Following our exes...................

[bulldogtragic]

It's a bit complicated and there were issues with Eades and Fantasia ability to work together. Their relationship had soured.
We initially made a low-ball offer which was rejected by Wards management and after a few weeks with no response from the club Ward let Eade know of the impasse. By the time we came back with a vastly superior and revised offer GWS had weighed in with their mega offer.

Yep. Cluster****.

[Sedat]

Harbrow was so disappointing. Fantasia was a mess. Then we used the compo on Justin Sherman. It?s such a bad chapter in our history book.

He also knocked back a solid 2nd rounder for Josh Hill, openly stating he expected a 1st round pick for him. Of course 12 months later he went to West Coast for a fire sale pick in the 60's

He went to the George Costanza school of negotiating.

[Bulldog Revolution]

There's not enough Phil Smyth content in pop culture. Or any type of culture.

https://electricwicky.com/products/smyth-sweater

You know you want to Jee

[EasternWest]

https://electricwicky.com/products/smyth-sweater

You know you want to Jee

I'm moderately concerned that you're aware of the existence of that.

On the other hand, I want one.

[bornadog]

I'm moderately concerned that you're aware of the existence of that.

On the other hand, I want one.

I bet Jee already has one

[EasternWest]

I bet Jee already has one

If he was a true team player he'd order one for all of us.

[Happy Days]

Why did people in the 1990s not just simply watch the NBA

[jeemak]

https://electricwicky.com/products/smyth-sweater

You know you want to Jee

You're losing money by not buying that.

[jeemak]

Why did people in the 1990s not just simply watch the NBA

We did. But only the NBL had Phil Smyth and Ray Borner.

[Grantysghost]

We did. But only the NBL had Phil Smyth and Ray Borner.

Dean Utoff

[EasternWest]

We did. But only the NBL had Phil Smyth and Ray Borner.

Larry Sengstock

[azabob]

GG here is the evidence.

He was out of contract with the Bulldogs, who had reportedly offered him $1.3 million for three years (around $433k per year), and were ultimately unable to keep him at the Whitten Oval.

Eade coached the Dogs in 2011 before stepping down late in the season, not long before Ward was whisked away to western Sydney after just four seasons and 60 games in the red, white and blue.

The ex-coach describes it as ?bad management? that the club lost Ward who will play his 300th AFL game when the Giants meet Essendon on Saturday evening.

Eade indicated it was a shame that Ward, who grew up in the western suburbs of Melbourne and played junior footy for Spotswood, did not end up a one-club player with the Doggies.

?He?s been fantastic. His courage, his unflinching eye on the footy no matter which way the ball was coming, his hardness at it,? Eade said of Ward on SEN?s Sportsday.

?He was a good kid. Really it was bad that we lost him, it was really bad management at the time that he was able to go.

?Someone low-balled him a lot to his manager. He didn?t really want to go. I think he asked for a little bit more, about $30,000 a year or something, it wasn?t a lot.

?All of a sudden GWS, whether his manager mentioned something to GWS, came over the top and blew everything out of the park.

?We shouldn?t have got to that stage. It?s unfortunate (that he left the Bulldogs).

?He?s a really good lad, he?s had a fantastic career. He?s had a few injuries but it?s a testament, not only to his ability, but his mental and physical toughness to get where he is.?

Eade admits he was angry that the Dogs allowed the homegrown product to walk, referencing it as one of a few poor list management decisions the club made at the time.

?Yes, I was (furious),? he added.

?There were a couple of others that were nearly the same thing, trying to low-ball them. We nearly lost Brian Lake at one stage which was similar, before people intervened.

?There were a few bad decisions being made at that particular time, Jarrod Harbrow was another.

?You try to low-ball them too much, the managers are smarter and they go, ?Hang on, they don?t value you enough?. They?re the words that get spoken and they start looking somewhere else.




https://www.sen.com.au/news/2024/05/...ecome-a-giant/

[ledge]

So Gowers and Rourke Smith kicked two each and McComb got 31 possessions at Port Melbourne as they defeated Coburg by 32 points.

[bornadog]

GG here is the evidence.

He was out of contract with the Bulldogs, who had reportedly offered him $1.3 million for three years (around $433k per year), and were ultimately unable to keep him at the Whitten Oval.

He didn?t really want to go. I think he asked for a little bit more, about $30,000 a year or something/

What a bloody stuff up - $30k

?There were a few bad decisions being made at that particular time, Jarrod Harbrow was another.

Verifies what I said on WOOF at the time

[bulldogtragic]

What a bloody stuff up - $30k



Verifies what I said on WOOF at the time

Bloody Fantasia!