Farewell #33 Jack Ginnivan

[Johnno75]

Our boy charges $180 for a video message. Maybe he can now charge $250 and send it with a joint sticking out his mouth.

[PyreneesPie]

From the CEO:
 
While we absolutely do not condone his behaviour, Jack is our player and so it is our responsibility as a Club to provide him with the care, support and continual education he needs as he continues his journey as a Pie. It is important to me that we support our people when they make and own their mistakes.

Jack has apologised for his actions and he is determined to learn from them in order to be the best person and footballer he can be.

The club has handled this professionally and compassionately. Quality.

Yes WPT!!

Who would've thought that the niggly, tough, rugged backline player, who used to love to pinch Ablett, would become such a sensible, rational CEO!

Well written, Craig Kelly. I am feeling far less troubled about Ginni and his incident, having read this. Every cloud has a silver lining it seems. and with his first public challenge as CEO, he has shown he's got it all under control.

[Pies4shaw]

^ I hope you're right. I only look to Anthony, Dawes and Stephenson as players who looked great early but then failed miserably once the opposition teams started to dissect their game style and put a decent opponent on them.

The comparisons are illusory, I think. Anthony was a mark and kick player who couldn’t get hold of the ball on his own. Stephenson retired after a season but didn’t tell anyone for a couple of seasons. No-one worked Dawes out - he had surgeries and never recovered his marking ability and, to compound the issue, Buckley decided that CHF was a stupid position and had to be the resting ruck.

[PyreneesPie]

The other person I'm thinking about right now is Darcy and how he will handle this first hurdle in his captaincy. I'm betting/hoping that he will be like the CEO - calm, rational, well spoken about it all.
Behind the scenes, I cannot imagine he would do anything other than support and guide Ginni (and his team mates too) in a positive, rational, compassionate way.

PS I hope he's not thinking "why the f*(k did I accept this position?".

[think positive]

^ I hope you're right. I only look to Anthony, Dawes and Stephenson as players who looked great early but then failed miserably once the opposition teams started to dissect their game style and put a decent opponent on them.

The comparisons are illusory, I think. Anthony was a mark and kick player who couldn’t get hold of the ball on his own. Stephenson retired after a season but didn’t tell anyone for a couple of seasons. No-one worked Dawes out - he had surgeries and never recovered his marking ability and, to compound the issue, Buckley decided that CHF was a stupid position and had to be the resting ruck.

Lol

Stevo!


If nothing else it’s ripe for comedy hour,

I agree, he’s not easily replaced, and I’m super pissed to play geefrickenlong without him

[What'sinaname]

The other person I'm thinking about right now is Darcy and how he will handle this first hurdle in his captaincy. I'm betting/hoping that he will be like the CEO - calm, rational, well spoken about it all.
Behind the scenes, I cannot imagine he would do anything other than support and guide Ginni (and his team mates too) in a positive, rational, compassionate way.

Darcy with his hair out

[PyreneesPie]

Darcy with his hair out

[BazBoy]

Wright gave a 10 minute presser this morning (it’s on Collingwood website)

When asked what substance was -don’t know but just it’s an illicate substance

When asked had he seen video of the act. No

Ginnivan was in a cubicle (toilet maybe) with another Collingwood player

Weird that a video could be achieved in a cubicle

[BazBoy]

[Skids]

He said “a few drinks and a lack of judgement” had let him down. Who hasn't done something stupid under the influence of the legal population destroyer?

And there my friends is the real issue "a few drinks".. alcohol, the root of all evil clouded the kids (and he is just a boy) judgement.

Why are they drinking poison during pre-season anyway?

[think positive]

Wright gave a 10 minute presser this morning (it’s on Collingwood website)

When asked what substance was -don’t know but just it’s an illicate substance

When asked had he seen video of the act. No

Ginnivan was in a cubicle (toilet maybe) with another Collingwood player

Weird that a video could be achieved in a cubicle

ummmmm who was the other player???

[BazBoy]

TP. He didn’t/ wouldn’t name them

[Culprit]

What's a preseason without the team in the news? We are so used to this crap that it's not funny. Stop making them out as role models, they are footballers and most are just dumb. I am sure Bobby Hill has messaged him to say thank you.

[What'sinaname]

As an aside big footy has some gems

‘loves to be caught high, this kid’!

He's always had white line fever.

[Pies2016]

Wright gave a 10 minute presser this morning (it’s on Collingwood website)

When asked what substance was -don’t know but just it’s an illicate substance

When asked had he seen video of the act. No

Ginnivan was in a cubicle (toilet maybe) with another Collingwood player

Weird that a video could be achieved in a cubicle

ummmmm who was the other player???

If you listen to Wright ( carefully ) he actually says no other Collingwood players were involved. It wasn’t a Collingwood wood player who took the video and no other players were involved in that specific incident.
The audio is a bit muffled but you can guarantee Wright announced no one else was involved or that media conference would have taken a very different turn.