I had heard reports that we were going to appeal so I'm glad have put this to bed quickly
The way I see it is both sides had a dispute, both tried to settle, both had our day in court and the judge ruled. That's the way it's supposed to work.
Personally I like the fact that Westaway and his board accepted the decision - shows some class that we have lacked in the past
I know our Board has its critics on here - especially low profile Westaway adopts - but I do like the fact that we have some actual leadership at the top
Saints settle with Thomas
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Yeah I agree Bev. The guys just spun so much clap trap throughout the his tenure that you read some of it now and wonder why you never bought a vaccum cleaner off him...Saint Bev wrote:As far as I am concerned he can piss off. Never do anything to harm the club, what a load of crock
But some will continue to need to believe cause they need the reassurance a strong, manipulative character like Thomas can provide......weve seen that often through history..
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Grant Thomas - the best there is!!!!
Or so goes the sig of one of his more vocal supporters.
If he is so good why did not one other team pick him up as coach?
Says it all.
Grant Thomas - bigger spiv than Spider Everitt.
Or so goes the sig of one of his more vocal supporters.
If he is so good why did not one other team pick him up as coach?
Says it all.
Grant Thomas - bigger spiv than Spider Everitt.
Lance or James??
There comes a point in every man's life when he has to say, "Enough is enough." For me, that time is now. I have been dealing with claims that I cheated and had an unfair advantage in <redacted>. Over the past three years, I have been subjected to a <redacted>investigation followed by <redacted> witch hunt. The toll this has taken on my family, and my work for <redacted>and on me leads me to where I am today – finished with this nonsense. (Oops just got a spontaneous errection <unredacted>)
There comes a point in every man's life when he has to say, "Enough is enough." For me, that time is now. I have been dealing with claims that I cheated and had an unfair advantage in <redacted>. Over the past three years, I have been subjected to a <redacted>investigation followed by <redacted> witch hunt. The toll this has taken on my family, and my work for <redacted>and on me leads me to where I am today – finished with this nonsense. (Oops just got a spontaneous errection <unredacted>)
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Yeah just like he promised never to do anything to hurt the SaintsWayneJudson42 wrote:Coz he promised that he'd never coach another team
At least he kept the quoted promise - with a little help from the other 15 AFL clubs who can obviously spot a man of honour and his word and would have know it was pointless to offer "The best there is" $400k to coach again.
he would have refused - surely.
Lance or James??
There comes a point in every man's life when he has to say, "Enough is enough." For me, that time is now. I have been dealing with claims that I cheated and had an unfair advantage in <redacted>. Over the past three years, I have been subjected to a <redacted>investigation followed by <redacted> witch hunt. The toll this has taken on my family, and my work for <redacted>and on me leads me to where I am today – finished with this nonsense. (Oops just got a spontaneous errection <unredacted>)
There comes a point in every man's life when he has to say, "Enough is enough." For me, that time is now. I have been dealing with claims that I cheated and had an unfair advantage in <redacted>. Over the past three years, I have been subjected to a <redacted>investigation followed by <redacted> witch hunt. The toll this has taken on my family, and my work for <redacted>and on me leads me to where I am today – finished with this nonsense. (Oops just got a spontaneous errection <unredacted>)
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I am just glad its over with....Westernway and the board have shown that they can and will fix things and make things happen.....good leadership on this they have closed it off and announced it without any fuss, we have a massive game tomorrow and that is where the focus should be.....not on this kind of thing.....well done by the board and Werstenway he is my BP the quiet acheiverGreatNo9s wrote:I had heard reports that we were going to appeal so I'm glad have put this to bed quickly
The way I see it is both sides had a dispute, both tried to settle, both had our day in court and the judge ruled. That's the way it's supposed to work.
Personally I like the fact that Westaway and his board accepted the decision - shows some class that we have lacked in the past
I know our Board has its critics on here - especially low profile Westaway adopts - but I do like the fact that we have some actual leadership at the top
Our best is yet
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Welcome aboard Hobbohobbo wrote:i would be happy to see grant back in the coaches box
Thomas, while controversial, was a Saints man through and through. Too bad it ended the way it did. The club has certainly taken on a mature, no fuss and clinical approach to a situation that could have gotten out of hand. I wouldn't object seeing GT back in some form or another in the years to come.
