Archive for August, 2013
War and peace – Essendon vs the AFL
The AFL was thrust into war in February, 2013. As Colonel James Hird oversaw Essendon’s preseason training and plotted his conquest of the premiership, the AFL was beginning to stir fears about a scandal involving drugs.
That summer, no one knew the football industry was about to be torn apart.
No one is safe
When Michael Voss was appointed as Brisbane’s coach in 2008, my brother Nick sent me a text, who cares about his lack of experience. Voss should just take the money. For two million bucks he’d be mad not to.
Ultimately, that is what Voss did.