Eddie mcguire collingwood??? what gives???

Question

during the past week's events, it reminded me of the horrible culture at the collingwood football club and how nothing was being done about it.

then when heath shaw was caught drink driving, i thought this was it. they might finally give some disciplinary action to one of their players which they had failed to do until this point in time. they had lost tac sponsorships, yet only handed out fines and no suspensions.

at this point, heath shaw and alan didak, who was found to be in the car, were not going to be suspended. collingwood again letting the football world know how soft they really are, especially their president eddie mcguire who once again failed to dish out a significant punishment to any of their player for significant misdemeanours (eg. drink driving) that could have ended in somebody's death, and i am glad it didn't.it was only when they lied and made eddie look like a fool that they were suspended.lying is not against the law, and drink driving is. yet it was only after they lied that they were suspended. it seems to me that eddie mcguire is more concerned about how he sounds and his own reputation in the media than about the worrying culture at the collingwood football club.

your thoughts??

is eddie selfish??

is eddie fighting for himself or is he fighting for collingwood??

do you think it was the right decision to sack shaw and didak??

if not, how should it have been handled??

how can collingwood stop this steady decline in club culture that is going close to west coast eagles of 2007????

And is it because of this reason that the most popular and financially secure club with the best facilities and personnel and the best draw every year has not won a flag for the past 18 years and only one in the past 50???

finally, is mick malthouse's time up as coach (9 years, no flag)?

and where are collingwood right now?

Answer 1

wat bad culture i really havent heard much about a bad culture  we have had a few bad people at opur club  like tarrant and ben johnson. didak ahs made 2 mistakes and its like the worlds colapsing

Answer 2

I was listening to what Eddie was saying on the Footy Show (Thursday) and i think if he had his way Didak wont leave the club, i dont have a problem with Collingwood even the way they handled the problem, if they all told the truth then they mite have only got a fine or 1-2 week suspension.

but as i LOVE Didak i will argue alot i'll even help him get through the tough times but hey but he could be bad of the field coz of the club no 1 will now only his Family, friends or even if he moves club

Answer 3

I think that he pretty well represented himself on the footy show, outlining that the didak etc. even was something that would be put behind the collingwood football club and it will be a motivation to help them in the future, eddie maguire has had his time at collingwood and used it well but i think hes gotta step down  

Answer 4

Eddie McGuire wants to keep the Collingwood Footy Club as the great club it has been. He wants the club's values - Integrity, honesty and trust - to remain in tact. Eddie, and the leadership group, thought that an on-field punishment for an off-field misdemenour was pointless. I myself, who am not sticking up for these players actions, think that footballers are just normal people, and should be treated the same as any other person. If a normal person drink drives, do they get suspended from their work place? Eddie wanted to see the players repent, and show that they were sorry for what they did. When they lied though, and betrayed the trust of the club, then they deserved a suspension.

Answer 5

Eddie is an ego maniac, who only has one philosiphy, my way or the highway, he  no longer has the boy from broady appeal that charmed the footy public 20 years ago, he is a suit and snubs his nose at the other clubs, he has lost a huge amount of public appeal recently and is the quintessential reason we love to hate everything about the wretched pies!! As for Malthouse while Ego Eddie is in charge Mick aint goin nowhere

Answer 6

one word that best describes him: f-a-g.

Answer 7

You have posted way too many questions within the question..lol

For all you non-Collingwood supporters - how would you feel if the media and public were screaming for your top 2 players to be sacked instantly over their stupidity?  Would you gladly give them up without supporting them and bow into media pressure just for the sake of them  generating more $$$ by turning the events into a fiasco and sensationalizing things.

Im not excusing the actions of Shaw/Didak - but just think if it were Fevola & Judd.  Would the Carlton President act any differently to Eddie... NO!

How is dumping to highly talented players going to help them in the long run?  How will it benefit their careers?  They have been suspended and no doubtly Eddie and Malthouse will make them very very sorry.  And of course they will be dealt with accordingly within the walls of the club not hung out to be flogged by the media..again.

Eddie was right in suspending them - and that was the correct thing to do after he found out the whole truth.

Mark, there is nothing wrong with the Collingwood culture.  Once this saga dies out..another club will have some player doing the wrong thing and the public and media will once again jump up and down wanting blood.

You rattle off stats about our lack of premierships, but we have played in 2 grand finals, were in the semi finals last year and in the top 8 for the most part of 10 years.  

Why doesnt the same get said about Richmond, Bulldogs, Kangas, Melbourne, Essendon etc.  It only because Collingwood are the most popular, famous and wealthy team that everyone unjustly gets on the 'Collingwood bashing bandwagon'.

Saying Eddie is fighting for himself is absolutely absurd.  He was the first to put up his hand and fight for the club when we for the first time in history sank to the bottom of the ladder...Everything Eddie does is for his beloved Pies - regardless of what you people think and say.