Scapegoat. P155 poor tbh.

I wonder which of his two desks he wrote his resignation letter on

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Wonder how the twitch is going?

Wish Neeldy all the best with whatever he may do.  

Found him to be very polite, very committed and placed in a position with too much expectation for a first time coach - his face was so expressive I appreciated his honesty. 

Good footy person - Yet not the best I’ve ever seen at football politics/ football media. 

Edited May 14, 20186 yr by DaveyDee

3 minutes ago, DaveyDee said:

Wish Neeldy all the best with whatever he may do.  

Found him to be very polite, very committed and placed in a position with too much expectation for a first time coach - his face was so expressive I appreciated his honesty. 

Good footy person - Yet not the best I’ve ever seen at football politics/ football media. 

Strangely ... Ill agree with you.

Mark, a little word of advice... Maybe get a job outside of footy because you have no f$%+ing idea about football. Couldn't coach an u/9's team

Whilst I am neutral in terms of my personal empathy with Mr Neeld, Essendrug’s gradual unravelling is the gift that keeps on giving. May they go down the gurgler slowly and painfully.

i read bombet blitz no way he would stay if that was representative - this is the 1st of many.

When a club like Essendon shiz the bed like they have, heads were bound to roll.

Neeld will be the first scapegoat for season 2018. Probably more to come. Some big issues down at the bombers.

Noooo! Please stay Mark, you are contributing towards something great at Essendrug.

Great for the rest of us!

36 minutes ago, DaveyDee said:

Good footy person - Yet not the best I’ve ever seen at football politics/ football media. 

Sums it up.

We all have strengths and weaknesses, and it's unfortunate for Mark that he'll probably be remembered for what he couldn't do rather than what he could.

Has a real feel of scapegoat here as others have mentioned.

Not often you see an assistant coach moved on mid season.

The press release talks of allowing other members of the coaching staff  to have input into the game plan.. sorry that responsibility sits squarely with the head coach and head of Football.

32 minutes ago, JV7 said:

Mark, a little word of advice... Maybe get a job outside of footy because you have no f$%+ing idea about football. Couldn't coach an u/9's team

Skybus needs drivers work 26 hours get paid for 40 

Sounds promising!!

28 minutes ago, Call Me What You Will said:

Whilst I am neutral in terms of my personal empathy with Mr Neeld, Essendrug’s gradual unravelling is the gift that keeps on giving. May they go down the gurgler slowly and painfully.

Agreed totally. 

As for Neeld, hard to know why they sacked him. I mean it screams of scapegoating. But then he basically brought our entire club to the brink of footy extinction so who knows. 

Thank [censored] we are no longer the biggest mess in the AFL. 

As Clint Eastwood said AKA Harry Callahan, and or  the man with no name et al said....

"Man's gotta know his limitations"

The beach comp awaits

Won 3 flags in a row with Ocean Grove

Helped the Pies win a flag

Drafted Jesse, but got it wrong with Mitch Clark

Never had the organisational competence to get the club out of its rut

All the best

Have to feel a bit sorry for this bloke. His football career is effectively over. The vitriol that is coming from the immature children on this forum is palpable, just as it was when he departed from Melbourne. Please keep in mind when you are commenting that his family will also be affected by this.

This couldn't have been bought about by their 2 and 6 start to the year exclusively and its relevance to the tactics he was advocating.

I'm not sure that I have seen an assistant coach get sacked mid season like this. If anyone can remember if they can, please tell me as this seems like a first in my 30 years of following AFL/VFL footy.

How these things usually go is that assistants usually get till the end of the year to make their case and then their position is usually put up for review. The reason being is that rarely ever will they get singled out in the way a senior bloke is. The head coach has his face all over the media and is often the fall guy (fair or not) when a team is in a slump.

To not even be given the chance to lift his game when he is flying under the radar as an assistant says to me that something happened in the last little bit that made his situation completely untenable.

The bit about him moving into a job outside footy says that after this, even if he wanted a job in coaching or recruiting, he had no chance of getting another footy job thanks to the legacy of this sacking (combined with his sacking at Melbourne). It also maybe it's him realizing that despite his best hopes, the evidence before him is telling him that he is no good at this caper. If so it shows a sense of self awareness that seemed completely absent when he was coaching us.

Essendon shouldn't and will not divulge all the gory details as to why this happened but it would have been intriguing to have been a fly on the wall. More info might come out but it seems that they are trying to treat him like PJ did when he realized he couldn't do his job.

 

 

Edited May 14, 20186 yr by Colin B. Flaubert

I thought Mark was paying us back by going to Essendon. He finally did his bit for the club by becoming their match day tactician. That appointment by the way proves the entire club was on drugs about the time when he was coaching us. How could they not see it?

