"I can tell there's a slight frustration." | First Thoughts - Who is the leak at the Dogs? (01.06.26)
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What frustrations are being expressed by the Bulldogs coach?
I want you to have a listen to Luke Beveridge, whose side's been very, very good in the last two weeks. But I can tell there's a slight frustration building up.
The Dogs coach maintains there are still boxes to be ticked, but appeared more frustrated that internal discussions had already found their way into the media. There must be a leak somewhere. It's been out for a while. So if we pick him at AFL level, it'll be because we know we'll get his tenacity.
Not for the first time, there's selection leaks everywhere at the Dogs. I did a countdown on the other show that I'm on, Kingy, called Locked In, which I know you're a big fan of. Huge fan. The biggest leak is in football.
What evidence suggests there is a leak in the Bulldogs' selection news?
Now, I want you to decide which category you think the leak may be coming from at the Dogs.
So at 10. Hang on, have we got any information? Is there any preliminary information at all that I can start with? Well, I think the- What day did Bevo find out?
I think the person who gets the information is our very own Tom Morris.
Right.
So he was off the back of the Cody Waitman discussion around him being, which we discussed on Fireball on Friday.
Gotcha.
So Tom's the link here. Right. At 10, I had club admin staff. At nine, I had just the random punters. You know, someone at a coffee shop owns a cafe, tips off the media about something that he's seen. At eight, I had family members. At seven, I had the players themselves. At six, the recruiters. At five, the players' partners, they find something, they share it, not deliberately, but that sort of gets out. Two minutes shanties and then they just reach. GM of football, I had at number four. Board members love chatting, as we found out out of Essendon, when only eight people knew about Brad Scott within an hour. That's in Mitch Cleary's hands. At two, player managers. And at one... The media managers. Hello.
Where do you think the leak at the dogs comes from out of those 10? Now, some have said coaches should have got a mention in this. I disagree with that, not from my experience, but is it? Where do you think the leak may be coming from?
Who are the main suspects behind the leaks at the Bulldogs?
It's a very good topic. At the dogs. It's a very good topic you raise. Now, I know this is pointed from you. No, it's not. 100% is pointed from you. Now, I've had my moments with the media department of the dogs where they may have not quite been as honest with me as they needed to be on occasion. But I'm endorsing. Elliot spends too much time with Bevo to let him down. I wasn't mentioning anyone. No, I'm just saying. I'm putting a line through him as a suspect.
They're out.
They're out. What about the player themselves? Where are they on the chart? Because I think he'd be very excited about coming back, and he's a bit of a talker.
I had them at seven. Seven is where my money would sit. So he may have got excited. He's an Instagrammer. He was pushing it.
He's an artist.
Yes.
A bit of flair, loose lips. You know the artists, they're very free-spirited.
Yeah.
Good luck to Cody Wakeman whenever he does come back.
This weekend he's playing. He's playing this weekend.
AFL footy? Yep. Wow, that's going to be great.
He spoke with us on Saturday night. Bevo was hilarious Saturday night.
How do club staff and players contribute to information leaks?
He's so good. So good after a drink. We should get him on Fireball. Yeah, well, he would come on and chat with me. Yeah. When are you having a sickie? Anyway.
And we'll insert me as AI with my questions. Okay, so all's well that ends well with Cody Waitman. Tom Morris will join us a little bit later on.
What role do family members and partners play in leaking information?
What about assistant coaches is coming through strong here. Yeah, that did come across my desk as well. On the airwaves. On the books. On SEN with Sammy Ebbend on a Friday. I don't want to say any names, but Daniel Pratt's been nominated.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What frustrations are being expressed by the Bulldogs coach?
0:00–0:42
2
What evidence suggests there is a leak in the Bulldogs' selection news?
0:42–2:18
3
Who are the main suspects behind the leaks at the Bulldogs?
2:18–3:28
4
How do club staff and players contribute to information leaks?
3:28–3:49
5
What role do family members and partners play in leaking information?
3:49–4:06