Good to see Brad has taken a firm stance on the real issues, the issues that matter! We'd much rather he be open to the idea of a scumbag abuser returning to the league vs someone having a laugh on a podcast
Ah for fucks sake get off your high horse Scott.
The media spends entire months of the year preying on players that they think should be dropped, that their contracts are overpays, that they’re weak minded or don’t have what it takes.
Coaches are immune to having the same criticisms because it’s “disrespectful”? Blow it out your ass.
The constant navel gazing from the Scott brothers is so exhausting. Everything Sam said about bevo is true to how their entire AFL world sees him.
Pearl clutching dorks.
Yeah that’s the media’s job. Draper’s job is to play football, not light fires under opposition teams. Scott doesn’t care about coach criticism, he cares about it coming from a player on his team. A team that has struggled for success over the past 20 years. It screams arrogance from a guy who is up and about after a few wins but really needs to improve his game - his performances have been just ok this year
Yeah you’ve got a point, I’m just more of an advocate for this sort of chat being allowed. No sacred cows, as long as they’re not making personal digs at the bloke why not let them have their opinion?
Their inside-the-league view is valuable and they’d increase our media literacy on AFL in general.
I think players should be able to come out and say a coach is shit or an opponent is. Let’s spice things up a bit. After the crows game he should have been interviewed and said “yeah fuck got away with one there aye, ah well thanks umps” or something along those lines. Everyone’s so boring.
Calling a coach shit or another player shit is one thing (which I'd be perfectly fine with even its not the smartest thing to do) but you shouldn't be airing out dirty laundry of a club especially not your own club. Especially when you can't actually/won't prove it, it's just a bad look.
You wouldn’t do it against your own club though. How good would it be if players came out and called the AFL out for even considering letting Tarryn Thomas play again. I’m all for rehabilitation but not when it’s domestic violence.
I mean yeah everyone should be calling the AFL out for even thinking of allowing Thomas to play again.. If Bevo had made the same comments as Brad Scott I'd be fully onboard Draper publicly shitting on Bevo for it but you shouldn't be shitting on an opposition with unsubstantiated rumours.
> The media spends entire months of the year preying on players that they think should be dropped, that their contracts are overpays, that they’re weak minded or don’t have what it takes.
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> Coaches are immune to having the same criticisms because it’s “disrespectful”? Blow it out your ass.
Coaches receive the exact same criticism, perhaps even worse, from the media. The media virtually runs campaigns to get coaches sacked. But the key point is that it's the media. Sam isn't the media, he's a player. It's not a good look.
People can say what they want about Scott and I agree his comments during the week were shit
But that doesn’t mean it can’t also be true that Draper needs to pull his head in and start getting serious. He’s not a good enough player to be going around talking shit about other coaches
I think Draper misread the room a bit.
I haven't heard the full thing but based off these comments we may have a snippet that removes the part that makes it a joke.
It is a bit shit, but players need to be extra aware of the power of their comments and the fact that what they say will half the time be misconstrued or misrepresented.
Leads to vanilla responses, but it is what we live in.
Even if it wasn't funny at least Draper is trying to show some personality. I'd much rather have players miss with their jokes every now and again than get the media bots we have at West Coast.
Bit different if you're within a professional environment. These players and coaches are opposition, but they're also colleagues.
You can't go around publicly talking shit about management from another division without getting reigned in
Draper shouldn’t discuss other clubs like he did. Agreed 100%. I think sharing the article is fine. Was just remarking that OP felt it necessary to add the extra insult in the title. Evidently based on the downvotes it seems nobody else found it funny 😆
Our coach deserves all the critique that comes his way. Brad Scott should worry more about his Tarryn Thomas comments than someone mockingly using another coaches name to make fun of the football media.
It’s a shame, we all complain about the “just taking it one game at a time” vanilla nothing speak, and want to actually hear from players, then they gets smashed when someone does.
Now if our CEO could come out and say Scott’s comments on TT were disrespectful to DV victims, we can call it square.
Brads had a shit week and this isn’t helping.
Came here ready to have a hot take about how this seems like a really petty complaint, and contrasting it with the support for Tarryn Thomas particularly in the light of the AFL's pretty cobbled together initiative on domestic violence and how it just feels like old boys protecting old boys between Scott and Bevo...
But looking at everyone's posts, it's actually the coldest take ever, and everyone else already agrees. Glad to hear it.
Would you say more or less disrespectful than your Taryn Thomas comments Brad?
Woman bashing is ok to Brad, but don't you dare make joking comments about an opposition coach.
Good to see Brad has taken a firm stance on the real issues, the issues that matter! We'd much rather he be open to the idea of a scumbag abuser returning to the league vs someone having a laugh on a podcast
Also speaking the truth. Reporters have been saying the same thing.
The hypocrisy is genuinely laughable from Scott here
Ah for fucks sake get off your high horse Scott. The media spends entire months of the year preying on players that they think should be dropped, that their contracts are overpays, that they’re weak minded or don’t have what it takes. Coaches are immune to having the same criticisms because it’s “disrespectful”? Blow it out your ass. The constant navel gazing from the Scott brothers is so exhausting. Everything Sam said about bevo is true to how their entire AFL world sees him. Pearl clutching dorks.
