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I think with Roos part of it is that he just loves the whole handover to another coach thing and plugs the teams that have done it. Suspect he would love to do it again. Magpies won't try it a second time I suspect

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15 hours ago, solly21 said:

If we win the flag i would like to see the Rev present the cup & i would like to see Roosy up there holding the cup with Jonesy & Goodwin.

I'd also imagine big Jimmy, Robbie and to a lesser extent Dean Bailey up there with them.  Whilst yes he was associated with that now imfourmous period for the club, few have given more heart and soul to the MFC than Jimmy.

Still so much water under the bridge to actually winning a flag again, but thanks to Roos, Goodwin, Taylor, Viney and Jackson it's good to be in a position where at least dreaming of these things doesn't seem like a complete farse.

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http://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/2017-06-29/roos-views-from-the-outside-

Quite a lengthy interview with Roos.  Far too many interesting comments to quote.  But in summary he is still very loyal and invested in the Dees and barracking for us on Friday night.

He is very complementary of many people at the Dees and genuinely delighted for everyone especially those that have been there a long time.

A nice little complement for Goodwin and the coaches, many of whom are Goodwin recruits: "The game day stuff, I reckon he could do with his eyes closed, with all due respect, and he’s got a great coaching group around him.”.  Goodwin's game day tactics have been enormous for us winning quite a few games - maybe that is what Roos saw when he recruited him to be our coach!

What I really liked about the interview is that it is totally selfless.  At no stage does he try and claim any credit for our performance - it is all praise for the Board, Club, Coaches and Players.

Not many people could resist that temptation.  Roos is quite an awesome person!  And like others, I will be forever grateful he came to the Dees.

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http://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/2017-06-29/roos-views-from-the-outside-

Quite a lengthy interview with Roos.  Far too many interesting comments to quote.  But in summary he is still very loyal and invested in the Dees and barracking for us on Friday night.

He is very complementary of many people at the Dees and genuinely delighted for everyone especially those that have been there a long time.

A nice little complement for Goodwin and the coaches, many of whom are Goodwin recruits: "The game day stuff, I reckon he could do with his eyes closed, with all due respect, and he’s got a great coaching group around him.”.  Goodwin's game day tactics have been enormous for us winning quite a few games - maybe that is what Roos saw when he recruited him to be our coach!

What I really liked about the interview is that it is totally selfless.  At no stage does he try and claim any credit for our performance - it is all praise for the Board, Club, Coaches and Players.

Not many people could resist that temptation.  Roos is quite an awesome person!  And like others, I will be forever grateful he came to the Dees.

Just came up on my emails

Well done Roosy

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Roosy played the team role and built the foundations of finals footy and the list. 

Goodwin was super highly rated around the league before he came to us and I love that he's so willing to be proactive and change positions if we are losing momentum. He's done a huge job considering the injuries, with a slightly better run I think we could be on top of the ladder this year 

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Seeing Roos Views on the MFC site today, it was like Burgers had been reading this site for ideas on who to interview next for MelbourneTV.

It was great to watch. Such a great guy who left a great legacy. And yet it might well be that Roos involvement with selecting Goody might be his greatest legacy of all.

Wonder if he's on the Fox Footy panel pre and post game on Friday night.

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2 hours ago, CanberraDemon said:

Seeing Roos Views on the MFC site today, it was like Burgers had been reading this site for ideas on who to interview next for MelbourneTV.

It was great to watch. Such a great guy who left a great legacy. And yet it might well be that Roos involvement with selecting Goody might be his greatest legacy of all.

Wonder if he's on the Fox Footy panel pre and post game on Friday night.

Notice he used alot of 'We'. Still obviously a huge supporter. Also good to hear he still catches up with the boys for dinner golf etc..

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I heard a few whispers late in his time here that some of the players weren't huge fans, but for the first time in hearing stuff like that, I honestly didn't care whether it was true or not. Some supporters said his gameplan was outdated and boring to watch - didn't care about that either.

The only thing that mattered from his time here was setting us on the correct path. It wasn't a lone effort (see PJ), but between them they assembled a team that can get us moving forward. A recruiter who hasn't made an error yet, a modern, energetic coach who knows who knows how to motivate, support and develop his players, putting in support staff of appropriate experience around to assist said young coach, and backing and developing existing resources already at the club to deliver what was required (Mahoney et al).

