Whateley - Tuesday | Full Show (11.08.26)
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It's Jord Waitley. Thanks for listening to the podcast. In this episode, the leadership portfolio with Luke Hodge, former club chairman Tony Cochrane on the concussion waiver crisis, Sam Edmond with the state of play ahead of Geelong's response. But Sandrayson ahead of the Darwin Test match. Across the divide with Andrew Voss, and Martin Blake with his new book. You can get in touch at any time. Waitley at SEN.com dot AU Thanks for listening. Enjoy.
Tuesday morning. This is your town. This is your station. This is Whaiteley.
Good morning. We are in the grip of information overload on the Geelong concussion waiver crisis. The cats are preparing their defense. The information exchanged between the AFL and the club central to what transpired. The mirror image wording of this voluntary assumption of risk to one previously drafted by the AFL to facilitate a path back to football in 2021. The AFL sent the memo to clubs yesterday, specifying Why Geelong's arrangement breaches the rules and issuing a first and final warning should any other such documents exist. Key figures have taken their positions. St. Kilda President Andrew Bassett has already stepped up in support of AFL Chair Craig Drummond. There's a heavy weight on the findings and sanctions.
All the more reason why this should be in the hands of an independent figure. Given the positions of those on the hook. Tony Cochrane, former club chairman who has lived under these rules and sat in these boardrooms, will join me at 10. Less pot stirring and more leaning on his experiences and understanding of what's taking place. And we're heading to Darwin, where Australia is tuning up for the return of Test cricket on Thursday, which I am frankly thankful for. A bit of mid. Winter cricket never goes astray. We start our Tuesdays through the prism of the leadership portfolio with Luke Hodge. The reality of human nature at this time of year. Much as coaches would like them to be, the players aren't metronomes.
Round twenty one and twenty-two aren't preliminary final night. Fremantle didn't have the sharpest edge on Saturday. The dockers have locked in their place atop the ladder. The next time they play for their lives is in a home final four weeks away. And Brisbane gave up one week and rose to the challenge the next.
How does the Geelong concussion‑waiver crisis get introduced and explained?
Their interest was piqued by a sense of jeopardy at a highly ranked opponent. It was worth the effort. Motivations and consequence ebb and flow late in a regular season for those who know what lies ahead. And human nature in true. nerds to disrupt the pattern.
I think it's human nature to to look ahead. Now we've you're pretty much tied in top Top one, if not top two on the ladder and it's I think it's human nature for players to look a little bit ahead. So we've got to do our best the best we can to make sure that we stay in the moment and prepare for the upcoming weeks. Just remember we we'd won seven in a row coming into that game. It was just a p performance out of the blue, really, and uh it's goes to show we're all human and we can you know, sometimes you have
a a
bad day.
Human nature, and we're all human. Those players just aren't machines, they're not metronomes, much to the frustration of the coaches, I'm sure. Luke
Hodge, hello to you, Hodgey. Morning Jared. Um you're right, players aren't human, players get carried away, players get caught up with the emotion. Um But most importantly, players learn from their mistakes or successful players learn from their mistakes. And I'm sitting down there going, What Fremantle did on Saturday for them is the best thing they could have went through. Because do you know what? The next time they would have done that is on the last Saturday in September. And that's when you don't want to learn the mistakes that they made Um, they'll go back, they'll look at what they did. You look at back and and I've I I've been on repeat the last couple of weeks because I've I've seen 'em a lot this year because we've lucky enough to be calling 'em because they've been such a good team.
They've been able to learn from their mistakes in game.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the opening introduction and preview for today’s show?
0:00–2:26
2
How does the Geelong concussion‑waiver crisis get introduced and explained?
2:26–8:12
3
What insights does Luke Hodge share in the Leadership Portfolio segment?
8:12–1:02:10
4
What’s the atmosphere like for the upcoming Test match in Darwin?
1:02:10–1:13:44
5
Why is Bangladesh being chosen as the opponent for the Darwin Test?
1:13:44–1:24:13
6
How will the AFL’s ‘global round’ and new competition formats impact the sport?
1:24:13–1:36:26
7
What do the recent Sunday‑night footy ratings tell us about the future of the timeslot?
1:36:26–1:52:50
Speakers
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