Gill’s legacy

[Tenacious]

Gilligan's legacy keeps on growing - the lowest rating GF in history - this flog just keeps on giving on the way out the door. Certainly worth the millions he's getting paid.

It's embarrassing for sure - and more so if the Rugby League number beats us.

I thought I caught a clip somewhere (via here maybe) of Gill predicting it would be the biggest ever rating GF - based on the Sydney audience, Geelong blah blah blah

Wonder what the figures were over the duration of the game?
Small sample size - but at my place there were 2 viewers at the start - but none after Qtr time.

 

[Dyer'ere]

For so many years Ghoul McLachlan's frequent failures were Steve Hocking's fault. Steve Hocking was successful yesterday.

Who was responsible for the lowest rating GF in a thousand years?

Is it Ghoul's fault yet?

 

[The Big Richo]

Who was responsible for the lowest rating GF in a thousand years?

The Sydney Football Club might have to carry a smidge of blame there.

 

[Bullarto Tiger]

It's embarrassing for sure - and more so if the Rugby League number beats us.

I thought I caught a clip somewhere (via here maybe) of Gill predicting it would be the biggest ever rating GF - based on the Sydney audience, Geelong blah blah blah

Wonder what the figures were over the duration of the game?
Small sample size - but at my place there were 2 viewers at the start - but none after Qtr time.

Yep, as with you Tenacious, the telly was switched off at quarter time in my residence.
The game had already proved too boring ... and predictable.

 

[artball]

The Sydney Football Club might have to carry a smidge of blame there.

and the Grand Final Parade (flotilla)

 

[Little Ziggyadee]

People flog themselves off about the 1989 GF. Hawthorn were up by 8 goals. And
Had 1 bloke with broken ribs, 1 with a punched lung and there best player off with Concussion.
Geelong didn't deserve that flag.
The best flag I've seen is 2018 flag
Collingwood up by 5 goals against a team with a terrible record at the MCG and Collingwood still find a way to lose and for 5 yrs all I have heard if the runner didn't get in the way and Maynard was blocked.
If Masten & Kennedy kicked straight and Darling didn't drop the mark they wouldve won by 5 goals.
I laughed for a week. That's the best GF ever.

 

[tigersnake]

They were hard on him on ABC yesterday. Made the point that on every racism issue he's failed.

Goodes, Adelaide camp, Eddie McGuire. Not a good formline. Good at acting contrite but hasn't got a clue, all talk no action.

 

[larabee]

They were hard on him on ABC yesterday. Made the point that on every racism issue he's failed.

Goodes, Adelaide camp, Eddie McGuire. Not a good formline. Good at acting contrite but hasn't got a clue, all talk no action.

yeah, but, er, Indigenous Round. all good

 

[IanG]

They were hard on him on ABC yesterday. Made the point that on every racism issue he's failed.

Goodes, Adelaide camp, Eddie McGuire. Not a good formline. Good at acting contrite but hasn't got a clue, all talk no action.

Was that on Outsiders?

 

[year of the tiger]

Add gambling to that list.

Costello: AFL gambling addiction on ‘borrowed time’ after scandal

While no changes will happen to the AFL's gambling sponsorships overnight, Tim Costello the partnership is now living on "borrowed time".

thenewdaily.com.au

Great article and the best quote which I will use below

“All 10 Victorian AFL clubs have signed with the Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation and its Love the Game program.

Through this program, they pledge to keep their clubs free of sports betting sponsorships.

Grassroots stakeholders are also attempting to stem football’s pervasive gambling culture, with AFL Victoria and community leagues pledging to do the same.

“Clubs are much more responsible than the AFL,” Mr Costello said.

“Most of the Victorian clubs have got out of pokies, saying it damages the community and causes addiction.

“The AFL has been utterly unprincipled. So this is not the clubs. This is actually the AFL.”

Blurring ethical lines​

Technically, the AFL isn’t breaking any laws by the way it promotes gambling. Gambling is legal – for those over the age of 18.

However, Mr Costello said the AFL had a moral responsibility as well as a legal responsibility to the sport’s fans.

“What the AFL has done is literally turn the heroes of kids, their football heroes into, effectively, greyhounds and horses – but worse,” he said.

“There’s not a child today that doesn’t know the logos, the odds, the jingles of sports betting companies, and not a child today that doesn’t think that sport, the AFL and betting go together – that they are the same thing.

“That’s corrupting. A decade ago, let alone a generation ago, adults would never tolerate grooming kids with an adult product. That’s what the AFL is doing.”

 

[TigerMasochist]

Add gambling to that list.

Costello: AFL gambling addiction on ‘borrowed time’ after scandal

While no changes will happen to the AFL's gambling sponsorships overnight, Tim Costello the partnership is now living on "borrowed time".

thenewdaily.com.au

“Most of the Victorian clubs have got out of pokies, saying it damages the community and causes addiction.
.”

