Dean Bailey was a great coach and a wonderful person. He just ran out of time because of the ructions at the club. In his final press conference at the club, he showed more class and dignity than the rest of the administration put together.

He chose his own path to achieve success - he believed in his players and in his strategy and refused to compromise and [censored] the players preferring to give the young group time to develop as a group in the long term interest of the players and the club. Sadly the club was not able to match the quality of his methods and aspirations by providing proper support. When he was dismissed, the club sank deeper into the mire.

Given his sad passing, it is unseemly to be critical of his time at the club. The club let him down badly as well as the players and the supporters. 

On 5/31/2017 at 2:52 PM, The Chazz said:

I still am ropable with the 22 muppets that ran out on the ground that day.  They complained to Stynes about the way the Club was operating.  They wanted change.  They had the option of showing public support for their coach, and at the same time giving their opinions credibility, by coming out and beating Geelong that day.  Alas, they took the easy option of a revolt, and ended up backing themselves, and the coach they apparently adored, in to a corner that had one unpleasant way out.

Bloke like Green, Rivers, Dunn, Jamar, Sylvia and Moloney were dead to me after that game.  I felt for McKenzie, Trengove, Garland, and in some ways Frawley, who all tried as hard as they could. 

I will never forget that game.  I watched it all (on TV thank Christ).  I didn't get angry.  I wasn't even shocked.  A piece of the MFC died in me that day, and I'm as one-eyed and as passionate as anyone on here.  And to top it off, of all clubs it had to be against, it had to be them.  

My sister and I paid good money that day to go down to Geelong and watch the team. The scoreboard is still etched in my memory. Watts and Garland practically crying as they came from the ground is the other moment I won't quickly forget. That's why I like Garland to this day, not necessarily for his abilities, but more the fact he was one of the few that seemed to care that day. 

We've been through all of this ad nauseam, but I hold Schwab, Connelly, Stynes, McLardy and Lyon responsible for what happened that day and the hole we found ourselves in and failed to dig ourselves out of. Jimmy I give pass to as he did the best he could in terribly trying circumstances, but the rest of them have no excuse.

A disgraceful period in our club's history, which culminated in our worst period under Neeld. 

On ‎30‎/‎05‎/‎2017 at 8:22 PM, Moonshadow said:

Was a very ugly time for the club. Up there with the 1996 merger vote. I wasn't around for the Norm Smith sacking, but 186 and Bailey's departure set the tone for Neeld to come in and nearly ruin us.

Thank [censored] for PJ and Roos.

Schwab should have been the one to go after that loss, Jimmy wanted to get rid of Schwab but Garry Lyon said no, don't do it