Hawthorn 2015

[stan]

FFS get a life you blokes .068 is marginally over the limit, not like he's Jaensch or anything

No its not. Whats its like is that 2 weeks after your assistant coach says goodbye to his son who was killed in a car accident due to a drunk driver, your captain has few drinks and drives.

Spin it however you like. But there it is.

So it would be ok then if Rattens Lad didn't pass a couple a weeks ago?

Nope. But this is just worse for the club. Still a stupid thing to do.

[Q.]

Lol at Hodge being unsure how much he drank..."three or four"... Do you use your fingers to count pal?

[Spargo]

Jeez you blokes are quick to judge Hodge, I mean how do any of you know what was going through his mind, what his intentions were?
I hope, unlike with the AFL tribunal, he gets a chance to explain himself to the magistrate and possibly get off - hey daisy?

[Rik E Boy]

A real storm in a tea cup. I can honestly say I respect Hodge the same amount as I did before his drink driving slip up.

Regards,

REB

[Booney]

A real storm in a tea cup. I can honestly say I respect Hodge the same amount as I did before his drink driving slip up.

Regards,

REB

For those us who watch your posts, that means a lot.

He's made some very bad decisions. The first was driving drunk, the second was his interview with Hamush at half time. That was really average. Spent 10 minutes telling us he thought he was ok and how he was surprised he was over the limit.

However, Al Clarkson said " If you watch Hodge blow over in slow motion, it looks bad, but really he had a second to decide what to do. "

[Booney]

FFS get a life you blokes .068 is marginally over the limit, not like he's Jaensch or anything

Insert blind parochialism here.

If he'd killed someone, would they just be a marginally dead?

[LaughingKookaburra]

I would think that most people know if you have 4 beers within 2-3 hours there is a fair chance that you would blow over if pulled over.

[Booney]

I would think that most people know if you have 4 beers within 2-3 hours there is a fair chance that you would blow over if pulled over.

Yep, when said "3 or4?" he was shitting us as much as himself.

[mighty hounds]

FFS get a life you blokes .068 is marginally over the limit, not like he's Jaensch or anything

Insert blind parochialism here.

If he'd killed someone, would they just be a marginally dead?

It would somehow be the persons who's dead fault though, not the untouchable golden boy

[woodublieve12]

Some of the best double standards I've ever seen... Anyone else they get suspended!!!

Disgrace!

[daysofourlives]

Jeez you blokes are quick to judge Hodge, I mean how do any of you know what was going through his mind, what his intentions were?
I hope, unlike with the AFL tribunal, he gets a chance to explain himself to the magistrate and possibly get off - hey daisy?

At least he has the option of pleading not guilty and doesnt risk getting a more severe penalty which was my whole point but yeah you take that out of what i said

At least he didnt jump in a cab and run the risk of assaulting/robbig the driver

05 to 079 is only revenue raising and a bit of a safety net. It is designed for cases exactly like this. If you want zero tolerance have a zero limit.
Every single one of you hypocrite's would have done exactly the same thing at some point and maybe you didnt get caught.

Society says the penalty is 450 fine and 10 demerit points, im happy for that to be the penalty but no doubt he will get fined 5000 by Hawthorn as well. Do any of your bosses hit you with 20 times your penalty for breaking the law?

[Wedgie]

3 or 4! His lying is more insulting than his infringement!

[daysofourlives]

3 or 4! His lying is more insulting than his infringement!

He might be and I would think he did know how many he had but at the end of the day he only blew 068 so what he is saying cant be too far off the mark otherwise he wouldve blown higher

[nuggety goodness]

The problem is the blurred lines of the .05 to start with. We argue that under the legal limit is ok.

Is drink driving ok? The answer is no regardless of the level so bring in a zero tolerance and then there is none of this 'i didnt know' garbage!

The fact he is an AFL footballer let alone Captain and very well known publicly just exarcebates the issue because like it or not there are many people who are watching closely.

Hodgey hasnt done his reputation any favours in the past month or so...

[LMA]

I heard he only had 2 Light Beers, it was the 6 Lite N Easy tiramasu's that done him in

[stan]

Jeez you blokes are quick to judge Hodge, I mean how do any of you know what was going through his mind, what his intentions were?
I hope, unlike with the AFL tribunal, he gets a chance to explain himself to the magistrate and possibly get off - hey daisy?

At least he has the option of pleading not guilty and doesnt risk getting a more severe penalty which was my whole point but yeah you take that out of what i said

At least he didnt jump in a cab and run the risk of assaulting/robbig the driver

05 to 079 is only revenue raising and a bit of a safety net. It is designed for cases exactly like this. If you want zero tolerance have a zero limit.
Every single one of you hypocrite's would have done exactly the same thing at some point and maybe you didnt get caught.

Society says the penalty is 450 fine and 10 demerit points, im happy for that to be the penalty but no doubt he will get fined 5000 by Hawthorn as well. Do any of your bosses hit you with 20 times your penalty for breaking the law?

**** off. How do you know what I would do.

If I had was going to have more than 1 or 2 I wouldn't drive. If i was driving I wouldnt drink more than that.

Im sure he could have called a cab.

[Mr Beefy]

3 or 4! His lying is more insulting than his infringement! [emoji38]

He might be and I would think he did know how many he had but at the end of the day he only blew 068 so what he is saying cant be too far off the mark otherwise he wouldve blown higher

.068 is at least 7 standard drinks or 7 pots/schooners. If he waited 2 hours like i heard then that would go up to 9, allowing for .01 reduction per hour.

[westozfalcon]

Luke Hodge caught low range drink driving

Poor. If the Hawks Board had any balls, they should suspend him. Not great for the leader of your club to do such a thing.
Just like he promotes, he will get off Lite&Easy.

If he was a nondescript fringe player you can bet the club would've given him a suspension. It's always selective justice with these things.

[woodublieve12]

If Goodes did what hodge did the media and social media would have exploded. Good old hodgey gets of Scott free! Piss weak!

[Ruben Carter]

Hodge= good footballer not necessarily smartest human going around. Great leader on field.... enough said