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23-02-2018, 12:18 PM
Link (https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/luke-beveridge-denies-media-ban-slams-media-s-sense-of-self-entitlement-20180223-p4z1fg.html)
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Western Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge has dismissed claims he has been on a self-imposed media ban since the end of last season and took a swipe at the footy media’s “sense of self-entitlement” in the process.
In his first public appearance of the year on Triple M radio, Beveridge said that despite being a senior AFL coach, he liked to maintain a fairly private life while, at the same time, spreading the media duties among fellow key figures at the club.
Bulldogs players and assistant coaches have largely done the public speaking over the pre-season and Beveridge said it was untenable for the same four or five people to constantly front the media on behalf of the club.
“There’s this sense of self-entitlement that’s crept through the media world where they think that they can drag you out of your private life all the time,” Beveridge said on Friday.
“I think that’s what’s happened – it’s not me, it’s them. I think I need a pseudonym.
“The interesting thing for me about being a senior coach is your life becomes a little bit public and we try and share the load from a media perspective at the club and I really promote that.
“Not only does it give our people experience for their futures but it gets different voices out there. Sometimes there’s some risk in that, but our people do a good job with it – it doesn’t have to be me.
“Unfortunately normally when the [media] requests come through they go for Marcus Bontempelli and ‘JJ’ [Jason Johannisen] and ‘Woody’ [Easton Wood] and maybe me and [president] Peter Gordon and it can’t always be like that.
“I like to be understated ... I’m pretty keen to continue to spread it and that’s all it is. I do a fair bit with a few other things that are a bit more low profile but the club is happy enough with what I’m doing and that’s all that matters to me.”
The Bulldogs head into season 2018 on the back of a disappointing year where they became just the fourth reigning premiers to miss out on the finals in the AFL era.
However, Beveridge denied his side experienced a premiership hangover and while he admitted "frustration" and "confusion" dogged their failed title defence at times, he was proud with how they fought out the 2017 season until the end.
“That’s the external perception that people are talking about the hangover and all that. That’s fair enough, we’ve got to stand on our own two feet and just say that there were a few things that weren’t right,” Beveridge said.
“But people forget that we won five out of our first seven, we prepared really well, so there’s no hangover in that – that’s a group of people ready to go again.
“During the middle of the year for various reasons it went a bit south and ultimately we weren’t good enough. We won 11 games and gave ourselves another look at it [a finals spot] late in the year and I was really proud of the players for coming again when we were probably a little bit down in stocks.
“So we learn a little bit. There’s no doubt a few have learnt some bigger lessons than others, and that’s OK. There was more of a frustration and even the mental health side of things crept in, so there was a little bit of confusion and, again, our people stayed true and really supported each other and we go into this year feeling pretty strong but we know how even the comp is going to be again.”
The Dogs’ first practice match of the year is against Hawthorn in Ballarat on March 3. They open their home-and-away campaign on March 25 against GWS at Manuka Oval.
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Western Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge has dismissed claims he has been on a self-imposed media ban since the end of last season and took a swipe at the footy media’s “sense of self-entitlement” in the process.
In his first public appearance of the year on Triple M radio, Beveridge said that despite being a senior AFL coach, he liked to maintain a fairly private life while, at the same time, spreading the media duties among fellow key figures at the club.
Bulldogs players and assistant coaches have largely done the public speaking over the pre-season and Beveridge said it was untenable for the same four or five people to constantly front the media on behalf of the club.
“There’s this sense of self-entitlement that’s crept through the media world where they think that they can drag you out of your private life all the time,” Beveridge said on Friday.
“I think that’s what’s happened – it’s not me, it’s them. I think I need a pseudonym.
“The interesting thing for me about being a senior coach is your life becomes a little bit public and we try and share the load from a media perspective at the club and I really promote that.
“Not only does it give our people experience for their futures but it gets different voices out there. Sometimes there’s some risk in that, but our people do a good job with it – it doesn’t have to be me.
“Unfortunately normally when the [media] requests come through they go for Marcus Bontempelli and ‘JJ’ [Jason Johannisen] and ‘Woody’ [Easton Wood] and maybe me and [president] Peter Gordon and it can’t always be like that.
“I like to be understated ... I’m pretty keen to continue to spread it and that’s all it is. I do a fair bit with a few other things that are a bit more low profile but the club is happy enough with what I’m doing and that’s all that matters to me.”
The Bulldogs head into season 2018 on the back of a disappointing year where they became just the fourth reigning premiers to miss out on the finals in the AFL era.
However, Beveridge denied his side experienced a premiership hangover and while he admitted "frustration" and "confusion" dogged their failed title defence at times, he was proud with how they fought out the 2017 season until the end.
“That’s the external perception that people are talking about the hangover and all that. That’s fair enough, we’ve got to stand on our own two feet and just say that there were a few things that weren’t right,” Beveridge said.
“But people forget that we won five out of our first seven, we prepared really well, so there’s no hangover in that – that’s a group of people ready to go again.
“During the middle of the year for various reasons it went a bit south and ultimately we weren’t good enough. We won 11 games and gave ourselves another look at it [a finals spot] late in the year and I was really proud of the players for coming again when we were probably a little bit down in stocks.
“So we learn a little bit. There’s no doubt a few have learnt some bigger lessons than others, and that’s OK. There was more of a frustration and even the mental health side of things crept in, so there was a little bit of confusion and, again, our people stayed true and really supported each other and we go into this year feeling pretty strong but we know how even the comp is going to be again.”
The Dogs’ first practice match of the year is against Hawthorn in Ballarat on March 3. They open their home-and-away campaign on March 25 against GWS at Manuka Oval.