Coach appointment timing?

[Curry & Beer 5,444]

I would have thought they could have done Neeld the favour of letting him finish off a back-to-back campaign he has sweated over by just telling him he can start in 2 weeks. Pretty straightforward really.

[Jesse Christ 2,884]

I would have thought they could have done Neeld the favour of letting him finish off a back-to-back campaign he has sweated over by just telling him he can start in 2 weeks. Pretty straightforward really.

And yet you'll probably be one of the one's who complain about us being perceived as weak and push overs.

Club first mate. Neeld has no problems with this- he's forgotten about Collingwood's midfield already.

Harden up. I lol at you!

[rpfc 28,271]

I would have thought they could have done Neeld the favour of letting him finish off a back-to-back campaign he has sweated over by just telling him he can start in 2 weeks. Pretty straightforward really.

I thought you have the exact opposite opinion on this.

He's our head coach.

If he wants to coach us for a decade - he better get started right away and show some commitment.

[DeeSpencer 25,515]

He was an assistant coach. He doesn't get a medal or an award for winning a premiership. Neeld was right to offer his services to Malthouse as it is loyal. But Malthouse was right to turn him down, it's the right thing for Mark, for the MFC and for the CFC.

[timD 994]

I would have thought they could have done Neeld the favour of letting him finish off a back-to-back campaign he has sweated over by just telling him he can start in 2 weeks. Pretty straightforward really.

It would not be a favour -his head would not be there and they need complete focus. It also doesn't help us at all. Pretty simple really.

[Rhino Richards 1,467]

The naysayers, and there are plenty of them apparently, who insist we have somehow failed because we didn't land a 'big fish' a la Malthouse or Lyon, I think are somewhat premature in their indignation.

Can you name at least some of them given there are plenty of them?

I thought the reaction to Neeld has been very positve across the Board.

[Rhino Richards 1,467]

I would have thought they could have done Neeld the favour of letting him finish off a back-to-back campaign he has sweated over by just telling him he can start in 2 weeks. Pretty straightforward really.

*Face Palm*

How about they do us the favour first and foremost. Even more straightforward and the bleedin obvious.

[Deevout 492]

Same thing happened to Bailey at Port when he became our senior coach if i remember correctly, let's hope it is not an omen...

[H_T 3,043]

Of course he needs to start immediately - we've got list management and trade period looming straight after the GF. We've got the Scully picks and the GWS U17 draft so it's even more intense than ever. [censored] Collingwood and the donkey they rode in on.

^This.

I would have thought they could have done Neeld the favour of letting him finish off a back-to-back campaign he has sweated over by just telling him he can start in 2 weeks. Pretty straightforward really.

Not really. Brad Scott found himself in the same situation when named North Melbourne coach. he was part of the Pies coaching and given his marching orders IIRC with filth blessing.

[hardtack 10,520]

Can you name at least some of them given there are plenty of them?

I thought the reaction to Neeld has been very positve across the Board.

Here's just a few off the first couple of pages of the Neeld thread... I got bored and stopped :-)

Old Man Rivers

wmth

myboywattsy

the master

Demon Land 7

MrMoose

[old55 23,441]

Here's just a few off the first couple of pages of the Neeld thread... I got bored and stopped :-)

Old Man Rivers

wmth

myboywattsy

the master

Demon Land 7

MrMoose

Our venerable OP C&B?

hahah what a surprise, another no-name looking to step up to the big time. What round will he be sacked in about 4 years and who will be caretaker

pathetic Melbourne

Edited September 18, 2011 by old55

[Nasher 33,609]

does anyone else find it very strange we have appointed Neeld today, meaning he has to walk away from Collingwood immediately? He has been a key member of the coaching staff for 6 months on a premiership campaign, and is going to disappear when they are 2 games from a possible flag? Why didn't we make arrangements with him to start his tenure just after the grand final so he could finish up the season at the Pies? How does Collingwood feel about this?

So many things wrong with this. Others have already touched on how we should focus on doing ourselves a favour before doing Collingwood any, but how about this quote from Mick Malthouse of the MFC website?

We can't have a Melbourne coach sitting on the bench. That would be ludicrous.

It just doesn't make sense at all. His mind is going to be a million miles away.