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Eddie Betts opens up on the weird camp

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  On 04/08/2022 at 05:34, layzie said:

And even then we were found not guilty of tanking but guilty of acting in bad spirit of the game. She should probably get those facts right. 

Agree.

If I recall correctly, Demetriou said there was no such thing as tanking, as the Coach wasn't telling players to go out and lose.

Then in a great piece of comedy, Gil said he didn't even know what tanking was.

Andersen stuffed this up, trying to be too smart and then lost his job, soon after a furious Demetriou returned from his holiday.

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      On 04/08/2022 at 05:41, daisycutter said:

    did you mean eyes wide open blind?

    demetriou was its greatest defender but caught with his pants down when he went to the tennis at wimbeldon

    Since bringing up the topic of Uncle Bitter's camp for masculinity, the nature of your verbiage is taking on a distinctly S&M flavor (i.e. dropping Eyes Wide Shut references). Should I be worrying about you, Daisy?

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    I'm not sure that last sentence resembled English

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      On 04/08/2022 at 07:28, Colin B. Flaubert said:

    Your topics of speaking since bringing up the topic of Uncle Bitter's camp for masculinity, the nature of your verbiage is taking on a distinctly S&M flavor (i.e. dropping Eyes Wide Shut references). Should I be worrying about you, Daisy?

    nah, don't worry colin. you see what you want to see, and that's ok.

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      On 04/08/2022 at 09:09, Demonland said:

     

    That’s a bit different to the formal defensive self-entitled AFL statement…

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      On 03/08/2022 at 07:25, tincan said:

    Haha can't believe I had forgotten about that, thnaks for the reminder!!! Surely this is on Youtube somewhere??

    It's on the Adelaide official YouTube channel for.... unclear reasons.

    Still 1% upset we didn't win by the ton.

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      On 04/08/2022 at 09:29, Supermercado said:

    It's on the Adelaide official YouTube channel for.... unclear reasons.

    Still 1% upset we didn't win by the ton.

    I think his first words after the silent death stare where, I'm  great father, husband , FU mfer's, I'm gonna cup your sacks after the game

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    I'm pretty shocked that people in this thread aren't more up in arms about this and some are even suggesting it's a hoax. There should be serious ramifications on this and the people responsible should serve jail time. It is beyond unacceptable what they put these players through and they have to live with it. For shame.

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    The ex Crows Chairman , Rob Chapman, should take a long hard look at himself.

    He denied in a public statement, everything we have heard about the camp and basically had a go at anyone complaining.

    He would have spoken to the FD before his statement, made some time after the issue blew up. He was aware of the allegations and what went on. He showed no care for his players at all.

    Mark Riccuto is not far behind him.

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      On 04/08/2022 at 13:01, BenF said:

    I'm pretty shocked that people in this thread aren't more up in arms about this and some are even suggesting it's a hoax. There should be serious ramifications on this and the people responsible should serve jail time. It is beyond unacceptable what they put these players through and they have to live with it. For shame.

    Jail time?

    Can you explain that please?

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    Borderline psychos play-acting at being commandos. What could go wrong? And the club wilfully put their playing list at the mercy of these cowboys. Great God.

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    On the school run this arvo so caught the Jenkins speech on SEN. Wow. If there's anyone still at the club who were involved in the decision making around that camp i reckon they'll be gone before the weekend is over. 

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      On 05/08/2022 at 06:13, Mazer Rackham said:

    Borderline psychos play-acting at being commandos. What could go wrong? And the club wilfully put their playing list at the mercy of these cowboys. Great God.

    And told them to remain silent!!!

    I would be taking a class action against these cowboys 

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    This Jenkins interview is bloody damning. 
    I wonder if all this stuff about Don Pyke is why Buddy is leaving

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    Every dog on the street knew that this camp was toxic. I'm amazed it has taken this long for someone to publically speak out

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    Credit to Jenkins for having the courage to speak up. I believe most of the Crows board/football staff have moved on since 2018 with the exception of Rucciuto.

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      On 05/08/2022 at 06:21, deeTRACted said:

    This Jenkins interview is bloody damning. 
    I wonder if all this stuff about Don Pyke is why Buddy is leaving

    Pyke didn't show good judgement or leadership. He either thought what was happening was ok which is a worry or wasn't strong enough to stand up and say what was happening isn't right. As the coach he is the most senior figure that the playing list, young men look up to, he failed them 

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