PD'sPC wrote:
Can someone please post a link to the above mentioned crap surrounding Hutchison? Honestly, this tool is showing a lack of decorum, class, not to mention respect when it comes to the games's greats, Louie included.
This is what was written PD.
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CONGRATULATIONS to Alex Jesaulenko and I'm sorry to rain on your parade. You are a legend. Or at least should be. But down the track. Next year. Forgive me on this one.
What does Lou Richards have to do to become a legend?
Archaic rules surrounding the eligibility for legend status - even coaches only recently became eligible to join players in the exclusive club -- mean Richards loses a line-ball call; when his wider contribution sits favourably against anyone in the sport's history.
Richards, as a player, is a serious contender. He was a Collingwood premiership captain and 250-game great. But has anyone done more for the way football has cornered the modern-day sports entertainment dollar?
Lou, as much as anyone, pioneered the theatrical side of the game on TV, newspapers and radio, making football such a lucrative entertainment sub-industry.
His role on League Teams and World of Sport helped pave the way for shows such as The Footy Show and his Kiss of Death in the then Sun newspaper propelled football tipping to all new levels of interest.
He was King of Moomba, too.
His showman skills created prime-time ratings and attracted new people to the game.
Lou is 85 and lost his wife Edna this year. He remains on TV and will, presumably, until he can no longer. And while tough Louie could be with us for years there's no guarantees, with his health on the decline.
This year is his 67th in the game, on field or on screen. There's no one more revered in football than Lou. He is a legend. How he is yet to be acknowledged as such is a mystery.