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[GVGjr]

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My belief is the bulldogs wanted to wait until later in the year to sign him and he was willing to sign earlier . GWS went whack with a bag full in that time , if we didn?t hang out we would have kept him.
We stuffed up.

We did significantly low ball him with the initial offer and we were given plenty of time to revise that before GWS came in and went bang with an offer too good to refuse.
Had our revised offer been made to start with it or even something better than the original offer it would have been gratefully accepted.
There was a bit of internal unrest at the club at the time and we could have managed it better.

[Sedat]

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I don't begrudge him at all for taking the coin at the time, but also suck shit for being on the wrong end of an unco Zaine Cordy marking attempt and missing out on his best chance at being a premiership player (and most likely captain).

[ledge]

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Rocket Eade has gone back to the hawks part time in a non football role .

[Axe Man]

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Rocket Eade has gone back to the hawks part time in a non football role .

I would like to think he will be going around giving the admin staff Will Minson like bakes if their performance isn't up to scratch.

[ledge]

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I would like to think he will be going around giving the admin staff Will Minson like bakes if their performance isn't up to scratch.

His wife and him had a successful business. I believe it’s to do with the training centre and raising money .

[Topdog]

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What was the context with this? Has he retired?

Just a fluff piece for the upcoming season and the 1 thing that Ward wants. Article was paywalled so I skipped it.

https://www.codesports.com.au/afl/thats-all-i-want-callan-wards-premiership-motivation-at-the-giants-ahead-of-his-17th-afl-season/news-story/b629b9abc614c46ba09b7a286978b3b7

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

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Needs to get his skinfolds down.

Not sure he's KPD height though?

[Axe Man]

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MPFNL 2024: Jarrad Grant takes over as Frankston Bombers senior coach

An ex-AFL Bulldog and Sun has answered an SOS from his MPFNL club to coach, a week after a shock resignation.

With a burst of excitement, Frankston Bombers have locked in Jarrad Grant as their senior coach for the 2024 season.

The former Western Bulldogs and Gold Coast Suns forward has stepped up to the position less than a week after the Bombers were left without a coach when John Brown resigned.

“When one door closes, another always opens,” the Bombers said.

“As a club, we wanted to look from within our current group and community, and with Jarrad showing interest in coaching over the past few months it was a good opportunity for him to step up and lead the senior group.

“We are super excited for season 2024 and to see this new side of JG.”

Grant, 34, admitted the coaching opportunity came sooner than he expected but he’s looking forward to the challenge.

“I mean last week we had a senior coach so it’s all happened fairly quick,’’ he said.

“You can’t really take your time too much at this point of the year, but all good.’’

He added: “Coaching is something I have been interested in doing, (but) probably my philosophy more so was that I wanted to wait until I finished playing.

“So it’s going to be definitely a challenge in that I’ll be playing and coaching at the same time.

“I’m going to have to now find the balance of being worried about my own performance versus putting the team first and portraying a good message to the boys and making sure we’re doing the right things as a team, not just myself.

“That’s probably going to be the challenge for me in terms of playing.’’

Grant played in a Frankston Bombers senior premiership as a 17-year-old in 2007, months before he was was selected by the Western Bulldogs with their first selection (No. 5 overall).

He went on to play 95 AFL games with both the Bulldogs and the Gold Coast Suns — showing mercurial ability at times — before being delisted by the Suns in 2017.

For the past six seasons Grant has played for the Frankston Bombers, often lighting up local grounds with his brilliance.

“The positive is that I’ve obviously been at the footy club a fair while now and played with the majority of the guys so the relationship side of things is already there,’’ he said.

Grant said he may “tinker’’ with certain aspects of the Frankston Bombers game plan but generally the side would go into 2024 with a similar strategy.

The Bombers made the finals last season.

Grant is philosophical about his new challenge.

“It’s exciting and a little bit daunting but it’s like taking anything new like changing jobs or whatever you’re always going to feel that way and I think that’s actually a good thing as well,’’ he said.

“I’m also going to have plenty of support…it’s not just a job I’m going to be doing on my own.’’

[Happy Days]

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Jarrad Grant being the best player in the AFL for 4 weeks in 2013 is probably the most fun I’ve ever had supporting the club.

[Sedat]

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Jarrad Grant being the best player in the AFL for 4 weeks in 2013 is probably the most fun I’ve ever had supporting the club.

He would have kicked the winner against Adelaide in the 2015 EF if Crameri and Hunter didn't cock-up that simple handball over the top - he was waltzing into the goal square unopposed as the next link in the chain.

And if that happened the internet would have melted down and never recovered.

[azabob]

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Hands up for those who saw J.Grant heading down a coaching path?

[Bornadog]

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Hands up for those who saw J.Grant heading down a coaching path?

Not me

[Bornadog]

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[Sedat]

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Bland, vanilla-like

[bulldogtragic]

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Bland, vanilla-like

I wish we had a tagger that gave up the key moments in a clutch GF loss.