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Big feline there is a kind of sports fan who believe that jockeys don't pull their conveyances, that the Tour De France is a genuine sporting contest and horse trainers don't send their nags out with more gear in them than Joe Cocker. On such trusting souls fortunes have been made. But it seems a bit much for even the most niave amongst us to give a drug cheat two, three, four . . . . (and counting) chances.
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What is inevitable, is a waning interest in the swans this year, and into the forseeable future, and the clubs books covered in red ink, particually if our recent run of finals appearances finishes. With the AFL still blindly chasing their dream into western sydney, any extra interest, both on and off the field, is what the swans need. Cousins would , at the very least, supplied plenty of interest, plenty of bums on seats. IMHO the club has been way too righteous and short sighted in this instance. And given the appalling list management over the last year, a huge opportunity has been missed, regardless of whether he is still the player he was.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect... MTComment
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Excellent post and right on the money.What is inevitable, is a waning interest in the swans this year, and into the forseeable future, and the clubs books covered in red ink, particually if our recent run of finals appearances finishes. With the AFL still blindly chasing their dream into western sydney, any extra interest, both on and off the field, is what the swans need. Cousins would , at the very least, supplied plenty of interest, plenty of bums on seats. IMHO the club has been way too righteous and short sighted in this instance. And given the appalling list management over the last year, a huge opportunity has been missed, regardless of whether he is still the player he was.
As I said before I'm not bothered either way about Cousins but, as you say, he most certainly would have done what Sydney needs more than anything else-put bums on seats.Comment
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Cousins, Tadhg, Fosdike, Coney - I know which player may still deliver this yearComment
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We would have reaped big $$$ just by signing him.What is inevitable, is a waning interest in the swans this year, and into the forseeable future, and the clubs books covered in red ink, particually if our recent run of finals appearances finishes. With the AFL still blindly chasing their dream into western sydney, any extra interest, both on and off the field, is what the swans need. Cousins would , at the very least, supplied plenty of interest, plenty of bums on seats. IMHO the club has been way too righteous and short sighted in this instance. And given the appalling list management over the last year, a huge opportunity has been missed, regardless of whether he is still the player he was.
Forget about our list management this year, he should have been taken regardless.
It's all well and good to post in a Swans forum about the Swans, but without the Cappers, Pluggers, Halls and what should have been the Cousins' there might be no Swans to sook about.
But we didn't get him, so we move on and look to an awesome year anyway.The difference between insanity and genius is measured only in success.Comment
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The club went down that route in the 1980's. If you want to turn the club into a freak show for the entertainment of the voyeurs then perhaps you can suggest Plan B when he hits the wall. Cousins is/WAS a drug addict. It is unclear whether he has beaten his habit. It is the height of irresponsibility to allow a player who may not yet have recovered form an addiction to play professional sport. The integrity of sport depends on the prevention of drugs in sport. Give me one example where a competitor has returned to competition with the question mark that hangs over Cousins? His recent device of body shaving to thwart sampling should set the alarm bells ringing. What we may be watching is another installment in a sporting disgrace and a human tragedy. And you want to sell this as sport or entertainment.Bevo bandwagon driverComment
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Those who have the greatest power to hurt us are those we love.Comment
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Read some stories about addicts, how they got there, how they overcame their addiction and what it took to break that habit.
As you rightly said, EVERYONE has problems.
I'm sure you do.
I'm sure you've made mistakes.
I'm sure you've put them behind you.
Yet you don't allow that privilege for Cousins because he is in the limelight/played for West Coast/was targeted by the media/or whatever reason.
I'm not here saying he's the best bloke in the world.
For all I know he's a complete asshole.
But what I see is a guy who @@@@@@ up, SEEMS to have done everything asked of him to rebuild his life and has done it with quite a bit of decorum.
There are two themes to this thread.
1. Whether the Swans shoudl have drafted Cousins - which as I said before is something everyone has an opinion about, but is really a null and void topic.
2. Whether Cousins should be given a second chance.
People who disagree with the latter make me sad, and one day you'll find yourselves in a position of having to forgive and forget a loved one who may have followed in Cousins' footsteps, done something equally upsetting, or maybe even worse.The difference between insanity and genius is measured only in success.Comment
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