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The Curse of Norm

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I can't help but wonder if there really is a curse on this club. I think that it's getting to a stage now where we are consistently disappointing, rather than being consistently "bad".

It plays on my mind, it really does. The culture went down the drain with his depature.

The day a man leads this club to greatness once again is the day that curse will be broken. Until then, all we can do is deal with mediocrity; at an on-field level and at a board-room level.

Nothing will change until someone comes in with a passion that cannot be exceeded by anyone, anywhere. Someone that will die for this club, and I don't think we're had someone like that lead this club since Norm Smith.

 

I believe in the curse

But why did you post a video of Roy Orbison without his sunglasses? Nice to see we had a celebtity supporter back in the day

Smith was sacked in 1965 after winning the previous season's Flag, and also winning the first 8 games of the season

Umm why the hell was he sacked then?

 

ps. Whats Neale Danihers and Paul Gardners email address?

They need to see that clip

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Umm why the hell was he sacked then?

They had a meeting. The meeting went like this.

"So, I got in the Delorean with Doc and went to 2007. We're supposed to be the laughing stock of the AFL; a prissy club with no aggression or success. The only choice is too sack Norm and therefore lead this club to half a century of disappointment."

Now, that sounds dumb. But it sounds a hell of a lot smarter than sacking a man for no known reason, who may just be the one of the most successful coaches in AFL history.


How do we find the names of the board members that sacked him?

It is those mindless gits that banished our club to decades in the wilderness, and in turn have made our lifes [censored]

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How do we find the names of the board members that sacked him?

It is those mindless gits that banished our club to decades in the wilderness, and in turn have made our lifes [censored]

My life is alright. I'm going to Europe in 20 days lol

But yeah, life's [censored]...

My life is alright. I'm going to Europe in 20 days lol

But yeah, life's [censored]...

Hopefully its not the curse of Norm, just the curse of Calabrese As soon as you leave the country we will start winning

 
How do we find the names of the board members that sacked him?

It is those mindless gits that banished our club to decades in the wilderness, and in turn have made our lifes [censored]

A serious look in the mirror is needed if your blaming the club for a [censored] life!

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Hopefully its not the curse of Norm, just the curse of Calabrese As soon as you leave the country we will start winning

I really hope so. I was actually cursing how many games I was originally going to miss. I still am, but gee, not as much anyone. Last game is Melb v Adel. Should be a beauty :blink:


A serious look in the mirror is needed if your blaming the club for a [censored] life!

The sporting part of my life is [censored]. Frustration

Everything else is good, although I could do with a couple of less inches off my warradonga

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My cousins wants to make a banner and bring it to the game against the roos.

"Re-hire Norm..."

That'd be funny. I'd clearly want no part of that, but it would be an easy path to getting on TV for a few seconds.

Calabrese.

Call it the prevailing culture at the club or curse, it amounts to the same thing.

We've been wandering lost like the jews in the desert but they found their way

out after forty years. We keep repeating failure.

For us, we just set forth into the barren sands from the Junction Oval each week.

Victories are merely a mirage to lift the spirit of the faithful.

What would be the point in playing again in Sept. - we'd only be let down again.

The Club's best hope is the projected shift from the Junction Oval and the passing

of time that will see the the old brigade make way for those like McLean (Captain,)

Sylvia (Vice Captain,) Jones, Newton, Bartram, Frawley etc. The young bloods

with hunger for victory.

You have to admire the foundation that Daniher has built under trying conditions.

Zen-like he has strived to find a path through the sands but to no avail.

Passion is cheap and usually outsmarted. We've tried that.

For me, I'd prefer the one to save us to be a master strategist. I couldn't care less

if he was even uninterested in the Demons so long as he was all-consumed by

conquering.

My life is alright. I'm going to Europe in 20 days lol

i went last year, i wish i was going this year instead, last year we were atleast winning games then

enjoy europe, i loved it, where you going?

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i went last year, i wish i was going this year instead, last year we were atleast winning games then

enjoy europe, i loved it, where you going?

london for 3 days, contiki for 17 days (european whirl, all over), spain for 7, italy for 2 weeks :)


I can't help but wonder if there really is a curse on this club. I think that it's getting to a stage now where we are consistently disappointing, rather than being consistently "bad".

It plays on my mind, it really does. The culture went down the drain with his depature.

The day a man leads this club to greatness once again is the day that curse will be broken. Until then, all we can do is deal with mediocrity; at an on-field level and at a board-room level.

Nothing will change until someone comes in with a passion that cannot be exceeded by anyone, anywhere. Someone that will die for this club, and I don't think we're had someone like that lead this club since Norm Smith.

Apparently in the Glory Days, the powers off the filed were Warne-Smith and Cardwell. We could do with some acceptance of responsibility at the head of the fish.

london for 3 days, contiki for 17 days (european whirl, all over), spain for 7, italy for 2 weeks :)

if you go to the collesium there are guys dressed as romans who will et you take a photo and then charge you a massive amount for taking it so either say no or at least make sure you know how much they will charge you before hand, its cheaper that way

in spain eat at tapas places and get patatis bravis (sp) and if you get to a place in rome called argentina square there is the best pizza shop there

you will love the food in spain and italy

have fun mate

there is a definite curse on us.

good news is, the white sox and red sox both broke their respective curses in 2005 and 2004 respectively, so our curse shouldn't last forever.

the bad news: they had to wait over 85 years for the curse to end! double our waiting time

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there is a definite curse on us.

good news is, the white sox and red sox both broke their respective curses in 2005 and 2004 respectively, so our curse shouldn't last forever.

the bad news: they had to wait over 85 years for the curse to end! double our waiting time

Yep. I was gonna say that before I read that last night. And the red sox went through a hell of a lot more than we'll ever have to go through.


yeah so true.

though they got to come from 3 games to 0 down against the yankees to win 4-3. that's like doing it against the pies!

my girlfriend's mum is from chicago, had grew up her whole life without winning a 'world series' so them winning was massive.

london for 3 days, contiki for 17 days (european whirl, all over), spain for 7, italy for 2 weeks :)

Contiki rocks...have fun bro.

My cousins wants to make a banner and bring it to the game against the roos.

"Re-hire Norm..."

That'd be funny. I'd clearly want no part of that, but it would be an easy path to getting on TV for a few seconds.

Hilarious. Can we have two flares on either side of the banner poles too please? :lol:

 

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