When they created LENNY HAYES (in the shadow of Harvs) they forgot to break the mold (again)- hence the Supremely Incredible Jack Steven!!
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No its not. I know for a fact that it has everything to do with how tight the mankini is !!plugger66 wrote:I think it is called sarcasim.RBnW wrote:how does a post about this get a post like that.....you have an ability to turn a positive into a negative faster than Lenny takes it out of the middle....joffaboy wrote:Sack Lyon.
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Either way its a lot better that 'Saints Appeal and keep fighting Ex Coach in the Courts' as a headline on the day of a massive game for the club.kaos theory wrote:I hope the slimey blood sucking leech, who would gladly bleed the club dry if he could, is never welcomed back.
hmm.... I guess that's not very diplomatic.
Let me try again:
"I look forward to a time when Grant and his family are welcomed back to the St Kilda fold"
The board have done the right thing here, it is gone and everyone can move on, isnt that what we voted for....... Footy First, this does put Footy First and shows the board are mature and willing to move on
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Pagan and Sheedy have been around the traps, and have are "yesterday's" men.
Gt was a revolutionary man manager who had only coached for 5 years and still young.
He introduced some cutting edge ideas such as:
-rotating Captains,
-Being jack-of-all trades,
-mouthing off at umpires so that they'd be more favourable to our players,
-taking the team on life changing trips to China and Sth Africa (paid in part by the club with funds that could have been spent on the footy dept), which btw have made us one of the most "grounded" and "wordly" mid table teams in the comp.
-intrdouced the concept of 1-year assistant coaching apprenticeships,
It's no wonder that he sued the club given the value he provided and it astounds me that no other club has asked hin to coach.
In short...
He took us to 3 finals series... took us to 2 prelims... and now has taken us to the cleaners.
No one will deny what he did, how we bought some repectability to our club.
It's his actions after he was terminated that really shows his true worth.
Gt was a revolutionary man manager who had only coached for 5 years and still young.
He introduced some cutting edge ideas such as:
-rotating Captains,
-Being jack-of-all trades,
-mouthing off at umpires so that they'd be more favourable to our players,
-taking the team on life changing trips to China and Sth Africa (paid in part by the club with funds that could have been spent on the footy dept), which btw have made us one of the most "grounded" and "wordly" mid table teams in the comp.
-intrdouced the concept of 1-year assistant coaching apprenticeships,
It's no wonder that he sued the club given the value he provided and it astounds me that no other club has asked hin to coach.
In short...
He took us to 3 finals series... took us to 2 prelims... and now has taken us to the cleaners.
No one will deny what he did, how we bought some repectability to our club.
It's his actions after he was terminated that really shows his true worth.
The lid is off after Round 2! Enjoy the journey, coz you just don't know where we'll end up. Live for today and seize the moment.
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The hate filled minority won't change that so they better learn to deal with it.
Thank you for the "life" lesson oh mighty one.
It's not hate. I don't hate the man, I merely do not respect him as I once did.
I don't give a F*** which honour board his name's on... he will be judged by his deeds.
If I were in his shoes, I'd be ashamed to walk back into the club.
I suspect the Wayne Carey features prominently on North's Honour Board, so I guess he won't be remembered by the way he exited the club
Thank you for the "life" lesson oh mighty one.
It's not hate. I don't hate the man, I merely do not respect him as I once did.
I don't give a F*** which honour board his name's on... he will be judged by his deeds.
If I were in his shoes, I'd be ashamed to walk back into the club.
I suspect the Wayne Carey features prominently on North's Honour Board, so I guess he won't be remembered by the way he exited the club
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And you are such a good bloke that you would not claim your legal entitlements from a former employer even if you were sacked, banned from corporate functions, told to stay away from your past colleagues and then had your next high paying job scuttled by your former directors.WayneJudson42 wrote:It's his actions after he was terminated that really shows his true worth.
Yeah right.
Time to move on but some should be a bit more realistic about how they would most likely behave in a similar situation.