Cannot really find anything good to say about him ... just ask Swan McKay.

Took over our Club when it was the best brand Australia wide in the VFL .... and had to be thrown out kicking and screaming.

He just ended up a rather sad figure ...

That's true...same as Rice. They both wanted the fame when all the smart hard work had been done.

George Harris would have made us bigger than Manchester United back in 1980.

No doubting that Elliot loved Carlton....maybe too much.

I think if you really want to take things a fair way back, the seeds of trouble were sewn very early, I think the decline of the club actually began after the 87 flag.

May not seem like a huge thing, but watching finals recently from 88 v Pies and Dees, there was noticeably more opposition fans which hadn't been the case before. I think complacency had set in for the club, and then we lost our first 5 games in 89, and didn't really get going again until 92.

95 was a great achievement, but still built largely from the old methods, bringing in Diesel and having a core of guys still around from the U19s days, SA recruits, and other veterans who pre-dated the draft era (all of SOS, Sexton, Ang, Kouta, Harry, Sticks, Braddles, Brown, Ratts, Dean, Hanna). We got some astute pickups to compliment them, but it solidified in big Jack's mind we could just keep doing it the way we had done it previously.

Gotta laugh at Cazz stating "Collins came to the rescue"

Talk about looking back through Rose coloured glasses.


Blame Jack for causing our mess sure, but don't for a second credit Collins for getting us out of it.

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Did great things for the club, and did terrible things for the club believing they were great things

He did it for the club, for better or worse.

Condolences to the Elliott family. RiP

I think if you really want to take things a fair way back, the seeds of trouble were sewn very early, I think the decline of the club actually began after the 87 flag.

May not seem like a huge thing, but watching finals recently from 88 v Pies and Dees, there was noticeably more opposition fans which hadn't been the case before. I think complacency had set in for the club, and then we lost our first 5 games in 89, and didn't really get going again until 92.

95 was a great achievement, but still built largely from the old methods, bringing in Diesel and having a core of guys still around from the U19s days, SA recruits, and other veterans who pre-dated the draft era (all of SOS, Sexton, Ang, Kouta, Harry, Sticks, Braddles, Brown, Ratts, Dean, Hanna). We got some astute pickups to compliment them, but it solidified in big Jack's mind we could just keep doing it the way we had done it previously.

A larger than life, overbearing boor who, for better or worse, became the personification of Carlton supporters for many opposition supporters.

A great Carlton man, but ultimately not a great man for Carlton.

RIP

how the club paid off a woman who accused a couple of the players back in the day of sexual assault.