Speaker 1: And this is number one hundred. You are on the
Speaker 1: air with Jason Lauren clint here.
Speaker 2: Too, getting said four footy finals pre lim weekend. They
Speaker 2: are often the most hotly contested of all finals. Of course,
Speaker 2: it kicks off on Friday night. The Cats and the Hawks,
Speaker 2: two teams that don't like each other. Friday, A couple
Speaker 2: of rivals who played off in a Grand final a
Speaker 2: few week years back in the Lines and the Magpies.
Speaker 1: That's right from the Pies. Mason Cox is in the building,
Speaker 1: Good morning mate.
Speaker 2: A prelim final hits a little differently. Some players say
Speaker 2: they are sort of more intense than a grand final.
Speaker 3: Really, is that right? Like, what's it like a premium final.
Speaker 4: It's there's more supporters from each team. It's a bit
Speaker 4: corporate grand final, yeah, where like you get the real
Speaker 4: die hards that like you know, are gone absolutely nuts
Speaker 4: out of and.
Speaker 5: Then they can't get to the Grand It's so expensive.
Speaker 3: It's like five hundred bucks for a ticket.
Speaker 5: But I suppose the pressure of making the ground file
Speaker 5: is like a huge part of it as well.
Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, but I think like it's winter, go home
Speaker 4: no matter what from there on out. So yeah, it's exciting,
Speaker 4: it's a it's a crazy time. Mcg pack, be plenty
Speaker 4: of supporters.
Speaker 5: And can you feel the energy in Melbourne at the moment?
Speaker 5: Like September just hits differently, doesn't it.
Speaker 4: It is weird, isn't it. I think it's like that.
Speaker 4: And the fact that summer's around the corner, we really
Speaker 4: start feeling it.
Speaker 3: I mean there's a few days in here. You God, okay,
Speaker 3: all right? Season already? No?
Speaker 2: No?
Speaker 3: No?
Speaker 2: Should we do Should we take a leaf out of
Speaker 2: the NFL books and do tailgate parties?
Speaker 3: Yes? Should we ideal? AFL take tailgate?
Speaker 1: Can you run me through what exactly it is?
Speaker 3: Beers? So like?
Speaker 1: So is it people just hanging out in the car
Speaker 1: park outside stadiums?
Speaker 3: Yeah?
Speaker 4: Well essentially, I mean, like usually with college football, there's
Speaker 4: a lot of an NFL at the same time, right,
Speaker 4: all these games are played on the same day, so
Speaker 4: you have other games to watch while you're sitting in
Speaker 4: the car park. So people will bring TV satellites, all
Speaker 4: like of stuff. People bring big screen TVs and have
Speaker 4: in the back of their truck and watch other games.
Speaker 4: And then you essentially have a barbecue. Everyone barbecues out there,
Speaker 4: has drinks, has games. There's like cornhole and stuff like
Speaker 4: that with the bag.
Speaker 5: Corn hole, throw those little bean bags in the car.
Speaker 3: I thought it was food.
Speaker 5: I'm quite good at that.
Speaker 3: I'm very good at corn hob.
Speaker 4: Yeah, so you kind of bring all that stuff. There's
Speaker 4: three or four cars at part next to each other.
Speaker 4: You kind of have like a little bit of like
Speaker 4: a block party kind of thing.
Speaker 3: You've never heard of corn hops and then it's horrendous.
Speaker 1: Then you go into the stadium to watch a live game.
Speaker 4: Yeah, some people just go and tell some people don't
Speaker 4: even go to the game. And I always say, it's
Speaker 4: like the MCG. There's that car park around rich Man.
Speaker 4: You could do it there, or even better, you could
Speaker 4: just go and do it at the Tennis Center literally
Speaker 4: like two hundred meters from the MCG. You could do
Speaker 4: a huge bang there.
Speaker 5: I think Ozie's a two will.
Speaker 3: We used to have We.
Speaker 2: Used to have car park parties on Grand Final Day,
Speaker 2: but they sort I don't know why.
Speaker 3: They fizzled out.
Speaker 5: Right in the car park at the members car park,
Speaker 5: you get your car part, you drive your car and
Speaker 5: back in the day you just have a little picnic
Speaker 5: in the booty come that.
Speaker 3: Yeah, Well, I reckon, let's bring it back. Yeah, I'll
Speaker 3: be up.
Speaker 1: You know, Let's get through this weekend, focus on the
Speaker 1: Grand Final and then and then.
Speaker 5: Have you ever been to the Super Bowl?
Speaker 3: No, it's on my bucket list.
Speaker 5: It's like high, high high that those tailgate parties look
Speaker 5: like they hit.
Speaker 4: Oh yeah, that's like that's not a tailgate party. That's
Speaker 4: like a real event.
