Cuz on The Couch tonight

[one-eyed]

From BF:

"Gerard Healy said the our boy Cuz will be the guest next Tuesday 11 May."




ps. I thought the Couch was on Monday nights?

[jackstar is back again]

From BF:

"Gerard Healy said the our boy Cuz will be the guest next Tuesday 11 May."




ps. I thought the Couch was on Monday nights?

Monday night footy next week, couch thus on Tuesday

[Mr Magic]

That's going to hose down media interest.

[WA Tiger]

From BF:

"Gerard Healy said the our boy Cuz will be the guest next Tuesday 11 May."




ps. I thought the Couch was on Monday nights?

Must be a late game on the Monday!

[Mr Magic]

Should be dropped.

[Francois Jackson]

Should be dropped.

agreed!!!

his heart is not in it anymore

[Mr Magic]

his heart is not in it anymore

Yep. I fail to see any benefit in playing him in the seniors anymore.
No point having a 32 year old veteran half back flanker out there picking up easy possessions when you're going to win the wooden spoon.
It'd certainly send a strong message to the playing group too.

He can teach the juniors at Coburg.

That should give him something to talk about with Gerard.

[one-eyed]

Bump.


Could someone give us without Foxtel a brief run down summary of what Cuz says tonight  .

[tiger till i die]

Bump.


Could someone give us without Foxtel a brief run down summary of what Cuz says tonight  .

Ill try..

Basically benny loves Richmond and looks towards working with the club after he leaves the footy field which would be awesome!!

BT and the others pretty much attacked him with drug related questions and he carried him self very well and got a little fired up when i think he is name is Mike? old dude with the glasses kept patronizing him and kept asking questions that obviously couldn't be answered easily... thats my take on what happened im sure you can find a more detailed version from some one else.

Thought benny was great on the show and says he has a lot better footy left in him and i believe him until he says otherwise 

[Francois Jackson]

Bump.


Could someone give us without Foxtel a brief run down summary of what Cuz says tonight  .

well firstly i was one who said his heart wasn't in it well i think i was wrong.

Firstly cuz gave no indication he was ready to give it up, in fact he spoke of the desire to push on next year

He spoke highly of the RFC for giving him another chance. He would forever be grateful to us.

He put an end to rumours he was back on the stuff pre season, by saying he went away to Thailand with his mrs for 2 weeks then went away with his own parents.

He said he is most enjoying helping develop the young players at the club.

He was asked why did he shave his head? I believe he didnt answer this well at all in fact it sounded like he danced around the question.
He eventually said the reason was he didnt want the AFL to decide his future, as it was his career.

He finished with Daniel Connors. He said it will do him a world of good going back to Coburg and it just may be the turning point in his career.

Overall a really good interview one which everyone should watch.

[Ox]

missed it - spew.

Lol - Suck on that Cuz haters

[WA Tiger]

Taped it off Foxtel will watch it later, sounds good though.

[WilliamPowell]

Overall a really good interview one which everyone should watch.

Agree daniel

Some more:

* Really enjoying helping with the development of the younger players

* See his role at the Club as not only as a player but as also involving coaching the younger guys and helping them develop

* pointed out that this time last year no thought he get a contract for this year, so rightly pointed out with some continuity in traing and playing he can get back to playing like he did last year.

* Wants to play on next year and is confident that if he can string games to gether he will be able to have that conversation

* Regarding Richmond's current state he said people need to understand how young our list actually it is. Said a couple of times how young we are

* Said he wanted to stick around to help the Club get out of the it's "tough" patch. And if this his last year as a player he wanted to remain involved at the Club

* He said he is forever indebted to the RFC for giving him an opportunity to get his life back on track

* In aswer to Mike's question about remorse for lying to the Eagles. He said of course he feels remorse

* Agree with danile about how he handled the answered the question about shaving his head. Once he got to theh answer it made perfect sense. He said basically he believed in his own mind that the AFL was out to get him and he was concerned that they wouldn't let him play footy again

