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Announcement from Norwood Football Club:-

Dear Supporter

Norwood’s Performance

After Saturday’s humiliating loss to West Adelaide, Trevor Hill said that he felt as if the Norwood league side had reached rock bottom in terms of its on field performance.

He may or may not be right.

What is absolutely certain, however, is that significant and decisive change is required immediately to salvage the remains of 2009, and more importantly to restore dignity and respect to our football club. At times like these, when under performance clouds every decision, it is easy to become confused. Weak clubs often submit to this type of pressure and start to assign blame and look for scapegoats.

That’s not what we are about.

That is important is that we start to see real honesty and sincerity in the performances of those who have been afforded the privilege of representing the Norwood Football Club, at the highest level. This has been absent all season, and we as a Club are paying a heavy price for this mediocrity. It must end now.


Last night, on behalf of the Board, I addressed all senior players and coaches and delivered the following messages;

To the Players

· our performances thus far in 2009 have been unacceptable
· words, contracts, reputations, past deeds are irrelevant.
· each player is now training and playing for the special privilege it is to represent the Norwood Football
Club.
· there are no guaranteed spots.
· future selection of the side will centre on establishing a platform of honesty and trust in our
performances.

To the Coaches

· our performances thus far in 2009 have been unacceptable.
· you are instructed to find out, immediately, who is and isn’t prepared to represent the Norwood
Football Club with the passion and discipline required to regain the respect of our supporters and the
football community at large.
· this commitment is to be judged, not in words, but by actions.
· future selection of the side is to be guided by this criteria.

Our Future

· now that the state junior carnivals are over, we will begin to actively and aggressively promote our
best junior talent through all the grades.


Performance and a passionate desire to represent the Norwood Football Club, no matter where the player hails from, will be the platform upon which all future selection decisions are made.


It is time to confront the brutal facts of our situation. The talent of our current squad of players is not being questioned in 2009, but our passion for the contest is. And rightly so.

The Norwood Football Club deserves better.


Our season is still alive, and in our own hands, but only the most spirited response to this challenge can salvage it. The future fortunes of our Club begin today with you on the track, this week at selection and on Saturday at Elizabeth. How you respond now, will shape your future with this Club. My commitment to you is that win, lose or draw, by season end, only those people really prepared to pay the price for success, will be playing league football for Norwood.


Fortis in Procella


Keith Thomas
For and on behalf of the board of the Norwood Football Club

Elbows.

Maybe player payment should be on achievement.

Start playing for each other.

Start playing for the jumper.

The coaches game plan means nothing.

If all players follow it united.

Success will follow.

A champion team will beat a team of champions.

A great letter.
It all starts within.
I just hope it doesn't start this week

Dog_ger wrote:Elbows.

Maybe player payment should be on achievement.

Start playing for each other.

Start playing for the jumper.

The coaches game plan means nothing.

If all players follow it united.

Success will follow.

Playing for the jumper would be a step in the right direction Dog_ger

A very good and honest appraisal of Norwoods season thus far. I wonder if the players, many on here have pointed some out, who havent played with the passion required at this level will be moved on or given one opportunity to make amends of their efforts. Seletion at the Parade will be very interesting this week.

Elbows wrote:Fortis in Procella

Shouldn't it be Non Gradus Anus Rodentum! instead?

wycbloods wrote:A very good and honest appraisal of Norwoods season thus far. I wonder if the players, many on here have pointed some out, who havent played with the passion required at this level will be moved on or given one opportunity to make amends of their efforts. Seletion at the Parade will be very interesting this week.

More to the point mate, I reckon selection at the Parade will be interesting in the weeks that follow ... The club has to be ruthless and honest in genuinely following through on this, reward and punishment is generally the only way to arrest a cultural slide by weeding out those not prepared to put in the hard sacrifical yards, and it shouldn't necessarily stop at just players as the message suggests, all in positions of responsibility MUST be held accountable.

Seem to have heard and read regular type posts over the last few years but nothing changes, on their day capable of beating anyone in the SANFL but unfortunately they seem to only have 1 or 2 games a year like that

what about the board KT
Are they to blame as well or are they the only people there doing a perfect job

Constance_Perm wrote:More to the point mate, I reckon selection at the Parade will be interesting in the weeks that follow ... The club has to be ruthless and honest in genuinely following through on this, reward and punishment is generally the only way to arrest a cultural slide by weeding out those not prepared to put in the hard sacrifical yards, and it shouldn't necessarily stop at just players as the message suggests, all in positions of responsibility MUST be held accountable.

CP, these words come from Keith Thomas. If there's one person whose word I believe at Norwood, it's KT. He'll follow it though, have no worries about that.

locky801 wrote:Seem to have heard and read regular type posts over the last few years but nothing changes, on their day capable of beating anyone in the SANFL but unfortunately they seem to only have 1 or 2 games a year like that

Since when were Norwood able to beat any team in the SANFL? 1997 springs to mind.

