Jump to content
View in the app

A better way to browse. Learn more.
Demonland

A full-screen app on your home screen with push notifications, badges and more.

To install this app on iOS and iPadOS
  1. Tap the Share icon in Safari
  2. Scroll the menu and tap Add to Home Screen.
  3. Tap Add in the top-right corner.
To install this app on Android
  1. Tap the 3-dot menu (⋮) in the top-right corner of the browser.
  2. Tap Add to Home screen or Install app.
  3. Confirm by tapping Install.

Dean Bailey to Adelaide

beelzebub
in Melbourne Demons

Featured Replies

 

good to see him get a gig at another club.

  • Quote

    Also happy to see him get another gig soon after his sacking.

    Has gone from assistant coach, to senior coach, back to assistant, but still think he has a lot to offer a club.

  • Quote
    •  

    Happy for him to get a gig somewhere. But "strategy and innovation coach", good grief.

    All a bit incestuous isn't it? Craig (Adelaide) to Melbourne; Bailey (Melbourne) to Adelaide.

  • Quote

    He'll enjoy the chance to go back to winning premiership points in South Australia.

  • Quote

    Yes I'm sure the Adelaide faithful will be thrilled at the appointment :unsure:

  • Quote

    Good luck Dean, pleased to see him picked up nice bloke with a lot to offer a club in the right position.

  • Quote
    •  

    All the best to him, glad to see he got a position quickly.

  • Quote

    In fact all of our coaches get recycled in some shape or form.

    Bailey at the Crows, Riley at Carlton, Daniher at WCE, Hutchison at the Tigers and Balme at the Cats. Northey got gigs after us and Barassi went to the Swans.

  • Quote

    In fact all of our coaches get recycled in some shape or form.

    Bailey at the Crows, Riley at Carlton, Daniher at WCE, Hutchison at the Tigers and Balme at the Cats. Northey got gigs after us and Barassi went to the Swans.

    We must breed them well.. Either that or we pinch them after they've already matured, and then don't make the most of them.

  • Quote

    Good luck to Bailey. Glad to see that his time with us didn't ruin any currency he had. Think he will bring some great attributes to the Crows.

  • Quote

    You know you're going badly when even average staff don't want to go to your club and would rather go to SA.

  • Quote

    Another epic FAIL for the Richmond Football Club. Great to see!!!! Much better off with the Crows. Good luck Bails!

  • Quote

    Bails will be back at the MFC in a few years i reckon....as an assistant. Glad to see him get another gig to keep him in the system.

    He did a lot of hard dirty work at this club, that hopefully Mark Neeld can take to the next level(s)

    Good on you Bails. B)

  • Quote

    Bails will be back at the MFC in a few years i reckon....as an assistant. Glad to see him get another gig to keep him in the system.

    He did a lot of hard dirty work at this club, that hopefully Mark Neeld can take to the next level(s)

    Good on you Bails. B)

    Bailey was a terrible coach that Melbourne sacked.

    He might be a great bloke, but I never want him at Melbourne again. I'm just hoping that Neeld can undo some of the damage that he has done.

  • Quote

    Bailey was a terrible coach that Melbourne sacked.

    He might be a great bloke, but I never want him at Melbourne again. I'm just hoping that Neeld can undo some of the damage that he has done.

    You do not understand what went on during the years 2008-2010 do you.

    The Job Bailey did was to the letter from the Board....Yes 2011 did not go to plan, but as a teacher of Raw kids, Bails did a fine job.

  • Quote

    You do not understand what went on during the years 2008-2010 do you.

    The Job Bailey did was to the letter from the Board....Yes 2011 did not go to plan, but as a teacher of Raw kids, Bails did a fine job.

    but as a teacher of Raw kids, Bails did a fine job?????????

    I'd like to know who started the Bailey is a great teacher myth, because one thing that Bailey did show is that he is an extremely poor teacher of raw kids. The players that he had for four years are worse off for it.

    Melbourne had a poor game plan, the skill level is not up to AFL standard, most players have not developed to expectations, only a few have actually exceeded expectations at this stage (Jamar, Frawley, Garland).

    He was sacked because after four years the team is worse than when he took over. He was a very poor coach who could either not communicate his ideas, or had no idea how to coach, probably a combination of both.

    He certainly did not do a “fine job”.

  • Quote

    If there's one job I would not give Dean Bailey, it would be as an "Innovation Coach."

    Edited by Chook

  • Quote

    You do not understand what went on during the years 2008-2010 do you.

    The Job Bailey did was to the letter from the Board....Yes 2011 did not go to plan, but as a teacher of Raw kids, Bails did a fine job.

