I hope Scott goes early
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Club will only get rid of Brad if they have some one lined up as a replacement imo otherwise I donāt see the point of sacking him with a year to go
Nino do you ever get tired of typing literally the exact same comment in this thread over and over ?
Surely you have had enough of saying the same thing mate haha.
I think all of Blitz knows exactly how you feel about this whole situation with Brad.
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Wait - so you donāt think come mid year - the club decides not to renew and goes through a process. You think the club finds someone, then sacks Brad and puts them in?
Surely when weāre 1 W 11 L mid year we donāt hang on to him for the remainder of the year??
Were you aware that Nino wanted to draft Humphrey over Tsatas?
Yes I was aware haha, FWIW I agree with him there.
Complete fark up.
WRONG
Tsatas is the prototype modern day AFL footballer
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Makes you wonder how much the politics in the club affects players. If they are hearing this bloke will be gone etc thereās very little chances they will put in
Jakey showing Brad again what he can still do.
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What does Brad have to do with this?
Brad played him every game.
And played him in enough games so it triggered a contract extension (much to the behest of Blitzers).
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Even played him when he was injured and then threw him under the bus when he didnāt deliver.
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Brad had zero interest in entertaining any sort of extension beyond that triggered which was a contract on
A significant pay cut. Some may applaud that and some may not, depends where you stand.
Although in a team which has minimal X factor and creativity, I personally enjoyed watching him in full
Flight. And yes I know some thought he was a cancer, everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
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Sorry, but what does this have to do with Scott? Was Scott in charge of extending contracts too?
So are you saying that list management wanted to extend Jake further and Scott intervened and said no?
Where is the link to Brad in this?
For me, I couldnāt give two ā ā ā ā ā about what Jake looked like or what kind of funky hat he wore at training. I donāt think he was a cancer at all but understand why the talk about him was the way it was. In the end, Jake got more out himself with his limitations than another player who actually looked like an athlete and didnāt. And the opposition put more time into him than others because they knew how much he could do even with his limitations. And from the actions of Scott, Iād say he felt the same.
But form the actionsā¦
Jake was played at every opportunity, he even kicked a Blitz famous 42 goals for us in his final year and list management chose to not extend him any further but itās Brad fault that heās in a Giants jumper?
I can understand a gripe against Scott for not playing Voss or playing Massimo out of position, but this Jake take just sounds off. From the actions, it doesnāt hold water.
Iām sure whatever inside info youāre getting is solid, but this just doesnāt sound right in this instance. Thereās a lot of gaps in the āJake isnāt at Essendon because of Scottā story. Iāll leave it at that.
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Iām saying Scott was adamant on not offering any more years or $$$ than the triggered deal which was a big pay cut, so we didnāt. So yes Brad had a big say on Jake staying or going.
Bradās view was we didnāt need to do anything he had a trigger so he can take the extra year at a significant pay cut. Thus, Jake was upset and moved on.
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Iām quite amused how little influence we think Brad has had on list management despite what he says. For instance, Scott (and Vozzo) were very much on board, influencing and driving the McKay, Gresham, goldy and Dursmaa acquisitions.
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We are far far worse under Scott and he has had 4 years. Happy clappers cannot see it though.
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And we wonder why this team is going around in circles.
How is it possible that so many Essendon people have absolutely NFI what talent actually is.
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Iām not saying he has little influence.
Every coach gets involved in recruitment. Any player who is courted by another club would want to know the coach. We saw that with the Merrett Mitchell situation.
Iād be interested to know what other people at the club would have just extended Jakeās contract. From what you say, it was solely up to Brad and no one else.
I accept the info you get. But some of it seems off.
If Stringer thinks Brad is the reason heās not at Essendon, then so be it.
He signed a contract and he could have honoured it and gotten elsewhere. But he didnāt.
And Iām not sure many Blitzers would have just extended Jakeās contract. I definitely wouldnāt have.
Well Jake is proving you wrong so far.
Oh no.
Jake is proving a Blitzer wrong.
How ever will I live with myselfā¦
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