FAREWELL CHRIS DAWES

[jnrmac 20,065]

14 minutes ago, Ron Burgundy said:

Agree Nutbean. The payment issue wreaks of absolute small mindedness. AFL players get paid - it's a professional sport. That some people here still can't wrap their head around this (and the sums involved) diminishes their opinion in relation to this issue.

Plainly, Dawes took his contract seriously and he was committed to the club - he just failed to deliver. I expect, more than anyone else, he's upset about that.

Good luck to the bloke - seems to be a quality individual.

 

Its astounding that small minded and jealous poeple whine about this stuff. We have to pay the salaries. Its not a choice.

I'd like for those that criticise Dawes to name the long list of players who wanted to come to the MFC during that period? Name the player that we could have genuinely lured to the club?

The answer is zero.

[beelzebub 23,376]

On 10/24/2016 at 4:25 PM, Moonshadow said:

Well spotted you.

We need a sarcasm font

maybe we can emoti-paranthesise !!  e.g.  your text 

[Willmoy1947 4,088]

What about emoti trump, should cover everything.........................................wouldn't know how to do it though.

[La Dee-vina Comedia 16,754]

1 minute ago, willmoy said:

What about emoti trump, should cover everything.........................................wouldn't know how to do it though.

Just use something that's orange in colour.

[Lucifers Hero 39,801]

http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/chris-dawes-isnt-shocked-by-his-delisting-at-melbourne-but-believes-he-had-a-role-to-play-in-2017/news-story/e0f296b02ad61822ecf9d36a38166318

While Dawes acknowledges he was not able to get on the park, he said: “I could never really imagine myself getting to the point where the club would want to get rid of me...I reckon they really are on the cusp of finals, particularly with the list that they’ve built and I saw a spot for myself there as a senior player who is able to do a lot of the heavy lifting and help these young players if I can absorb some physical pressure for them,” he told RSN. “But obviously the club saw it differently.”

I'm a little sad that a guy who seems a really good bloke leaves with negative comments about our club.  He does not seem to be aware of his shortcomings and that there is no room for a player whose role is to absorb some physical pressure.
 

[Adam The God 30,256]

22 minutes ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/chris-dawes-isnt-shocked-by-his-delisting-at-melbourne-but-believes-he-had-a-role-to-play-in-2017/news-story/e0f296b02ad61822ecf9d36a38166318

While Dawes acknowledges he was not able to get on the park, he said: “I could never really imagine myself getting to the point where the club would want to get rid of me...I reckon they really are on the cusp of finals, particularly with the list that they’ve built and I saw a spot for myself there as a senior player who is able to do a lot of the heavy lifting and help these young players if I can absorb some physical pressure for them,” he told RSN. “But obviously the club saw it differently.”

I'm a little sad that a guy who seems a really good bloke leaves with negative comments about our club.  He does not seem to be aware of his shortcomings and that there is no room for a player whose role is to absorb some physical pressure.
 

I wouldn't be surprised if Roos really rated him, hence his mind-boggling selection most weeks he was actually fit, but Goodwin doesn't rate him. And he'd be right not to. The time is right for Chris to move on. 

[chook fowler 19,459]

He was paid a lot to do not very much for 4 years. Surprising lack of insight on his behalf to feel the club should keep him on.

[Lucifers Hero 39,801]

3 minutes ago, A F said:

I wouldn't be surprised if Roos really rated him, hence his mind-boggling selection most weeks he was actually fit, but Goodwin doesn't rate him. And he'd be right not to. The time is right for Chris to move on. 

Agree AF.  I suspect his nose is out of joint that we chose Pederson to do the 'heavy lifting and absorb the physical pressure' next year. 

But it would have been nice for him to be gracious and acknowledge all the support he received over the 4 years rather than have a winge on the way out. 

[beelzebub 23,376]

The Dawes experiment in principle was merited. Could have gone really well  but alas, injury etc just nobbled him. Nice bloke. Wish him well.   Life goes on

[beelzebub 23,376]

4 minutes ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

Agree AF.  I suspect his nose is out of joint that we chose Pederson to do the 'heavy lifting and absorb the physical pressure' next year. 

But it would have been nice for him to be gracious and acknowledge all the support he received over the 4 years rather than have a winge on the way out. 

