Time has not done him well with those comments.
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Ridleyās best footy has come against the best forwards
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Ridley is very reluctant to sag off his man if heās the slightest chance of getting it
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If we lose zerk Ridley doesnāt get freed up in any event
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Ridley was playing in his own man and covering for Zerk and Lav occasionally. It was pretty epic what he was doing, also unsustainable long term.
McKay ensure that the biggest and best forward are taken care of and Ridley can work with Lav to cover the other forward and medium forwards whilst intercepting as well. He is going to do the role we had planned Reid to do, albeit too early.
It also allows Ridley to be the general in defence, with less worry about covering for lesser players.
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Seeing as though McKay averaged more intercept marks and more intercept possessions than Ridley this yearā¦ maybe Ridley frees up McKay? 
McKay was top three for intercept marks this year, and number 1 last year. This is actually the one part of acquiring him that does excite me.
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How good is it watching the highlights of McKay destroying Hawkins.
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Interestingā¦
Has a pretty good record againt him i think
Oliver???
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Did not provide any further infoā¦I might have to ask him and see if heās heard anything since. Heās usually spot on with his intel.
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Whatās happened to the trade thread? Canāt find itā¦
Thanks I think I muted it maybe, didnāt know I could!
Ok so at the B&F I spoke to a number of ex players and a few officials and all are very supportive of Adrian Dodoro. Summary:
- Heās been unfairly portrayed as being bad at his job - heās actually very good
- Heās good at picking talent but the clubās development has meant many of his recruits donāt go on to be very good players (ie itās not Dodoroās fault)
- Dodoro isnāt leaving in fact heās still going to be involved ābehind the scenesā
- Heās a good bloke that bleeds red and black
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Sampling bias
Sampling bias occurs when the sample selected for a study or survey is not representative of the population from which it is drawn, thereby leading to skewed results. This bias can happen at any stage of sampling, such as during the selection process, data collection, or data analysis, and it can introduce inaccuracies and limit the generalizability of the findings to the wider population. Different types of sampling biases include:
- Self-Selection Bias: When participants volunteer for a study, and those volunteers are not representative of the entire population.
- Convenience Sampling Bias: When samples are chosen because they are easy to acquire and not based on systematic sampling strategies.
- Undercoverage Bias: When some groups from the population are left out or are underrepresented in the sampling process.
- Non-Response Bias: When individuals chosen for the sample do not participate, and the non-respondents differ in meaningful ways from those who do participate.
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Days since January 1, 1999 = 9040 days
Days since Ess won a final = 6963 days
Correlation isnāt causality but whatever.
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And
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Yep heās so good at his job and picking talent that we havenāt won a final for 20 years with him as the head recruiter.
Poor Adrian heās just misunderstood.
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Yeah, such an amazing coincidence that weāve had poor development for 20 years eh? Even though weāve changed so much of our development staff and assistant coaches over those 20 yearsā¦
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Thanks for the intel. Sounds like we have some deluded ex players and officials, which isnāt really surprising.
Dodo hasnāt been portrayed as anything. Not sure what theyāre on about when they say heās been portrayed unfairly. The club never says a bad thing about him and the media hardly do either. So whoās portraying him unfairly I wonder? The reason heās judged harshly by fans is because of his extremely poor record and every statistic attests to that.
I donāt know where this myth comes from that heās good a picking talent. Itās actually the opposite, as suggested by our AA record as well as other metrics. We also still lack in important positions, and development isnāt the reason for that. For example we canāt develop a midget mid into a BBM.
Also, I really donāt care if he bleeds red and black. Itās so completely irrelevant to anything and Iām not sure why that matters or why itās an argument. Iād much rather someone who doesnāt, like silvagni for example, if they can perform the role better.
Itās unfortunate that this stain on the club doesnāt look like leaving any time soon, although not unsurprising.
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Adrian Dodoro selected us so he must be good, we didnāt turn out to be good players but that was due to development.
Heās also our friend.
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Who wants to end up with a horses head in your bed ?
Of course they would say all that about he who should never again be named !
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