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    Club Awards Renamed

    The club have renamed some awards, which are now:

    - The Doug Hawkins Medalist - Runner Up in the Best & Fairest.

    - The Gary Dempsey Medalist - Third in the Best & Fairest.

    - The Chris Grant Award - Best first year player.

    - The Tony Liberatore Award - Most improved.

    - The John Schultz Award - Most recognisable for their work in the community.
    85, 92, 97, 98, 08, 09, 10... Break the curse!

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    Nathan Brown Judas Award
    Congratulations Ward( will be there to accept the award! How Wonderful!)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Remi Moses View Post
    Nathan Brown Judas Award
    Congratulations Ward( will be there to accept the award! How Wonderful!)
    Like it !
    Do you think we should strike retrospective medals for the past, who should have won it.
    Last edited by LostDoggy; 07-10-2011 at 10:15 AM.

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    Re: Club Awards Renamed

    Interesting that two people that have openly had "disagreements" with the club within the last 5 years now have awards named after them.

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    Perplexing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Throughandthrough View Post
    Interesting that two people that have openly had "disagreements" with the club within the last 5 years now have awards named after them.
    Two of our greats.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Throughandthrough View Post
    Interesting that two people that have openly had "disagreements" with the club within the last 5 years now have awards named after them.
    Because they care?
    Bring back the biff

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Coon Dog View Post
    The club have renamed some awards, which are now:

    - The Doug Hawkins Medalist - Runner Up in the Best & Fairest.

    - The Gary Dempsey Medalist - Third in the Best & Fairest.

    - The Chris Grant Award - Best first year player.

    - The Tony Liberatore Award - Most improved.

    - The John Schultz Award - Most recognisable for their work in the community.
    Interesting to note that only two of the five players mentioned above bothered to turn up to present their awards. These being Tony Liberatore and John Schultz. The Club deserves greater respect from it's past Champions.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nuggety Back Pocket View Post
    Interesting to note that only two of the five players mentioned above bothered to turn up to present their awards. These being Tony Liberatore and John Schultz. The Club deserves greater respect from it's past Champions.
    That is really disappointing.
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    Re: Club Awards Renamed

    Quote Originally Posted by Nuggety Back Pocket View Post
    Interesting to note that only two of the five players mentioned above bothered to turn up to present their awards. These being Tony Liberatore and John Schultz. The Club deserves greater respect from it's past Champions.
    It normally doesn't take too much for Hawk and Turtle to turn up so there must have been a good reason.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nuggety Back Pocket View Post
    Interesting to note that only two of the five players mentioned above bothered to turn up to present their awards. These being Tony Liberatore and John Schultz. The Club deserves greater respect from it's past Champions.
    Agree and it gets worse.

    From 1970 to 2006 inclusive there were only 2 past B&F winners represented on the night, that's a span of 37 years. They were Peter Foster and Tony Liberatore. Go figure. In fact there were more B&F winners represented on the night that won in the 60s. They were John Schultz, Ray Walker and George Bisset.

    And as for excuses. Fossie shows up to support the Club having tragically lost his sister in a house fire in the past week.

    How's does that talk to a healthy Club culture ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sockeye Salmon View Post
    It normally doesn't take too much for Hawk and Turtle to turn up so there must have been a good reason.
    Correction! Hawkins and Dempsey rarely attend this event, which is very sad when you think that all previous B&F's are invited. Refreshing to read Mark Stevens article today on BMcC's speech in "wanting to embrace past players".
    What an insightful and refreshing approach!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nuggety Back Pocket View Post
    Correction! Hawkins and Dempsey rarely attend this event, which is very sad when you think that all previous B&F's are invited. Refreshing to read Mark Stevens article today on BMcC's speech in "wanting to embrace past players".
    What an insightful and refreshing approach!
    Is it up to the clubs administration or the coach to embrace past players?

    I would have thought the coach is there to coach and the President, CEO, etc... are there to ensure the club is run well and it's culture is upheld.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mantis View Post
    Is it up to the clubs administration or the coach to embrace past players?

    I would have thought the coach is there to coach and the President, CEO, etc... are there to ensure the club is run well and it's culture is upheld.
    You are right on both fronts but the coach often sets the tone for a long ongoing relationship for former players to embrace the club. Perhaps the most outstanding example has been Tom Hafey in his regular catch ups with his former players at Richmond.My reading of BMcC's comments was to train up people to have a long time connectness with the Bulldogs. This has been a real strength of his experience at Geelong, where they have had a large number of support staff coming from a Cats background.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mantis View Post
    Is it up to the clubs administration or the coach to embrace past players?

    I would have thought the coach is there to coach and the President, CEO, etc... are there to ensure the club is run well and it's culture is upheld.
    I agree but it wouldn't hurt if the coach is also very accommodating.

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