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[armstrong35 262]

Great video! 

I love the bit when they’re in a huddle saying “whose fight, out fight”. It is their fight and if they want it they have to fight for it. Us younger generation got a taste of finals for the first time and the older generation got a taste for the first time in a long time. We all are ready for this and we all want this. 

Big year boys! Carn the Dees!!

[Guest]

19 hours ago, Grapeviney said:

Still not convinced Goody is the right guy.. his coaching record in Prelims is hopeless, as that video showed.  

Well, similar to the coaching address Neeld have that was captured by the cameras, all the players were all crestfallenly looking at the floor.  

Edited February 22, 2019 by Hillary Bray

[chook fowler 18,587]

A very effective piece of communication to the fans. A potent mix of passion, humility and ambition - I’m left with the feeling that this is only the beginning. Well done to all involved.

[hemingway 7,608]

Wow, that brought tears.

[Guest]

I'm optimistic that lessons from years past have finally been learned.

We have been closer to the promised land on the scoreboard or based on where we ended our season in September. However, it never seemed to sting as much as last year. We were always like 'Oh well. There's always next year!'

It seems that the club realizes how big an opportunity was missed last year.

[Rodney (Balls) Grinter 10,588]

On 2/22/2019 at 2:15 AM, P-man said:

It’s not easy to break through all the football cliches with a message that resonates, but they achieved it and then some with that video.

It’s also great to see Goody drop the stoicism. Even for just a moment.

 

On 2/21/2019 at 7:41 PM, DubDee said:

I’m ready to run through a brick wall!!

 

This is an area that I begining to see as a strength of Goody.  He's got a great ballance of being very personable, emotionally intelegent and a good comunicator, but also being hard driven, focused and intense when the moment requires it and he carries this aura and consistency of messaging and behavior with him that demands respect.  Leadership in spades.

If he was my captain/coach, I'd certainly be in that zone to run through walls.

I really like this video from the club.  The atmosphere, messaging and expectations seem different from that which I recall during the 90s and early 2000s.  There is a real ruthlessness to our mindset at the moment - I love it!

[Demon Disciple 11,211]

Talk about a call to arms!!!

[Neil Crompton 4,972]

2 hours ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

 

This is an area that I begining to see as a strength of Goody.  He's got a great ballance of being very personable, emotionally intelegent and a good comunicator, but also being hard driven, focused and intense when the moment requires it and he carries this aura and consistency of messaging and behavior with him that demands respect.  Leadership in spades.

If he was my captain/coach, I'd certainly be in that zone to run through walls.

I really like this video from the club.  The atmosphere, messaging and expectations seem different from that which I recall during the 90s and early 2000s.  There is a real ruthlessness to our mindset at the moment - I love it!

This is a significant change in Demonland thinking since April 2018 - where it seemed every man and his dog was calling for his head (with a few notable exceptions like Moony and wiseblood). So if we have a slow start this year, or a significantly bad loss, I hope we can all keep some perspective and remember last year. Our time to shine will be September. There will be some slippage along the way, but as long as we keep building to peak come Spring, i will be a happy man.

[Sir Why You Little 35,322]

49 minutes ago, Neil Crompton said:

This is a significant change in Demonland thinking since April 2018 - where it seemed every man and his dog was calling for his head (with a few notable exceptions like Moony and wiseblood). So if we have a slow start this year, or a significantly bad loss, I hope we can all keep some perspective and remember last year. Our time to shine will be September. There will be some slippage along the way, but as long as we keep building to peak come Spring, i will be a happy man.

Goodwin’s coaching deserved to be questioned after the Round 4 game 2018. 

The White Flag went up that day, something we had all seen before with this club. 

But whatever the problems were, they were addressed and sorted. I give Goodwin strong credit for that, but I certainly do not expect to see anything like that style of game in 2019. 

 

[Rodney (Balls) Grinter 10,588]

59 minutes ago, Neil Crompton said:

This is a significant change in Demonland thinking since April 2018 - where it seemed every man and his dog was calling for his head (with a few notable exceptions like Moony and wiseblood). So if we have a slow start this year, or a significantly bad loss, I hope we can all keep some perspective and remember last year. Our time to shine will be September. There will be some slippage along the way, but as long as we keep building to peak come Spring, i will be a happy man.

Neil, I must say, tha Roos was a hard act to follow and it took me a while to get use to the different personalities from a supporters perspective, but now that Goody has established himself, I think he has started to make the team and our suporter base in his own mold, which is a very good thing.

Personally I didn't doubt the coach or our side early 2018, it was just that some of those losses were very frustrating, because I could see an underlying team that was better than some of those performances.

Edited February 23, 2019 by Rodney (Balls) Grinter

[P-man 13,353]

I must have missed the thread last year where “every man and his dog” wanted Goodwin sacked. 

Probably because it never happened.

[McQueen 17,864]

When Goodwin says at the end “but what you did for the club” I’m assuming it was a positive....?

[Neil Crompton 4,972]

13 minutes ago, P-man said:

I must have missed the thread last year where “every man and his dog” wanted Goodwin sacked. 

Probably because it never happened.

