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Re: Western Bulldogs Website
Do you mean the mother and daughter, Pat and Jenny? If so, they go to most home games and show up at training usually once a week. I've kept in contact with them since meeting them during my 2002 Melbourne visit. I've rung them a few times, the last time a few months ago after Rodney Eade stepped down. They're the salt of the earth and catching up with them is one of the highlights of my Melbourne visits.47 year Doggie member
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Last edited by Ghost Dog; 08-11-2011, 07:08 PM.You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships every day. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity. ― EpicurusComment
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Re: Western Bulldogs Website
Credit where credit is due Bulldog TV has improved a hell of a lot.
Highlights from the B&F were fantastic. It was great to here what the players and new coach had to say.
The pre-season snippets are another really good initiative granted they are only a 2 min highlight package but it gives people who can't make it to training an idea what is going on.
Yes, they could get better with player movement updates.
As ghost dog says it comes down to money and resources. I'd imagine we wouldn't be extremely well resourced in this area, I'd imagine it is a fine balancing act with what area gets what funding.More of an In Bruges guy?Comment
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Re: Western Bulldogs Website
Why do we need a decent website, when all the breaking and quality reporting happens on Woof ?
It's better to die on our feet than live on our knees.Comment
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Re: Western Bulldogs Website
Has anyone infiltrated the clubs coaches for inside info yet??Bring back the biffComment
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Re: Western Bulldogs Website
Love the regular Bulldogs TV updatesComment
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Re: Western Bulldogs Website
Going bulldog shop in a minute, rang club number on website, tried every different option on recorded msge not one answered, wanted to confirm shop is open and if i might be lucky enough to be their when they were training.. its not just the website thats the problem its the phone number too!
I am going to chance it and go down as it says shop is open until 2 but they dont answer phone.Bring back the biffComment
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Re: Western Bulldogs Website
I'm a web designer and e-marketer, and I agree the site mostly sucks, but I understand that the resources are very low for web stuff and they just use the standard — and by all reports very restrictive — generic AFL Bigpond template, like just about every team other than Essendon, who are the AFL leaders by a country mile when it comes to online marketing. I've also had reports they spend nearly a million bucks on their overall IT budget (this is unconfirmed but probable).
I think the club has made a good step in the right direction in hiring Tom Nickson as our new “Digital Dog”. Hopefully he can take our online marketing to a better level. But any decision to increase our web efforts needs to come from the top, and Smorgon (and our club board in general) just seems too conservative and old-school to really appreciate the website and social media's opportunity. This is part of the reason I didn't apply for the role myself.
In terms of volunteering, I have in fact offered my services and ideas to Tom a number of times before, completely free of charge and unconditional, and have yet to hear back, if only to politely decline. This only reinforces my belief that he and Nick (Truelson) are somewhat hamstrung by upper management and have little room to move. Or, of course, he didn't like my ideas, but he could have at least said so, I thought.
Anyway, I do think the website needs much improvement, but don't see it happening for a while yet.Comment
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Re: Western Bulldogs Website
Perhaps being new to the job he wants to stamp his own mark first, rather than walk in the door and take on someone else's ideas. The club would wonder why they hired him in the first place.
But you are right it is polite to reply.
I've always been very reluctant about offering my services to the club or getting involved more because i like to remain a supporter and barracker without any personal feelings getting in the way. I always thought that if i knew the coaching staff or players personally or if i worked there and had a company/employee relationship, then it would tarnish my love for the club.
ie i hate where i work because they don't pay me enough and i think their direction and management decisions are a joke. If i worked at the WB's i'd be scared of that happening as well. Although working for free that may not be the case
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Re: Western Bulldogs Website
You know when you click on "The Club" link in the banner on the homepage the next page comes up with an option for Players and the player representing our team in that photo is none other than Callan Ward from GWS
Park that car
Drop that phone
Sleep on the floor
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Re: Western Bulldogs Website
I'd normally say it's understandable because it's off season but they bothered to change the pic for coaches already.Comment
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Last edited by AndrewP6; 27-11-2011, 06:18 PM.[B][COLOR="#0000CD"]Our club was born in blood and boots, not in AFL focus groups.[/COLOR][/B]Comment
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