Aker press Conference at 4:45 PM

[Mantis]

Re: Aker press Conference at 4:45 PM

Do we know this? That's the first I've heard of it. Got any details?

There is some truth to it and it wasn't always via the use of SMS.... he was also pretty good at bagging out his team-mates/ club to members of the media face to face.

[GVGjr]

Re: Aker press Conference at 4:45 PM

This is very interesting GVGjr as usually what is assumed is that it was the playing group who did not want him.

On some matters Akermanis did have some support of the group but he was certainly out of favor with others. He's been testing the relationships and peoples patience all season but gave the club no other choice but to move him on.

[Bornadog]

Re: Aker press Conference at 4:45 PM

So any guesses for Herald Sun's headline in week 1 of finals...

Exclusive Excerpt from Aker's new book

Chapter 1 - Week 1 of finals...Why the Bulldogs can't Win

Chapter 2 - Week 2 of finals....How Eade Lost the Players

Chapter 3 - Week 3....Murphy and Gia, mentally soft...etc

We are going to get a lot of publicity...

Or What a Great win, Dogs set up a Premiership Tilt - Aker Decision Correct

[EasternWest]

Re: Aker press Conference at 4:45 PM

There is some truth to it and it wasn't always via the use of SMS.... he was also pretty good at bagging out his team-mates/ club to members of the media face to face.

Tits or GTFO.

Sorry, wrong site.

Any further on the who's, when's what's?

[LostDoggy]

Re: Aker press Conference at 4:45 PM

Hopefully this can be our "Terry Glenn" story if anybody knows who he is.
Basically, he was a NFL player for the Patriots. Glenn was an asshole and seemed to have a bit of a big mouth. Midway through the season, he started acting up again and was cut that week. After that the Pats got stronger game after game, and went on to knock off a team on the back-end of an amazing run. Early in the year, they weren't considered much chop. Including that game, they won 3 of the next 4 superbowls aren't are considered on the best teams ever.

If anyone followed the NFL, they may notice the omission of a pretty important fact though, haha.

Not saying it will happen with Aka, but there is always hope

[Jasper]

Re: Aker press Conference at 4:45 PM

Or What a Great win, Dogs set up a Premiership Tilt - Aker Decision Correct

Hope you are right, but wouldn't surprise me if cynical marketing and Aker's loose lips combine for a Aker's book to find its way into the Herald Sun, and guess what the better we go the better his no doubt ill thought out, self obsessed borderline moronic thoughts will sell...

[ReLoad]

Re: Aker press Conference at 4:45 PM

Whats the most dissapointing is the "alleged" bulldog members and supporters who are bagging out the club over this.

I'm sorry but our leadership team off the feild and on the feild have made a unified decision.

These are the same people who have turned our club around and have shown more bulldog spiit than anyone possibly could.

I, like others here stand united behind the players and the board/management 100%. Without them and thier efforts we would all be up the maribyrnong without a paddle.

David, Cam and James, I dont know if you ever cast your eyes this way, but if you do, please continue the tough uncompromising way you guys work, we all appreciate that you have nothing but the best short and long term interests of the club and its ultimate desire to win.

Now stick it up the media and all the nay sayers and win the freakin flag. - you've now got even more reason to shut them up, its now: stick it up em!

[ReLoad]

Re: Aker press Conference at 4:45 PM

Oh almost forgot, in a bygone era, I bet Teddy would have taken Aker out the back near the cricket nets and punched the living daylights out of him about 7 weeks ago.

Then the issue would have never gotten into the public eye.

My how times have changed.

[LostDoggy]

Re: Aker press Conference at 4:45 PM

As stated by the club, there was more going on than we the public knew about. I'm sure more will be said by both parties in the aftermath.

Aker had been preparing his future for a while now, but i will miss what he did bring to footy through his career ON THE FIELD.

[LostDoggy]

Re: Aker press Conference at 4:45 PM

I don't think the players who were on Akers aide will be affected that much, if at all. It's like if your mate from work quit. You would still work the same wouldn't you?

Aker should've just quit all his media commitments till his AFL career was over. That would've showed he was 100% committed to the Bulldogs.

[bold-dogg]

Re: Aker press Conference at 4:45 PM

I can understand why some might criticize the club. We gave a known attention seeker access to the media and we paid the price for it.
We got the answer right at the end but the formula we used along the way was somewhat flawed.

Not sure the formula was flawed. We had the opportunity to snare one of the game's greats at a cut price (damaged goods) and were willing to cop it if it didn't work.

It worked for us last year, including his involvement with the media. Akermanis stuffed up this year, because his future was looming closer and he wanted to set himself up as "Mr. Controversial".

Rob Murphy's column is incidental to his commitment to the Western Bulldogs premiership campaign 2010. It got to the stage where Akers commitment to the team premiership seemed secondary to more selfish motives.

But it could have gone the other way. People learn, and we were hoping Aker would have learnt about trust in a football team. The sacking is no big deal. If we can't win a premiership because of this, we couldn't win it anyway. I'd prefer a younger team in the finals, and wouldn't have had Aker in it unless he was blitzing 'em (and 100% team).

[Mantis]

Re: Aker press Conference at 4:45 PM

Any further on the who's, when's what's?

Aker was pretty well known for spilling the beans about the club in the hallways of a media outlet he frequents.

[bold-dogg]

Re: Aker press Conference at 4:45 PM

I can understand why some might criticize the club. We gave a known attention seeker access to the media and we paid the price for it.
We got the answer right at the end but the formula we used along the way was somewhat flawed.

oops -
apology GVGjr, just realised that one huge flaw in the formula you referred too, was re-signing Aker for 2010. I take your point.

[Bumper Bulldogs]

Re: Aker press Conference at 4:45 PM

On some matters Akermanis did have some support of the group but he was certainly out of favor with others. He's been testing the relationships and peoples patience all season but gave the club no other choice but to move him on.

It's a shame, you don't know what your got until it's gone. I hope Aker leaves with some pride and common sense as overall i think he has been good for us and guttered it's ended like this.

[The Pie Man]

Re: Aker press Conference at 4:45 PM

Hopefully this can be our "Terry Glenn" story if anybody knows who he is.
Basically, he was a NFL player for the Patriots. Glenn was an asshole and seemed to have a bit of a big mouth. Midway through the season, he started acting up again and was cut that week. After that the Pats got stronger game after game, and went on to knock off a team on the back-end of an amazing run. Early in the year, they weren't considered much chop. Including that game, they won 3 of the next 4 superbowls aren't are considered on the best teams ever.

If anyone followed the NFL, they may notice the omission of a pretty important fact though, haha.

Not saying it will happen with Aka, but there is always hope

Don't know much about the NFL, but I like it shifty - would love this to be something we look back on fondly/pivotal in 3 months time.

I have to laugh when I read comments on websites (like the HS) that just bang on about Jason being crucified for telling the truth - it's some effort to completely ignore all the actual reasons for the club to act the way it has and instead continue to just focus on the 'controversy' that article generated.

It's clearly become so far removed from that for the club, I find it astonishing many people still harp on about 'oh footy's so sanitised blah blah blah' That it may be, but this isn't an example of it