Spargo wrote:robranisgod wrote:Wedgie wrote:Been happening for years, look at the Robrans.
They wanted to play with friends they grew up with and Barrie never even considered pressuring them to go to North even though it was probably only a 10 min drive!
I think with the Robrans they didn't want to play under a certain coach. They were actually in North's zone and had to get a clearance to Norwood. They did go to school in the Norwood area.
On the other hand Ben Jarman and Ryan Burton both came from the Western side of town to play juniors and then seniors at North.
I’m guessing then it was Nunan that they didn’t want to play under?
Can you confirm/deny that when Nunan was appointed coach he took down photos of Barrie in the club & said “You’re all living in the past” or words to that effect...
Like the rest of the South Australian sporting public that is what I have been led to believe.
I have only heard one person actually mention it as fact and that was when Jeff "Bomber" Hammond became coach of the South Australian cricket team.
Bomber was interviewed on National Radio and mentioned that as a North Adelaide man he was horrified when Nunan took all of Robran's photos down but having become coach of South Australia he now understood and he felt the state team needed to move on from David Hookes and create their own future.
At the time I thought it strange that Bomber would raise Nunan, Robran and North Adelaide in a national forum but I guess that is the impact it had on North at the time.