Scully "steps away"

[forever demons 2,206]

26 minutes ago, 58er said:

Have you answered your own questionFD? 
$75,000 was he worth it 

I don't think so.

I watched  some MCG games up to 1965 then every week games in Melbourne to 1992 till I moved interstate to work. that's 27 years by about 18 games per season plus 30 other prior  totalling over 500 games !!!!

I have no recollection of Tilly being a catalyst to the Dees improvement while he was playing for us. IOW we made a poor decision to pay him so much.

We were not screwed by him we made that decision and Rjay has now admitted he didn't describe GWS decision correctly.
What we paid Todd Viney  and Earl Spalding  in 1987 when they joined was more realistic for example and worth the money.

you need a bex and a good lie down

[Lord Nev 13,512]

Has officially retired.

 

[ManDee 7,124]

Stuffs another club

[Demonland 70,257]

10 minutes ago, Lord Nev said:

Has officially retired.

 

[Diablo Rhino 22]

I won't say I'm happy celebrating the premature end to this bloke's career (or any AFL player for that matter), but it does feel like a fitting demise.

[58er 5,928]

On 1/30/2021 at 5:21 PM, forever demons said:

you need a bex and a good lie down

Thanks FD it's much better than a reality check

[Sir Why You Little 36,628]

Bye ? 

[In Harmes Way 7,700]

Meh.

[one_demon 826]

Was on ridiculous money at Greater Western Sydney.  Walks away a multi-millionaire

[whatwhat say what 22,122]

his retirement has far more to do with the health of his father-in-law - gavin robertson - than it does some salacious rumour

[YesitwasaWin4theAges 6,534]

An average footballer who made millions as a matter of circumstance rather than talent. 

Would have been a decent endurance runner at the olympics.

[La Dee-vina Comedia 16,644]

I wish Scully well in his retirement and bear him no ill will.

I'm more interested, though, in what this means for Hawthorn. I can't recall what Patton's position is (stood down by the club? retired?) Anyway, what opportunities does Hawthorn have to fill these gaps either before season 2021 begins or during the year?

[george_on_the_outer 7,429]

Anyone else posting unfounded rumours will score a ban from this site...

Go to BigFooty instead

[Little Goffy 13,990]

Presumably this is early enough for Hawthorn to replace him on the list?  Or is there a salary cap payout issue where he has to stay on for the year?

The important thing is that Hawthorn are still relying on a pretty old best-22 and they have a very thin talent pool with not much to show for the last four or five drafts.

Only genuine long-term Hawthorn failure is good enough for me.

[old dee 23,489]

Whenever his name comes up I immediately think of his and Trengove’s selections at one and two in the draft.

We did not even interview the number three  selection. That number has won GF’s and Norm smith medals.

What a wonderful FD / management group we had back then.

[DemonOX 8,697]

Good see ya. 

[daisycutter 29,320]

in my book hwfua stopped existing late 2011

 

[deegirl 1,497]

On 1/27/2021 at 8:39 AM, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Surprised MFC supporters still hate him.

Yes, in 2012 and 2013 I can understand the hate but surely by now he's a long forgotten former MFC player that is now at his third club and is probably near retirement.

 

Nope.  I'm petty.  I hate Gerard Healy for leaving in 1985, why should Scully be special?  ?

It's not the leaving that was the issue, it was the way it was done.  When I resign from a job i have to front my boss and tell them I'm leaving.  Scully should've afforded MFC the same respect.  

[Lord Travis 10,458]

25 minutes ago, old dee said:

Whenever his name comes up I immediately think of his and Trengove’s selections at one and two in the draft.

We did not even interview the number three  selection. That number has won GF’s and Norm smith medals.

What a wonderful FD / management group we had back then.

Been done to death. All recruiters had Scully and Trengove at 1+2. Port even tried to trade up two top 10 picks to get Trengove at 2. Until premature burden of captaincy and injury, Trengove was the best of the lot. Hindsight shows Martin and Cunnington at pick 3 and 5 were the best mids drafted at the top end. The issue for us has always been player development. The talent was there to develop and we could not do that. That’s still a key issue for us today, but we are improving finally.

Anyway back on topic, cya Sculldog. Got paid more than you ever deserved and will be always be disliked by the masses. Still, got lots of cash to enjoy a life with so power to you!

[old dee 23,489]

7 minutes ago, Lord Travis said:

Been done to death. All recruiters had Scully and Trengove at 1+2. Port even tried to trade up two top 10 picks to get Trengove at 2. Until premature burden of captaincy and injury, Trengove was the best of the lot. Hindsight shows Martin and Cunnington at pick 3 and 5 were the best mids drafted at the top end. The issue for us has always been player development. The talent was there to develop and we could not do that. That’s still a key issue for us today, but we are improving finally.

Anyway back on topic, cya Sculldog. Got paid more than you ever deserved and will be always be disliked by the masses. Still, got lots of cash to enjoy a life with so power to you!

No matter what club Scully went to he was never going to developed into a champion of the caliber of Martin. At that time we were picking purely on the basis of how players performed as juniors with little regard to how they would develop as senior players. 

[La Dee-vina Comedia 16,644]

47 minutes ago, deegirl said:

Nope.  I'm petty.  I hate Gerard Healy for leaving in 1985, why should Scully be special?  ?

It's not the leaving that was the issue, it was the way it was done.  When I resign from a job i have to front my boss and tell them I'm leaving.  Scully should've afforded MFC the same respect.  

Just to add some balance, I suspect when you got that job, you had a choice of employer. Scully didn't. I think it's important to remember that to get into the AFL, players have to accept limitations on choice when they start. I therefore don't have as much angst as some when players choose to leave when the opportunity arises.

[Sir Why You Little 36,628]

A long distance runner on a $Mill a year

The AFL have a lot to answer for

Edited February 2, 2021 by Sir Why You Little

[FritschyBusiness 1,463]

Really when you look at everything that happened with Scully, Melbourne came out pretty well with the assets. 

Scully compensation was turned into Dom Barry and Jesse Hogan.

Hogan was very entertaining to watch at the time at the club, then we turned him into Steven May and Kolo. 

We are left with May and he has so much more value than Scully and Hogan. 

[Demonsone 1,951]

Scully yet another early draft pick no longer playing.... how many top 10 picks Scully, Trengove, Watts, toumpas, Morton.....train wreck of our clubs recruiting & development/culture

[Demon trucker 1,800]

10 hours ago, ManDee said:

Stuffs another club

What the club that used pick 65 to get him to harm done