Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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The Forgotten Five, how's that taken off? We might have to do that. We might have to do that so we can go and do some talk back on the back of it. No, this is great. Shannon Neal was great in that game. No, he wasn't any better than what Nate Caddy's been in most of his games. Hey, Jack Russell's here. G'day, Jack. Gaz, Tim.
How are we today, Jack? We're good. I just went to chat GPT and said on hot, sunny conditions, black may be less comfortable. But in appearance terms, it may not look as quick as bright colours. Thank you, Tim. So that is to your point. So you're absolutely spot on. Ditch the black.
And for all those people out there trying to guess who it is that's wearing the black underneath their footy shorts and they look a bit slower than what they need to, some of you got it right.
No, they haven't. No, they haven't. There's one there. Wear your cream or skin coloured under your white shorts.
Jackie Boy, what's happening? We are going to talk around connection today and the power of having strong connections in your life, which is so relevant in terms of what's been happening in the AFL the last couple of days, the Melbourne CEO situation and the Ross Lyon situation. So it's absolutely perfect to go through what is it? Does it matter? How powerful is it?
So I'm pretty happy and excited to be in here to be chatting about it.
No, it's a very nice and very pertinent point. There are people that are out there in the community that have no connections for whatever reasons and have no people checking in on them or people that they're able to connect with. It's such an important part of what we do, both from a professional point of view, but also day to day. I love it. Let's take a break.
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Chapter 2: How does connection impact well-being in sports and life?
was we jumped on a plane and went to kakota with a whole bunch of people that didn't know each other when i say a whole bunch of people it was obviously players but that whole football department was new i i think there might have only been one person in the football department that was a carryover from prior so we had to build connection extremely quickly and that seven days we had together was extraordinary because you think about the amount of time you spent together in that environment
You know, apart from sleeping for eight hours, there is 16 hours a day where you are forced to just talk to people and connect. And it's got nothing to do with football. And that's where football clubs need to work really hard is build connection to start with. If you haven't got it off the field, you are no chance to get it right on the field.
And it allows the St Kilda situation to unfold in the manner that it did and not get big on them.
Wow, exactly. And the thing about it is it's fragile, it's dynamic, and it takes work. And so we're not talking about perfect environments. We're talking about environments that change moment to moment, and that's football clubs. And because of the stress involved in football clubs, that can change extremely quickly. But it's no different to anything in all of our lives.
Jack, have you seen in that time then at the four different AFL clubs you've worked at, there are a type of personality player-wise I'm talking about now who are great connectors and are pivotal to the overall connection that a team has? Absolutely pivotal.
And your on-field leaders, I mean, they really drive it, you know. Without that on-field connection between the players, then you might create a good team and you might win a lot of games. Certainly very difficult to win premierships. And probably more important than premierships is what you see is the teams that are constantly up the top.
You need a lot of things to go right to win, but teams that are constantly up the top, it's just like, well, something is going well in that environment that gives them a chance.
It's a great question, Tim, because that is why some players are revered within this organisation, that outside the organisation you might think, oh, he's a good player, whatever. Inside, he is the glue that keeps this thing together. And those players are worth their weight in gold. Not so much kicks, marks, handballs, but keeping the team dynamic in place and...
holding people to account in a way that they don't get offended. Those sorts of qualities in a player are just as important as the bloke that can kick five goals in a game.
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Chapter 3: What role does connection play in professional environments?
Simple, you know, organizing monthly catch-ups.
Because there's easy outs there too. Oh, I can't make it this week. I can't do it that week. Well, yes, you can if you wanted to.
Well, we talk about this a lot. It takes effort. It takes effort and it takes thought, but you get rewarded so greatly when you put these things into your life. So I throw it out there. It's worth the effort. Nothing great happens without effort.
That is true, Jack, and we had a great example of this yesterday. I don't know whether you heard the interview or not, but we had Mason Wood and Alex Taru in the studio.
And I left after that interview believing, like, you see what Mason Wood does on the field for St Kilda, but when you think about the fact that he's got three players living with him and has had players living with him over a long period of time, and then Gary and I witnessed the connection that he and Alex had as, you know, like an older player, younger player,
And then you think, well, how invaluable is that and the role that Mason Woods playing at the St Kilda Football Club in building those relationships between older players, younger players?
Well, it's brilliant for those players themselves. What it also does is it sends a message to every other player in the club and everyone at the club that I am prepared to spend my time, my energy, my life outside the footy club. I am completely invested here.
I'm going to take a break. I want to read this because the Blues are just struggling. I saw Paddy Cripps in the Virgin Lounge a few years ago. All he was doing was circling around the room and checking in on each of his teammates, patting them on the back and having a chat. He was known for his bravery on the field, but this is a side we just don't see. And that's from Joe.
And that is a really good point, I reckon. It's not what you see necessarily that determines a good connector. It's what happens away from the bright lights.
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Chapter 4: What does a connected sporting club look like?
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