Most of the Victorian clubs have got out of alcohol, saying it damages the community and causes addiction.
Most of the Victorian clubs have got out of junk food, saying it damages the community n causes obesity and poor health.

Firstly why not all clubs nation wide n secondly where does it stop?
Do we stop having grand finals because winners n losers makes some people sad n feeling not up to the preferred elite standard, give everyone a medal for competing all year.

P.S. Never seen a smoking or drinking advertising campaign at sporting events over the years, that's the same sort of adult product grooming.

 

[graystar1]

This is the last thing the AFL needs.
Another ex Geelong player in this role.
Probably the favourite though.
THE AFL has gone to market to fill its vacant General Manager of Football role following the departure of Brad Scott to Essendon.

It's understood the League informed clubs on Tuesday morning that it is now accepting applications to fill the position, which is one of the most senior roles in the AFL's football department.

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Expressions of interest in the role open immediately and are due to close at 5pm AEDT on Wednesday, November 30, with preferred candidates expected to be invited to participate in a formal selection process.

Jimmy Bartel, a triple-premiership champion at Geelong and now the football director at Greater Western Sydney, is one who has already indicated he would be interested in putting his hand up for the vacant position.

 

[Disco]

I see Gill just announced his official date of leave will be after the RD 5 "nuffie round".
Looking for the fanfare goodbye with a feel good story.
How about pissing off earlier.

 

[TrialByVideo]

I see Gill just announced his official date of leave will be after the RD 5 "nuffie round".
Looking for the fanfare goodbye with a feel good story.
How about pissing off earlier.

The biggest sporting conglomerate in the country look like a bunch of amateur fools so beholden to one leader.... reminds me of a political party in the US!

Word has it the "Hail to Our Leader" send off will include a lap of honour on Adelaide Oval...... Gill astride his favourite polo pony. ..... with Hamish dutifully bringing up the rear, shoveling horseshit to the adoring masses!

 

[Disco]

The biggest sporting conglomerate in the country look like a bunch of amateur fools so beholden to one leader.... reminds me of a political party in the US!

Word has it the "Hail to Our Leader" send off will include a lap of honour on Adelaide Oval...... Gill astride his favourite polo pony. ..... with Hamish dutifully bringing up the rear, shoveling horseshit to the adoring masses!

Hamish.......the nepotism is strong there.

 

[JimJessTorp]

The biggest sporting conglomerate in the country look like a bunch of amateur fools so beholden to one leader.... reminds me of a political party in the US!

Word has it the "Hail to Our Leader" send off will include a lap of honour on Adelaide Oval...... Gill astride his favourite polo pony. ..... with Hamish dutifully bringing up the rear, shoveling horseshit to the adoring masses!

Hamish.......the nepotism is strong there.

I believe the polo pony is to be lead by two French au pairs dressed in maid uniforms with Peter Dutton in front in shoe's clad with the harvested skin of illegally detained asylum seekers flown in from the Nauru death camps.

 

[Tigers of Old]

Please go already.

 

[UKTiger]

Legacies are generally remembered for the good that come out of it. Gil's legacy is the exact opposite

 

[The Big Richo]

It's interesting the different perspectives we see when it comes to leaders.

You have politicians like Dan Andrews who people are for or against largely due to their own personal values and beliefs, and the judgement of how they perform is aligned with that.

Then you have organisations where people are invested in supporting, like a footy club. There leaders like the President or coach are fiercely supported by those who are loyal to the club, but if the club doesn't perform they can also turn hard against them.

An organisation like the AFL though has no supporters, no-one barracks for the AFL. So they are generally universally disliked by everyone. In this case you have a CEO where the view on him from people within the game seems pretty positive, even really positive but the fans all hate his guts.

The question is how do you measure a legacy in that circumstance, when the likelihood is you can take it as a given all fans hate the AFL.

 

[Leysy Days]

It's interesting the different perspectives we see when it comes to leaders.

You have politicians like Dan Andrews who people are for or against largely due to their own personal values and beliefs, and the judgement of how they perform is aligned with that.

Then you have organisations where people are invested in supporting, like a footy club. There leaders like the President or coach are fiercely supported by those who are loyal to the club, but if the club doesn't perform they can also turn hard against them.

An organisation like the AFL though has no supporters, no-one barracks for the AFL. So they are generally universally disliked by everyone. In this case you have a CEO where the view on him from people within the game seems pretty positive, even really positive but the fans all hate his guts.

The question is how do you measure a legacy in that circumstance, when the likelihood is you can take it as a given all fans hate the AFL.

Easy - Have they left the game itself (not $$$'s as it's not for profit remember) in a better place than before they assumed the position.

And that is not just the top tier AFL league itself but every pyramid league underneath it. This is the primary goal under the AFL CEO's watch.

Know that and you have your answer.