    I hear this comment often but I can't see any proof of it

    Any coach (or no coach) would have seen some development out of the list, esp as so many were top 20

    I was unimpressed when Bailey got the job and I was unimpressed when he left the job

    He might be a nice bloke etc but he was nothing but ordinary as a coach. No need to gild a lily

  • Quote

    I hear this comment often but I can't see any proof of it

    Any coach (or no coach) would have seen some development out of the list, esp as so many were top 20

    I was unimpressed when Bailey got the job and I was unimpressed when he left the job

    He might be a nice bloke etc but he was nothing but ordinary as a coach. No need to gild a lily

    Just watch the 2 Collingwood games from 2010....Bailey did a great job, but with no FD to speak of he was unable to sustain it.

    I am not saying he was perfect...But he did a tough job pretty well.

  • Quote
    •  

    Just watch the 2 Collingwood games from 2010....Bailey did a great job, but with no FD to speak of he was unable to sustain it.

    I am not saying he was perfect...But he did a tough job pretty well.

    He struggled with the press, struggled to get kick-ins right after 4 years and played players out of position.

    This is a love job for him.

  • Quote

    He struggled with the press, struggled to get kick-ins right after 4 years and played players out of position.

    This is a love job for him.

    Without a Football department Budget how could he compete with the press Week after Week?? The List was Raw and Young when he took it over.

    I am just looking at how far back he was when he first took it on....this club was dressed in rags by the end of 2007.

    After the Geelong Debacle DB's senior tenure was over, but i do not under estimate what he has prepared for our new Football Departments.

  • Quote

    • Archived

    This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

    Go to topic listing

    Featured Content

    • Welcome to Demonland: Steven King

      The Melbourne Football Club has selected a new coach for the 2026 season appointing Geelong Football Club assistant coach Steven King to the head role.

        • Haha
        • Thanks
        • Like
      • 613 replies
      Demonland

    • AFLW PREVIEW: Port Adelaide

      The undefeated Demons venture across the continent to the spiritual home of the Port Adelaide Football Club on Saturday afternoon for the inaugural match for premiership points between these long-historied clubs. Alberton Oval will however, be a ground familiar to our players following a practice match there last year. We lost both the game and Liv Purcell, who missed 7 home and away matches after suffering facial fractures in the dying moments of the game.

      • 1 reply
      Demonland

    • AFLW REPORT: Richmond

      A glorious sunny afternoon with a typically strong Casey Fields breeze favouring the city end greeted this round four clash of the undefeated Narrm against the winless Tigers. Pre-match, the teams entered the ground through the Deearmy’s inclusive banner—"Narrm Football Weaving Communities Together and then Warumungu/Yawuru woman and Fox Boundary Rider, Megan Waters, gave the official acknowledgement of country. Any concerns that Collingwood’s strategy of last week to discombobulate the Dees would be replicated by Ryan Ferguson and his Tigers evaporated in the second quarter when Richmond failed to use the wind advantage and Narrm scored three unanswered goals. 

      • 4 replies
      Demonland

    • CASEY: Frankston

      The late-season run of Casey wins was broken in their first semifinal against Frankston in a heartbreaking end at Kinetic Stadium on Saturday night that in many respects reflected their entire season. When they were bad, they committed all of the football transgressions, including poor disposal, indiscipline, an inability to exert pressure, and some terrible decision-making, as exemplified by the period in the game when they conceded nine unanswered goals from early in the second quarter until halfway through the third term. You rarely win when you do this.

      • 0 replies
      Demonland

    • AFLW PREVIEW: Richmond

      Round four kicks off early Saturday afternoon at Casey Fields, as the mighty Narrm host the winless Richmond Tigers in the second week of Indigenous Round celebrations. With ideal footy conditions forecast—20 degrees, overcast skies, and a gentle breeze — expect a fast-paced contest. Narrm enters with momentum and a dangerous forward line, while Richmond is still searching for its first win. With key injuries on both sides and pride on the line, this clash promises plenty.

      • 3 replies
      Demonland

    • AFLW REPORT: Collingwood

      Expectations of a comfortable win for Narrm at Victoria Park quickly evaporated as the match turned into a tense nail-biter. After a confident start by the Demons, the Pies piled on pressure and forced red and blue supporters to hold their collective breath until after the final siren. In a frenetic, physical contest, it was Captain Kate’s clutch last quarter goal and a missed shot from Collingwood’s Grace Campbell after the siren which sealed a thrilling 4-point win. Finally, Narrm supporters could breathe easy.

      • 2 replies
      Demonland
    View All

    Configure browser push notifications
    Chrome (Android)
    1. Tap the lock icon next to the address bar.
    2. Tap Permissions → Notifications.
    3. Adjust your preference.
    Chrome (Desktop)
    1. Click the padlock icon in the address bar.
    2. Select Site settings.
    3. Find Notifications and adjust your preference.