Essendon under AFL investigation regarding 2012 fitness program

[Greystache]

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Forwards can't just sit in the goalsquare and wait for the ball these days, they are tired from running around and shooting from further out.

That's just not right, players are missing simple set shots just as they were 50 years ago. It has not improved at all, even as full time professionals. Surely you're suggesting players that miss from 30m out directly in front 1 minute into the game are exhausted?

[Ghost Dog]

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There was some article from Hackermanis a few years ago that showed just that. Players are less accurate as they used to be.

[Dry Rot]

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That's just not right, players are missing simple set shots just as they were 50 years ago. It has not improved at all, even as full time professionals. Surely you're suggesting players that miss from 30m out directly in front 1 minute into the game are exhausted?

Arguably there's still a lot of poor field kicking while not under pressure too, still.

[LostDoggy]

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There was some article from Hackermanis a few years ago that showed just that. Players are less accurate as they used to be.

Was that the one where he blamed the Ball itself?

[Remi Moses]

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Funny headline on Back Page lead.com
Ziggy's report spares the stardust.
On a serious note has anyone seen Dr Bruce Reid's letter?
I'll take a wild stab in the dark.
It was last seen in thousands of pieces in what's known as a shredder!!

[Ghost Dog]

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Was that the one where he blamed the Ball itself?

lol. Aker blames everyone but himself....

[GVGjr]

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So one of the fall guys has been made accountable and Ian Robson steps down from his position of the CEO at Essendon

Robson is a good guy, a guy with a conscience and a heart. He has taken one for the team because as the CEO he should have known what was going on, he should have known what the players were injected with.

He offered his resignation early in the piece but the board didn't accept it. He offered it again because the Switkowski report said as CEO he should have known and this time the board agreed with him. Fair enough I suppose.

Begs the question though of the two that did know about the programme, the two that oversaw the programme and the two that have taken no real level of ownership of this debacle since it came to our attention.

The Golden Boy and the Bomber will probably continue to get a free pass on this while someone works out a way that they can get a reprimand that gives the impression that justice has been done and therefore they can continue to coach.

I don't understand why the guy with the heart gets the chop and why the focus isn't on the two that instigated things. Actually I do understand why.

[jeemak]

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It was always going to play out that way.

Michael Gleeson's article sums it up very well:

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/robson-had-to-go-but-whos-next-20130523-2k2on.html

Essendon will reap what they sow on this. They have the chance to do set a standard of accountability that applies to everyone across their entire club. They won't take it.

[Remi Moses]

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Robson didn't know anything about it , so he takes one for the team.
Not surprising

[LostDoggy]

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lol. Aker blames everyone but himself....

I know it is funny. But that was a serious question. Aker did write an article a few years back where he was indicating that the ball was to blame for poor goal kicking. Don't you remember? Something about the sponsor logo on it making it slippery.

[Twodogs]

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I know it is funny. But that was a serious question. Aker did write an article a few years back where he was indicating that the ball was to blame for poor goal kicking. Don't you remember? Something about the sponsor logo on it making it slippery.

The slippery sponsor logo rings a bell.

[Greystache]

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The slippery sponsor logo rings a bell.

I remember him complaining about having to many brand new balls in circulation because the ends were too hard, and that the AFL should allow them to be "kicked in" during the warm up.

[chef]

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I remember him complaining about having to many brand new balls in circulation because the ends were too hard, and that the AFL should allow them to be "kicked in" during the warm up.

Wasn't that Fevola?

[Greystache]

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Wasn't that Fevola?

He might've complained too, but Aker did.

[chef]

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He might've complained too, but Aker did.

Fev wanted the match balls to be 'kicked in' to soften them during the warm up.