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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
I'm Gerard Waitley. Here's a snapshot of Tuesday, June 16. Luke Hodge shared his experience of the want-away player.
We only had the one.
Chapter 2: What insights does Luke Hodge share about the want-away player situation?
He was, in my opinion, the best player in the competition in Buddy. So he was the only one. We had other blokes that got touted or their names were mentioned, but not to the probably extent as what we had.
or we have at the moment um and what we we realized that it was affecting bud's performance you probably look at humphries very similar um and we sat down with him as a leadership group and we had clarko in the meeting as well but we we run as a leisure group and just said to bud whatever happens at the end of the year we want you to stay um understand if you want to go because he had that massive it was 12 million for six years or something that was touted from gold coast
But we just pleaded to them and just saying, all we want from you this year is to commit to what we need to do. We just lost the grand final. We've got an unreal list. We believe we can take that next step, but we need everyone pulling in the right direction. And from that, Bud was outstanding. It got to the last two games where he sacrificed his own role in the prelim against Geelong.
And then in the grand final, playing on Luke McFarlane, dragging him out of the Ford 50. So he sacrificed because of the commitment that he made to us. And at the end of the year, we got a premiership medal because of it. That's the only real experience that I've had where we've had to sit down with someone.
I understand Gold Coast have a number of players and a lot of clubs do have a number of players.
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Chapter 3: How did Buddy's performance impact the team's dynamics?
Brisbane have two as well. But I think the only way you can get on top of it is it's as simple as communication. And I think that's one area that It doesn't happen in the outside world in business, I can tell you that. But what players and what clubs need to do is actually sit down one-on-one and be honest. That is where it is.
And I know sometimes for players, managers will say, don't be too honest because you still want to be getting a game. But if it's a serious club who's pushing for a premiership or you look at Gold Coast who are pushing for a top eight, top four, and we all know their list can get there, sit down and have good old honest conversations to see can we push through this?
And then when it gets to the end of the season, hopefully we've had the success that we know that we can and we can move on and you either stay or you go, but we do it as a team and as a group. And Hodgie assessed Collingwood's pursuit of Lockie Neal. When it comes to family side of things, and Chris Fagan's... probably got two thoughts there.
One is Lockie with his age, and he understands the list that's coming through. So he might think it could be the best for Lockie to either move closer to his family or a contract that's obviously might not be able to say no to at his age.
But Faggs is also sitting here thinking, we've got so many young guys who might be able to come through, even though Lockie Neal is leading their, I'd say personally that he's leading their best and fairest by a long way at this stage. But what's going to happen the next five or six years are these young guys can develop and turn into the next Lockie Neal.
The Zach Bailey one's a little bit different because I think he's had the most impact over the last three grand finals. In big games, he stands up. His speed, his burst from a stoppage. He will add so much to that football club if he stays there just by he knows what to do on that turn of speed that we've seen him do it over the last three years.
And if Lockie does go, there's a void for him to go into that midfield as well. The question is the money side of things. And will the rest of the players be happy that he's on the touted 1.5, 1.6 over a seven-year contract? That's the biggest question for the football club. I feel that the Lions can understand why this has taken Zach Bailey a long time to make a decision because...
Let's be honest, it could be $3 million difference between the Adelaide and the Brisbane Lions deal, and you sit back and go, where's loyalty? When you're finished football, that's a lot of money in football, but outside of football, what are you thinking of his future? So I think the club can definitely understand why it's been such a hard decision for Zach.
Do you think it's good shopping from Collingwood to go for Lockie Neal at a million a year for the first two years?
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Chapter 4: What role does communication play in player retention?
So we've had a player on today, former New South Wales legend Brad Clyde. At the time, going to the MCG... You were playing it over double the crowd you had ever played at in your biggest match. Grand final was getting 40,000. Yeah. And suddenly you turn up and it was 87,000 back in 1994. It's a great occasion. Again, I say there's love in the room for you guys today.
Dewar's proud, and I'm hoping, and I'm pretty confident you will, you'll get a better game than that game in 1994 because it was terrible. It was boring. It was a team that just had to grind out a win and square the series. I don't think Queensland will grind in looking to square the series. In fact, I think given a reasonably dry night, you might get a lot of points.
And Brad Blanks is in the middle of New York celebrations after the Knicks won the NBA.
It's electric on the streets of New York. I was on a bus today and wearing my Knicks hat and an old lady got on the bus and high-fived me in celebration. So people are just being connected throughout this city in ways that I haven't seen for the 25 years I've been living here. It's truly marvellous.
Tell us what ā so we ā in the coverage, there were shots of live sites across New York. It was a pity that it happened in Texas, but that's just the way the games feel. What was that idea of you can cry? This has been such a torturous journey for Knicks fans.
Yeah, it's a meshing of the new generation of Knicks fans who probably haven't been as tortured. You know, another blend of people that have moved to New York over the last five years that have got behind the last two years of the Knicks. And then the meshing with the older generation that have seen the last 20 years that has been the most painful period.
years of being a New York Knicks, you know, any sporting fan, it's just been horrendous. And then the real old school who just can't believe it, you know, the people from the 80s and 90s that are in shock. So you've got this incredible blend of many versions of fans in this.
And at the end of the day, it's, you know, the wildest city to live in, regardless of sport, all coming together as sport, the vehicle of, you know, being in a city with a successful team. And it's just... created this keg of explosive energy. That's how I'd put it down, dude. It's just been incredible.
If you've got old women high-fiving you on a bus, I don't think you can get a better, sweeter victory lap than that.
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