The David Klemmer Appreciation Thread.

[alexwilliams_66692007]

Toohey said Klem will be back training with the team from tomorrow

 

[Jono078]

Cool. Then what? Has to be the strangest week I can remember being a Knights fan.

 

[Tom155]

 

[Jono078]

Geez I'd actually love Cameron Smith here as an assistant. Instantly will command respect and is smart and knows the game better than anyone.

 

[alexwilliams_66692007]

Seriously, this club...

The Newcastle Herald has learned a young indigenous player was told at half-time during a recent lower-grade game to "stop playing like a blackfella and get back to the structure".

Newcastle Knights dealing with claims that staffer made racist remark to lower-grade player

It is understood a complaint was made, although not by the player, and Knights management have been dealing...

www.newcastleherald.com.au

 

[Jono078]

Surely not…

It’s like we’re expelling all our demons at once here. Maybe after this we’ll be born again free of any curses.

 

[Tom155]

Seriously, this club...

The Newcastle Herald has learned a young indigenous player was told at half-time during a recent lower-grade game to "stop playing like a blackfella and get back to the structure".

Newcastle Knights dealing with claims that staffer made racist remark to lower-grade player

It is understood a complaint was made, although not by the player, and Knights management have been dealing...

www.newcastleherald.com.au

 

[NoSchitSherlock]

Seriously, this club...

The Newcastle Herald has learned a young indigenous player was told at half-time during a recent lower-grade game to "stop playing like a blackfella and get back to the structure".

Newcastle Knights dealing with claims that staffer made racist remark to lower-grade player

It is understood a complaint was made, although not by the player, and Knights management have been dealing...

www.newcastleherald.com.au

Looks like we need a clean out of more than one ’staffer’.

 

[perverse]

 

[Woosh]

AS Newcastle Knights officials position themselves to publicly sanction David Klemmer over on-field comments he made to a trainer, the club has been privately dealing with allegations that a prominent staff member directed a racist remark at a lower-grade player.
The Newcastle Herald has learned a young indigenous player was told at half-time during a recent lower-grade game to "stop playing like a blackfella and get back to the structure".
It is understood a complaint was made, although not by the player, and Knights management have been dealing with it behind closed doors.

The Newcastle Herald has been told the staffer has apologised to the player in front of his teammates.

Knights CEO Philip Gardner said he could not confirm the identities of anyone involved, or even whether there had been an incident.

"I can confirm the process if there are any allegations of racial vilification," Gardner said. "They will be handled very firmly by the club.

"The outcomes could lead to a range of sanctions, which could be suspension, fines or termination.

"Anyone found guilty would be dealt with on that basis, although it's very important that allegations aren't treated as truth or fact, because it could impact on those people in their future careers ... if it's not factual, it shouldn't be reported."



As well as the presumption of innocence, Gardner said another reason to handle vilification issues confidentially was to protect the mental health and privacy of the person vilified.

"In general terms, the people we have to look after are those who have been vilified," he said.

He said the Knights would treat such allegations "very, very seriously" and, if proven, "everyone will know the outcome".

Gardner dismissed suggestions of double standards in relation to the club's treatment of former Test front-rower Klemmer.

Klemmer is facing a sanction after a verbal altercation with Newcastle's high-performance manager Hayden Knowles during last week's 24-10 loss to Canterbury.

Klemmer has been stood down from Sunday's clash with Wests Tigers at Campbelltown, after the club announced he had been issued with a show-cause notice.

He will face a disciplinary hearing next week after being given a minimum of five days to prepare a case.

"The issue with Klem's one is that it occurred on the field in front of 20,000 people," Gardner said. "It's also not a racial issue, or relating to anyone that might be at risk.

"So the way in which you handle them is different. But the remedies would be the same, if anyone is found guilty. Not that I am confirming that anything is being investigated."

The Knights announced in March a new partnership with the Awabakal organisation, including the appointment of a five-person Aboriginal advisory group to help forge closer ties with the indigenous community.

"We've done a lot of work with our indigenous community to try and build a relationship," Gardner said.
"So we would take any accusations along those lines very, very seriously. But at this stage, there is nothing for us to report."

Newcastle Knights dealing with claims that staffer made racist remark to lower-grade player

It is understood a complaint was made, although not by the player, and Knights management have been dealing...

www.newcastleherald.com.au

 

[Alex28]

Looks like the entire club needs to get professional in the way they act - on and off field.

 

[Reflector]

Reminds me of that week at the end of the 2007 regular season-

Knights had been getting rolled most games, there was all this media backlash concerning Brian Smith's direction at the club and the clean-out of regular first-graders, looked like a second wooden spoon in 3 seasons was heading up the F3 again and then to cap it off, Joey got busted in London for the disco biscuits

The Knights then turned it all around to escape the spoon with a win that weekend

(Checks notes)

Against the Tigers.

 

[Jono078]

I hope more shit comes out before the week is over. Let’s really clear out these rotten roots and start clean next year.

 

[Yosh]

Geez I'd actually love Cameron Smith here as an assistant. Instantly will command respect and is smart and knows the game better than anyone.

Billy and the gang would be amazing here.

 

[Knight Tales]

I hope more shit comes out before the week is over. Let’s really clear out these rotten roots and start clean next year.

Be careful what you wish for when it comes to this club. The entire city knew about Joey’s exploits off field and yet none of it came out in the public domain until he retired.

 

[Woosh]

Billy and the gang would be amazing here.

patience, young grasshopper

 

[Jono078]

Be careful what you wish for when it comes to this club. The entire city knew about Joey’s exploits off field and yet none of it came out in the public domain until he retired.

If we’re going down the rabbit hole let’s go all the way and cleanse ourselves of the curses we’ve had since Joey retired.

Further you pull the slingshot the further you’ll propel forward.

 

[Loose Cannon]

Seriously, this club...

The Newcastle Herald has learned a young indigenous player was told at half-time during a recent lower-grade game to "stop playing like a blackfella and get back to the structure".

Newcastle Knights dealing with claims that staffer made racist remark to lower-grade player

It is understood a complaint was made, although not by the player, and Knights management have been dealing...

www.newcastleherald.com.au

Sadly, I hope this is true.
Never one to accept the normal discrim claims without evidence, but dear of dear!

 

[Haffa]

 

[Haffa]

Dumpster fire.