Kids handing out the Medals

nomolos · Post by **nomolos** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 2:19 pm

Im going to get get shouted down from this probably but personally I do not like this new style of having the children hand out the Premiership medallion.

Not only do I find it tacky or some other word, but when a footballer goes up to recieve his medal he fails to acknowledge, or the child is to obvilious of what to do when up there "hand shake, go to walk away, hesitate, hand out, again walk away".

Personally ive hated this aspect of the presentation since they started doing it, and feel it would be better served by having a champion of the game hand out the medals. Lord knows theres enough of them.

Gossy7 · Post by **Gossy7** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 2:20 pm

Its something good for the kid but as Wirrpunda said on the radio last night. The players have just won a premiership, they are not thinking of the right thing etc.

nomolos · Post by **nomolos** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 2:35 pm

Gossy7 wrote:Its something good for the kid but as Wirrpunda said on the radio last night. The players have just won a premiership, they are not thinking of the right thing etc.

But the day is not about the children gossy.

F111 · Post by **F111** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 9:53 pm

All the clubs or the AFL has to do is, just as the player walks up to the the dias, have someone there to whisper loudly "acknowledge the kid".

There seems to be so many people out there, someone should be able to do it.

Done right, it's a good thing.

Mrs Mercuri · Post by **Mrs Mercuri** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 10:06 pm

The Brisbane Lions didn't seem to have any trouble acknowledging the kids when they won, i don't see why the Eagles couldn't have done the same. Daniel Chick in particular was incredibly rude... he didn't even let the young bloke put the medal around his neck.

Madden · Post by **Madden** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 2:21 pm

Mrs Mercuri wrote:The Brisbane Lions didn't seem to have any trouble acknowledging the kids when they won, i don't see why the Eagles couldn't have done the same. Daniel Chick in particular was incredibly rude... he didn't even let the young bloke put the medal around his neck.

Daniel Chick received his medallion, kissed it and pointed to the sky. No doubt his thoughts were withhis brother who was killed a few years ago.

Surely its a bit harsh, in those circumstances, to have a crack at him for forgetting to acknoledge the kid. He obviously has other, more important, things on his mind.

So maybe get your facts straight before you call him 'incredibly rude'.

Post by **danstar84** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 2:24 pm

Remember the day is about supporters too. Without the support, you don't have a competition. I don't care how caught up you are in the moment, all you have to do is shake the kids hand. It's not that hard.

citizenerased · Post by **citizenerased** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 2:54 pm

If Chick had bent down to get that medal put around his neck, he wasnt coming up. Its a miracle he was still standing

Agree with Nomolos. the kids should are probably stoked to be on tv.
and they havent spent 2 hours running full throttle at a shot of glory.

Get the players for the wooden spoon to do it.
How does it feel now Fevola!

robrulz5 · Post by **robrulz5** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 3:05 pm

It couldn't be that hard to acknowledge the kids. Alot of the yuonger players seemed to do it, it's the older ones that llet them down.

Sol · Post by **Sol** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 4:22 pm

citizenerased wrote: Get the players for the wooden spoon to do it.
How does it feel now Fevola!

Ha ha! I second that. That would just about guarantee no one wanted to come last no matter what draft picks were on offer.

Imagine the discrace, Kuta:'Here is your GF medaliion master Judd' Judd: 'thanks mate, same time same place next year?'

nomolos · Post by **nomolos** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 6:30 pm

danstar84 wrote:Remember the day is about supporters too. Without the support, you don't have a competition. I don't care how caught up you are in the moment, all you have to do is shake the kids hand. It's not that hard.

I always find that to be a bullshit argument.

(Dont take it as a personal attack against you, im speaking generally)

Brumaz · Post by **Brumaz** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 8:10 pm

f*** the kids off. as if a footballer is going to give a toss about a kid when they just won a GF!

Post by **Jazz_84** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 8:14 pm

Brumaz wrote:f*** the kids off. as if a footballer is going to give a toss about a kid when they just won a GF!

lol calm down

whats wrong with having the kids do it? i dont see any valid reason

Post by **danstar84** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 8:54 pm

nomolos wrote:
danstar84 wrote:Remember the day is about supporters too. Without the support, you don't have a competition. I don't care how caught up you are in the moment, all you have to do is shake the kids hand. It's not that hard.
I always find that to be a bullshit argument.

