Aaron Hamill – Reversed the Curse of the Blues

[ShanghaiSaint]

Found this little gem on youtube for all...

2004 game against Carlscum... (highlights)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNUuurtCWYk

enjoy

[saintbrat]

Pity we couldn't get those last 2 games from him for father son

[supersaints]

Good post however I think you are innacurate to say that Hamill left for money. as I understand it John Elliott lambasted and humiliated Hamill at Carltons best and fairest dinner. Elliott basically blamed him for Carltons failure and elliot stated that he was overpaid ( from memory it was a about a particular final loss)
Hamill was so pissed off he walked out Vowed never to play for the scumbags again.
I was told this by a Carlton player at the time (who said he was present).
I also seem to recall reading something along those lines in the media.
This was in the brown paper bag days, severe salary cap breaches and rortdthey used to get up to. If Hamill wanted to stay they would have easily found the money outside of the salary cap.

I don't believe for a moment that had Elliott not been the drunken abusive a-hole

[Verdun66]

Good post however I think you are innacurate to say that Hamill left for money. as I understand it John Elliott lambasted and humiliated Hamill at Carltons best and fairest dinner. Elliott basically blamed him for Carltons failure and elliot stated that he was overpaid ( from memory it was a about a particular final loss)
Hamill was so pissed off he walked out Vowed never to play for the scumbags again.
I was told this by a Carlton player at the time (who said he was present).
I also seem to recall reading something along those lines in the media.
This was in the brown paper bag days, severe salary cap breaches and rortdthey used to get up to. If Hamill wanted to stay they would have easily found the money outside of the salary cap.

I don't believe for a moment that had Elliott not been the drunken abusive a-hole

Yes, I remember this version of events. Elliott abused him, and he walked.

[whiskers3614]

bit like Lyon did to Ball in GF 09.

[kalsaint]

Good post however I think you are innacurate to say that Hamill left for money. as I understand it John Elliott lambasted and humiliated Hamill at Carltons best and fairest dinner. Elliott basically blamed him for Carltons failure and elliot stated that he was overpaid ( from memory it was a about a particular final loss)
Hamill was so pissed off he walked out Vowed never to play for the scumbags again.
I was told this by a Carlton player at the time (who said he was present).
I also seem to recall reading something along those lines in the media.
This was in the brown paper bag days, severe salary cap breaches and rortdthey used to get up to. If Hamill wanted to stay they would have easily found the money outside of the salary cap.

I don't believe for a moment that had Elliott not been the drunken abusive a-hole

Yes, I remember this version of events. Elliott abused him, and he walked.

Gtreat post, I too have had the scouge of blue bagger ferals hassle me for about 2/3 of my life. They have continually referred to the monopoly they expected for setting up near contracts with all the best youth across the country in the 60. 70's and 80's. Then Kaboom, welcome tot the salary cap gents. Carlton never knew how to manage and resorted to cheating that all came unstuck.

Nowadays I just love the 17 from 19 recent history. Love the 25000 wooden spoons left at Optus Oval. Love the strings of wins over this mob. Love the torment of losses on their Talking Carlton site. Love seeing misfits like Mark McCURE lose the plot after also spending some time at the Saints. Love the way their supporters cry about being the Saints bitches and the fact that many hate us more than Collingwood! Love the teasing those supporters over here (WA) who still wear their colours at old timers footy training as I tell them the magpies must have dropped some sh!t from above and its now stuck to their jumper.

Love to see this club fall in a heap every year at some point and loved the early crash out of finals more recently after promising so much (ha). Love the fact that I now have so many relations and friends that now cop more than I used to ever cop from their lot 15-25 years ago.

Hate the suckers and only love the misery more. They are now also rans since they cant cheati or plunder the country's youth anymore.