told him as much. Armstrong was just one of many, and relayed the message on that famous TDF stage where the whole peloton decided to ride slowly - but not tell Bassons. Bassons' biggest problems/issues were from within his own team, where the pressure on him to juice up, shut up or ship out became too much.

Not wanting to sidetrack this thread, but the Armstrong/Hird comparisons are just spurious, and even moreso when they're based on untruths. Armstrong was a kid from a trailer park who grew up with a chip on his shoulder to become a fighter and at times a thug and bully. But he wouldn't be the first elite sportsman to display those characteristics.

Much as I dislike Hird and his behaviour through all this, I would say he was just pushing the envelope, while not actually trying all that hard to make sure things were above board. At another club, at another time, where he wasn't given free reign because he was seen as the new messiah, the outcome would have been different. On the other hand, every cyclist in the 90's who doped knew exactly what they were doing and that it was illegal.

Hird is a cheat: Hird and Dr Ageless go back to the early 90s when James was recieving "dietary" advice ie doping. Hird is an abuser: harming the reputation, careers and possibly the health of 34 people in his "team". Hird is a bully: using expensive PR and legal tactics to attack those who dare criticise him. Hird is a Psychopath: self centered, unable to show remorse, blames everybody but himself, no concience, win at all costs attitude ETC. The only difference between Hird and Armstrong is the amount of sports geography that they sullied, apart from that I would say they are brothers in arms!

PS retracted "Hird is a criminal" but may repost when appropriate . . .

[Dees2014 2,377]

LOL. ( I did say it was laughable!).

I am not surprised you have fantasised this bit of rubbish based on the often ludicrous "inside" scoops you sought to ply here

It's been a long saga and you really have pushed the Armageddon theories to fill the gaps to keep your excitement levels up.

Well all the speculation will play out over the next 12 months or so. We will see who is right. Your self righteous indignation will be revealed for what it is, as will your un-erring defence of the behaviour of the Hirds and Little in the face of overwhelming evidence against them.

Fortunately there is a process in place which will ensure truth will out. I wonder if we will see any recant from you when the sentences are eventually handed down. Somehow I think not.

Edited January 28, 2015 by Dees2014

[La Dee-vina Comedia 16,731]

Well all the speculation will play out over the next 12 months or so. We will see who is right. Your self righteous indignation will be revealed for what it is, as will your un-erring defence of the behaviour of the Hirds and Little in the face of overwhelming evidence against them.

Fortunately there is a process in place which will ensure truth will out. I wonder if we will see any recant from you when the sentences are eventually handed down. Somehow I think not.

Wow. Two highly optimistic statements in one post.

I'm not confident 12 months will be long enough for anything to play out. And, however the matter plays out, I'm not expecting the truth will ever see the light of day.

[nutbean 8,838]

Wow. Two highly optimistic statements in one post.

I'm not confident 12 months will be long enough for anything to play out. And, however the matter plays out, I'm not expecting the truth will ever see the light of day.

The truth will out - just multiple versions of the truth from different sources with different agenda's, replete with glaring additions and more glaring omissions.

[old dee 23,786]

Today Robbo at the HUN has return from holidays and he has a back page article on Hird and Little and what went on just before the AGM last year.

There is not one gram of new information in this article.

Back Page to tell us nothing new wow.

The HUN / Robbo at their finest

What a load of crap

[biggestred 5,071]

Today Robbo at the HUN has return from holidays and he has a back page article on Hird and Little and what went on just before the AGM last year.

There is not one gram of new information in this article.

Back Page to tell us nothing new wow.

The HUN / Robbo at their finest

What a load of crap

Except that they now owe caro an apology as it appears essendon were going to sack hird.

[old dee 23,786]

Except that they now owe caro an apology as it appears essendon were going to sack hird.

We knew this three months ago that Caro was right

Don't expect an apology from the HUN it took the UK police force /Parliament to get one out of them.

Fat chance they will apologise to Caro

[M_9 2,082]

Except that they now owe caro an apology as it appears essendon were going to sack hird.

I'm pretty sure I posted some time ago that I heard from a senior AFL employee last December that the payout figure Hird negotiated when he signed on was $6 mil.