Unfortunatelyy I think for Chris his EOC coincided with the changing of the guard( above )  Life's like that sometimes !!

[Moonshadow 17,676]

Wouldn't mind him staying on in a non playing role as I believe he's an excellent mentor and Hogan and the other forwards apparently appreciated his guidance. If he can get over his delisting and wants to develop coaching skills, maybe a line assistant or similar might be an option. If he gets a gig elsewhere, so be it and good on him. He's still young enough to play if he can get his body right and work into some form. IMO the chances of this are slim, so he'll need a plan B.

[nutbean 8,838]

3 minutes ago, Moonshadow said:

Wouldn't mind him staying on in a non playing role as I believe he's an excellent mentor and Hogan and the other forwards apparently appreciated his guidance. If he can get over his delisting and wants to develop coaching skills, maybe a line assistant or similar might be an option. If he gets a gig elsewhere, so be it and good on him. He's still young enough to play if he can get his body right and work into some form. IMO the chances of this are slim, so he'll need a plan B.

If he doesn't get a gig at AFL level which looks unlikely I would like to see him as a line assistant but also continue to play at Casey and onfield mentor on Casey gamedays.. I think he could be of immense value - whilst we understand that his hands were below par, to have a player like Dawes at Casey - commitment to the contest, blocking/shepharding etc would be great learning experiences.

[Moonshadow 17,676]

4 minutes ago, nutbean said:

If he doesn't get a gig at AFL level which looks unlikely I would like to see him as a line assistant but also continue to play at Casey and onfield mentor on Casey gamedays.. I think he could be of immense value - whilst we understand that his hands were below par, to have a player like Dawes at Casey - commitment to the contest, blocking/shepharding etc would be great learning experiences.

Agreed. He has a lot to offer beyond a senior list spot.

[rjay 24,928]

33 minutes ago, Moonshadow said:

Wouldn't mind him staying on in a non playing role as I believe he's an excellent mentor and Hogan and the other forwards apparently appreciated his guidance. If he can get over his delisting and wants to develop coaching skills, maybe a line assistant or similar might be an option. If he gets a gig elsewhere, so be it and good on him. He's still young enough to play if he can get his body right and work into some form. IMO the chances of this are slim, so he'll need a plan B.

 

24 minutes ago, nutbean said:

If he doesn't get a gig at AFL level which looks unlikely I would like to see him as a line assistant but also continue to play at Casey and onfield mentor on Casey gamedays.. I think he could be of immense value - whilst we understand that his hands were below par, to have a player like Dawes at Casey - commitment to the contest, blocking/shepharding etc would be great learning experiences.

 

18 minutes ago, Moonshadow said:

Agreed. He has a lot to offer beyond a senior list spot.

Time for him to move on...

If he wants a coaching career I think it should be at another club.

Our FD list is well balanced currently and we don't need a novice coach.

18 hours ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/chris-dawes-isnt-shocked-by-his-delisting-at-melbourne-but-believes-he-had-a-role-to-play-in-2017/news-story/e0f296b02ad61822ecf9d36a38166318

While Dawes acknowledges he was not able to get on the park, he said: “I could never really imagine myself getting to the point where the club would want to get rid of me...I reckon they really are on the cusp of finals, particularly with the list that they’ve built and I saw a spot for myself there as a senior player who is able to do a lot of the heavy lifting and help these young players if I can absorb some physical pressure for them,” he told RSN. “But obviously the club saw it differently.”

I'm a little sad that a guy who seems a really good bloke leaves with negative comments about our club.  He does not seem to be aware of his shortcomings and that there is no room for a player whose role is to absorb some physical pressure.
 

Our team is now past needing someone to absorb the physical pressure, particularly if they are not on the ground (injured) and more particularly if the opposition defenders don't show you any respect.

 

[Wrecker45 3,378]

I'm pretty sure Viney, Tyson, Jones and Lewis can implement enough physical pressure we don't need a big forward that can't mark to absorb some. Best of luck Dawes you were a good servant but I will forever be amazed you could take overhead marks when you played against Melbourne but never could when you played for Melbourne.

 

 

[Satyriconhome 10,878]

18 hours ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

Agree AF.  I suspect his nose is out of joint that we chose Pederson to do the 'heavy lifting and absorb the physical pressure' next year. 

