My Sports Commentators Soapbox

[Bornadog]

Don't blame North, Kane picks and picks on them.

[jazzadogs]

Good on ya Norf.

[GVGjr]

A few more clubs should do the same. His attack on Sheezal was a form of bullying and if his employers won't address that with him then the clubs should follow Norths lead.

[The Underdog]

A few more clubs should do the same. His attack on Sheezal was a form of bullying and if his employers won't address that with him then the clubs should follow Norths lead.

Apparently we have banned him from our rooms.
The comments about Simpkin were bullshit. Tell me Cornes wouldn’t be going at JHF under the same circumstances.

[jeemak]

We've softly banned a few over the journey without going public about it, and to me Norf going public versus our never complain never explain attitude was a bit off.

If I was in the Norf hierarchy I'd have just installed the ban, and not commented on it. I guess they're in dire straits though and need to deliver every signal to their fans that they're standing up for themselves.

[jeemak]

A few more clubs should do the same. His attack on Sheezal was a form of bullying and if his employers won't address that with him then the clubs should follow Norths lead.

AFL media and AFL player managers would be fairly and squarely in my sights if I was a strategic leader in clubland.

The clubs have been fooled into thinking over time favours can help offset a commercial pecking order, and it's bullshit. No amount of favours can fix the inequities in the game so why waste resources on pretending they might?

If you put up the shutters you become more attractive to the media. If you starve the media you stifle the player managers that thrive on the hyperbole. It'd take a while but the benefits would be similar to what we're experiencing at the moment. Our media engagement strategy has been excellent over the years.

[Mantis]

We've softly banned a few over the journey without going public about it, and to me Norf going public versus our never complain never explain attitude was a bit off.

If I was in the Norf hierarchy I'd have just installed the ban, and not commented on it. I guess they're in dire straits though and need to deliver every signal to their fans that they're standing up for themselves.

How about they do that on the field.

What a pathetic excuse for a footy club.

[jeemak]

We've softly banned a few over the journey without going public about it, and to me Norf going public versus our never complain never explain attitude was a bit off.

If I was in the Norf hierarchy I'd have just installed the ban, and not commented on it. I guess they're in dire straits though and need to deliver every signal to their fans that they're standing up for themselves.

So Kano has apparently been banned by the Bulldogs......never complain, never explain (publicly, that is).

https://7news.com.au/sport/afl/north-melbourne-ridiculed-with-one-word-sledge-while-kane-cornes-admits-to-second-club-ban-c-18544553

Meanwhile, Cornes also revealed he had been banned from another club.

“I’m banned from the Western Bulldogs,” Cornes said on SEN, with his colleague Gerard Healy adding, “and the West Coast Eagles although I think you’re back now that (Adam Simpson) has left.”

“These things ebb and flow ... the Western Bulldogs wouldn’t have me in their changerooms the other night. This isn’t new,” Cornes said.

[mjp]

These things ebb and flow ... the Western Bulldogs wouldn’t have me in their changerooms the other night. This isn’t new,” Cornes said.

Ummm - why would he want to go in there? He's not a journo seeking a story now is he???

I've had my say on Cornes in the past...if you're going to go him, you had better be ready - so get ready.

Darcy (Luke version) had a bit of a crack but wasn't actually "prepared" to debate it - I mean, he was happy to do it, but didn't have much to say apart from "you don't have any friends". North should have learned from this and been "prepared"...Viney talking about bullying really does nothing - you have to be prepared. And since Cornes sprouts a LOT of things that turn out to be untrue, well...the opportunities are there.

[Hotdog60]

The round so far is a much better program without Cornes on it.