In an early edition of Freedom in a Cage, Bob & Adi chat with recently retired Clay Smith on breaking the news, 2016 finals series & what's next for the much loved Bulldog.
Show notes from Episode 16:
- The boys discuss Fish Creek's greatest ever players (00:43);
- Adi gets worked up over the rules (3:00);
- Is it time for zones (9:03);
- Forming a committee for a proper Retro Round, rules and all (11:50);
- Bobby Bonilla day (12:47);
- Bob's favourite Marilyn Manson rumour (15:02).
- Clay Smith then joins the podcast to talk caravan parks (16:39);
- The day after announcing his retirement (17:31);
- The difficult last couple of months (18:00);
- How close he got to playing again (18:36);
- His last training session and announcing it to his teammates (19:25);
- Reminiscing about the 2016 finals series (21:02);
- Why he didn't play one last game (22:15);
- What's next (22:48);
- The loneliness of rehab (24:05);
- The debut, Jarrad Grant and the full body cramp (25:33);
- The highlights of the past seven years (27:44);
- Telling Mum it was over (29:09);
- Starting his own family (30:28);
- The boys pay their own tribute to Clay's career (31:04).
- A tribute to Pat Hodgson (32:46);
- Previewing the Demons and 100 games for JJ and Bonti (36:01);
- Then the boys crown Ballarat's best pie (38:55).