[daisycutter 29,610]

I'm pretty sure I posted some time ago that I heard from a senior AFL employee last December that the payout figure Hird negotiated when he signed on was $6 mil.

i know you are only passing on what you heard but $6M seems absolutely irresponsible and hints that hird must be holding something over essendon

if hird is eventually sacked over "illegalities" i wonder if his payout would stand up

if he was paid out $6M the ensuing shytefest would be something to behold and bring the total essendon cost to an enormous figure

this saga just keeps on giving

[Dees2014 2,377]

Wow. Two highly optimistic statements in one post.

I'm not confident 12 months will be long enough for anything to play out. And, however the matter plays out, I'm not expecting the truth will ever see the light of day.

Well to be more specific, I think the Hird court case will be tossed out within two weeks, and he may well be forced to resign as a result - this time at last by Essendon.

The findings from the AFL Tribunal will I think be handed down within a month of the season starting, and l am expecting them to be favorable to the players which will allow them to continue playing, with probably several of the coaches including Hird receiving longish sentences (maybe a couple of years each). This will be unacceptable to ASADA who will appeal it, l assume through the AFL appeal mechanisms. They will then probably confirm the AFL Tribunal findings, but this could take another month, although as it is in the control of the AFL they clearly have an interest in accelerating the process.

WADA will then step in and appeal this to CAS which may take as long as a further four or five months which will get us to the end of the season. CAS will l suspect impose at least two year bans on the players (dated from the CAS hearing as that will be the first time they will actually be banned from playing IMHO), and Hird will, like Armstrong, get a life ban from all sports. That will be the end of the formal sports judiciary process as CAS's word is final on these matters, and we will know the formal outcome therefore by the end of 2015.

However, that certainly will not be the end of the consequences. I expect all the players (and possibly their parents as well as Essendon have been regularly briefing them over these last three years saying there is nothing to worry about) rubbed out will sue the AFL, Essendon, and Hird in the courts, and they will win but it could take a further two years. No doubt given the Hirds' personalities there will be appeal upon appeal going right to the High Court as each court finds against him and Tania, and that could go on for years. Hird of course in this process will counter sue the AFL - God knows how long that will take, but in this process it will probably send the current EFC entity to the wall, and the brand will be sold by the liquidators into a new entity.

Then there is Workcover.........

Edited January 29, 2015 by Dees2014

[Dees2014 2,377]

I'm pretty sure I posted some time ago that I heard from a senior AFL employee last December that the payout figure Hird negotiated when he signed on was $6 mil.

I would be amazed if they paid him a cent if he were fired. Surely they have a clause in the contract which allows them to fire him for nothing on the grounds of incompetence and dishonesty? But then again, they are Essendon!

Edited January 29, 2015 by Dees2014

[La Dee-vina Comedia 16,731]

Well to be more specific, I think the Hird court case will be tossed out within two weeks, and he may well be forced to resign as a result - this time at last by Essendon.

The findings from the AFL Tribunal will i think be handed down within a month of the season starting, and i am expecting them to be favorable to the players which will allow them to continue playing, with probably several of the coaches including Hird receiving longish sentences (maybe a couple of years each). This will be unacceptable to ASADA who will appeal it, i assume through the AFL appeal mechanisms. They will then probably confirm the AFL Tribunal findings, but this could take another month, although as it is in the control of the AFL they clearly have an interest in accelerating the process.

WADA will then step in and appeal this to CAS which may take as long as a further four or five months which will get us to the end of the season. CAS will i suspect impose at least two year bans on the players, and Hird will, like Armstrong, get a life ban from all sports. That will be the end of the formal sports judiciary process, and we will know the formal outcome therefore by the end of 2015.

However, that certainly will not be the end of the consequences. I expect all the players rubbed out will sue the AFL, Essendon, and Hird in the courts, and they will win but it could take a further two years. No doubt given the Hirds' personalities there will be appeal upon appeal as each court finds against him and Tania, and that could go on for years. Hird of course in this process will counter sue the AFL - God knows how long that will take, but in this process it will probably send the current EFC entity to the wall.

Then there is Workcover.........

