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22 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

You may be right Biff. 

I have trouble connecting to the man bun. 

It is too humorous!

I have trouble connecting with their needs and feelings.

When I was in my twenties feeling good was good enough .

Now they want houses,job security,careers.

"Social media guru" or "tattoo artist"  or"Vlogger" are the preferred avenues to obtaining such things.

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    5 minutes ago, Biffen said:

    I have trouble connecting with their needs and feelings.

    When I was in my twenties feeling good was good enough .

    Now they want houses,job security,careers.

    "Social media guru" or "tattoo artist"  or"Vlogger" are the preferred avenues to obtaining such things.

    The new BM Series 5 for christmas...

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    21 hours ago, Adzman said:

    I would prefer it Neeld wasn't on tv, reminds me of dark times that I am trying to forget.

    Me too Adzman, gives me PTSDee

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    Mark Neeld?? I didn't see a thread about him coming!!

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    23 hours ago, Demon Disciple said:

    I get way more joy in knowing that BP is recruiting manager at North, than Mark Neeld being at the Dons.

    Didn't know that. When was BP appointed?

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    I never want to see Neeld ever again but like Freddy Kruegar, he keeps coming back.

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    19 minutes ago, Emerald said:

    I never want to see Neeld ever again but like Freddy Kruegar, he keeps coming back.

    It is what it is but at least it's not what it was.

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    On 5/1/2017 at 10:00 AM, Biffen said:

    Seems to be the trend that the coach should be in his forties and the assistant in his 50's.

    Mid to late thirties is too young to coach Too close to players age.

    I think Eade is a better assistant than senior coach.He is too old to connect with the ice generation .

    I suspect B Mc might have been deemed too old school for a senior spot,same with Neil Craig.

    What I find interesting is that once a senior coach fails once they are rarely given a second opportunity. This is despite the fact that they will have lessons learned from the first experience as well as new ideas and experience from their subsequent assistance roles under new coaches and regimes.

    Walls, Malthouse & even Norm Smith didn't experience success at their first clubs but subsequently overcame this. John Northey came close after his first stint at Sydney would be considered a failure. Malcolm Blight also struggled in his one year at North Melbourne, didn't win the ultimate at Geelong but then went on to succeed at Adelaide.

    I'm not saying for 1 minute that Neeld should be a senior coach again, but I think there are a number of assistants that have previously coached that could be worth another look.

    Of course Rodney Eade is the exception to prove the rule given he's with his 3rd club now, yet he has only ever been to the big dance once way back in his very first year as a senior coach.

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    On 01/05/2017 at 7:48 PM, Biffen said:

    It is what it is but at least it's not what it was.

    Where did that quote come from

    original?????

     

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    7 hours ago, CanberraDemon said:

    What I find interesting is that once a senior coach fails once they are rarely given a second opportunity. This is despite the fact that they will have lessons learned from the first experience as well as new ideas and experience from their subsequent assistance roles under new coaches and regimes.

    Walls, Malthouse & even Norm Smith didn't experience success at their first clubs but subsequently overcame this. John Northey came close after his first stint at Sydney would be considered a failure. Malcolm Blight also struggled in his one year at North Melbourne, didn't win the ultimate at Geelong but then went on to succeed at Adelaide.

    I'm not saying for 1 minute that Neeld should be a senior coach again, but I think there are a number of assistants that have previously coached that could be worth another look.

    Of course Rodney Eade is the exception to prove the rule given he's with his 3rd club now, yet he has only ever been to the big dance once way back in his very first year as a senior coach.

    Good point. I think there would be some coaches that had moderate success that could give it another go. Mathew knights and Sanderson to name a couple.

    the problem is that club boards are too conservative.

    if they pick a coach a second time round and it doesn't work out then they have to face the backlash and criticism.

    If a first up coach doesn't work out I think there is less criticism.  

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    Neeld was handed the poison chalice. Whoever got the job under the then current administration would have drank the poison. The club was disfunctional at every level and needed a clean out from the top down. Good thing the AFL intervened. That he still can hold down a job in the game shows he wasn't a total loser.

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