But it would have been nice for him to be gracious and acknowledge all the support he received over the 4 years rather than have a winge on the way out. 

Perhaps now Chris is not on the  list he thought I'll give Demonland a read, oh look they whinge a lot so it will be cool if I display a sense of ingratitude 

 

[jnrmac 20,065]

18 hours ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

Agree AF.  I suspect his nose is out of joint that we chose Pederson to do the 'heavy lifting and absorb the physical pressure' next year. 

But it would have been nice for him to be gracious and acknowledge all the support he received over the 4 years rather than have a winge on the way out. 

Really? You are better than this. 

Dawes was naturally disappointed as any player would be.

[bandicoot 1,395]

Any chance of the Dees picking him up as a rookie?

Backup if hogan or pederson are out and weids is not ready to play. 

We have had far worse rookies on our list in the past 

[The Chazz 4,077]

19 hours ago, A F said:

I wouldn't be surprised if Roos really rated him, hence his mind-boggling selection most weeks he was actually fit, but Goodwin doesn't rate him. And he'd be right not to. The time is right for Chris to move on. 

I don't think Roos rated how much his contract was.  I would love to find the article, but I vaguely remember Roos saying that we were overpaying certain parts of our team, and he used some %'s to explain where the team was at, and that by the end of 2016 (I think), our list would've been at the right balance as far as who was getting paid what they should be.  No doubt Dawes was among those that were getting paid more for the output they provided.

[stuie 7,374]

1 hour ago, billy2803 said:

I don't think Roos rated how much his contract was.  I would love to find the article, but I vaguely remember Roos saying that we were overpaying certain parts of our team, and he used some %'s to explain where the team was at, and that by the end of 2016 (I think), our list would've been at the right balance as far as who was getting paid what they should be.  No doubt Dawes was among those that were getting paid more for the output they provided.

It was Mahoney who talked about that.

Also, you can't backdate contracts in hindsight, so best to get over it.

 

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6 hours ago, Moonshadow said:

Wouldn't mind him staying on in a non playing role as I believe he's an excellent mentor and Hogan and the other forwards apparently appreciated his guidance. If he can get over his delisting and wants to develop coaching skills, maybe a line assistant or similar might be an option. If he gets a gig elsewhere, so be it and good on him. He's still young enough to play if he can get his body right and work into some form. IMO the chances of this are slim, so he'll need a plan B.

Marking coach perhaps.

[The Chazz 4,077]

18 hours ago, stuie said:

It was Mahoney who talked about that.

Also, you can't backdate contracts in hindsight, so best to get over it.

 

Stuart, if you actually read the conversation that I was having with AF, you would've noticed that I was questioning how much Roos did actually rate Dawes (which AF believed that Roos may have rated CD quite highly).  My response was implying that Roos may have rated him, but it was highly likely that he didn't rate the contract that he was on, and they were making plans to bring more in to line to what they (the FD) believe he is worth and the end of said contract.

It's not about wanting to backdate contracts and me needing to "get over it", it's just contributing to the conversation, which is something you are quite incompetent at doing.

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20 hours ago, C.Smoker Champion said:

Marking coach perhaps.

Volleyball coach?

[Mazer Rackham 14,971]

26 minutes ago, dino rover said:

Volleyball coach?

Scene: MSAC basketball/volleyball hall

Dawes: ... so when your teammate sets the ball for you, I want you to try to catch it.

Player: Catch it?

Dawes: Yep. Try it now. I'll set it for you ... now try to  catch it!
 
(Player catches it)

Dawes: No, that's not right. I don't want you to *actually* catch it.

Player: I don't get it.

Dawes: I want you to *try* to catch it.

Player: What?

Dawes: Here, I'll show you. Set the ball for me ... and now I *try* to catch it---

(Ball rockets over the net at a sharp downward trajectory, cannons into the ground with a booming sound and bursts open.)

Dawes: There. See what happens when you *try* to catch it?

Player: Sh!t. This might actually work.

[Coq au vin 755]

On 26/10/2016 at 8:20 AM, nutbean said:

 

The great "class" divide.

He can't even spell reeks. Nutcase.

Edited October 29, 2016 by Diamond