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The Hird Interviews


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So who are the 'A' team. To my knowledge he hasn't named anyone, surely Robbo and his mates could follow up with a question and follow up with the A team to see if they were ever a realistic chance to be at EFC or just another "Truth".

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The AFL should strip him of his Hall of Fame status.  

Maybe give him a new honour:  Hall of Infamy!! :o

Complete with a recording on loop of Roosevelt saying 'Essendon Coach, James Hird, a name which will live in infamy'

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Good old social media:

http://beta.theage.com.au/afl/essendon-supplements-saga-social-media-mocks-james-hirds-explanation-20160114-gm6fib.html

By the by the age is updating its website. The beta test site doesn't have a pay wall

 

You can browse the normal age website in icognito mode and they paywall doesn't trigger.

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Perhaps in exile Hird can take a role in North Korea as Integrity & Information Minister, they could rename the Kim Dynasty to the Jim Dynasty and he could carry on his good work there.

 

Kim-Jong-Il,-tumblr_inl....jpeg Jim Jong Hird

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Tracy appears to have taken over Tania's role as head cheerleader for TEAM HIRD. BTW anyone seen Tania's mug on the big screen recently?

A role for Tania during the interview could be to hold up enlarged copies of her notes for James to read at the appropriate moments. She has copious notes don't forget. 

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I have not read it ( I have refuse to now listen or read anything he puts out ) so I guess asking the next question then makes me a hypocrite but does he mention anything about "the Records"

"Records??  Do you mean the Footy Record?  I have lots of those at home. I have kept and framed every on that has my photo on the cover.  Keep them next to the dressing room suite mirror.  But how could they help redress this diabolical injustice?"

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Actually im a little surprised we haven't seen the media cap outside his house. But my god he is blaming others again. Wonder what McCartney will have to say and Im sure Mark Thompson will no doubt fire back. 

High performance was the mantra from top to bottom with then club president David Evans driving us to find the best ways to do everything we did," Hird wrote.

"It would become clear our football team team was uncompetitive in the "strength stakes". 

"Our thinking was heavily influenced in 2011 by two-time premiership coach Mark Thompson, who was my senior mentor, and Brendan McCartney, my senior assistant coach."

 

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Actually im a little surprised we haven't seen the media cap outside his house. But my god he is blaming others again. Wonder what McCartney will have to say and Im sure Mark Thompson will no doubt fire back. 

High performance was the mantra from top to bottom with then club president David Evans driving us to find the best ways to do everything we did," Hird wrote.

"It would become clear our football team team was uncompetitive in the "strength stakes". 

"Our thinking was heavily influenced in 2011 by two-time premiership coach Mark Thompson, who was my senior mentor, and Brendan McCartney, my senior assistant coach."

 

OMG he just cannot see it.  Everybody else is to blame and absolutely nothing to do with him, the one who said early on as I recall, that he would take full responsibility.   

Pathologically deluded.  

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Actually im a little surprised we haven't seen the media cap outside his house. But my god he is blaming others again. Wonder what McCartney will have to say and Im sure Mark Thompson will no doubt fire back. 

High performance was the mantra from top to bottom with then club president David Evans driving us to find the best ways to do everything we did," Hird wrote.

"It would become clear our football team team was uncompetitive in the "strength stakes". 

"Our thinking was heavily influenced in 2011 by two-time premiership coach Mark Thompson, who was my senior mentor, and Brendan McCartney, my senior assistant coach."

 

Imagine what is on those other tapped calls between friends other than "the good stuff"

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you mean those idiot sheets, I think they're called?

Yes Dee L, that's what I meant. Idiot sheets. We don't think James is the sharpest tool in the shed so it's an eerily appropriate name.

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Yes Dee L, that's what I meant. Idiot sheets. We don't think James is the sharpest tool in the shed so it's an eerily appropriate name.

ssshh, he thinks he is... so does his Tinia.  thinks the world of him.  sticks to him like another layer.

 

problem with 'james h' is,  he thinks everyone else are idiots,  who'll just follow & believe him.

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