Can we find this poor fellow a job at Richmond?

9 minutes ago, Colin B. Flaubert said:

This couldn't have been bought about by their 2 and 6 start to the year exclusively and its relevance to the tactics he was advocating.

I'm not sure that I have seen an assistant coach get sacked mid season like this. If anyone can remember if they can, please tell me as this seems like a first in my 30 years of following AFL/VFL footy.

How these things usually go is that assistants usually get till the end of the year to make their case and then their position is usually put up for review. The reason being is that rarely ever will they get singled out in the way a senior bloke is. The head coach has his face all over the media and is often the fall guy (fair or not) when a team is in a slump.

To not even be given the chance to lift his game when he is flying under the radar as an assistant says to me that something happened in the last little bit that made his situation completely untenable.

The bit about him moving into a job outside footy says that after this, even if he wanted a job in coaching or recruiting, he had no chance of getting another footy job thanks to the legacy of this sacking (combined with his sacking at Melbourne). It also maybe it's him realizing that despite his best hopes, the evidence before him is telling him that he is no good at this caper. If so it shows a sense of self awareness that seemed completely absent when he was coaching us.

Essendon shouldn't and will not divulge all the gory details as to why this happened but it would have been intriguing to have been a fly on the wall. More info might come out but it seems that they are trying to treat him like PJ did when he realized he couldn't do his job.

 

 

Montgomery a few years ago... may have been end of season perhaps.... philosophical/ego differences from Bevo.

21 minutes ago, Colin B. Flaubert said:

This couldn't have been bought about by their 2 and 6 start to the year exclusively and its relevance to the tactics he was advocating.

I'm not sure that I have seen an assistant coach get sacked mid season like this. If anyone can remember if they can, please tell me as this seems like a first in my 30 years of following AFL/VFL footy.

How these things usually go is that assistants usually get till the end of the year to make their case and their position is usually put up for review. The reason being is that rarely ever will they get singled out in the way a senior bloke is. The head coach has his face all over the media and is often the fall guy (fair or not) when a team is in a slump.

To not even be given the chance to lift his game when he is flying under the radar as an assistant says to me that something happened in the last little bit that made his situation completely untenable.

The bit about him moving into a job outside footy says that after this, even if he wanted a job in coaching or recruiting, he had no chance of getting another footy job thanks to the legacy of this sacking (combined with his sacking at Melbourne). It also maybe it's him realizing that despite his best hopes, the evidence before him is telling him that he is no good at this caper. If so it shows a sense of self awareness that seemed completely absent when he was coaching us.

Essendon shouldn't and will not divulge all the gory details as to why this happened but it would have been intriguing to have been a fly on the wall. More info might come out but it seems that they are trying to treat him like PJ food when he realized he couldn't do his job.

The gory details from from Foxfooty: https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/mark-neeld-resigns-from-coaching-role-at-essendon/news-story/c1c9569342c0f29a9bbb181edccfd71e

"Foxfooty.com.au understands the dynamics among the coaching panel had become unsustainable this year, which filtered down to the players".

"It’s believed that aside from John Worsfold, Rob Harding (game intelligence and opposition strategy coach) and Neeld, no assistants were permitted to discuss specific strategy and tactics with the senior coach or players.

This extended to game day in the coaches’ box, with almost every suggestion regarding a heavily criticised game plan funnelled through Neeld.

This alienated other assistants Mark Harvey, James Kelly, Paul Corrigan and Hayden Skipworth.

On several occasions, at least one of the assistants who was not allowed to discuss strategy or tactics, had to discreetly tell the runner messages behind Worsfold and Neeld’s backs in order to get their message out there.

Ultimately, the structure didn’t work and Neeld was moved on — the scapegoat in a system that had broken down".

It is a terrible structure and process to channel everything through one person and keep other assistants out of the loop but Neeld didn't put the structure in place - that is a Football department decision. 

Key word in last para of quote:  Scapegoat. 

Glad for him he is out of there

Watching the arrogant EFC implode again will be such fun...more popcorn anyone! 

 

Edited May 14, 20186 yr by Lucifer's Hero

Watching those pricks beat us in the Granny was bad enough, but their supporters around me were even worse

Laughing when Greeny was bleeding in his throat, cheering when Long dogged Simmonds.....I hope they never, ever recover from this

Yep, Dare I say it, I loathe this club and its entitled arrogance more than the Filth. Not quite up with the Family Club, but pretty much line ball!

Pop.....pop pop......pop pop POP !!

Windy Hill is a powder keg

Run Mark....just run.

Go home to your family....give them a hug. Tomorrow is a brand new day