{"id":31001,"date":"2016-06-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/david-koch-fires-back-at-tim-watson\/"},"modified":"2016-06-14T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-06-14T00:00:00","slug":"david-koch-fires-back-at-tim-watson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/david-koch-fires-back-at-tim-watson\/","title":{"rendered":"David Koch fires back at Tim Watson"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Port Adelaide chairman David Koch has hit back at Tim Watson after the former Essendon great potted Koch for questioning whether the Bombers should receive this year\u2019s number one draft pick. &nbsp;<\/h3>\n<p>Koch previously said it was \u201cnot a great look\u201d for bottom of the ladder Essendon to get the top pick after the club was penalised for its 2012 supplements program, prompting Watson to call Koch \u201copportunistic\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think he was criticising because I used my position in the media,\u201d Koch told the FIVEAA Sports Show on Friday. \u201cSo Tim used his position in the media to criticise me back, but anyhow that was interesting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Koch likened Essendon to fallen tennis star Maria Sharapova who was given a two-year ban for failing a drug test.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen she comes back at the end of two years, will tennis give her the number one ranking back again automatically, so she gets in to grand slam tournaments and gets an easy draw?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think so,\u201d Koch said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think she starts back where everyone else is.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>LISTEN TO DAVID KOCH HERE:<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/268431174&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Kochie said reports the Bombers would trade the number one pick for a player only \u201creinforces what I said in the first place\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy view has always been \u2013 and it hasn\u2019t changed \u2013 Essendon have absolutely been punished enough and should not be punished any further.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I think there\u2019s a difference between serving a punishment and being rewarded,\u201d Koch said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not sure there\u2019s a reward element that should be attached to it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/david-and-will\/will-goodings-cops-sledge-right-where-it-hurts\">WILL GOODINGS COPS A SLEDGE RIGHT WHERE IT HURTS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/leon-byner\/we-ve-been-misled-over-the-value-of-fta-s\">WE\u2019VE BEEN MISLED OVER FTAs, SAYS LEON BYNER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Port Adelaide chairman David Koch has hit back at Tim Watson after the former Essendon great potted Koch for questioning whether the Bombers should receive this year\u2019s number one draft pick. &nbsp; Koch previously said it was \u201cnot a great look\u201d for bottom of the ladder Essendon to get the top pick after the club [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1859,"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":[247,231],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-31001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fiveaa-sports-show","category-show"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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