Former Geelong and Carlton recruiter Luke Williams joins Richmond

[Phil Mrakov]

Now I might have my wires crossed here but isn't he the bloke who left the blues a few weeks back ,giving personal reasons .I think it might have been draft eve.
someone correct me if I'm wrong

u wrong

No he's not. You're wrong. 

U wrong cause the personal reasons were clearly bullwhackers

He still gave that as the reason. 

It was a lie so therefore it is wrong

Nope. Gigantor said he gave personal reasons as his excuse. Didn't say he had personal issues. Therefore you're wrong that he's wrong. Get a clue man 

 

[blaisee]

Like!

[tigs2011]

Now I might have my wires crossed here but isn't he the bloke who left the blues a few weeks back ,giving personal reasons .I think it might have been draft eve.
someone correct me if I'm wrong

u wrong

No he's not. You're wrong. 

U wrong cause the personal reasons were clearly bullwhackers

He still gave that as the reason. 

It was a lie so therefore it is wrong

Nope. Gigantor said he gave personal reasons as his excuse. Didn't say he had personal issues. Therefore you're wrong that he's wrong. Get a clue man 

 

[Gigantor]

far out Mrakov ...you happy with the ceasefire on this point now?
Anyone reckon this dude jumped ship because of any other reason down at P park?

[Phil Mrakov]

far out Mrakov ...you happy with the ceasefire on this point now?
Anyone reckon this dude jumped ship because of any other reason down at P park?

Apparently they went with Barb's preference for number 13 draft pick over his

[the claw]

good to see we are looking into this area.
have said for ages while we have improved our recruiting we need to be much better.

[bojangles17]

Pretty shrewd move by the tigers, Spend a couple of years working with one of the doyens of the industry in fj will round of this guy as a gun recruiter

[gerkin greg]

"Personal reasons"

aka National Recruiting Manager Shane Rogers is a moron, and Wayne Hughes is a gimp, I'm gtfo

[wayne]

"Personal reasons"

aka National Recruiting Manager Shane Rogers is a moron, and Wayne Hughes is a gimp, I'm gtfo

Personnel reasons

[tiga]

It is truly amazing that whenever Mrakov talks crap he somehow invariably levitates towards centre stage. Guy's got skillz  .

Mrak you're not Robert Tilton aka "the farting preacher" by chance?
 

[tigs2011]

"Personal reasons"

aka National Recruiting Manager Shane Rogers is a moron, and Wayne Hughes is a gimp, I'm gtfo

Personnel reasons

[YellowandBlackBlood]

Getting a succession plan going.

Great work Benny again!

[Rampstar]

So is this considered a recruiting coup? or is he just run of the mill andwhy did he leave Geelong in the first place?

[gerkin greg]

If you had the opportunity to work with the gurus that picked up Josh Bootsma and Levi Casboult wouldn't you jump at the chance?

[dwaino]

Here's to hoping Carlton implode.

http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/luke-williams.1043757/page-3#post-31187608

I have worked with Luke previously and can confirm he is as professional and prudent as you can possibly get.

He will be looking after the state league competitions and scouting at his new club. The main reason why he left Carlton is his job brief changed when he initially got there.

At Geelong, Thompson and Scott gave Wells & Luke a brief as to what type of players they required in their list management decisions. They also had a dedicated list manager who would relay this message.

At Carlton, despite McKay, Malthouse was effectively the list manager and called the shots even telling Rogers and Luke what specific draftees to recruit after they had given him their dossier. I can't say this is the reason he left but Malthouse was told or taken away from having a direct role in recruiting in Collingwood after Hine and Walsh believed the Geelong model worked best without the coach coming in.