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Might actually shed some light on the term 'hush money' and what Butters went ballistic on SEN about.
I had assumed that the 'hush money' was to stop him talking publicly about the Club.
The Club's QC is uggesting that teh 'hush money' was more to do with 'player harmony'. I note in the report that apparently GT didn't dispute this?
Maybe the Club was fair dinkum in its angst last year over GT having telephone conversatons and meetings with the players - it maybe breached their understanding of the 'agreement' they had?
IMO GT had bonded likewise with the players, he is only human, and to be cut off from his 'charges' would have hurt him as well.
I dont think bonding can be one directional process.
look at Lethals team at the start of the decade, and essendon to sheedy.
north and pagan, pagan and north, when he took the $$$ north players were crushed.
as I said there MIGHT have been some chance for a return had he left with dignity, he didn't and the fact the NEW board is fighting GT, that would indicate any respect he had from guys like thomo and burke, would have been significantly dented 18 months down the track.
Bewaire krime, da krimson bolt is comeing to yure nayborhood to smach krime
JeffDunne wrote:We must be the first club in history to sack a coach because he had the support of the players.
I know the usual simpletons will pipe up with so-and-so didn't like GT, blah, blah, blah . . . but clearly the club thought he had it.
There comes a point in every man's life when he has to say, "Enough is enough." For me, that time is now. I have been dealing with claims that I cheated and had an unfair advantage in <redacted>. Over the past three years, I have been subjected to a <redacted>investigation followed by <redacted> witch hunt. The toll this has taken on my family, and my work for <redacted>and on me leads me to where I am today – finished with this nonsense. (Oops just got a spontaneous errection <unredacted>)
I think we did almost lose Nick at the Best & fairest that year ( which was only a few weeks after sacking) nick gave a speech and he almost broke down and cried and stopped speaking for a minute and it was just silence in the room and he then composed himself and kept going..
JeffDunne wrote:We must be the first club in history to sack a coach because he had the support of the players.
I know the usual simpletons will pipe up with so-and-so didn't like GT, blah, blah, blah . . . but clearly the club thought he had it.
just makes me terribly sad to read all that sh1t......no wonder we lost that finals match to melbourne...the wonder is we got that far with the egotistical bastards running the club at the time......
.everybody still loves lenny....and we always will
"Freedom of expression is the cornerstone of a free society,"
However, freedom of expression is not encouraged in certain forums.
There was not unanimous support - that is my point. I do not wish to name anyone - but some were not unhappy and some were. Many thought the process screwed - which it was!
This is a team game and there is no room for individuals who think they are above walking through the fire.