* Asked why he is still playing - he said he still oves playing the game

* Said that the RFC took a huge risk taking him on because he came with alot of things to manage (some not of his making) eg the media stalking (my word not his  ), the rumours & innuendo

* Categorically denied that he he had a relapse over the pre-season and that the club has ever spoken to him about his drinking

*Admitted he needed to be careful with the booze but he didn't have a drinking problem

* Mentioned the support he has had from his parents. He's put them through alot and they've stood by him, he said he was very lucky

That's all I can remember for now

All in all I was super impressed with the bloke as was the Panel especially Mike and Gerrard

Can I add that anyone who thinks he is off no benefit to our CLub should have a look at this interview IMHO
 

[Tigeritis™©®]

Thanks Daniel, any news on our kick ins? Jackstar was making alot of noise about it.

[Smokey]

Bump.


Could someone give us without Foxtel a brief run down summary of what Cuz says tonight  .

Ill try..

Basically benny loves Richmond and looks towards working with the club after he leaves the footy field which would be awesome!!

BT and the others pretty much attacked him with drug related questions and he carried him self very well and got a little fired up when i think he is name is Mike? old dude with the glasses kept patronizing him and kept asking questions that obviously couldn't be answered easily... thats my take on what happened im sure you can find a more detailed version from some one else.

Thought benny was great on the show and says he has a lot better footy left in him and i believe him until he says otherwise 

Pretty much it TTID.  Yes, it was Mike Sheahan who showed himself up to be an ignorant fool - Cousins tore him a new one twice tonight and Mike didn't like it one bit, he shut right up especially after the second time.  As TTID said, most of the questioning was around his drug-taking and Cousins was answering the questions with professionalism and (what appeared to be a lot of) honesty.  Sheahan put it to him that the perception was the Eagles premiership in '06 was 'tainted' because some players taking recreational drugs enhanced their performance.  Cousins denied that saying it was actually the opposite - much harder to perform when you are doing those drugs - and then shot back with "maybe you should try them and see if they do".  It was a classic and the look on Sheahan's face was priceless - a Mastercard moment - but then Sheahan felt the need to re-establish a position of self-righteous dominance so a bit later he questioned him (about his drinking I think but could be mistaken) and Cousins replied that one of his biggest issues is the media being very ignorant and not doing any research on anything to find out facts before they report things.  That was it for Mike - targets down, patch out!!  I loved every moment of it.

He was very cagey around his answers for cutting his hair short prior to his first drug test and eventually they dragged out that he was not confident of the AFL's motives or intent regarding his welfare and future and did it as a measure of self-protection.  The more he said on this, the more it sounded to me like he might have been at risk of being exposed for some 'recent' adverse activity that longer hair might have shown and that he had made some decisions/changes since that last episode to change things but didn't trust that the AFL would have seen it that way.  Just my take on his responses to that one.

He spoke very highly of the opportunity the club had given him, "I owe them a debt of eternal gratitude" or words to that effect.  He also spoke of his current role as he sees it - to mentor and lead the kids.  He recalled his time at West Coast as a young player and the difference it made to his game to look over his shoulder and see the experience of guys like Kemp, McKenna, Jackovich etc, knowing that they 'had his back'.  That was what he felt he was capable of (and working at) bringing to our current team.  He also looked quite annoyed and then bemused when Mike suggested that his impact as a player was almost gone and that this would be his last year.  He knocked that on the head very quickly.

Overall I have to say I was very impressed by his answers - his body language showed a bit of discomfort with some of the questions (and rightly so given that he has to have all his failings as a human played out in the public arena) but he never displayed any giveaway traits of telling lies or hiding the truth so it was either great acting or he was very genuine in his responses.  FWIW, I thought he was very sincere and forthright.  I came away from that interview very impressed with Ben Cousins and I can only hope for his sake that he is able to win his unenviable battle with his addiction.