Caroline Wilson's take on Baz

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  • dimelb
    pr. dim-melb; m not f
    • Jun 2003
    • 6889

    Caroline Wilson's take on Baz

    Makes interesting reading. For those who don't see The Age.

    Shy recruit shows that he can give the Bulldogs a big lift - RFNews
    He reminds him of the guys, close-set, slow, and never rattled, who were play-makers on the team. (John Updike, seeing Josh Kennedy in a crystal ball)
  • Bloody Hell
    Senior Player
    • Oct 2006
    • 3085

    #2
    Wow....time to dredge up the Failed Blood Brothers thread. Very good read - though asks more questions than it answers. Guess we'll see a tell all book in the next few years.

    "And Roos? ''We both agreed to disagree about a lot of things and we've both been man enough to bite our tongues.''

    "He did not deny that the Sydney system and that club's cultish leadership group and its tendency to micromanage each small issue had begun to grate. ''It is a good system and it's worked for them and they have been a very good club with that leadership system in place,'' said Hall, with some care."
    The eternal connundrum "what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object" was finally solved when David Hasselhoff punched himself in the face.

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    • AnnieH
      RWOs Black Sheep
      • Aug 2006
      • 11332

      #3
      Shy.
      Yeah.
      Right.
      Wild speculation, unsubstantiated rumours, silly jokes and opposition delight in another's failures is what makes an internet forum fun.
      Blessed are the cracked for they are the ones who let in the light.

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      • johnno
        On the Rookie List
        • Apr 2008
        • 1102

        #4
        I've got nothing against Baz, I dont bear no grudges and I wish him and the Bulldogs all the best (not against us though ), but he is staring to get dangerously close to saying nasty things about the swans and if he does start to @@@@can the swans...well then I'll....I'll....I'll....send him a strongly worded letter telling how dissapointed I am in him and could he please stop saying such nasty things about the swans. And if he still continues, then I will be left with no other option but to start booing him at games, and when I boo ya, you know you've been booed.

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        • Bloody Hell
          Senior Player
          • Oct 2006
          • 3085

          #5
          Originally posted by johnno
          I've got nothing against Baz, I dont bear no grudges and I wish him and the Bulldogs all the best (not against us though ), but he is staring to get dangerously close to saying nasty things about the swans and if he does start to @@@@can the swans...well then I'll....I'll....I'll....send him a strongly worded letter telling how dissapointed I am in him and could he please stop saying such nasty things about the swans. And if he still continues, then I will be left with no other option but to start booing him at games, and when I boo ya, you know you've been booed.
          There is something wrong.

          Hall - ROK - Jolly

          Davis was the start... but I suspect everyone was onboard at that stage.
          The eternal connundrum "what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object" was finally solved when David Hasselhoff punched himself in the face.

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          • Triple B
            Formerly 'BBB'
            • Feb 2003
            • 6999

            #6
            Originally posted by Bloody Hell
            Guess we'll see a tell all book in the next few years.
            Oh, don't worry, the book is being written as we speak, but I doubt very much you'll see it before his career is finished.

            Methinks the timing may be somewhere in between football and boxing to give the boxing career a bit more press, not that I think there'll be any lack of hype.

            It should be a good juicy read, especially for Swans fans.

            .....and you can read all about how he was off to Hawthorn before the Dogs made him an offer he couldn't refuse
            Driver of the Dan Hannebery bandwagon....all aboard. 4th April 09

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            • johnno
              On the Rookie List
              • Apr 2008
              • 1102

              #7
              Originally posted by Bloody Hell
              There is something wrong.

              Hall - ROK - Jolly

              Davis was the start... but I suspect everyone was onboard at that stage.
              Soory Bloody hell, I truely believe that with ROK and Jolly, it was just a case of those two bein Victorian boys and they just really wanted to go back to Vic. They had played many years at Sydney, been loyal to the club, and just asked if they could be moved on to finish their careers at another club. We were able to accomodate Jolly, but were not able to for ROK. And I'm very glad we weren't able to get a trade done for ROK, he had a brilliant year and has decided to finish off at the swans. Bloody marvelous!!!.

