1 hour ago, Sir Why You Little said:

 

Mate the last time Colin was near a Football environment (Fremantle) he couldn’t wait to run away after signing a contract. 

He can’t handle hard work. We should all know that, the MFC carried him for 9 years, made me angry.

(and yes i know he visited lots of kids in hospital, but that wasn’t his reason for employment)

I never said that he didn't have issues, Maybe l pity him. I had my frustrations for the ability he had however l understand where your coming from.  I will choose my words carefully next time.

It is time to leave Colin alone and hope that he can find a way to deal with his problems.

The contract between players and clubs is a two way street - the player agrees to play to his best ability and the club agrees to provide an environment where the player can develop both as a player and as a person.

Sadly, in his time at the club, our club was racked by poor performance and poor leadership and failed to provide an environment where Colin could develop both as a player and as a person. He was not the only one who was adversely affected but he seems to have attracted the most publicity and comment.

He deserves to be allowed to mature without our commentary. This thread should be closed.

 Not a comment on The situation Colin finds himself in but it must be difficult making the transition from full time footballers to civilians particularly if you haven’t planned ahead. 

You go from making 100’s of thousands of dollars a year and in an environment where you are told where to be, what to eat and when to exercise. You have the mateship and adrenaline. Your picture is in the papers and your playing deeds are featured on the tele each week. You can get into any night club in the country and people who wouldn’t normally pay you any attention hang off your every word just because you play football 

And then all that is gone, literally overnight. The rivers of gold stop and the security of being micro managed ends. I remember reading an article (by perhaps Tim Boyle) who, after retiring, was amazed how quickly his body went from being elite athlete back to normal person. Not only do they do it physically but socially and possibly financially they become mere mortals. Psychologically that must be a confusing trip. 

21 hours ago, fndee said:

 Not a comment on The situation Colin finds himself in but it must be difficult making the transition from full time footballers to civilians particularly if you haven’t planned ahead. 

You go from making 100’s of thousands of dollars a year and in an environment where you are told where to be, what to eat and when to exercise. You have the mateship and adrenaline. Your picture is in the papers and your playing deeds are featured on the tele each week. You can get into any night club in the country and people who wouldn’t normally pay you any attention hang off your every word just because you play football 

And then all that is gone, literally overnight. The rivers of gold stop and the security of being micro managed ends. I remember reading an article (by perhaps Tim Boyle) who, after retiring, was amazed how quickly his body went from being elite athlete back to normal person. Not only do they do it physically but socially and possibly financially they become mere mortals. Psychologically that must be a confusing trip. 

Especially when the journey starts so young. I'm 34, so at the age now where I'd likely have been out of the system for a couple of years now if I'd been a good player in the AFL. I'm at the stage of my life where I am established in my career and financially stable and comfortable, but it took a decade of slog, stress, sacrifice and mental breakdown or two in my twenties to get here. I'm a lot stronger and better placed to deal with life's difficulties thanks to having had to go through the hard way. I can't imagine what it would be like trying to basically start from scratch at this stage now. I realise that for people like Colin much of the struggle is of their own doing for not setting themselves up when they could have, but to me that doesn't dull the empathy for the situation. Most young adults aren't going to appreciate the stress of every day adult life if they're not exposed to it, so I don't blame him or any of them for missing that boat. Psychologically it would now be a struggle.

That said, I have no sympathy at all for some of his alleged behaviour. Nothing justifies his reported treatment of his partner for example. He has to own that, and fix it pronto.

I know an ex girlfriend of his.

Despite the fact that I continually protested that he's a massive talent etc, she pretty well said he's a dumb scumbag. 

It's possible I was wrong.

That said, I've been wrong about a lot of stuff in recent years.

 

Col needs help. No ifs, buts or maybes. I would be curious to see if he is currently employed.

I have bagged the legacy he and Beamer left for younger blokes but by the sounds of things, if someone doesn’t step in, he will be in jail or Boot Hill soon based on his last 18 months.

Well seems like Col is just spiraling out of control..

 

At least he spent the ill gotten gains wisely

16 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Well seems like Col is just spiraling out of control..

 

A dangerous man. No sympathy

there goes another good pre season opportunity

When god blessed him with football talent, he clearly forgot to bless him with a brain cell or two... or some human decency.

What an absolute idiot!

 

Dumb footy jock

Will be living on the streets in no time, due to his own rank stupidity.

So many "wake up calls", and yet he is still sound asleep.

13 minutes ago, faultydet said:

Dumb footy jock

Will be living on the streets in no time, due to his own rank stupidity.

So many "wake up calls", and yet he is still sound asleep.

Just one of many who has struggled with life after footy.

It's incredible he never enrolled into University or even a Tafe course just to have as a back up option. 

We'll struggle to get a job with his current bad reputation spiralling out of control.

1 minute ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Just one of many who has struggled with life after footy.

It's incredible he never enrolled into University or even a Tafe course just to have as a back up option. 

We'll struggle to get a job with his current bad reputation spiralling out of control.

He is simply too dumb.

First interview I ever saw of him had him sniffing like an addict after every few words. Came across as a moron. Went to school with many similar people, and almost all of them turned out to be losers. Seems the first impression was the correct one.

This bloke has Cousins/Mainwaring written all over him.

Yep, thats about last drinks for Col.

What a peanut.

1 hour ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Well seems like Col is just spiraling out of control..

 

The rest he just squandered?

1 minute ago, TRIGON said:

The rest he just squandered?

Thanks Georgey Best! A great line...

2 minutes ago, TRIGON said:

The rest he just squandered?

Ah, Georgie Best.

It's very sad in a way. For all his 'dumbness' I didn't think he was malicious or conniving. This last thing is a worry.

2 minutes ago, jnrmac said:

Thanks Georgey Best! A great line...

Beat me to it!

1 hour ago, Sir Why You Little said:

A dangerous man. No sympathy

You would make a great Social Worker. 

Col is not a bad man from what I know of him, just not too smart. I think the problems he has had post footy, including his realationship with an ex girlfriend, have got the better of him and he is making poor choices. He is probably not in a good state of mind at the moment and I hope he gets some help and gets his life back together. 

Once a [censored] head always a [censored] head

Malcolm Blight coached StKilda from the Portsea Golf Course. Col may have to consider coaching Meringur via correspondence from Sale.

I believe they have a nice gym at the Daily Planet. He probably was just working out.

Must be the dumbest [censored] to ever wear the red and blue.

2 hours ago, Redleg said:

You would make a great Social Worker. 

Col is not a bad man from what I know of him, just not too smart. I think the problems he has had post footy, including his realationship with an ex girlfriend, have got the better of him and he is making poor choices. He is probably not in a good state of mind at the moment and I hope he gets some help and gets his life back together. 

Never been a victim of crime Red? I doubt you’d be as sympathetic if so. He’s a grown man who has made poor choices, no sympathy here. I’ll direct my sympathy towards the victims of Colin’s crime.