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Danny Frawley (born September 8, 1963) is a former Australian rules footballer and coach.
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Football career
Recruited from Ballarat, where he was a potato farmer, Frawley initially played as a forward but soon became a renowned full-back. He was a long-serving captain of the St Kilda Football Club and enjoyed a career from 1984-1995.
It is said that no other back-man in the history of the game has seen the ball kicked over his head more than Frawley (quote*D.b*) and his tenure as Captain at the club saw a half a dozen wooden spoons awarded to the team.
Known more for his fearless,non thinking when backing into packs rather than a genuine football brain,Danny forged a career on this courageous yet mindless reputation,something that would become evident in his latter coaching years
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Coaching career
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Frawley took up the coaching reigns at the Richmond Football Club in 2000, and had some early success, taking the Tigers to the finals in 2001 on the strength of the existing squad.
Unfortunately he couldn't replicate the club's first finals appearance since 1995 again during his tenure, with his team always getting off to solid starts, but then fading out towards the end of the season.
This continued in 2003, where, after a 6-2 start to the season, they lost 13 of their next 14 matches.
He has been accused of decimating the careers of champions and incapacitating those of young up and comers, with his tactically primitive game-plan and inability to gain the teams respect,ulitmately.
Frawley took his team to the wooden spoon in 2004, and midway through the season was publicly fired and quoted as saying, "I'm gutted...I thought I'd be here for another 10 years."
He later announced he would be stepping down at season's end in an attempt to maintain any credibility.
Most entertaining were his humorous,stuttering responses at press conferences,more often than not after a loss.
"Yeah...we definitley can't make the finals...but we sure can shape them."
Prior to this,Frawley was assistant coach at Collingwood where he once again delivered the wooden spoon to his employer
Since his departure from coaching he has utilised his,"expertise" as special comments man for Australian radio network,Triple M.
His co-hosts will often refer to him as "Spud Regal" and celebrate his presence as the programs unknowing comic relief.
Recently the programs anchor man,James Brayshaw,publicly berated Frawley for talking ill of his former club, Richmond, when Danny claimed he laughed at the level of skill on display as he drove past the clubs training ground.
He was taken to task over this by many a Richmond fan via Triple M`s routine talkback show post match on Saturday afternoons but refused to enagage callers saying "I don`t take any responsibilty ... build a bridge"
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Additional Career Highlights
It is rumored that the "Oxford Dictionary" are considering a new vernacular when they consider the next revised edition ... Simply put ... the term "Frawley" may be added as a new term of reference in modern dialect . The term "Frawley" means , simply put ..."To be in complete denial of ones own short comings ... This may be better explained if used in a sentence .
Colonel Custer turned to his leiutenant and said .... "Don`t worry , we can take these Indians" ... This can be described as your classic "Frawleyism"
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In 2006,Frawley was hired by Netball Australia as a motivational speaker prior to a gruelling tournament.
Spectators and athletes alike were left agog when Danny attempted to use the Australian coat of arms as a motivational tool,explaining it to be representative of two creatures that, "wont take a backward step...because they can't."
It was left to the individuals creative imagination to decipher exactly what the real message was,if there ever was one.
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