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October 02, 2007
The King of the Castle
Well , we have done it. I have often dreamed of it but I was unsure that I would ever live to see it. As I’m unlikely to get a chance to personally say this , I’d like to say “Thank You” here to all involved in giving me this gift of a lifetime.
Thank You , Frank Costa , for coming on board when we were down and out. For lending your financial backing and you giving our club level headed mature leadership
Thank You , Brian Cook. For changing us from a provincial debt ridden basket case to a club with legitimate claims to being one of Victoria’s best.
Thank You , Stephen Welles. For you and you teams brilliant insights. Sure there have been misses but what we have running around on the grass is testimony to your hits.
Thank You Tom Harley , for stepping into the leadership spot. For of so long it was considered the deadman’s spot , and with your own injuries it would have been easy to pass up the task and concentrate on your own form. But, no , you did what was best for the team and the club. Then the speech , ‘WE ARE GEELONG” , you have encapsulated “us” in three words ,thank you, thank you!!
Thank You Paul Chapman , for having the balls to call a spade , a spade. To be willing to risk the negative attention , to risk the upset , because we were so close to going down the same old path for yet another year.
Thank You Steve Johnson , for having a look in the mirror and saying I could be better and then having the determination to do something about it.
Thank You GA and NA. To be willing to risk the public exposure of the footy media. To come to the club that they knew would multiply attention because it was the club of their father.
Thank You , Brad Ottens. for choosing Geelong. When others choose to avoid us ,you choose to embrace us. You might have once played at Richmond but now you a Geelong Premiership player , for ever.
Thank You , the whole team for raising your own level of performance and concentrating on the now rather that what has happened in the past or what might happen in the future.
and Thank You Mark Thompson. You sir , I apologise to. I thought you had run your race , I thought you had been given enough time , I thought your dedication had waned and I thought your leadership model was suspect. I was wrong.
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All these guys and others have brought us here. You , me , us , we are now are followers of a Premiership team. I know its not our first Premiership but it feels like it. I feel like now I’m Premiership supporter. For too long we have all had this burden of crap that could always be thrown at us and now its not there. For the moment we are the “King of the Castle” and for once in my life , I really feel like I belong to a winning clan.
Of course as quick as the Sun goes up , it goes down. Not to short circuit the celebrations but the question is “What is this feeling going to do to our side?” There is talk about Dynasties and it is understandable but really its very premature. As most have noted , one of the most amazing things about our success this year is that we are basically the same side , in name , as the previous year. Now if you think about it , this means that the difference between #1 and #10 is conditioning and mindset. The willingness to sacrifice , the willingness to gain pain , the willingness to hurt to win , the willingness to do what ever you need to do to be the best you can be. That’s what we did this year, we went the extra mile , we did the extra weight, we did the extra session and here we are.After so many years of drought we have finally drunk from the "Well of Success" , and the most important question that remains “is our thirst quenched?”
We have the list , to not just win a years worth of success but to get our club to more Preliminaries , more GF’s and more Premierships. We have the chance to not only be the team that everyone was happy to see win but to be the team that everyone (bar us) will be happy to see the back of. We are on the cusp on perhaps a once in a life time cycle if all the people I’ve thanked above can remain dedicated, if they can maintain the same thirst for success. It might be selfish guys but I want more. I’ve tasted it , I’ve been to the well and tasted the pure clean liquid it holds. Rather than quench my thirst , its left me dry in the mouth , smiling from its purity , craving its sweetness , demanding more of its euphoric splendour.
So , guys enjoy your Mad Monday , drink the drink that you so hardly deserve but remember there is 15 teams that are right now planing your demise. Enjoy the “now” that you have earned but tomorrow will come very quickly and when it does you will have to re-focus what you want to achieve in your football career. You will have to decide if you will be happy 10 years time looking back at being a one time only Premiership player or perhaps wondering what could have happened if you didn't want those extra $$. The old saying is “its harder to stay at the top than it is to get to the top”, I suppose for the first time in a long, long time the players , the club , everyone is about to find out if that’s true.
Posted by Turbocat at October 2, 2007 02:43 PM
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