Action the moment

Dear Dan,

You might have noticed that our teams unexpected success - I think avid readers would recall that you were calling for the coach's head only 12 weeks ago, but that and your opinion on the tenure of our coach would be interesting reading for another time - has coincided with overseas travel.

After round 3 things were not looking so good and our friend Rob went overseas, and we started to win, he came back and we lost a couple and then you went overseas and we started winning again ... I think it might be realistic for you to consider going away again.

There has been a disturbing trend that has emerged in the aftermath of the Drew Petrie show against the Bulldogs. Facing the media both Drew and Dean made somewhat disturbing references to "actioning the moment." In the dizzy hysteria that followed this game it was easy to think that this was some nonsensical phrasing that had been used to inspire a team that surely needed no inspiration. One more cheap motivational ploy in the pantheon of cheap motivational ploys - hats in the ring etc.

But ever since that time there have been repeated references in the club's increasing media coverage to "the moment" and "being in the moment" and other variations on this inane expression. I am now attempting to introduce references to "the moment" into my daily speech. I can definitely detect a theme for they year.

Maybe there are some things that are better of unspoken. Still, it has to better than Corey Jones self-motivational document based on a word starting with each letter of Whycheproof.

I look forward to seeing you on Sunday so we can "action the moment."

Justin