Jeans has been involved in 3 of the worst incidents on the field. 1. Policeman Jeans orders fellow police officer Jim Odea to take out Collingwood champion Greening "early" and puts him in a coma in first minute of the game .He was in a coma 14 days and couldnt play for 2 years. A supreme court writ was prepared but Vicpol squashed that .Corruption in plain sight. Charity match organised inplace . 2.Jeans and Cowboy Neale planned b4 game to king hit Hawthorns Peter Hudson in 1971 Grand Final.Hudson was left with half his ear hanging off and severe concussion .the gane was robbed of Hudson breaking the record as a result. 3 Matthews on bruns incident . A grade asshole look at the crap that comes out of his mouth after Mckenna asks him a question .Just drivel...
lets not forget Footscray footballer Stephen Boyle who lost an eye in 1972 at the Western Oval thanks to an altercation with another Jeans henchmen in Cowboy Neale of St-Kilda Boyle never played football again
Yes the Matthews incident was a dog’s act but I doubt it was on coach’s instructions. I’d bet my last dollar the Greening and Hudson king hits were, but the Matthews one seemed a fairly instinctive sniper act from a bloke whose whole career was blighted by cheap shots, raised forearms and elbows and general acts of thuggery. Ah yes, and the above comment also reminded me of the Boyle incident the same year as Greening - didn’t know it was the Cowboy.
Jeans was responsible for setting up and advocating old fashion bash merchants to take skilled players out of the game with vicious street tactics on more than one occasion.
It pisses me off that there is such reverence around Matthews these days, because as a player the guy was an out-and-out thug! And anyone who saw him play would be hard pressed to argue with that!
Leigh Matthews was a giant of a man. When he crossed that white line everyone knew he was there for one reason, to win at all costs and everyone who followed him would not deflect from that path. I cannot say the same for any other player of the game. When Leigh Matthews played for Hawthorn as a man, everybody played for Hawthorn as men.
The 1976 GF hits on Keith Grieg were calculated & brutal, take out the best player in the other team, akin to cheating, as per Neil Balme on Southby in the 1972 GF
Absolute gibberish from Alan Jeans. This was a major incident in the history of the AFL - McKenna had an obligation to ask the question and Jeans made a pissweak effort to avoid saying what he should have said, and harked back to other incidents - in some way trying to justify what happened. Great to watch. I loved World of Sport.
@@alexander8688 he was a still a draw though and attracted a lot of people to go to the footy and buy memberships. Just like wiz capper, ablett senior, lockett, dermott and dipper. AFL without entertaining larger than life characters is boring to watch.
He’s talking about his order to Jim O’Dea in 1972 to take out John Greening. First minutes of the game at Moorabbin - Greening received a free kick, kicks to a contest in the fwd pocket. Next thing O’Dea uppercuts him to the forehead and Greening ends up in hospital with brain damage. Jeans was a thug and a coward, and was clearly rattled.
@@rodcraven7728 He certainly looked rattled, that's for sure. He also just rambled on for a couple of minutes there and if anyone can provide a translation of what he was saying, I would be grateful. Tommy Hafey was a legend and the humility and grace of the man in answering his hard question was there for all to see. Good on Peter McKenna for asking the hard questions, as well.
@@newdiggszweiundsiebzig He said he doesnt condone anything. and Peter McKenna is bringing the game into disrepute by talking about how his player broke another guy's jaw. lol
@J G so everybody should play soccer just because it's the biggest sport? What a boring world that would be. We need variety otherwise we stop loving the things we love. Nobody should be hoping for the death of any sport.
@@andoletube Don't even respond to that guy. He just spams that same copy and pasted comment everywhere on every video he goes to. He has no life. Nothing you reply to him will change that persons ignorance. Just pity him and move on.
I hate individuals who do not accept responsibility for their ( or their players') actions. I hate it when individuals attempt to deny, deflect attention misimise and then turn it around and cast aspersions on others. Those characteristics are endemic in narcissistic and psychopathic individuals.
Classic! Love how just after they've shown Matthews rearranging Bruns face and copping the retributions himself, the team song launches in with "We're a happy team at Hawthorn..." Nicely edited.
Wow what a lowlife and a liar Jeans came across as , Mckenna challanged him and he couldn't handle it the dirty sniper. Hafey looked like he was going to kill him , lucky the ham and the washing products arrived!
Bullshit. He ordered O’Dea to take out John Greening in the round 14 1972 match at Moorabbin any way he could. O’Dea was a cop himself, and only got 10 weeks. Greening ended up with brain damage. So much for your “fine person” - Jeans was a thug.
@@BandwagonJumper007 bullshit he was keyboard princess... 1. he ordered fellow police officer Jim Odea (police martial arts instructor) to take out Collingwoods Greening "early" into the match..KOd him from behind in first 10 seconds of game and puts him in a coma for 14 days. 2 him and Cowboy neale conspire b4 the game plan to KO Hawthorns peter Hudson thereby robbing us of the delight of Hudson breaking record.Hudson cant remeber the Grand Final.Hope he doesnt get Alzeimers 3 bruns incident . First ever deregistering of VFL player. the 3 worst incidents on file and he was coach of all the offenders all 3 occassions??? what r the odds on that? yeah what a top bloke ?
wtf..Jeans??..Matthews wasn't "misapprehended" when he blatantly struck Bruns..the skeletons out of the cupboard line is timeless..Jeans may have been a great coach but in this instance he is in total denial about the thug act of Matthews.no wonder they nicknamed Jeans "Yabby"..Tom Hafey handled it brilliantly..Peter McKenna was being responsible by asking reasonable questions..great post of a deeply missed forum known as Club Corner..
