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other teams don't do it...don't know why we have too.....Teflon wrote:Short term emotions over riding long term common sense
We can't win - we keep these guys and get lessor picks and the ability to bring in top end talent
We trade them and apparently we "gave them away"
We won't know for years.
Extremely poor drafting.stinger wrote:other teams don't do it...don't know why we have too.....Teflon wrote:Short term emotions over riding long term common sense
We can't win - we keep these guys and get lessor picks and the ability to bring in top end talent
We trade them and apparently we "gave them away"
We won't know for years.
We didn't give them away.....grow up.stinger wrote:do you reckon that the saints would like to have goddard, dal santo and mcevoy playing for them tomorrow...????.but they give them away....why do they do that..?????..ridiculous.....!!!!
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Some teams haven't been top 4 in a decade and made back to back GFs either....stinger wrote:other teams don't do it...don't know why we have too.....Teflon wrote:Short term emotions over riding long term common sense
We can't win - we keep these guys and get lessor picks and the ability to bring in top end talent
We trade them and apparently we "gave them away"
We won't know for years.
Grow up.BigMart wrote:Didn't Carlton actually do what you're suggesting?
3 number 1 picks in a row... Murphy, Gibbs, Kruzer all in their prime
Number 2 pick... Walker
Judd for their #4 pick
Stole Robbie Warnock with cash
And have another #2 pick this year
And unlike Melbourne they selected NO duds
Are the assured a premiership now?
MaClure is an idiot
But a midfield of
Hayes, Ball, Montagna, Goddard, Dal Santo, Armitage, Jones, Steven.... And McEvoy
Would be competitive
The great Ken Burns. From his work on the Brooklyn Bridge, to his series on prohibition, right though his dustbowl series, always a giant. The Baseball series is the work of a master - and I don't like baseball.roskilde wrote:Having re watched the "Ken Burns: Baseball" documentary recently, I weep for the state of sports journalism.
Before the television reigned supreme, journalists had to have a voice, they had to bring to life the spectacle of sport with their prose. They had to create meaning for the reader, because without their service the spirit of the day was lost.
Today journalists are moralists, rumour-mongers and paid shills. Such a shame. I think the sports journo of old was quite a noble calling, it also allowed an artistic license and personal tone for the journalist. They were artists as much as they were documentarians.
The Baseball series is the work of a master - and I don't like baseball.
I would include Washington, Jefferson, Jackson, Mencken, Kennedy and the man who made Robinson's rise possible Mr Branch Rickie in that list, but definitely Robinson was a man of strength and unique character. A Republican to boot!It was through his work on baseball that I came to learn of the truly great Jackie Robinson, quite probably the 2nd greatest African American after MLK.
It's amazing what a little inside knowledge can achieve with a cabbie, twice I have been forgiven my fare with Iranians for knowing the role the US played in the rold of the overthrow of Mosadegh, and the subsequent demonization of post-shah Iran.e been to the States once, a 2 day fly by at Oracle HQ in up state NY. On the way back to JFK airport, I found myself on Jackie Robinson Way in NY City. The cab driver was an AA, and when I started telling him about my appreciation for Jackie Robinson, I got a response that started with "Goddamn, you know about about Jackie?". I told him about watching the Ken Burns' doco, and just how great a man Robinson obviously was. I got the cab ride for free, and it was a very big fare.
The deposed Shah, with the help of his lords and masters in the US, nicked around about $100B in today's currency from his "kingdom". The Iranians, after the Shah's 'departure', asked very politely if they could have their bucks back. They were met with a response from Washington that went something like "Who, us?"roskilde wrote:The Baseball series is the work of a master - and I don't like baseball.
I had a bit of a head start on you, I LOVED the Barry Levinson film "The Natural" which is one of the great sporting films IMHO. But Burns left me in wonder at the great tradition of Americas erstwhile pastime.
I would include Washington, Jefferson, Jackson, Mencken, Kennedy and the man who made Robinson's rise possible Mr Branch Rickie in that list, but definitely Robinson was a man of strength and unique character. A Republican to boot!It was through his work on baseball that I came to learn of the truly great Jackie Robinson, quite probably the 2nd greatest African American after MLK.
It's amazing what a little inside knowledge can achieve with a cabbie, twice I have been forgiven my fare with Iranians for knowing the role the US played in the rold of the overthrow of Mosadegh, and the subsequent demonization of post-shah Iran.e been to the States once, a 2 day fly by at Oracle HQ in up state NY. On the way back to JFK airport, I found myself on Jackie Robinson Way in NY City. The cab driver was an AA, and when I started telling him about my appreciation for Jackie Robinson, I got a response that started with "Goddamn, you know about about Jackie?". I told him about watching the Ken Burns' doco, and just how great a man Robinson obviously was. I got the cab ride for free, and it was a very big fare.
He isn't sports mainstream, but Martin Flanagan is always worth reading.Con Gorozidis wrote:I still have a soft spot for Gideon Haigh and I don't mind Malcolm Conn and the English cricket writer they publish whose name escapes me.
Apart from that they all get effed.
I'm trying to think of a good mainstream footy writer but I can't think of any.
I don't mind Dennis sometimes but him and Bruce together is just excruciating .
Channel 7 is just nauseating all round.
Even the abc are pretty terrible these days.
This is just BS for starters...stinger wrote:other teams don't do it...don't know why we have too.....Teflon wrote:Short term emotions over riding long term common sense
We can't win - we keep these guys and get lessor picks and the ability to bring in top end talent
We trade them and apparently we "gave them away"
We won't know for years.
dragit wrote:This is just BS for starters...stinger wrote:chapmanTeflon wrote:Short term emotions over riding long term common sense
We can't win - we keep these guys and get lessor picks and the ability to bring in top end talent
We trade them and apparently we "gave them away"
We won't know for years.
other teams don't do it...don't know why we have too.....
Kennedy, Franklin, McGlynn, Elliss, McPharlin
Shaw, Thomas, Wellingham,
Moloney, Ablett, Mumford
Dempster, Schneider, Hall, Jolly, Mumford
All teams do it.