3 hours ago, daisycutter said:

well that went down well, didi ?

Certainly not with the likes of you and cobbers.

Well that was a fascinating 10 minutes 

Edited September 20, 20187 yr by Sir Why You Little

57 minutes ago, KingDingAling said:

I think it was smart by our boys to cancel our camp. They obviously had their concerns and voiced up. Goodwin came from a club (Essendon) were the coaching staff put the players at risk - for a bigger cause (success). Keeping that in mind, I have no problem with the players cancelling the camp, and that fact (that Goodwin had previously been a part of a club that compromised the health of players) seems to of escaped those in the media, who just wanted to run down MFC. To Goodwin's credit, he handled the cancellation of the camp like a pro, and has gone on to surpass all expectations of himself as a coach. Goodwin had to earn the players trust and it looks as though he has more than achieved that throughout this year.

None of us really know what went on. But it's quite possible the club agreeing to the players' request that the camp not proceed has had the unintended benefit of strengthening the relationship between the players and the coach. Imagine the alternative of the coach demanding that the players go on the camp even when they didn't want to? Would the club have been better off then? I know that the tail can't always wag the dog, but leaders also need to understand that sometimes the best strategy is to follow those who you ostensibly lead thereby building the followers' resilience, confidence and belief. 

7 hours ago, dieter said:

To all you embarrassed naysayers, all I can say is, well, the players and Goodwin have proven you wrong. Long live workplace democracy. And I would have thought the Adelaide Football Club experience with their camp might make you think twice. But no, a troglodyte who wants army style robots on the football field will always believe in Boot Camps Full Metal Jackets style. Interesting too, the same roll call of the same people I disagree with just about everything else about feature above.

Those naysayers will still say they were right, right about what I do not know, but they will still stand by there nsysaying because they have MFCSS and always will.