Damien Barrett what's his agenda ?

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

Because they didn't take the whole interview in context. Bevo is an Australian sportsman and coach trying to answer a bunch of fairly uninteresting questions. He is using a bit of humor in the context of his extended family and their passion for his job.
SEN and other news agencies have it in their best interest to beat stuff like that up.

Absolutely. Again there was no way they would countenance the most charitable interpretation. There's no outrage to be milked from that.
The irony is, the same journo's bemoan the normal anodyne, cliched responses most coaches and players proffer when asked any tricky question.
I mean its clear, in context, and with the visual cues from Bevo what he was trying to convey. And to someone with a modicum of interest in trying to report on the intent of Bevo's comments it would not have been difficult to report them in a balanced and fair light.

[chef]

I thought was pretty cringeworthy while watching the interview. Not sure the context or whatever makes much difference.

Maybe it just didn't come out how Bevo intended.

[Ghost Dog]

I thought was pretty cringeworthy while watching the interview. Not sure the context or whatever makes much difference.

Maybe it just didn't come out how Bevo intended.

Maybe, but at least he is being himself.

[SonofScray]

I thought it was OK. Even if it wasn't meant as a joke.

People like Barret should be scared to enter map 28 of the melways.

[Twodogs]

I thought it was OK. Even if it wasn't meant as a joke.

People like Barret should be scared to enter map 28 of the melways.

And 42.

[AndrewP6]

Then why did it go down like a lead balloon with the SEN crew?

Because they're clueless?

[azabob]

Didn’t he say the comments on SEN radio?

[jeemak]

Didn’t he say the comments on SEN radio?

No mate...........well at least I thought he first did on Talking Footy on Ch7.

They can't on that program just crack up either, nor can they not keep the interview going. They rolled with the ponchos Esteban.

[Ghost Dog]

Didn’t he say the comments on SEN radio?

Not seen it? It's on Talking Footy. Worth a look. For me, Luke seems pretty personable but others might disagree.

[azabob]

The interview where he first made the comments was on SEN drive program the Thursday prior him appearing on Talking Footy; if he has repeated them on Monday's episode of talking footy I find it even more bizarre.

Anyway not that I'm defending Barrett.

Regardless if its a joke my view is it was a poor choice of words.

Article on where the comment originated from.

https://wwos.nine.com.au/2018/04/17/...sible-comments

[jeemak]

The interview where he first made the comments was on SEN drive program the Thursday prior him appearing on Talking Footy; if he has repeated them on Monday's episode of talking footy I find it even more bizarre.

Anyway not that I'm defending Barrett.

Regardless if its a joke my view is it was a poor choice of words.

Well yeah, it's not borderline passive aggressive, more so, just aggressive. I don't get it either in light of that.

[Ghost Dog]

The interview where he first made the comments was on SEN drive program the Thursday prior him appearing on Talking Footy; if he has repeated them on Monday's episode of talking footy I find it even more bizarre.

Anyway not that I'm defending Barrett.

Regardless if its a joke my view is it was a poor choice of words.

Article on where the comment originated from.

https://wwos.nine.com.au/2018/04/17/...sible-comments

Well, might be that, or maybe just a sportsperson trying to be a comedian? They often repeat their jokes, come on.

[Sedat]

The media have stopped talking about "Dogs in crisis" and "players not talking to each other" and the story has flipped to be about the messenger - it has been smart media manipulation by Bevo. Those timid little butterflies in the media are crying foul about the wording used and can't help themselves to make the story about them, which I suspect was Bevo's plan all along.

About time we started to dictate the media narrative about our club.

[Twodogs]

Interesting read Sedat. If he's trying to change tge narrative and change the focus onto himself then that would explain why he repeated it again on Talking Footy. Like a politician staying on message.

[westdog54]

Its one thing to have a crack back at Bevo, but he's gone out of his way to make his crack at the AFL about us as well. He's not even trying to be subtle about his disdain for us anymore.