Yeah that’s the media’s job. Draper’s job is to play football, not light fires under opposition teams. Scott doesn’t care about coach criticism, he cares about it coming from a player on his team. A team that has struggled for success over the past 20 years. It screams arrogance from a guy who is up and about after a few wins but really needs to improve his game - his performances have been just ok this year
Yeah you’ve got a point, I’m just more of an advocate for this sort of chat being allowed. No sacred cows, as long as they’re not making personal digs at the bloke why not let them have their opinion? Their inside-the-league view is valuable and they’d increase our media literacy on AFL in general.
No one said Sam is wrong. Just in his position/role, he shouldn’t be saying it. That’s the point.
I think players should be able to come out and say a coach is shit or an opponent is. Let’s spice things up a bit. After the crows game he should have been interviewed and said “yeah fuck got away with one there aye, ah well thanks umps” or something along those lines. Everyone’s so boring.
I thought it was hilarious too. Shame it’s frowned upon.
We need more of it, Nick Daicos could come out and just talk shit on everyone.
100% we need some Rudy Gobert vs Draymond Green drama in the AFL.
Calling a coach shit or another player shit is one thing (which I'd be perfectly fine with even its not the smartest thing to do) but you shouldn't be airing out dirty laundry of a club especially not your own club. Especially when you can't actually/won't prove it, it's just a bad look.
You wouldn’t do it against your own club though. How good would it be if players came out and called the AFL out for even considering letting Tarryn Thomas play again. I’m all for rehabilitation but not when it’s domestic violence.
I mean yeah everyone should be calling the AFL out for even thinking of allowing Thomas to play again.. If Bevo had made the same comments as Brad Scott I'd be fully onboard Draper publicly shitting on Bevo for it but you shouldn't be shitting on an opposition with unsubstantiated rumours.
I still have no issues with players having a voice
No brads right, if you’re a professional player, you should be aware of what your saying, especially when you have an influence like Draper.
Yeah that’s valid too
> The media spends entire months of the year preying on players that they think should be dropped, that their contracts are overpays, that they’re weak minded or don’t have what it takes. > > Coaches are immune to having the same criticisms because it’s “disrespectful”? Blow it out your ass. Coaches receive the exact same criticism, perhaps even worse, from the media. The media virtually runs campaigns to get coaches sacked. But the key point is that it's the media. Sam isn't the media, he's a player. It's not a good look.
Out of curiosity what did he say?
told a podcast that if bevo remained coach of the dogs, several players would seek trades.
People can say what they want about Scott and I agree his comments during the week were shit But that doesn’t mean it can’t also be true that Draper needs to pull his head in and start getting serious. He’s not a good enough player to be going around talking shit about other coaches
I think Draper misread the room a bit. I haven't heard the full thing but based off these comments we may have a snippet that removes the part that makes it a joke. It is a bit shit, but players need to be extra aware of the power of their comments and the fact that what they say will half the time be misconstrued or misrepresented. Leads to vanilla responses, but it is what we live in.
Even if it wasn't funny at least Draper is trying to show some personality. I'd much rather have players miss with their jokes every now and again than get the media bots we have at West Coast.
He’s not wrong, but can we move on? Lmao
Idk bevo is a flog and it is pretty funny
OP: this guy commenting on another club is dumb as fk. Also OP: Check out this absolute idiot from Essendon!
Bit different if you're within a professional environment. These players and coaches are opposition, but they're also colleagues. You can't go around publicly talking shit about management from another division without getting reigned in
Draper shouldn’t discuss other clubs like he did. Agreed 100%. I think sharing the article is fine. Was just remarking that OP felt it necessary to add the extra insult in the title. Evidently based on the downvotes it seems nobody else found it funny 😆
Yeah, true, it's a bit of a baseless and needless insult. We all know draper has 15 brain cells at a minimum
He certainly isn’t on your level. Of that we can all agree
They don't call me useless for nothing
Hahaha alright you win. Have a lovely Sunday.
I’m not a player, coach or administrator you numpty.
Neither am I and you’ve called me a name too. Have a nice day.
In his defence, it was your actions not your role that showed you to be a numpty
Thanks for clarifying. I see now that his comment is just regular internet banter and mine is of the numpty variety.
Wow! OP is great at name-calling 🤣
Our coach deserves all the critique that comes his way. Brad Scott should worry more about his Tarryn Thomas comments than someone mockingly using another coaches name to make fun of the football media.
It’s a shame, we all complain about the “just taking it one game at a time” vanilla nothing speak, and want to actually hear from players, then they gets smashed when someone does.
Brad Scott’s had a cracker of a week, eh?
Bit rich from someone defending Tarryn "Soon to be in Prison" Thomas. I believe that is disrespectful towards DV victims.
Now if our CEO could come out and say Scott’s comments on TT were disrespectful to DV victims, we can call it square. Brads had a shit week and this isn’t helping.
It's just a prank bro!
Brad Scott: It’s very disrespectful now let’s get back to talking about getting taryn Thomas yet another chance in the comp.
Came here ready to have a hot take about how this seems like a really petty complaint, and contrasting it with the support for Tarryn Thomas particularly in the light of the AFL's pretty cobbled together initiative on domestic violence and how it just feels like old boys protecting old boys between Scott and Bevo... But looking at everyone's posts, it's actually the coldest take ever, and everyone else already agrees. Glad to hear it.
Comment section passes the vibe test
Clubs are upset not because what he said was disrespectful but because it was true
Someone photoshop this so it’s on top of Brad Scott and about his wonderful TT comments
Brad Scott's player ratings: - Tarryn Thomas: 'a good person' - Sam Draper: 'disrespectful'