Jade Rawlings, too honest this week?

[LostDoggy]

Re: Jade Rawlings, too honest this week?

The entirely relevant question I asked was how he has set back the APA and how will he do it with richmond. You answered with 'he's a d*ckhead'.

Given your thoughts on the illicit drug policy I made a reasonable assumption that this was the source of your dislike for Gale.

If you're going to go calling people d*ckheads on a public forum then expect to be called to account.

Ok you can assume anyone I dislike its because of the drugs policy. Its in your head not mine.

Otherwise your question was already answered.
I'm not the first or the last to call someone a dickhead on this forum. There are ways to ask someone to clarify there position, attacking them personally (when its me) with incorrect assumptions must be yours .

[Missing Dog]

Re: Jade Rawlings, too honest this week?

Otherwise your question was already answered.

Ernie, can you please tell me which post# in this thread where you answered the question.

I must have missed it.

[LostDoggy]

Re: Jade Rawlings, too honest this week?

Starts here
'Ben Gale being a dickhead is my opinion, I know a few others here think that. The AFLPA are much better with him gone.'
The free agency stuff is common knowledge and discussed here by me included.
There are also a whole range of issues starting from when he was a player.
Sorry if going to be attacked personally and incorrect assumption made about me then they can please themselves with what they believe

[LostDoggy]

Re: Jade Rawlings, too honest this week?

On the "honesty is refreshing" scale, this is a 10. Unfortunately, I think it's also career suicide. How many job applicants would be successful, if, during a trial period, they stood up and said "The culture here sucks"?

This (culture discussion) is actually something most progressive organisations require of their staff.. an organisation is only as strong as its people and how they interact (culture). Incoming staff are usually interviewed on their perception of the culture, scanned on their potential cultural issues/mismatches, and are run through tasks that demonstrate their own personal preferences and how they would deal with the dominant culture at their workplace.

I've personally been involved in two hires this year where the successful applicants basically did say (not literally) "the culture here sucks, here are some suggestions as to how to fix it", which was absolutely necessary for people hired as change agents in an innovative arm of an innovative company.

I would think an incoming head coach of a football team (other than in a succession coaching situation such as Collingwood's) is also expected to be a change agent (the assumption being that the place is in trouble, thus the old coach getting the sack).

[Topdog]

Re: Jade Rawlings, too honest this week?

To me, if the cultural problem is within the player group, then why is he selecting those players? And why react by dropping first year players (Post) who had a bad day made worse by being assigned to a rampant Goodes and bringing back Bowden who (you would assume) is part of the 'long standing fabric' of the place?

All I got from it was a message - 'I am not ready for this job'.

Not sure if you realise it but it was Bowden's send off game. Seeing as they have nothing to play for and are better off losing I think a 200+ game servant of the club should get a sendoff.

On the Gale issue, I am still none the wiser as to what he has stuffed up, even though it has apparently been answered numerous times.

[LostDoggy]

Re: Jade Rawlings, too honest this week?

On the Gale issue, I am still none the wiser as to what he has stuffed up, even though it has apparently been answered numerous times.

I think Ernie is saying that he stuffed up by being born..

[Sedat]

Re: Jade Rawlings, too honest this week?

Anyone else amused by the irony of the King/Didak incident and resultant hysteria over the weekend? If you substitute King for Libba, Didak for Knights, Maxwell for Campbell and Richmond for the Dogs, you pretty much replicate the aftermath of Round 2 2001.

[ledge]

Re: Jade Rawlings, too honest this week?

I prefer the blood bath where the story went KB apparently ran off to get oranges years ago.
Or the Mal Brown "take on all comers" bout.

[LostDoggy]

Re: Jade Rawlings, too honest this week?

On the Gale issue, I am still none the wiser as to what he has stuffed up, even though it has apparently been answered numerous times.

I think Ernie is saying that he stuffed up by being born..

I already said the main reason one was his push for free agency.

Other reasons why I think he is a dickhead include his role in the bad blood between us and Richmond when he was playing. Including a match where he did a 'richo' with a mark on the line. Which either side of the fence you sit on the drug debate, I don't think his handling of the issue has been great eg. upset with the Cousins extra tests but didn't say peep when the afl deregistered him. I don't remember him going into bat for Chris Grant over his neck issue. Earlier this season he took a AFLPA paid 85K education trip to the USA for a job he is no longer in.

Like it or not he was a AFL arse-licker. He heard Demetriou say North would be dead in 6 months(surely a guy that is for the players would be upset that some players wouldn't be there anymore).

Thats the just the stuff I found/remember now. Do you want any more?

[LostDoggy]

Re: Jade Rawlings, too honest this week?

I already said the main reason one was his push for free agency.

Other reasons why I think he is a dickhead include his role in the bad blood between us and Richmond when he was playing. Including a match where he did a 'richo' with a mark on the line. Which either side of the fence you sit on the drug debate, I don't think his handling of the issue has been great eg. upset with the Cousins extra tests but did say peep when the afl deregistered him. I don't remember him going into bat for Chris Grant over his neck issue. Earlier this season he took a AFLPA paid 85K education trip to the USA for a job he is no longer in.

Like it or not he was a AFL arse-licker. He heard Demetriou say North would be dead in 6 months(surely a guy that is for the players would be upset that some players wouldn't be there anymore).

Thats the just the stuff I found/remember now. Do you want any more?

You're a better man than me Ernie, for having reasons. I guess it's just me then that thinks he stuffed up by being born.

[Topdog]

Re: Jade Rawlings, too honest this week?

Thanks Ernie.

[Remi Moses]

Re: Jade Rawlings, too honest this week?

Anyone else amused by the irony of the King/Didak incident and resultant hysteria over the weekend? If you substitute King for Libba, Didak for Knights, Maxwell for Campbell and Richmond for the Dogs, you pretty much replicate the aftermath of Round 2 2001.

Thinking the same thing Sedat. The irony of it all

Don't have any opinion on Gale,years ago he was quoted saying there were to many clubs. he'd have to be the only Union leader advocating for less members