To say Roos saved us in my view is unfair to every other member of the club who busted a gut to get us going again, but to me he was worth every cent and we have a lot to thank him for. It was fantastic to hear him referring to the club as 'we'. 

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8 minutes ago, Nasher said:

I heard a few whispers late in his time here that some of the players weren't huge fans, but for the first time in hearing stuff like that, I honestly didn't care whether it was true or not. Some supporters said his gameplan was outdated and boring to watch - didn't care about that either.

The only thing that mattered from his time here was setting us on the correct path. It wasn't a lone effort (see PJ), but between them they assembled a team that can get us moving forward. A recruiter who hasn't made an error yet, a modern, energetic coach who knows who knows how to motivate, support and develop his players, putting in support staff of appropriate experience around to assist said young coach, and backing and developing existing resources already at the club to deliver what was required (Mahoney et al).

To say Roos saved us in my view is unfair to every other member of the club who busted a gut to get us going again, but to me he was worth every cent and we have a lot to thank him for. It was fantastic to hear him referring to the club as 'we'. 

Roosy put belief back in the club. Players stuck around because Roos was Head Coach, Frawley Bolted after one year and i hope that is a decision he ultimately regrets. Other players stuck...

lots of other people helped, but Paul Roos saved the club from death. 

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9 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Roosy put belief back in the club. Players stuck around because Roos was Head Coach, Frawley Bolted after one year and i hope that is a decision he ultimately regrets. Other players stuck...

lots of other people helped, but Paul Roos saved the club from death. 

Life is too short for regrets .

But hopefully not too short to see Howe and Frawley turn green.

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3 hours ago, Nasher said:

I heard a few whispers late in his time here that some of the players weren't huge fans, but for the first time in hearing stuff like that, I honestly didn't care whether it was true or not. Some supporters said his gameplan was outdated and boring to watch - didn't care about that either.

The only thing that mattered from his time here was setting us on the correct path. It wasn't a lone effort (see PJ), but between them they assembled a team that can get us moving forward. A recruiter who hasn't made an error yet, a modern, energetic coach who knows who knows how to motivate, support and develop his players, putting in support staff of appropriate experience around to assist said young coach, and backing and developing existing resources already at the club to deliver what was required (Mahoney et al).

To say Roos saved us in my view is unfair to every other member of the club who busted a gut to get us going again, but to me he was worth every cent and we have a lot to thank him for. It was fantastic to hear him referring to the club as 'we'. 

He was aloof. Which was by design as he was an outgoing coach.

The players developed more of a relationship with Goodwin in the last two years and that's what you want.

I think he did an amazing and selfless job as interim coach.

Well, if you can be amazing and selfless and still get paid $1.5m...

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9 hours ago, rpfc said:

He was aloof. Which was by design as he was an outgoing coach.

The players developed more of a relationship with Goodwin in the last two years and that's what you want.

I think he did an amazing and selfless job as interim coach.

Well, if you can be amazing and selfless and still get paid $1.5m...

It certainly looked that way - there appeared to be a 'good cop', 'bad cop' thing happening, with Roos playing the 'bad cop'; the deliverer of bad news, the stern task master. 

A number of things stand out in my mind of Roos, the 'bad cop': telling Petracca off for his off season injury.  Dropping Watts to Casey. Then a most powerful picture at training of Roos telling Grimes he wasn't being selected.  The forlorn, despairing demeanor from Grimes was heart wrenching. And, perhaps the hardest of all was demoting, trading out or delisting past stalwarts. 

Roos seems to identify  with the underdog, the maligned.  He lived thru the obliteration of Fitzroy, raised Sydney from the ashes and has played a key role in salvaging a once great MFC from its spiral of self-destruction. 

He doesn't have premiership player medals, hasn't won a Brownlow but would expect to see him as a Legend in the Hall of Fame for his combined contribution as a player (356 games), captain, coach and media roles.  Certainly, ahead of a recent nominee, in Wayne Carey.

 

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Roosy and his wife were both very busy at the freo game getting around to staff and players that were not playing that day in the club area on level 2 . 

On the biased view occasionally-  It balances up I reckon when guys like Loyd Watson Taylor Matthews Sheedy Russel are against us or get it wrong .

love having Shwarta on our side too . 

Go Dees . 

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