The Denmark Shark wrote:rodney fox wrote:The Denmark Shark wrote:rodney fox wrote:
If Aldinga even clear him in the first place. Lets hope for his sake they do the right thing and don't do another 'Jacquesy', would be a very bad decision on their behalf if they try keep another young talent from doing what he wants to do and play with his mates. If they do I can assure you alot of people will be turning their nose at the thought of ever playing at Aldinga.
Sorry RF, but i need to comment on this. I get on well with both Jacquesy and Danno, but they both signed contracts back then, that was the reason they were not cleared. I don't know if Hunt has signed a contract, wouldn't be that wise if he has been playing at South. Everyone goes on about, its all about the juniors, promote your juniors, juniors are the future and so on. But then the clubs get screwed over when they get offered a few bucks more from an other club and the clubs are expected to give them a clearence straight away after they have commited to the club. I agree that keeping a guy that doesn't want to be there, is not the best option, but how about sitting down with the player and discussing the issue at hand.
I'm pretty sure i know who you are RF, and of course i do not know the whole situation (live a bit far away) but are you not a Life member at the sharks? Why would you go to Willunga? I have got mates at Willunga, so that is not a problem, but you have been one of the biggest advocates for Aldinga on this forum for the last years, talking about development of the club both on and off the field and then you leave. In my opinion it takes alot for a life member to just leave a club. I just don't get it? You will only play B grade up there, so it can't really be striving to play a better standard of footy?
Ok DS 1st paragraph, Fact - With the way it was handled with Jacquesy and Danno both have said they would NEVER return to Aldinga and both never have. This hurt the club alot and as you might know even from a disctance the way things went down between not only GSFL clubs and Aldinga it was easy to see that it hurt the playing stocks of Aldinga in their immediate future and for years to come, more than you will ever know with the amount of rumblings from down this way. I do agree sit down with the player in question and ask questions, heck even try convince them to stay, but in no way should threats be made to make the young player miss a year of footy and further damaging Aldingas reputation by not clearing him and ensuring yet another talented player will NEVER play at Aldinga again. If you knew the situation I was actually in the first instance speaking to both parties to try get an amicable outcome and now unfortunatley that ship has sailed.
Paragraph 2 - Yes I am a Life Member at Aldinga and have done many roles to help the club out to install a better reputation than it once had, I worked tirelessly on getting people into the club and especially since the Jacquesy saga went down found it very hard. I have gone to Willunga to be involved in a more family oriented club as some things happened personally at Aldinga that I was and am still very disappointed that could happen.
In no way was my decision an immediate reflection of the club itself but more of individuals actions. I could go on forever about certain things that need to change in Aldinga and need to be done and quite honestly I have tried for long enough to help and do these things only to find I am pushing shyte uphill so to speak. Having a young family now my priorities have changed.
I have never ever claimed to be an amazing footballer but I do know that my efforts on the field and off replicate my personality and am not worried about explaining my personal details with you or anyone else. You only need to know that it would not be a small thing to make me leave and as I have said I was very disappointed and those that know me well would know I stick to my word and have done more than you could imagine for that club in the last ten years.
To say it was to better my footy is not correct I am doing it to better my family and personal life and know my efforts will be appreciated with what ever grade
you think I would play. I am looking very forward to being involved with good people and a good club and I think after only winning 10 games in 10 years and captaining every side aldinga has had I deserve a shot at doing something for myself without being questioned.
I have alot of good friends at Aldinga and also at Willunga and can safely say my enthusiasm is back to play the best footy I can and to further help others around me get the better out of themselves.
Sorry everyone else for my rant - Rodney out.
Fair enough RF, i get what you are saying. I know you have put plenty of hours in down at the club, both on and off, but that is why i don't get it. All the work you have put in and talking about the future, but you will not be there when things hopefully turn around for Aldinga. If you have had a falling out with someone at the club, that is fair enough, but i don't think you mentioned it before? You mention, that you deserve to give it a shot else where with out being questioned. Sorry mate, when you are a LIFE member, the question has to be asked (especially when you go to Willunga).
I do not agree with the things that you say about the Jacquesy saga effecting the club long term. Yeah, a few guys got pised off, and left. The club has made some bad decisions, both coaching and player wise. Just look how many coaches the club has had in the last 12 years, no stability. Some of the guys that were getting paid back in 2008, was a joke! This has hopefully changed with Brad down there now. The thing with aldinga is that they need to start learning from these mistake and not make them again.
Why would anyone sign a contract for local footy anyway, just dont get it? Others are welcome to comment.
Anyway this should of been over on the Aldinga forum, but i did mention Willunga once.
DS I highlighted the part above where I said about why I left. again not an immediate reflection on the club as a whole but individuals within the club. I have tried for long enough to turn things around and keep seeing the same things happened. In 2008 you say people should not have been getting paid what they were, fair enough but one thing Lynchy did do was install belief within the playing group by adding playing stocks and I fel if he was given another year probably would have taken the sharks even closer to making the 8. The squad was on money as you have no idea how hard it was to get any local players and I was assistant A grade coach with him and we worked very hard on even getting anyone to the club. the amount of time and effort you will not understand having not been involved in recent times.
Everytime in the last ten years I thought the club was turning the right corner something happens and bang back to square one again, it's been to many years of banging my head against a wall and I guess the recent fall out was in a long list of things that have happened over the years and finally took it's toll on me personally and more importantly my family. I will not be a part of any club where they make my family feel not welcome and treat people the way they have. this is the reason I am at willunga and I do not expect you to understand. I admire after all these years your passion for aldinga, but from someone that has been in the middle of it to someone looking in from the outside it is two very different things to gain an understanding on.
I will also argue to the hilt that the Jacquesy saga had no or little effect on the club as I have been actively involved in recruiting for years now and know many many people throughout all leagues and know for a FACT that it did turn alot of people away at the thought of Aldinga, exactly like it is now with the Scott Hunt thing. EXACT same thing and is appalling that those people are still screwing a kids future all for their own selfish beliefs. It WILL hurt aldinga in the long term and believe me already has.
My reasons for leaving Aldinga are more than justified being a life member or not, I have done my time and more than most in recent years and know that the people that know and respect me would know I would never turn my back on something unless for good reason. I think it's safe to say that the mentality of people saying I OWE the club something for being a life member and all that is a joke. In the last ten years name one person who might have done more or over 15 years been more of a loyal servant to the one place? Disappointed that I wont see it turn around......doubt it. I am happy and confident in my decisions and wish Alinga all the best but with things that have already happened and are continuing to happen I feel it will be a long and hard tedious task to get that club back to the top of SFL.
Sorry again guys, Goolwa, Myponga, Victor just had to add a few more GSFL clubs in so my post can stay in the GSFL thread
I believe also the bet they had was they would beat us by 20 goals the first game at their ground otherwise would spray paint mclaren suck on the high shool wall, we in turn thumped them by about 15 goals at that great ground and in turn helped write Mclaren Suck on the wall in bright green paint, ahhh the good old days. My Mate BJ would remember them well, was brilliant that day.