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              • stellation
                scott names the planets
                • Sep 2003
                • 9718

                #8
                Some of the Swans players have had long and good careers that might have even seen them do better than their natural ability.
                I knew him as a gentle young man, I cannot say for sure the reasons for his decline
                We watched him fade before our very eyes, and years before his time

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                • Bloody Hell
                  Senior Player
                  • Oct 2006
                  • 3085

                  #9
                  Originally posted by johnno
                  Soory Bloody hell, I truely believe that with ROK and Jolly, it was just a case of those two bein Victorian boys and they just really wanted to go back to Vic. They had played many years at Sydney, been loyal to the club, and just asked if they could be moved on to finish their careers at another club. We were able to accomodate Jolly, but were not able to for ROK. And I'm very glad we weren't able to get a trade done for ROK, he had a brilliant year and has decided to finish off at the swans. Bloody marvelous!!!.
                  I can see with Jolly and his wife this was probably the case. What about ROK? What has changed?

                  I don't think players or people for that matter change clubs on a whim, particularly when they have been with one club their whole career. I find it hard to believe that if Hall has issues he's not laying down he's the only one. The two quotes earlier in the thread are pretty clear and easy to interpret.

                  I don't know what it is...but would be interesting to read the book!
                  The eternal connundrum "what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object" was finally solved when David Hasselhoff punched himself in the face.

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                  • Bloody Hell
                    Senior Player
                    • Oct 2006
                    • 3085

                    #10
                    Originally posted by stellation
                    I thought the same....Is that a swipe?
                    The eternal connundrum "what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object" was finally solved when David Hasselhoff punched himself in the face.

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                    • ernie koala
                      Senior Player
                      • May 2007
                      • 3251

                      #11
                      Originally posted by Bloody Hell
                      I thought the same....Is that a swipe?
                      Add this little snippet...''They're a very different group from Sydney. I must say, the first impression is that this group is very professional, very driven and very modest - in fact, quite reserved...... and you've got yourself a one two. Some of Eades chips must be landed on Baz's shoulders.
                      Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect... MT

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                      • dimelb
                        pr. dim-melb; m not f
                        • Jun 2003
                        • 6889

                        #12
                        Originally posted by Bloody Hell
                        I can see with Jolly and his wife this was probably the case. What about ROK? What has changed?

                        I don't think players or people for that matter change clubs on a whim, particularly when they have been with one club their whole career. I find it hard to believe that if Hall has issues he's not laying down he's the only one. The two quotes earlier in the thread are pretty clear and easy to interpret.

                        I don't know what it is...but would be interesting to read the book!
                        Whatever was behind ROK's dipping a toe in the draft (missing Melbourne? wanting an extra year on the contract?), I think it came to nothing because no other club was seriously interested and he ended up being stuffed about, perhaps especially by Hawthorn. He certainly seemed a happier player this year.
                        He reminds him of the guys, close-set, slow, and never rattled, who were play-makers on the team. (John Updike, seeing Josh Kennedy in a crystal ball)

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                        • sidswan
                          Warming the Bench
                          • Oct 2007
                          • 206

                          #13
                          Yeah, whether he MEANS it or not, he seems to imply that our boys are not 'professional, driven or modest'.........maybe we're just reading far more into it than was meant

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                          • dimelb
                            pr. dim-melb; m not f
                            • Jun 2003
                            • 6889

                            #14
                            Originally posted by ernie koala
                            Add this little snippet...''They're a very different group from Sydney. I must say, the first impression is that this group is very professional, very driven and very modest - in fact, quite reserved...... and you've got yourself a one two. Some of Eades chips must be landed on Baz's shoulders.
                            Yes, I thought that was an odd thing to say. It seemed to me you could say the same things about the Swans.
                            He reminds him of the guys, close-set, slow, and never rattled, who were play-makers on the team. (John Updike, seeing Josh Kennedy in a crystal ball)

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                            • Cardinal
                              Regular in the Side
                              • Sep 2008
                              • 932

                              #15
                              I'm not making too much of it. I think he's essentially just saying that despite the different cultures at the two clubs the Dogs just like the Swans are professional, dedicated, etc - since when do Swans fans give a damn about the Victorian media anyway ??

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