He just posted a plea on Facebook for someone to take the rap for him.

Wow he was the poster child for post-basketball career success in the corporate world. NBL - it's all fun!

Please explain VO.

How is he holding down his role as CEO of Hoyts then if according to VO it was a "matter of time"

Players rarely lose their jobs, but if you're off the field you're done. What a double standard.

Why does anyone really care? So he got caught with a small bag of coke? High stress job type I assume, people look for outlets. If he was distributing that'd be a huge story but he isn't so let the man deal with the authorities now and be done with it. Most people have tired coke, personally I haven't but it's something I'd do if the environment was right so can't sit here and be too righteous. Again, unless he had a heap of headphones ready to ship out Haha

If I were to go to Work with coke in my system, I'd be fired. Shouldn't he be also?

Stepped down from Nrl chairman but still CEO of Hoyt's group.

NRL drugged up players however keep their jobs though. Hypocrisy.

Koberulz, citation needed? Sorry that's gone over my head, can you explain?

I'm sure these statistics take into account the high percentage of people who would've lied about their usuage and also takes into account the sole reason the percentage isn't higher is because it's deemed a 'rich mans drug' in Australia. These sort of stats are pointless. Think keough would've admitted his usuage for a survey? Exactly not many would.

I it's my opinion. I'm always surprised how many straight laced people I meet who have admitted to having tried it when certain conversation arise. My point is people shouldn't judge keough too harshly it's not that big a thing these days. Bland reply as usual koberulz...

Its not that big a thing! Um sir, its fucking illegal. That's a pretty big thing with some big boy pants penalties.

Half of Hoops posters are stoned.

A lot of things are illegal! He'll be reprimanded and fined etx but it's not a big deal these days. If he was distributing etc that's a whole other massive illegal thing that needs jail time. But this is a small bag for personal use get off your high horse unless you've led the most squeekiest cleanest life known to man... which I'm sure you ducking well haven't. People just live to turn the knife once it's in especially on forums.

Pretty common these days for sure.

But those who take the drug typically lack development in the front of the brain.
It has been proven in the lab.

Supposably 18% of people have a condition where there decision making process is really skewed. Similar to bi polar disorder.

Yeah as above anon mentioned my overall point Kobe is it's pretty common. Now it's the off-season I'm not dealing with your righteous shit right now, have had a terrible round of afl tipping. Piss off.

BUT further to your query about it being worse to frostbite than to consume... ask the laws that be, why consumers get much lighter sentences than the distributors. I guess they are wrong too. You have barked up the wrong tree with your rebuttals on this one. Poor bloke clearly has some issues but he isn't fuckin Narcos now is he. Or no difference in your eyes?

Who cares about the legal debate. His business career will be over.

Kobe loves a good debate where he decides it's over when he can claim 'your wrong'. Sad it is his career as such is over due to this, because I'm sure to begin using such a drug there is some issues of personal nature that sadly haven't been dealt with. It's an escape drug like no other, good luck to him.

You're a twat Kobe. A true forum warrior. You've jumped all over my opinion, which I never stated to be gospel. Coke use, based on my personal experience and to my surprise is more prevalent than I ever expected. And yes the studies show it to be of minimal usage but my opinion is those stats can be jaded. And I'd much rather the cops go after a bikie group distributing it to cut the head off the snake than worry about a 55ye businessman with a small amount on him. Now fuck off im entitled to my option and you don't need to be dissecting it like I've come in here claiming I have all the answers. You constantly ruin discussions with your 'rights and wrongs' but that's not how discussions always play out. Get a life.

Most people have, it's not exactly some rare thing in the big wide world. And based on my life experiences I'm not making shit up, it's like ALOT of illegal things they are there but not always spoken about. Step down, poor point to try and jump on, completely off topic but I'm thinking with the season over you've been desperate to jump on any potential miscue. Righteous prick.