Look up the topic “Is Goodwin the right guy?” and go back to the April posts. 

[P-man 13,353]

7 minutes ago, Neil Crompton said:

Look up the topic “Is Goodwin the right guy?” and go back to the April posts. 

So you maintain that the majority of posters wanted Goodwin sacked last year? Or am I misunderstanding your post?

I see no problem in asking questions of everyone, coach included, after a bad loss. There is a chasm between that and calling for someone’s head.

[Neil Crompton 4,972]

7 minutes ago, P-man said:

So you maintain that the majority of posters wanted Goodwin sacked last year? Or am I misunderstanding your post?

I see no problem in asking questions of everyone, coach included, after a bad loss. There is a chasm between that and calling for someone’s head.

I would have thought the title of the topic “Is Goodwin the right guy” would have been a big enough clue. 

[Lucifers Hero 37,524]

2 hours ago, McQueen said:

When Goodwin says at the end “but what you did for the club” I’m assuming it was a positive....?

 As Goodwin turned away I think he said "be proud" or "so proud". 

It was quite faint so I assume the sub title writer didn't notice it.  Still, a critical few words.

[Sir Why You Little 35,322]

2 hours ago, Neil Crompton said:

I would have thought the title of the topic “Is Goodwin the right guy” would have been a big enough clue. 

Not at all. 

After Round 4 last year I certainly was wondering whether Goodwin was the right guy to coach this broken club, which it had been for a long time. 

But i was always prepared to give him time to prove himself. Which he certainly looks to have done. 

Sacking him at that point was not on my radar

[Dirts 429]

9 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Not at all. 

After Round 4 last year I certainly was wondering whether Goodwin was the right guy to coach this broken club, which it had been for a long time. 

But i was always prepared to give him time to prove himself. Which he certainly looks to have done. 

Sacking him at that point was not on my radar

I must admit, getting ahead of ones self is hard. We have a solid backline with muscle, dash and class. A forward line that I believe will simply be the bottle of red, improving over the season and ready to uncork at finals time and a mid field of grunt and class, with a dash of crash. Depth to die for and a bloody good coaching team. Nothing more to say!

[Sir Why You Little 35,322]

35 minutes ago, Dirts said:

I must admit, getting ahead of ones self is hard. We have a solid backline with muscle, dash and class. A forward line that I believe will simply be the bottle of red, improving over the season and ready to uncork at finals time and a mid field of grunt and class, with a dash of crash. Depth to die for and a bloody good coaching team. Nothing more to say!

Yes i agree

2019 is all about Attitude at all levels of the MFC

[Wadda We Sing 10,685]

4 hours ago, McQueen said:

When Goodwin says at the end “but what you did for the club” I’m assuming it was a positive....?

He did look slightly downcast when he said that didnt he?...i was a bit confused too...

[FarNorthernD 5,848]

20 hours ago, Neil Crompton said:

This is a significant change in Demonland thinking since April 2018 - where it seemed every man and his dog was calling for his head (with a few notable exceptions like Moony and wiseblood). So if we have a slow start this year, or a significantly bad loss, I hope we can all keep some perspective and remember last year. Our time to shine will be September. There will be some slippage along the way, but as long as we keep building to peak come Spring, i will be a happy man.

Neil Crompton

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”Out:

- our forward line coach

- our backline coach, 

- our skills coach,

- our game plan coach.”

 

I suppose to be fair here Neil you weren’t calling for Goodwins head, just every other coach

 

Edited February 24, 2019 by FarNorthernD

[Guest]

I think the title of the aforementioned 'right guy' thread was disingenuous trolling for mine.

If the answer to that question was 'no', the appropriate course of action would be to get a new coach. What other options were available?

It was like Howard Sattler and Julia Gillard back in the day with that stupid 'is Tim gay?' He didn't want clarification. He wanted to create a narrative.

Surely the discussion needed to be around how Goody could fix problems with the team. Asking that question 1 and a half years in after missing September by a whisker was silly.

To be fair, every man and his dog didn't want Goody gone, but like so many things in life, the shrillest and least informed tended to drown out reasoned analysis.

 

[Neil Crompton 4,972]

FND please reread my post of yesterday. If you do you’ll realise, I hope, that the point of it was not to criticise those that wanted his head, or those like SWYL and myself among others who were criticising the then current performances. I was saying that it is a long season, and just like last year, we should have a bigger perspective than just a couple of poor performances, if they do occur this year. I also said that this September will be our turn to shine and I believe that.  But you are welcome to read into my post whatever you like.

[hemingway 7,608]

Who cares what people thought last year about Goodwin? Enjoy where we are now and look forward to the future. There has  been some really good discussion  lately about a range of topics but this petty stuff about what people thought last season is childish and pathetic. What is the point? 

It is an emotional and passionate game. 

Neil C mentioned perspective. It’s footy so don’t worry too much about perspective. At the end of the day we are talking about opinion. That’s all. No one has the truth or the right or wrong answer. It is just opinion and it is fun and it is harmless. 

Dont look back. Enjoy the moment and look forward to the future. 

Edited February 24, 2019 by hemingway

[What 18,810]

The best part about about that video is that I believed it.  

We are a real club now.