Speaker 2: So the Lions makes a big assignment for the pause
Speaker 2: you've had had a week off. Take us into the
Speaker 2: mind of Craig McCrae, because he is I am obsessed
Speaker 2: with him. He's just such a he's a bit peculiar,
Speaker 2: but yeah, also so he's.
Speaker 5: Just he seems like a dad.
Speaker 2: What's he like to get angry, not really disappointed, disappointed, his.
Speaker 4: Quirks, He definitely has his quotes and stuff. But he's
Speaker 4: one of those people. I think that's like very personable.
Speaker 4: I think it's the best way to put it. And
Speaker 4: I think as a coach, like, I mean, you're gonna
Speaker 4: imagine there's forty four guys on a list, there's twenty
Speaker 4: twenty three that are playing every week, Like you have
Speaker 4: to be able to manage personal relationships and that's probably
Speaker 4: ninety five percent of the job sometimes is trying to
Speaker 4: keep everyone on the same page. Yeah and all that.
Speaker 4: So it's a big management role and he's really good
Speaker 4: at that.
Speaker 5: Looks like he's a dad to forty Ki.
Speaker 3: Yeah. We do a lot of one on one time.
Speaker 4: It's tough to do one on one with everyone every week. Yeah,
Speaker 4: he tries to for the guys that are obviously on
Speaker 4: the fringe and kind of you need to give that
Speaker 4: information too, He'll go and seek them out. But yeah,
Speaker 4: it's I think it's it's quite tough to be able
Speaker 4: to kind of see every single player for.
Speaker 3: One on one. He'd come up to your hip. Yeah, well,
Speaker 3: I sit next.
Speaker 4: To him in the meetings and it's quite funny because
Speaker 4: I look at my leg length and it is twice.
Speaker 1: If you ever look over at his notes, what he's
Speaker 1: rutting down?
Speaker 3: No, he never has notes.
Speaker 4: No, he's always got obviously the screen with the big
Speaker 4: you know, big side show.
Speaker 1: But I always wonder, what's the anxiety, Like if you're
Speaker 1: sitting on the bench and you hear the phone ring,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean, you know it's you know,
Speaker 1: it's Craig up top.
Speaker 3: Now Craig stands next to me. He's on thet he'll
Speaker 3: give you back to your face. You look at the
Speaker 3: eyes and do it.
Speaker 1: Would you prefer he was up in the box or
Speaker 1: you like having him there?
Speaker 4: No? I like having him there. He doesn't really have
Speaker 4: a crack at chair. He just kind of gives you
Speaker 4: like kind of constructive criticism.
Speaker 3: I like that, which is good.
Speaker 4: I mean I remember, like twenty twenty three in the
Speaker 4: Grand Final, like I missed a set shot at goal
Speaker 4: in a Grand Final. I come to the bench and
Speaker 4: he's like, so you did this wrong. Whenever you're kicking,
Speaker 4: you got to you know, blah blah blah. And I'm
Speaker 4: sitting there looking at him like it's the Grand Final,
Speaker 4: like these lessons are like, well, truly fast, we're in
Speaker 4: the moment now.
Speaker 3: Nice.
Speaker 4: But he's always trying to like help out, you know.
Speaker 4: It's quite funny. And he's always looked after me. He
Speaker 4: taught me how to kick, so he's always given me advice.
Speaker 5: I always think on the TV when you watch the footy,
Speaker 5: it's so mean. How when someone goes for a set
Speaker 5: shot and they miss the goal right, like you feel
Speaker 5: a bit embarrassed, and then they keep that camera on
Speaker 5: you well, they and they don't like the players don't
Speaker 5: know to st that pointing and yelling, and it's like
Speaker 5: it's like you're just trying to keep busy because you, like,
Speaker 5: I know, the cameras on me.
Speaker 3: I don't know what to do it. I can't be disappointed.
Speaker 3: I can't be happy.
Speaker 1: I don't.
Speaker 5: Screen through your mind when you miss a sex shot.
Speaker 4: Yeah, a few words, a few words, probably you're on camera, right, yeah. Yeah,
Speaker 4: But like I've had to stand in the mark quite
Speaker 4: a few times, and there's nothing better. I'll be able
Speaker 4: to really just shove that dagger deep in someone's back
Speaker 4: after they miss it.
Speaker 2: I think there's been times. You know, you're not the
Speaker 2: only one who references the big screen. The umpire is
Speaker 2: quite often look at the big screen like a sneaky
Speaker 2: eye to see if their free kick was correct.
Speaker 5: They do, yeah, right, well, hopefully no missed set shots.
Speaker 5: Hopefully no incorrect free kicks.
Speaker 3: Big game ahead, kids, Queen's letters, Queens, how it's done.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm from Queensland, but I want you to absolutely
Speaker 1: go and thrashing.
Speaker 3: Good luck this weekend. Thanks but I appreciate it.
Speaker 5: Good luck, Lauren, Lauren wake up feeling good following them
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