Lucky I have an Optimism Regulator, which has just given me a warning shot of electricity.

So if you're not being optimistic, it shocks you? How ominous.

So if you're not being optimistic, it shocks you? How ominous.

No I think it gives him a nudge if he gets overly optimistic perhaps

Oh come on OD, it's not that bad. A few good draft picks and some good trades and we will be off and running. Add a hard pre season, a decent run with injuries and natural development of some of our younger players. I am going off to book my 2013 GF seats in anticipation.

Small joke there Redleg

Any how don't DEMONS come from HELL?

Oh come on OD, it's not that bad. A few good draft picks and some good trades and we will be off and running. Add a hard pre season, a decent run with injuries and natural development of some of our younger players. I am going off to book my 2013 GF seats in anticipation.

Looking forward to a Hawks and Swans replay?

There is a film in this one...

Or there will be after Micky M is the only one after Matthews, to win them a flag... e'D will go soon after it's realised he's shot himself in the feet.

Does this mean we lose our unofficial, unpaid, assistant coach?

Great move by Carlton. Malthouse is the best coach in the land. He took a struggling collingwood to 8 finals campaigns, 4 grand finals and 1 premiership, and left them stronger than ever. He developed a steely, uncompromising mindset that was rooted in philosophical ideology. His strategies were formulated from gladiatorial warfare. He is the master and I guess Carlton would have to be fools to pass him up.

It ponders the question. Why havnt we got him?

It ponders the question. Why havnt we got him?

Because he was coaching a side to a grand final when we were in the process of hiring Mark.

Why didn't we wait until malthouse was available so we could at least ask him.

Pretty sure if you had half a clue you could answer that question by yourself.

I think MM will do very well.

He aint finished yet.

I F$&@kin hate Carlscum but Mick is a cool dude.

Carlton's starting to make our club culture look positively first class.

Why didn't we wait until malthouse was available so we could at least ask him.

Dead set, are you 8 years old? There's a real world out there.

Why didn't we wait until malthouse was available so we could at least ask him.

Because 186 happened.

Or was it beacause we didnt have the nouse to get the best available candidate.

Anyone who still thinks that Malthouse was NOT available for the 2012 season is kidding themselves.

The fact that we did not get the best candidate available gives us an insight into why we do not have a winning culture.

For heavens sake, we did not even interview Malthouse for the position.

What person in their right mind would ever pick an untried apprentice over his master, especially when his master is at the peak of his abilities.

If you ever want to identify the root of our problems, just have a look at the people that hired Bailey over Sheedy, and Neeld over Malthouse.

Really, it is unbelieveable.

For the boards sake, Neeld better do well in 2013. It is hard to swallow this constantly silly decision making. It is like having G.W.Bush in charge of your army.

Eddie is quite right to ask how the hell Carlscum will afford Cloke. Everyone wants to know how they get away with dodgy "ambassadorial " roles. Previously that dog was left to sleep, but now Eddie is [censored] off.

This will be fun

In the meantime everyones looking over there >>>>>>>>>>>>>>

For the very first time I am with McChins on this one.......dig deep Eddie.

Or was it beacause we didnt have the nouse to get the best available candidate.

Anyone who still thinks that Malthouse was NOT available for the 2012 season is kidding themselves.

The fact that we did not get the best candidate available gives us an insight into why we do not have a winning culture.

For heavens sake, we did not even interview Malthouse for the position.

What person in their right mind would ever pick an untried apprentice over his master, especially when his master is at the peak of his abilities.

If you ever want to identify the root of our problems, just have a look at the people that hired Bailey over Sheedy, and Neeld over Malthouse.

Really, it is unbelieveable.

For the boards sake, Neeld better do well in 2013. It is hard to swallow this constantly silly decision making. It is like having G.W.Bush in charge of your army.

Malthouse could never have coached last year. Hell, he can't even coach until October of this year because of his contract with Collingwood. Also, A Bush joke? Aren't those about 10 years out of date?

MM is going to take Carltank to the cleaners.

My guess would be he agreed with the Wobbles not to coach this year and has been paidout on the agreement.

That would last until the end of the season, let me see oh yes October. So he is not talking to anyone (officially) until then.

Meanwhile the Carlton who have not spoken to him and have nowhere else to go just have to sit a wait whilst MM works out just how big his paper bag will be.

They have not thought through just how much he will cost him directly and indirectly (arizona, facilities, new coaches, and players).

Eddie will slowly increase the pressure, first Judd, then MM is a stress ball, next shouldn't the tanking inquiry extend to Carltank, followed by they are asking all their mid tier players to take a haircut to fit more in the cap.All the defensive stuff he needs to do to spike Cloke and MM taking other wobbles assets.

In the words of paul Keating Eddie is looking forward to doing him slowly.

The upside for us is they need to clear the way for cloke someone has to go and that opens up the trade table a bit more.

The upside for us is they need to clear the way for cloke someone has to go and that opens up the trade table a bit more.

McLean, Hampson, Thornton, Russell ... no thanks.

It's line ball but my money is on Malthouse, Cloke and Carlton causing Eddie to choke on his weetbix.

Or was it beacause we didnt have the nouse to get the best available candidate

Or was it because we didn't want a bitter old hypocrite who was potentially burnt out and who would be joining primarily to spite his old club instead of for more meritable reasons?

Had an amusing thought that Mick might blink in the face of family pressure and knock back the Blue's offer. Long shot I know, but where would that leave the Blues if MM and Roos both decline the "privilege" of coaching the Blues"?

Choco Williams?

An assistant?

Up shlt creek!!!

You have to think this has all been fleshed out for some time now.

This is all just rubber stamping

The Bloos administration comes up looking like bullies in a school yard. "We are the biggest & best & nobody, even one of our superior breed, is going to stand in the way".

This is a clear knee jerk reaction to the baying Lgon St masses & if, - like Jimmy Hird this year - they struggle next year, the split will match the grand canyon.

A potential implosion in the making & who deserves it more!!

You have to think this has all been fleshed out for some time now.

This is all just rubber stamping

Agree. Ratten would still be there if Roos and Malthouse were unavailable.

Agree. Ratten would still be there if Roos and Malthouse were unavailable.

This whole situation with Carlton and Malthouse is pathetic. Whilst the media go a million miles an hour at the non-existent tanking story it is obvious to anyone with half a brain that a real story, the fact Malthouse was sounded out for the Carlton job possibly up to a year ago is right under their noses. Some are on to but doing nothing about it and I've heard a few express surprise at Kernahan's pause when he was asked about Malthouse yesterday. It may have been an accident, appears he just forgot his lines.