Today spelled the end of Dean, Ive never been more sure. We are at our lowest ebb since he took over.

In a year where we should be showing fight and consistency like North Melbourne.

Our wins have only come over weak teams and have been flogged by the others, its not good enough.

Anyway time to look at who could take over.

Do we go an experienced coach or rookie.

We need a hard uncompromising coach, who demands effort.

Malthouse is the best coach in the comp and out of contract.

So id say chase him. He wants to coach on and it wont be at Collingwood, so get in contact with his manager now!

Today spelled the end of Dean, Ive never been more sure. We are at our lowest ebb since he took over.

In a year where we should be showing fight and consistency like North Melbourne.

Our wins have only come over weak teams and have been flogged by the others, its not good enough.

Anyway time to look at who could take over.

Do we go an experienced coach or rookie.

We need a hard uncompromising coach, who demands effort.

Malthouse is the best coach in the comp and out of contract.

So id say chase him. He wants to coach on and it wont be at Collingwood, so get in contact with his manager now!

If Todd Viney gets a response from the players in the remaining games it would be hard to go past him. I see him waving his arms around passionately at games whilst DB is deep in thought.

He could well be sitting in the box, absolutely pulling his hair out with what Baily Does.

Its a good comment.

who do u want for the rest of the year?

Baily or Viney.

ITS VINEY FOR ME!

Viney should takeover immediately, but only for the last few rounds - that should put everyone on notice!

Viney should coach this week against the Blues

Are there facts behind this or just wishes?? Has anything been said about DB and his coaching tenure?

Are there facts behind this or just wishes?? Has anything been said about DB and his coaching tenure?

Well hes on his last year of his contract, we arent performing, been smashed to record score. You would say he was on notice.

So its i can fairly assume, that they powers to be are discussing what to do. If they arent then they should be all gone. Go back to the pre-season, when the year was full of promise. Today we have had our second worst loss in history.

So if that dont make you question the coach nothing will.

Can you tell im p*ssed off. lol

Today Bailey lost me.

The other night i heard the guy who wrote the book for Jurrah and he commented how he would love to see him off the leash, cause he would tear a game apart. Well he made a good point.

off the subject sorry, still hurting.

What about Rodney Eade as suggested by Mike Sheahan in the Herald Sun?

Viney should coach this week against the Blues

agree, its time to put Todd in as coach, he is a Demon through and through, he's bled for the club many times unlike Bailey

Word is that if Dean Bailey gets the shove or steps aside, that Brian Royal will take over as caretaker.

God Help us...

Gippy

Anyone remember Mark Riley?

"I FEEL embarrassed," Melbourne coach Dean Bailey said after the Demons' humiliating 186-point loss to Geelong at Skilled Stadium today.

Embarrassed, Jesus Christ I only follow the side and I feel humiliated, is that the best he can come up with. All of us are on notice he said, wow, I feel happier now I know that.

We have to remove him and pass the job on to a caretaker asap, not Brian Royal though, Viney may not be the answer but let's find out.

Word is that if Dean Bailey gets the shove or steps aside, that Brian Royal will take over as caretaker.

God Help us...

Gippy

If true, it can only be because Viney has turned it (i.e. caretaker) down for other reasons.

Royal surely wouldn't have been first choice.

Who knows about Royal Really?

Cant be any worse than Bailey.

Common guys this is about new coach ?

What about Clarkson or Nield ? who is at Collingwood.

Greg Hutchison?

Junior!

I'm a Bailey Support, but today will be the end of him. Yes he doesn't take the field but he preps the players and develops the culture. It will be an interesting week.

As for Viney taking over, only if he wants too. It might be smart for him to sit out if he wants the top job, as it could go either way....

But we need a coach to develop some Mongrel..

Last time we had real mongrel was 1987-88 Rod Grinter

Leigh Mathews

Yeah, I'm not a fan of knee-jerk reactions, but I can't see how DB will survive this. Like Craig over in Adelaide, a coach on already shaky ground who has just suffered a record defeat is almost a certainty to be gone.

What I would have loved from DB today is if he had just walked away at half time and left the players a note on the dressing room door: "if you can't be bothered playing, why should I bother to coach you." Let them play without the support staff for the second half. It's sad that it's has come to the point where the team actually needs that sort of slap in the face to get them moving.

If we do find ourselves with a new coach next week, the first thing they have to do is drop most of the side that played today. I know that pretty well ensures a loss to Carlton and the end of our finals chances, but it might send some sort of message to them that they are not indispensable and there are plenty of other guys waiting to take their spots.

Viney would have to be the interim coach but he obviously doesn't have desires to be a Senior Coach or he wouldn't have taken the job doing running Development at Melbourne when he'd been a highly rated Assistant Coach at the Hawks and the Crows.

In terms of a replacement I don't think we need an experienced coach as much as we need a coach who is up with modern trends. From day one Bailey has been years behind where the game is at, and this is evident by now with how little we "press" in our forward half compared to the likes of Collingwood, Carlton and West Coast.

I would much rather see a Mark Neeld, a Scott Burns or a Brenton Sanderson who have come from a currently successful environment as the next MFC coach

If we are to have a new coach, I want an old fashioned fire-and-brimstone-breathing bastard who will run the players into the ground on the track and tear the hide off their backs during his game day speeches. That is the one thing that they desperately lack as a group. DB may be a great bloke, he may be good at bringing the kids along, but he has never been able to kick start the team when they were playing like a bunch of sulky schoolkids. We've all seen the footage of some of the great coaching addresses of the past. I would kill to have someone who could do that now.

One thing I have noticed about all the threads tonight is that posters with huge numbers of posts over many years have suddenly gone missing - don't they have any suggestions for the future, are they locked in the past, have they finally realised the obvious or maybe even they can't defend the indefensible - Bailey has been a dismal failure!

Rumor is that im going to start coaching, and anybody who want to be my assistant is welcome, however you must have no idea at all to apply

If we are to have a new coach, I want an old fashioned fire-and-brimstone-breathing bastard who will run the players into the ground on the track and tear the hide off their backs during his game day speeches. That is the one thing that they desperately lack as a group. DB may be a great bloke, he may be good at bringing the kids along, but he has never been able to kick start the team when they were playing like a bunch of sulky schoolkids. We've all seen the footage of some of the great coaching addresses of the past. I would kill to have someone who could do that now.

Alan Killigrew was an old fire and brimstone man, he was the coach of North many years ago and won the first 7 games one year on emotion alone but sadly they dropped off after than and finished down the table. Tony Jewell at Richmond was the same he used to get a piece of steak and pound with is fist it when he was giving his warm up speech before the game and at half time. He would hit things and kick tables etc. those were the days. Today the players would demand counselling if they were subjected to that.