{"id":18955,"date":"2016-03-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/malcolm-blight-is-a-life-changing-genius-says-dwayne-russell\/"},"modified":"2016-03-21T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-03-21T00:00:00","slug":"malcolm-blight-is-a-life-changing-genius-says-dwayne-russell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/malcolm-blight-is-a-life-changing-genius-says-dwayne-russell\/","title":{"rendered":"Malcolm Blight \u2013 a life-changing genius, says Dwayne Russell"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Dwayne Russell says that super coach Malcolm Blight\u2019s true colours shone through at former Cat Paul Couch\u2019s wake last week.<\/h3>\n<p>Russell joined his former Geelong teammates and coach at an emotional gathering for Couch who died, 51, on 5 March.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were hugs and stories and memories and a mix of intoxicating chemistry I have never before seen in my 50 years on this earth,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldsun.com.au\/sport\/afl\/teams\/adelaide\/paul-couch-memorial-reveals-true-magic-of-master-coach-malcolm-blight\/news-story\/774e85a5cab75f798ce001092c3c79f0?utm_content=SocialFlow&amp;utm_campaign=EditorialSF&amp;utm_source=HaraldSun&amp;utm_medium=Facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Russell wrote in the Herald Sun<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd in the middle was Blighty, who late in the night, with one last moment of hypnotic mesmerising magic, stepped forward with his red wine, and held court for an hour.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou could hear a pin drop as one by one Blighty pointed to every ex-player he coached. The big names and the no-names he could have been forgiven for forgetting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike a football Rain Man, he named our best game and the votes he gave us in the best-and-fairest that day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe recalled backgrounds, defining moments, reasons for sackings, unspoken flaws and career stories\u2026 He knew wives\u2019 names, he joked, he laughed and he was almost last to leave.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Russell said as a coach, he loved Blight and \u201cwould have gladly killed for him\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>But in 1991 Blight delegated Russell\u2019s sacking, never speaking to him about it, and Russell felt betrayed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wondered if Blighty\u2019s love of his boys was genuine, or just a perfectly crafted coach magic act,\u201d Russell wrote.<\/p>\n<p>But seeing the old master holding forth at Couch\u2019s wake, recalling with unbelievable accuracies the details of his former players from decades ago, Russell said \u201cthe stark truth shone through his eyes on Tuesday\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was an ideas man. A genius. A craftsman who made men. A life changer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldsun.com.au\/sport\/afl\/teams\/adelaide\/paul-couch-memorial-reveals-true-magic-of-master-coach-malcolm-blight\/news-story\/774e85a5cab75f798ce001092c3c79f0?utm_content=SocialFlow&amp;utm_campaign=EditorialSF&amp;utm_source=HaraldSun&amp;utm_medium=Facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read Russell\u2019s article in full here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/the-amazing-benefits-of-drinking-beer\">THE AMAZING BENEFITS OF DRINKING BEER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/win\/fiveaa-footy-tipping\">YOU COULD WIN $5000 IN THE FIVEAA FOOTY TIPPING COMP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dwayne Russell says that super coach Malcolm Blight\u2019s true colours shone through at former Cat Paul Couch\u2019s wake last week. Russell joined his former Geelong teammates and coach at an emotional gathering for Couch who died, 51, on 5 March.&nbsp; \u201cThere were hugs and stories and memories and a mix of intoxicating chemistry I have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":4576,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[143],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-18955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Malcolm Blight \u2013 a life-changing genius, says Dwayne Russell - FIVEAA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/malcolm-blight-is-a-life-changing-genius-says-dwayne-russell\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Malcolm Blight \u2013 a life-changing genius, says Dwayne Russell\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dwayne Russell says that super coach Malcolm Blight\u2019s true colours shone through at former Cat Paul Couch\u2019s wake last week. 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