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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: froars on August 24, 2004, 03:03:54 PM
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I apologise for the heading - couldn't help myself. Sue me if you hate it lol
JIMMY Krakouer, the former champion AFL footballer jailed for 16 years in 1996 for drug trafficking, will be released from prison this morning.
Krakouer, 45, has been a model prisoner and gained maximum remissions from his sentence. He will have served just over eight years when he walks out of the minimum security Karnet Prison Farm, 55km south of Perth, at about 8.30am.
He will be on work release until February and cannot leave Western Australia until he is paroled in February.
But Krakouer is not expected to say much when he is released this morning, given that Channel 9's Footy Show host, Eddie McGuire, is understood to have a deal to interview him live on the show on Thursday night. McGuire is also expected to conduct an interview for Nine's 60 Minutes program on Sunday night. Krakouer will be paid for his story.
West Australian Director of Public Prosecutions Robert Cock has repeated a warning that Krakouer's interviews must not have "commercial value derived ... (from) involvement in the commission of an offence".
"If Jim sticks to his life in jail, how he spent the time, the pitfalls of drugs and that sort of thing there will be no problem," Mr Cock said.
"Chopper Read, for instance, doesn't talk about his crimes. He talks about time in prison writing books and things like that. All I'm very keen to do is assure other would-be drug dealers they cannot offend and later get celebrity status out of it."
A friend, Shaun Gorman, who has kept in touch with Krakouer during his time in prison, said the fallen football hero was not bitter.
"He's a lot calmer and more self-reflective and realises he made a terrible error," Mr Gorman said.
He said one of the hardest jail days for Krakouer would have been missing the debut of his son Andrew at the MCG in his first game for Richmond.
"That would have killed Jimmy," Mr Gorman said.
Krakouer and his younger brother, Phil, arrived from West Australian club Claremont to play their first games in the VFL with North Melbourne in 1982. They immediately became drawcards for their exciting style of football and their uncanny sense of each other on the football field.
Jim Krakouer played 134 games with North Melbourne and 13 with St Kilda from 1982-1991.
Typical of Eddie to get in on the act ::)
http://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,10430589%255E2761,00.html
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ROFLMFAOOOOOOOOOOo froars
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I wonder if Eddie Everywhere is going to try and get young Andy on the footy show too.
Don't do it Andy ;D
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I wonder if Eddie Everywhere is going to try and get young Andy of the footy show too.
Or to the Pies ::)
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Whoever said there is no life after footy was wrong. Jimmy got it. 8)
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Whoever said there is no life after footy was wrong. Jimmy got it. 8)
LMAOO
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Fallen football star Jimmy Krakouer may be employed by the AFL following his release from jail on drug trafficking charges.
Krakouer, a sparkling star with North Melbourne in the 1980s, walked out of Karnet Prison Farm, south of Perth yesterday after serving nine years of a 16-year prison term.
He was immediately claimed by Channel 9 Footy Show host Eddie McGuire, who said he had been "sent out as a reporter" to tell Krakouer's story and quickly rejected claims he was being paid for the interview.
But AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou said today Krakouer may be approached to work with the AFL, warning players about some of the dangers that can snare them.
Demetriou said that Michael Long, a former Aborginal Essendon star who works for the league, wanted to meet Krakouer but it was uncertain whether the AFL would employ him at this stage.
"I think he's interested in meeting with him and having a discussion with him - where that leads, I don't know," Demetriou told 3AW.
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"Certainly I think Jimmy has probably got a story to tell, which is not a pleasant one, of being in jail.
"If there's anything that he's learnt from that which he can pass on to other young indigenous children, perhaps that's something that could turn a negative into a positive.
"I really and truly hope that Jimmy can get back into society, that he's not victimised or discriminated against," Demetriou said.
Demetriou said Krakouer could possibly be employed as a "reverse role model."
"The example I can give is that three years ago we employed (former Richmond player) Justin Charles to conduct our drug education program at the clubs.
"Justin was the first player and the only player who has been charged with anabolic steroids in the AFL.
"He delivered the most powerful message of all the speakers we've ever had at the clubs.
"The stuff we got from the clubs was unbelievably positive, so much so that his talk was taped and has been used by other sports," Demetriou said.
"You can have reverse role models.
"I think that people are entitled to a second chance."
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/08/25/1093246586855.html?oneclick=true
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Someone should put Eddie in jail. :thumbsup
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Someone should put Eddie in jail. :thumbsup
Even he needs some time away from Collingwood supporters ;D
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:rollin
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PUT Eddie in jail for life : :thumbsup
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That was an okay interview with Jimmy on The Footy Show. He looks fit enough to put on the boots - looks good for 45.
I hope he makes a good transition into life after prison and wish him all the best.
And i feel ashamed at the heading of this thread :-[ - guy needs a chance without idiots like me constantly reminding him.
Good luck Jimmy.
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I hope he makes a good transition into life after prison and wish him all the best.
For Andy's and his own sake let's hope he can froars. Likewise wish Jimmy all the best.