LOve the retards talking about "But those who take the drug typically lack development in the front of the brain. It has been proven in the lab." So it must be true. Keogh and I know him personally has had a pretty decent career since leaving basketball and is clearly not challenged in the frontal area of the brain. Those that had a brain would know his business profile and proven business skills over the last 20+ years since leaving basketball. Retards just unite and post shit about nothing you factually know.

A lot of people post on here likes it's gospel. They love to see people fail and jump all over it like murder has been committed if it be a drug issue or a blown layup. This issue is a big deal for the individual, it's not a big deal for a basketball forum the drug in question is readily available and pretty mainstream now. So that's not as taboo as years ago, hopefully he will be ok and he can rebuild in all areas he may need too.

I'm in the 25-35 age bracket, the majority of people I have interacted with around 70% have at some stage in a recreational setting tried been around coke. For me as an individual with an individual opinion this coke theme is most people and although it's not for me, it's not as bigger deal as some harder drugs, again in my personal opinion. That's not made up, your not calling me out on shit your just a Internet pest, and sometimes I have time to bite back. You don't get the right to tell me what I think or have an opinion on. Ok pumpkin.

Annnnnd I'm done... you just keep going to it's not even interesting anymore. Be proud of yourself pumpkin

Seriously, how silly do you have to be to think that your own personal "findings" on this subject, with a sample size likely measuring in the dozens, must extrapolate out to 24 million people.
I totally get that in certain circles it may well be "most" people. But those circles don't represent the majority of Australians. There are plenty of other circles where the percentages would be pretty much zero.
If you're going to try to dispute the results of an actual study, you've gotta do better than "yeah well I know some exceptions".
Come on. Common sense, people.

I was merely adding to the discussion from an individuals point of view based on life experience. I'm almost surprised at how important my opinions are on here haha the amount of stuff that get written on here and I'm lucky enough to have my stuff dissected. It could be said that it's common sense not take every individuals comments on a forum as overall gospel. Common sense people

Went to a footballers house party once during the off season.
He told everybody Charlie would be coming around at 230am. I thought why would a guy rock up to a party so late. wasn't a guy named Charlie.

Cavalo, THANKYOU! Someone else sees it like I do, koberulz you take this forum life too seriously and your turning ALOT of decent forum posters away because you dissect every comment like it's a university essay we are writing for you! Go crawl under a rock, dissect that.

And to the anon in bold, yeah that's the opinion I have aswell, it's everywhere, stats aside for better or worse it is very easy to get your hands on. That was my initially what my comments where leading towards until koberulz ruined the mild comments I was adding to the topic. Careful he's coming after your reply next.

Yeah you're probably right not that it should've been such a long whinded issue but I happily retract my initial 'most' people comment and exchange it for 'many'.... back on topic.

KR the Mattic of Hoops.

Pop the point for me now it's it's just enjoyable when your words are going to be dissected to that extreme on a basketball forum. I write mostly from my phone for example hence spelling mistakes time to time, so to have to be so concerned with many or most to appease an passive aggressive antagonistic jerk who knows what's he's doing by making a point over nothing, it's a shame. Something very odd that one out west.

If only you'd said "I happily retract my initial 'most' people comment and exchange it for 'many'.... back on topic" instead of telling koberulz to..

"fuck off im entitled to my option"

...then the discussion wouldn't have developed in to you doubling down on a completely incorrect statement which formed the entire premise of your argument.

Nah I agreed the terminology could've been better and the first person to point that out instead of call me out for 'making shit up' got my thumbs up. And he can fuck off he is a pest doesn't matter the topic he has to have his wrath felt. It's odd, and it makes these long whinded back forths degenerate any thread. But he doesn't care about the threads etc it's about his control, not a one off time. Later.

Well you did make something up...

I don't know why you feel his responses were so terrible, but when you had your input in to a discussion you just plucked bullshit out of thin air and think everyone else should be cool with that.

koberulz can you please go and get a life instead of living vicariously through the interent and this forum. As pointed out above no one cares for your semantics.

