r/EssendonFC • u/el_teriyaki •Make Essendon Great Again• • 6d ago

AFL Make Essendon Great Again

Phase 1: Hire James Hird.

Phase 2: ???

Phase 3: Win Premiership.

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u/420gramsofbutter 6d ago

I know I may be in the minority here, but I just don't understand how, in good faith, you can re-hire the person responsible for the darkest period in this club's 150-years.

I get that people love Hird; he's a club legend. But he was the person in charge during the supplement saga, and we're still dealing with the repercussions from that period.

It just feels dirty to me, like we're sweeping everything under the rug.

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u/WingsBurstOut 6d ago

How did Carey continue to work in the media after numerous assault charges/convictions? Why is Carey allowed to redeem himself with nothing more said about his indiscretions and not Hird? By any rational measure, Carey’s actions were more egregious than Hird’s. And if you want to talk about rug sweeping, why no WorkSafe investigation into the allegations that twelve other clubs were running supplement programs themselves around the same time? We were not Robinson Crusoe in that regard.

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u/willreview PESD - Perpetual Essington Stress Disorder 6d ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism

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u/LooseChipmunk1143 6d ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precedent

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u/willreview PESD - Perpetual Essington Stress Disorder 6d ago

Precedent really only applies to cases that are identical in nature. In that regard, calling on a different legal controversy to argue against discussing another legal controversy is fallacious. James Hird was in charge of the team for the worst period in the club's history. He largely mismanaged both the off-field proceedings as well as the players on-field. The last thing Essendon needs is to bring this guy back into the mix, particularly as the club is already struggling enough as it is. Point blank, end of story. If he really wants to coach, he can go to the fucking Blues for all I care. At the very least, it would be amusing to watch for me