I'm impressed. I got lost in this morass quite some time ago. Whether you're right or wrong, I admire your willingness to (a) take a position and (b) give it a timeline.

[Moonshadow 17,675]

I'm pretty sure I posted some time ago that I heard from a senior AFL employee last December that the payout figure Hird negotiated when he signed on was $6 mil.

FMD $6 mill!!! If true, who the hell at bomberland was stupid enough to agree to this? The board have a lot to answer for. Surely Hird has collected a stack load of 'goat pictures' of various people at EFC to get this sort of deal.

Sheesh, I wish my employer would offer such generous termination terms. I'd be happy with $600k....

[Dees2014 2,377]

We knew this three months ago that Caro was right

Don't expect an apology from the HUN it took the UK police force /Parliament to get one out of them.

Fat chance they will apologise to Caro

Caro though will get huge satisfaction from being right. She and the AGE love sticking it up the HUN, and being confirmed to be right by the truth I suspect would be nothing better as far as she is concerned.

[La Dee-vina Comedia 16,731]

FMD $6 mill!!! If true, who the hell at bomberland was stupid enough to agree to this? The board have a lot to answer for. Surely Hird has collected a stack load of 'goat pictures' of various people at EFC to get this sort of deal.

Sheesh, I wish my employer would offer such generous termination terms. I'd be happy with $600k....

It's the modern version of the Kennedy family versus J Edgar Hoover standoff.

It has been claimed that JFK and Bobby had a picture of Hoover in a (more than) compromising position with Clyde Tolson when it wasn't public knowledge that Hoover was gay (or a cross-dresser). Hoover allegedly had an audio recording of Bobby Kennedy being successfully seduced by Marilyn Monroe which Hoover threatened to release if the Kennedys went after him.

[rjay 24,910]

Well to be more specific, I think the Hird court case will be tossed out within two weeks, and he may well be forced to resign as a result - this time at last by Essendon.

If Hird's case is tossed out wouldn't that be tomorrow when the court give their ruling?

[Dees2014 2,377]

If Hird's case is tossed out wouldn't that be tomorrow when the court give their ruling?

Possibly. Depends on what they say, and whether he appeals. Given past proclivities, they probably will. Either way, I think Essendon will at last bite the bullet and fire him (assuming the case is lost which all my legal contacts say it will be). The only caveat i would put on that is that we have been here before when Hird was as good as fired by the board and clearly he had something over them or someone which he used to be reinstated (how many other business leaders would use blackmail to stay in office - it is classic sociopathic behavior). There MUST be something he has on them, but eventually the evidence will be overwhelming (dare i say it a bit like our current PM - they are both embarrassments who shouldn't be in the offices they hold). Roll on Malcolm Turnbull!

Edited January 29, 2015 by Dees2014

[Gorgoroth 12,941]

I reckon Essendon would be waiting for Hurd to be removed by the AFL so then there is no payout on their behalf.

[Redleg 40,887]

Today Robbo at the HUN has return from holidays and he has a back page article on Hird and Little and what went on just before the AGM last year.

There is not one gram of new information in this article.

Back Page to tell us nothing new wow.

The HUN / Robbo at their finest

What a load of crap

Would it ruin the taste of my fish and chips, if I used it to wrap them up like the old days?

[hardtack 10,534]

Would it ruin the taste of my fish and chips, if I used it to wrap them up like the old days?

Well, you wouldn't need vinegar.

[Sir Why You Little 37,016]

Comparing Hird to Lance Armstrong is interesting.

I don't know who is worse, but i firmly believe they are both psychopathic serial offenders...

[Wrecker45 3,378]

We knew this three months ago that Caro was right

Don't expect an apology from the HUN it took the UK police force /Parliament to get one out of them.

Fat chance they will apologise to Caro

Caro was not right. Or at least the headline of the article was incorrect. Hird was not sacked.

[jnrmac 20,057]

Caro was not right. Or at least the headline of the article was incorrect. Hird was not sacked.

Caro doesn't write the headlines. That's done by a sub-editor.

[daisycutter 29,610]

Would it ruin the taste of my fish and chips, if I used it to wrap them up like the old days?

i remember a chippy a long time ago who's say "herald or age?"