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It was all done in reasonably good taste and I never cringed once. So, for me, that's a good sign.
He had a message for others out there and hopefully they will make different choices because of that.
I wish him and his family all the best and hope Jimmy can now get on with his life and see his kids grow.
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And i feel ashamed at the heading of this thread :-[ - guy needs a chance without idiots like me constantly reminding him.
Good luck Jimmy.
Your wish is my command Trivia Princess. :thumbsup
Even did it with no typos ;D
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Danny's boy real Krakouer
28 August 2004
Herald Sun
Sam Edmund
WHEN Andrew Krakouer showed up on Richmond's doorstep as a skinny 17-year-old in late 2000,, coach Danny Frawley knew he had something special.
Almost from the moment the skilled Aborigine was selected by the Tigers with pick 41 in the 2000 national draft, Krakouer and Frawley formed a special bond. It was a bond that guided the young West Australian through a difficult time.
He had been estranged from his father, mercurial North Melbourne player Jimmy, who was serving time in a Perth jail, and had just moved across the country to pursue his football dream. But Frawley took the shy youngster under his wing.
He and wife Anita often invited Krakouer and several other young Tigers to their home for dinner to help ease the transition to AFL football.
"We've got a strong bond," Frawley said. "His dad's his dad, but I guess I've been a bit of a mentor for him and supported him on and off the field."
Krakouer and his coach were brothers in arms again yesterday at Brighton beach ahead of Richmond's last match of the season, and Frawley's last as coach, against Sydney at the MCG today.
Krakouer has vowed to play a blinder against the Swans for his old man, whom he will visit in Perth on Monday. Jimmy Krakouer was released from Karnet Prison Farm, south of Perth, on Tuesday. He must stay in WA, on work release, until February.
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/footy/common/story_page/0,8033,10589343%255E19771,00.html
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ROFLMFAOOOOOO@Frawley taking Krakouer under his wing and leaving him in the worst physical shape of any footballer in the competition bar Billy Nicholls. Well done spud.
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Krakouer back home to see dad
By Peter Ker
Perth
realfooty.theage.com.au
August 31, 2004
It has become the most celebrated reunion of the year, but Andrew Krakouer was low key yesterday when asked about the prospect of seeing his father Jimmy again.
"I'm not sure (when I'm going to see him)," he said. "I'm just going to give him a call now and see what he is up to."
Krakouer skipped the post-season celebrations with Richmond teammates in favour of returning to Perth yesterday, where his father, former North Melbourne, St Kilda and Claremont champion Jimmy Krakouer, is now a free man after serving nine years of a 16-year sentence for drug-trafficking.
Andrew Krakouer was flanked by his two young daughters, Allia and Tekia, when he arrived in Perth shortly after 4.30pm local time. "I don't want to say too much," he said.
Neither Jimmy or other members of the family were at Perth airport for Andrew's arrival, but were understood to be waiting at the Hyatt hotel in Perth city, where Andrew and his daughters were driven after leaving the airport. It is the same hotel at which Jimmy Krakouer was interviewed by Eddie McGuire after being released from Karnet prison farm last week.
The Richmond star and his daughters were met at the airport by a man who described himself as "just a friend".
Yesterday's reunion comes after two failed attempts by the Krakouer family and the Richmond Football Club earlier this year for Jimmy Krakouer to attend Tigers matches in which Andrew was participating.
Plans to fly Jimmy Krakouer to Melbourne midseason were thwarted by West Australian parole regulations.
A second attempt for him to attend Richmond's May 29 match against West Coast in Perth was also aborted because of security fears.
Former Fremantle coach Gerard Neesham, who was a mentor for Andrew Krakouer in his teens at Perth's Clontarf Football Academy for indigenous boys, said yesterday's events had been eagerly awaited by the Krakouer family.
"I know it means a lot to Jimmy and it means a lot to Andrew . . . it is extremely important for the entire family to be brought back together," he said.
http://realfooty.theage.com.au/realfooty/articles/2004/08/30/1093852179802.html
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Great news for Andy.
http://www.realfooty.theage.com.au/realfooty/articles/2005/03/16/1110913665433.html
Krakouer gets the all-clear for Victorian move
By Jake Niall
The Age
March 17, 2005
Former Kangaroo champion Jim Krakouer will fly back to Victoria in the next 48 hours to begin a new life and see his son Andrew play AFL football for the first time.
The West Australian authorities yesterday gave Krakouer permission to complete his two-year parole period in Victoria, freeing him to attend "The North Story" function tomorrow night.
Krakouer will fly to Melbourne and will work alongside Michael Long and Derek Kickett in an AFL-sponsored position working with indigenous footballers.
Stable employment and regular reporting to the Victorian correctional officials are the major conditions of Krakouer's parole. He was given parole late last year after serving eight-and-a-half years for drug trafficking.
Krakouer has indicated that the prospect of spending time with son Andrew and watching him play for Richmond are significant factors in his decision to move to Melbourne.
Krakouer was unable to get day release to see Andrew play when the Tigers played West Coast in Perth last year.