Should Frank Farina have been sacked?

Brisbane Roar made a brave move today in sacking Frank Farina as the coach of the A-League football (soccer) team. On Saturday morning, Farina was charged for the second time for drink driving. Farina was one of Australia’s greatest players and I believe a very good coach. Were the Roar a little bit harsh in ripping up his contract?

frank's distraught eyes

I don’t think so. While I genuinely feel sorry for Farina, the seriousness of the action taken against him shows how much responsibility coaches have in their example to their players and the community. Other football codes, of which Rugby League particularly comes to mind, would do well to take note of the swift and serious consequences of stupidity – only then will they have any chance of changing their seedy culture.

Here’s what Roar Chairman, Chris Bombolas, had to say:

“I acknowledge Frank’s contribution to the club but we can not excuse or condone his behaviour off the field […] It is simply not in step with we expect of our players or our coaching staff, or what the community expects […] The message from our board is very clear: the community and our fans expect a professional standard of conduct and behaviour and so do we.”

PS – if you stumbled here via google, I used to think that “soccer was life, and the rest just details” – that’s a bit silly, life is all about Jesus.

Break it Down #14

Hey funky chickens. Breaking it down this week with some high culture is Michelangelo’s David. For over 3 years he’s been my profile pic on Twitter (and previously on blogger). It’s time to say goodbye. I now have a profile pic on twitter and gravatar that’s actually me. You’ll be pleased to know I’m wearing clothes. Also my about page was kinda out of date. So that’s been updated too. Check it. More content under nude dude…

michelangelo's david

See below for all the haps on dmdc in the past week or so.

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Goodbye September 09 | Hello October 09

Hey party people. Good news – we have the internet back at home! 2.5 months without it was a little bit inconvenient. I don’t want to use this blog to publicly shame our old internet and telephone provider (if you’re looking for internet and want to steer clear of them, ask me in person), but it’s worth saying that TELSTRA have been super helpful in getting the phone line working again and TPG likewise have been rockin the suburbs getting the internet flowing again. Woot. While on the subject of corporate advertising – we’ve recently changed mobile companies to VODAFONE. I have that free nights and weekends to other Vodafone peeps. Let me know if you’re also on Vodafone.

october 09

That’s my selection from this month’s Smashing Magazine desktop calendars.

September 2009 blog stats

Wordout.