Latest here.
http://wwos.nine.com.au/2017/05/08/09/04/cronulla-chairman-damian-keogh-breaks-silence-over-drug-bust
Including footage of the arrest!

"living vicariously through the interent and this forum"

That doesn't make any sense.

Makes perfect sense. Go check a dictionary then:

vicarious
[vahy-kair-ee-uh s, vi-]

2.
taking the place of another person or thing; acting or serving as a substitute.


The internet serves as a substitute for kr having a real life.

Is this the captain who is low on demerit points?*

most

1.
greatest in amount or degree.
"they've had the most success"
synonyms: nearly all, almost all, the greatest quantity/part/number, the majority, the bulk, the lion's share, the mass, the preponderance
"she spends most of her time in London"

So?

The "most" anon isn't me (I'm the one who used vicarously)

Yet you're still attacking KR when he wasn't in the wrong. Maybe you should stop living vicariously though other moronic anonymous bullies.

What? I, like many others, agree with "most" anon (not the definition of most) about kr's general behaviour on this forum -- it is a general bball site, not an academic journal. He tries to make everything about semantics that no one is interested in.

Its a discussion site and the "most" anon came in saying "whats the big deal? Most people have tried coke." If he wants to add that sort of comment to a discussion, he should be expected to be called out on it. What is the point of having a conversation when people just make stuff up?

Oh boy... this thread though! Most or many... this is classic shit. KR is sitting back enjoying this right about now. Another round for the mystro of stirring the most shit with minimal effort. Well played odd sir.

He is a troll but nothing has ever been done about it so this is what occurs. Same old, same old.

Yeah agreed.

What should be done about it? Ban him because he doesn't agree with other people? Because he speaks differently? Because he's smarter then most/many of you?

LOL @ smarter... umm yer nah. He is just an anal retentive nitpicker with no life.

A lot of questions from someone who claims me is smarter than us... just Ignore his trolling.

Hang on smarter than 'most' or 'many' of us? Need that clarified before my day can continue.

"me is smarter than us"

Exactly!

That's all you have? A spelling error because of predictive text stuffing up? Jump all over that baby!

Cram my sincere apologies for my misuse of the terms most and many. My annoyance was more to do with the same old troll calling people out on minute issues rather than being wrong about peoples coke use. Does it really matter if i throw my opinion in amongst many others? Kr singles out the little things that can be jumped on such as this rather than letting them slide. Does my opinion on the usage of cocaine in this country really matter? Ofcourse not! But to dissect it as though ive claimed my opinion to be gospel is rather annoying. This isnt a once off, i read many threads and see his bullish behaviour over and over. So stuff it, of he is going to make a big deal out of one posters use of the english language and tell me my opinion is made up, well ill retaliate. If this was a once off id laugh it off, but he does it to everyone so often. Its a shame this forum has some interesting and entertaining tid bits, but as some have agreed sadly it also has the wrath of KR.

Let's get back to the topic of Keogh and cocaine instead of about trolls. That's their aim - to veer us off of the topic and make it about them.

Yeah true that. How about the interview he did with the sunnies on. Poor bloke not having a good run and that wasnt a veey good look keeping your ray bans on! Been copping it a bit on twitter too.

Its probably more that you dictate with your responses to many peoples posts. Its at a stage where even when/if you are correct in your respaonse, you come across like such a dictator of terms that it supercedes the initial rebutal you have. Just some constructive feedback for you.

You were the one who invented something and stated it as fact. That is entirely on you. If you want to talk shit and have no one correct it then a message board isn't the place for you.

Ill take KR being "pedantic" over the anonymous bullies who decide everyone that isn't like them is a troll who should be banned.

I started it and it's about time we all got back on track.

Keogh was credited with cleaning Cronulla up after their last drug scandal, which culminated in a premiership. Now mot long after he himself gets pinged for drugs. Full circle.