I reckon the French have a great saying "c'est le ton qui fait la musique"
Basically it says it is the tone that makes the music. It is not what is said that is wrong but the way it is said
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Basically it says it is the tone that makes the music. It is not what is said that is wrong but the way it is said
Drew Jones said today on SEN WA that the inside story is that Gold Coast reached out to Martin - not the other way round as has been reported.
Gold Coast want to bring Dusty out of retirement but he is set on retirement.
Gold Coast have offered a 2 year deal on significant money. The stories on a low wage are incorrect. Gold Coast are very keen but Dusty not so.
If so, looks like they are trying to tempt Dusty with a significant financial incentive to come out of retirement.
If true could also mean FA compensation to Richmond if he goes to the GC, assuming he is still on the Richmond books.
Gold Coast want to bring Dusty out of retirement but he is set on retirement.
Gold Coast have offered a 2 year deal on significant money. The stories on a low wage are incorrect. Gold Coast are very keen but Dusty not so.
If so, looks like they are trying to tempt Dusty with a significant financial incentive to come out of retirement.
If true could also mean FA compensation to Richmond if he goes to the GC, assuming he is still on the Richmond books.
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If this is correct, and not saying it isn't, it's a bit ballsy by GC to publicly state/lie that Dusty instigated the communication.
You'd think ralphy would call it out if it's a load of crap.
It raises an interesting question.
Does a player who gives 15 years to the club more entitled to be a Tiger than a supporter? Riewoldt, Cotch, Dusty, etc
Or a coach that gives 10 years, turns the club around and delivers 3 premierships, more entitled to be a tiger than a supporter?
There are obviously some kind of negotiations going on. That story kind of lines up with what Cotchin said about 0-1%
I thought the reports of a $300k wage seemed nonsense too. That's like 30% below the average AFL wage - would probably cost Martin more in brand damage than what he would earn.
The story goes round in circles a bit but wasn't it reported that GC approached Dusty during the season, he said no and now he is interested ?
I don't know how anyone can make that judgement.
The only thing I would say is that players and coaches also have a career in football, so they would obviously look at it with a different lens to how we would look at it
I don't have time now to find the actual quote from Mark Evans but...
Robinson’s report also stated that Gold Coast CEO Mark Evans confirmed the club and Martin are in contact, stating that the ex-Tiger reached out to the club.
And...
"We can confirm that Dustin has had a conversation with the club and we will both be engaging in further conversations to work out whether it's a good fit for the Gold Coast Suns and for Dustin," Campbell said.
I guess it doesn't say Dusty reached out to the club post retirement, he couldn't reached out to the club 2 years ago based on that comment.
How the hell would it be a blight on Yze. You reckon he told Dusty to play like a busted @&$” or didn’t go out of his way to accommodate Dusty?I just ordered two Dusty retirement caps! If he plays for GC so be it. However, I do question his judgement. I would have thought he would seek some guidance from Cotch, Jack and retired players on what it means to be a one club player. I think he is cooked. His body looked cooked this year. If he came out and played rejuvenated in 25 it would be blight on Ooze. Happy with the caps regardless!
If Dusty goes there and plays great footy (I doubt he can anymore) then it says a bit about him, not Yze
Dusty competitive fella, not his nature. You only had to watch him this year to see his body was broken.
They get paid for it. If you took all of those players and coaches and put them in GCS uniforms and they had a dynasty, they wouldn't care about who the Tigers were. They identify as GCS.
We on the other hand pay to watch them and get less back than the players do.
Dusty said he was retiring and we all went to celebrate his 300th game and his last walk around the MCG thanking us supporters
Never once did he say hed be playing on next year and want to go to GC
I have lost respect for Dimma as he abandoned us as he plots against us coaching GC
I’ll also lose respect for Dusty if he goes and pulls on a GC jumper and plays against us
Loyal when a player wears the yellow and black but when they choose to wear another jumper the loyalty to the player is no longer there
Never once did he say hed be playing on next year and want to go to GC
I have lost respect for Dimma as he abandoned us as he plots against us coaching GC
I’ll also lose respect for Dusty if he goes and pulls on a GC jumper and plays against us
Loyal when a player wears the yellow and black but when they choose to wear another jumper the loyalty to the player is no longer there
For want of a better word… disingenuous
I’d say ex coach is a bit like this.
Hunwick has shown numerous times what sort of bloke he is and continues to do so...
The RFC is the new Mrs Hardwick.
