I would be content with Eade, a coach who beats him will have to be pretty good.

Hard to know - I have met him and like him as a bloke.

Played in 4 premierships with the Hawks

Coached Brisbane Bears reserves to the Premiership in 1991 (that has gotta be a fair accomplishment given how bad the Bears were)

Took Swans to a GF in his first year.

Three prelim finals at the Bulldogs.

Perhaps the two clubs could just swap their coaches?

I would be happy with Rocket except he has run out of fuel.

Although he has had a shocking year with injuries to his gun players(of which the blame could be attributed to him for too early returns) he has looked spent all year.

If he was invigorated I would change my mind.

Considering on analysis that his back 6 were virtually non existant this year from last couple of years....

Harbrow - Gold Coast

Lake - Investment snag; unfit; rehabilitation record from operation(s); not 100% commitment.

Hargrave - Injured most of season; in and out of side

Williams -

Morris - } collectively the two that played more footy than the others; had their work cut out.

Gilbee - In and out; a mystery - see Lake.

...it's no wonder Eade looked spent. Not to mention Cooney's knee problems, Higgins continued problems and injuries, form. But their back 6's non-stability has crippled them by filling it with putty throughout with the likes of Stack, Hill, etc.

Lets get a premiership coach!

One thing he does have is the formula to beat Melbourne. Even when his team was in the doldrums this year, they still managed to give us a 10 goal flogging.

Another coach without a defensive side to his gameplan? No thanks.

Bulldogs are always ranked 15-17 for tackles inside 50,contested posession and turnovers inside D50.

The game has moved to a more defensive strategy and Eade didn't move with it.

Certainly not my first choice but I wouldn't be shattered if we got him.

However if we did pick up an experienced coach who hadn't won a premiership I'd prefer Laidley or even bring Northey back!

11:40 press conference. Eade finishing up - "Parting Ways"

Eade had requested that the Bulldogs bring forward their decision.

Made a presentation to the Dogs board last Thursday regarding the future.

No longer require his services after 7 years and a treble of PF's.

Rocket has probably brought it forward because on the rumour file this morning it said that G. Lyon has been in contact with him.

2 things...

- As Akermanis said in his stupid little video on the Herald Sun website, Eade has shown he is a good coach and will get a team from A to B.

It's getting from B to C that Eade has trouble with (winning that premiership). That, and trusting people - sounds like he is a micromanager / control freak.

As with anything Aker says, if you remove the egocentric bullsh%t and be mindful of his wide-ranging vendettas, he actually is fairly well informed about goings on and about the game.

I think most of this is valid. The question then becomes, do we want to hire Eade for a couple of years, in the full knowledge that we might need to remove him at the end of his contract in favour of another coach who can take them further?

- Scott West is currently an assistant coach. I understand that he was quite unhappy with the way his career ended. Possible bad blood?

I'm not sure about Eade's relationship with Brian Royal.

Of course, a new coach coming in would probably choose a completely new coaching staff, but if we hired Eade and he were to retain any, I wouldn't bet on West being one of them.

*That is, if you rate West as a coach. I don't think any supporters are generally well-informed enough to make that judgment.

I don't hate the idea of getting him, but i'm not sure whether he'd be exactly the right fit for us.

If we were to go for an inexperienced coach he'd be an excellent mentor to have at the club.

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I like Rocket but no.

He's had 13 years at two clubs. He's had his time and his chances. His teams have been poor defensively and I see no reason why we should give him a chance to reinvent a gameplan.

I don't hate the idea of getting him, but i'm not sure whether he'd be exactly the right fit for us.

If we were to go for an inexperienced coach he'd be an excellent mentor to have at the club.

As a micro-manager / control freak?

I'm not so sure.

I can't remember exactly what was said, but Gary Lyon didn't seem to keen on Eade on FC Monday night.

I wouldn't say he did not seem keen the panel was discussing whether they felt Eade should be renewed as Bulldogs coach, Garry asked Grant Thomas your quite strong on coaches being sacked do you think Eade is right for the dogs, Thomas was going through how he felt Eade was the right man for the job and said he had a lot to offer, at this stage he said well Garry would you want him as coach of Melbourne if he was available. Caro piped in with well Garry and Hutchy had that smug look on his face and Garry's exact words in his immediate response were "I am not commenting on Melbourne I am asking about Eade and the coaching role at the Bulldogs"

Can't see where the he didn't seem keen on Eade comes from that, but everyone has a different perception

Comes into serious calculations now as an experienced coach that is available.

Yes or no for Eade.

I think he'd be a great fit - someone who knows the caper

I wouldn't say he did not seem keen the panel was discussing whether they felt Eade should be renewed as Bulldogs coach, Garry asked Grant Thomas your quite strong on coaches being sacked do you think Eade is right for the dogs, Thomas was going through how he felt Eade was the right man for the job and said he had a lot to offer, at this stage he said well Garry would you want him as coach of Melbourne if he was available. Caro piped in with well Garry and Hutchy had that smug look on his face and Garry's exact words in his immediate response were "I am not commenting on Melbourne I am asking about Eade and the coaching role at the Bulldogs"

Can't see where the he didn't seem keen on Eade comes from that, but everyone has a different perception

That's exactly how I saw proceedings on FC.

no

What the hell's going on down there at the kennel?

They sack their coach, he's going to be a lame duck for the rest of the season and there's talk of an opposition group wanting the president's head. The media should be all over the trouble at the Bulldogs but they seem to be giving them an absolute free ride.

I'm pretty happy with the contrasting results - we're relevant.

Nobody cares about the dogs enough to whip it into a media frenzy.

Any publicity is good publicity.

Yep. Every time you look at what's happening at the Bulldogs, there are similarities to what's happened at Melbourne this year.

No doubt a lot of factors are involved but one must stem from having unrealistically high expectations from your playing group.

Mind you, I would expect better than a 186 point defeat at Skilled.