Why such a long letter ?

Dear Member,

We're shit. We should be better but we're not.

Sorry.

Regards

Trevor Hill

rubbish. easy said . Not having seen a game this year as im elsewhere, been told my mates that have watched live games and they seem to over use the ball to much, like Geelong in the AFL before Sammy Newman went public on the footy show with their handballs and short kicking, since he said that they have basically beaten every team well as long kicks came into there game and less handballs. maybe Norwood needs something like this to wake them up.

SJABC wrote:Why such a long letter ?

Dear Member,

We're s***t. We should be better but we're not.

Sorry.

Regards

Trevor Hill

Reasonable translation of Non Gradus Anus Rodentum!

Elbows wrote:To the Coaches

· our performances thus far in 2009 have been unacceptable.
· you are instructed to find out, immediately, who is and isn’t prepared to represent the Norwood
Football Club with the passion and discipline required to regain the respect of our supporters and the
football community at large.
· this commitment is to be judged, not in words, but by actions.
· future selection of the side is to be guided by this criteria.

Describing the loss to West as 'humiliating' is an unwarranted insult to a team whose players are far more committed than Norwood's are.

Saying performances are unacceptable is a hollow cliche. It's a completely meaningless statement made by many clubs following which, often, nothing drastic really happens.

I would have thought if the coaches don't know who's prepared to represent Norwood with passion by now, then they are incapable of finding that out.

And I would have thought that if a club has to issue edicts to the coaching staff on selection criteria, they have lost faith in the coaching staff and are making that known. If that's the case, shouldn't the club show some of the grit they're asking the players to show and make a tough call on the coaching staff?

nickname wrote:

Elbows wrote:To the Coaches

· our performances thus far in 2009 have been unacceptable.
· you are instructed to find out, immediately, who is and isn’t prepared to represent the Norwood
Football Club with the passion and discipline required to regain the respect of our supporters and the
football community at large.
· this commitment is to be judged, not in words, but by actions.
· future selection of the side is to be guided by this criteria.

Describing the loss to West as 'humiliating' is an unwarranted insult to a team whose players are far more committed than Norwood's are.

Given that it was intended for Norwood members and supporters only I don't think you should be up in arms, bit precious there I reckon mate .. If any club thought their performance was insipid and humiliating they should have the right to say so, as Im sure most clubs have at some point in time in the past.

Most Norwood supporters on here have commended the Bloods for their performance, passion and committment, how much more do you want?

Does anyone know what is latin for "In Mediocrity we Thrive" because I think its time North joined Norwood in having a latin saying.

Constance_Perm wrote:

nickname wrote:

Elbows wrote:To the Coaches

· our performances thus far in 2009 have been unacceptable.
· you are instructed to find out, immediately, who is and isn’t prepared to represent the Norwood
Football Club with the passion and discipline required to regain the respect of our supporters and the
football community at large.
· this commitment is to be judged, not in words, but by actions.
· future selection of the side is to be guided by this criteria.

Describing the loss to West as 'humiliating' is an unwarranted insult to a team whose players are far more committed than Norwood's are.

Given that it was intended for Norwood members and supporters only I don't think you should be up in arms, bit precious there I reckon mate .. If any club thought their performance was insipid and humiliating they should have the right to say so, as Im sure most clubs have at some point in time in the past.

Most Norwood supporters on here have commended the Bloods for their performance, passion and committment, how much more do you want?

I agree with your sentiment CP but it wasn't the performance that was described as humiliating, it was the 'loss', i.e. the fact of losing to West, that's what I object to. And I don't think the fact that it was addressed to Norwood members changes the attitude behind it.
I agree about the magnanimous comments from Norwood fans and I commended them on this forum when they made similar comments about our win earlier this year.

Wedgie wrote:Does anyone know what is latin for "In Mediocrity we Thrive" because I think its time North joined Norwood in having a latin saying.

North have lost 2 games in a row. Breathe. Some North supporters are so quick to jump ON but OFF in a short time. Next you will want to get rid of Healey

Elbows wrote:Announcement from Norwood Football Club:-

Dear Supporter


· each player is now training and playing for the special privilege it is to represent the Norwood Football
Club.
· there are no guaranteed spots.

Agree with the first point for all SANFL clubs in general, nothing annoys me more than allocated AFL players that turn their back on their SANFL side in the finals if their AFL side does not make it, it is a massive privilidge to make it and play at SANFL level and no player should ever take that lightly.

I think the second point relates to the Salary Cap Breeching issue, how many players might well be feeling that way thinking that who are they going to get to replace us anyway? - Maybe that is an issue at Norwood?