And notice how Jeans tried to divert attention from a perfectly reasonable question about what happened the previous day! No respect whatsoever for this bloke.
The 2 players McKenna referred to were Mathhews hit on Bruns in that match, and O’Dea’s king hit on John Greening in 1972. Jeans was always a thug, and directed players to snipe the opposition. He didn’t like Peter calling him out on it, and he showed his true colours. Other players who were “ordered” to snipe were Ditterich and Muir.
Yes StKilda have always recruited thugs to do their sniping. That's why StKilda have only won one premiership by one solitary point. They're a club of losers Fair Bloody Dinkum they are.
Two of the ugliest king hits in football that I’ve ever heard about and can recall are the ones you just mentioned Rod. It was extremely costly for both players and in John Greening’s case, it ended his career . Very sad
Rubbish. The O’Dea and Greening incident is irrelevant. McKenna was referring to two Hawthorn players that were involved in king hits in that same season. The rest of your post and baseless accusations and lies can therefore be dismissed as total rubbish as well.
@@nickdaskalakis9289Don’t lie. You never saw the Greening incident. Very few if anyone saw what actually happened and the circumstances surrounding it as it wasn’t captured on film which was part of its controversy.
I think Yabby was having a bad day from all the flack he was getting but he could have better answered the questions, i mean Tom was giving honest answers.
RIP Yabbie..didnt agree with your comments on Club Corner..but I'm smart enough to acknowledge your great coaching efforts..old school type sadly missed in today's AFL which is lacking of Alan Jeans types.
If the matter was dealt with more openly at the time perhaps Leigh Matthews might not have been de-registered and embarrassed as much as he was? Jeans is dismissive of the incident that was clearly a bad breach of the rules and the VFL should've acted swiftly before it got out of hand and it did. The look on Hafey's face says it all . He is disgusted with Jeans here.
There was no judicial obligation at the time of this interview at approximately 1pm on the Sunday, no action was taken until the Monday No report was initially lodged but television replays pressured the VFL into charging Matthews with ''conduct unbecoming''. Police Minister Race Matthews was not accepting of the VFL's reluctance to take any action as indicated by a flippant Jack Hamilton. Jeans was out of line here.
The game has a history of thugs - Cowboy Neale, Barry Hall, Leigh Mathews, Dippierdominico, Brereton,Duncan Wright, O'Dea, Worsfold,Tony Lockett etc.etc. etc.
'I think there are a lot of Hawthorn supporters....' What both of them? Jeans was a filthy coach. Greening incident with O'Dea, Dipperdomenicoe with Stoneham, Matthews with Smith and Bruns, Ditterich with everyone. Cowboy Neale on Power, Robinson on Watson, all coached by Jeans. Coincidence? I don't think so, that was his style. He used to tell his players regarding star opponents 'Take him out of the game' and they knew exactly what he meant, fact.
Tommy Hafey came to talk to my year about life skills and his experiences in a team sport. He was so down-to-earth. I Loved it. Is there any way to contact him through an email or something?
Tom Hafey was a true gentleman. His mother lived close by in our street and I happened to meet Tom Hafey in the park in our street, he was a quietly spoken gentleman of the game he loved.
If only more sports could allow both managers to be interviewed at the same time, and then give them a complementary tub of honey. Wasn't the VFL great?
I liked Allan Jeans...there is a reason why Hawthorn made 7 consecutive Grand Finals...he was a good coach who got the best out of his players. Hawthorn in 1985 were clearly the second best team, but Allan didn't care. He demanded that players went out there and gave their best.
A pathetic response from Jeans. Matthews was both a thug. He sounds like the Boss Sergeant who tells his boy-cops to beat people up, but do it discretely and never confess. “I don’t condone the thing,” utter garbage.
They were the good old days when you could throw a punch and get away with it, it's too clinical these days, no characters in the game at all, they are all robots now playing to the game plan, it's called sterilised football.......
you weren't either, I will line the fuck out of your brain schmuck. Lethal was one of the best players ever but he at times was a cunt, snipering people. Reason why Gary Ablett is the best ever despite his offield errors.
@raff23 who cares how Bruns was you dont king hit a player its cowardly if Bruns copped it in a typical fight sure..but Bruns had no idea it was a gutless snipe from Matthews i'd say the same for Bruns if he did the same thing..i have no issue about Jeans as a man..sometimes they are wrong..
U know Jeans ordered fellow police officer Jim Odea to take out Collingwoods Greening early dont U? Coma for 14 days.. Not only a thug act but blatant police corruption. I remeber as a child going to my father " Odea and jeans r police officers?"how could they do this ? Or how about Jeans and Cowboy neale conspiring b4 the 71 GF to take Hudson out of the equation.? Hudson left the ground unable to recall a single moment of the game .yeah what a great guy.
@@johnsmith-cv1lp as a kid the newspaper photos of John Greening being carried off with blackened eyes were haunting... Jim O'Dea was a cowardly thug who destroyed an exceptionally talented footballer
@newellgirl he also said he didnt condone what happened, neville bruns was a sniping little prick known amongst the players and coaches, perhaps this is what jeans was insinuating in this interview, you dish it out expect to cop it back at some stage.
Yes but he was still one of the most talented players to play the game considering that he kicked 915 goals as a rover. Also he was best on ground in the 71 Grand Final as a 19 year old!