(Dont take it as a personal attack against you, im speaking generally)

These kids probably look up to these players. These could be future players, and at the very least future supporters at the club. It's not that hard to just shake a hand. It's not asking them to cut off an arm!

If football was only about the players, they wouldn't be getting paid very much.

bueller · Post by **bueller** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 10:28 pm

danstar84 wrote:
nomolos wrote:
danstar84 wrote:Remember the day is about supporters too. Without the support, you don't have a competition. I don't care how caught up you are in the moment, all you have to do is shake the kids hand. It's not that hard.
I always find that to be a bullshit argument.

(Dont take it as a personal attack against you, im speaking generally)
These kids probably look up to these players. These could be future players, and at the very least future supporters at the club. It's not that hard to just shake a hand. It's not asking them to cut off an arm!

If football was only about the players, they wouldn't be getting paid very much.

Put it this way, after the uproar that has been made about this "non Issue" over the last week, the players would be scared shitless not to acknowledge a kid from now on the premiership dias.
The Eagles players have been hung, drawn and quartered over one of the most rediculous things i've ever heard.
What a dead set f****** Joke.

Post by **danstar84** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 10:35 pm

Put it this way, a premiership doesn't buy class.

ealesy · Post by **ealesy** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 12:15 pm

bueller wrote:
danstar84 wrote:
nomolos wrote:
danstar84 wrote:Remember the day is about supporters too. Without the support, you don't have a competition. I don't care how caught up you are in the moment, all you have to do is shake the kids hand. It's not that hard.
I always find that to be a bullshit argument.

(Dont take it as a personal attack against you, im speaking generally)
These kids probably look up to these players. These could be future players, and at the very least future supporters at the club. It's not that hard to just shake a hand. It's not asking them to cut off an arm!

If football was only about the players, they wouldn't be getting paid very much.
Put it this way, after the uproar that has been made about this "non Issue" over the last week, the players would be scared shitless not to acknowledge a kid from now on the premiership dias.
The Eagles players have been hung, drawn and quartered over one of the most rediculous things i've ever heard.
What a dead set f****** Joke.

A bit like last year when Warren Tredrea won the medal for best on ground for Port's game on the ANZAC Day weekend, they got beaten by a couple of points, he was absolutely gutted by the loss and was completely stuffed and he accidently forgot to make mention of the vetrans.

Well the uproar that caused, you would have thought he went over to Gallipoli and pissed on the soldiers' graveyard or something.

It all goes back to this country and our great love affair with cutting down the tall poppies. People are quite happy to sit back and criticise the Eagles players, with the comfort of knowing that they will never be in a situation where the entire country are watching them and the way the are behaving waiting with baited breath to stick the boots in over even the smallest mistake!!!

The Man from Bomberland · Thu Oct 05, 2006 12:22 pm

tbh I didn't think there was much in it. WC just won a GF by one point after losing to the same team in the corresponding match last year. If I was an eagle my head would have been up in the clouds too.

Wirrapunda acknowledged he didn't realised what he'd done. The footage of the kid holding his hand out to shake the hand of one of the WC players and then retreating when he didn't return the offer didn't look good. But I think the media have gone too far here. It's highly unlikely that they would have snubbed the kids on purpose.

Thw WC PR people will put something on you'd imagine. Wirrapunda said he'd even have his kid's family over for dinner!

Post by **Jazz_84** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 6:48 pm

The Man from Bomberland wrote: Wirrapunda said he'd even have his kid's family over for dinner!

and a signed jumper too, good to see him do that

bombercol · Post by **bombercol** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 10:37 pm

I think it's lovely that the kids are presenting the medals. All are Auskick participants and it would be a thrill for them and their parents to have them do it.

If I had just won a premiership I'd want to squeeze everyone that is wearing red and black (here's me dreaming being an Essendon premiership player...huh) including the kid that gave me the medal.

I would be feeling a lot of love out there on the ground and then a lot of love for beer after that and then afterwards the Mrs. too (if capable)!