The Boss said:Hawkins fined
There is no club that gets a better rub with the MRO than this mob.
The Boss said:Hawkins fined
Tigers of Old said:There is no club that gets a better rub with the MRO than this mob.
BrisTiger24 said:I've gotta say, the dichotomy between intentional and careless is as clouded as it ever has been when you weigh up the Hawkins one with the Ablett x 3, Soldo and Fyfe ones
MRO's standard processes were made much easier today with the Bolton assassination. Given no one is watching today, they were able to skip the rule-book altogether and just go straight to straight to Step 4 - Gil consults Hocking in the Business Class seat next to him and determine Geelong-imposed sanction. If there is any blow-back, Gil will claim the decision was delegated to the Richmond cheer squad (judgement a bit hazy after the flight bender back to Melbourne).TigerFlag2017 said:You can imagine the incident review meeting that is happening at the moment.
They will first look at the incident to analyse what is the penalty under the rules. They will apply a risk-weighted discount because he is from Geelong.
Then they will do a stakeholder analysis to determine what journalists will say what and whether the weight of opinion will be positive or negative.
They will then look at the brownlow odds and the tv schedule and punch in the results to their spreadsheet to see at what cost the decision may have on the AFL's bottomline.
They will then call Gil to consult his "gut opinion". Then call Hocking to make sure he is not too upset that a geelong player is being suspended.
They will then review all the inputs on a whiteboard and weigh up what is best for the MRP's long term career opportunities and risk of being sacked at the end of the year for incompetence.
They will then go back to the original decision, laws of the game and footage and write a media release to support the decision. This will then go to the AFL's media department to sign-off on. It will then go to Hocking to make sure they haven't accidentally insulted him.
They will then call a couple of journos including Robbo and Whately to "test the waters". If they get a negative response - back to step 1.
They will also need to call Carey who wrote a scathing article last week and needs to be molified. If they get a negative response - back to step 1. They will probably call Eddie just because he is Eddie.
After repeating this process four or five times, they will probably conclude that it is too hard and give Gary a warning and cite his exemplary record and reference a Geelong medical report that said he had a migraine that quarter and that it was completely out of character.
That's just the way it rolls down at AFL HQ...
True. I'm still surprised Grimo didn't get sentenced for life.TigerFlag2017 said:MRO's standard processes were made much easier today with the Bolton assassination. Given no one is watching today, they were able to skip the rule-book altogether and just go straight to straight to Step 4 - Gil consults Hocking in the Business Class seat next to him and determine Geelong-imposed sanction. If there is any blow-back, Gil will claim the decision was delegated to the Richmond cheer squad (judgement a bit hazy after the flight bender back to Melbourne).
Tigers of Old said:As someone else said how does Chris Scott get the soapbox every week to defend his players through his press conferences? Thought coaches weren't supposed to comment on reports?
Tigers of Old said:As someone else said how does Chris Scott get the soapbox every week to defend his players through his press conferences? Thought coaches weren't supposed to comment on reports?
Tigers of Old said:As someone else said how does Chris Scott get the soapbox every week to defend his players through his press conferences? Thought coaches weren't supposed to comment on reports?
TigerForce said:Gill needs a quick $5000 to cover his gifts from Shanghai.
Harry said:Geelong getting a good run since Hocking took over.
Chistian doesn't want to upset his boss.