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Goodwin: 'We were the worst side in the history of the game'

Lord Nev
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Melbourne coach Simon Goodwin says the Demons were the worst side in the history of the game in a speech to the club’s new recruits.

Goodwin this summer took the Demons’ latest batch of draftees and trade acquisitions to his Rye holiday house, where he looked to give them some historical perspective to set their focus.

Goodwin’s emotive speech is featured in the latest episode of Melbourne’s documentary series “To Hell and Back”, which airs on the Demons website on Sunday night.

“Before the period of 2013 we were probably the worst performing club in the history of the game,” Goodwin says.

“So (in) three years we won seven games (they won 10 between 2012-14). That’s probably when we were at rock bottom.”

Simon Goodwin tells new recruits the Demons were once the worst side in the history of the game

 

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    Not really the headline you want but will wait for the doco episode for proper context.

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    Couldn't get a priority pick though.

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    3 hours ago, Lord Nev said:

    Melbourne coach Simon Goodwin says the Demons were the worst side in the history of the game in a speech to the club’s new recruits.

    Goodwin this summer took the Demons’ latest batch of draftees and trade acquisitions to his Rye holiday house, where he looked to give them some historical perspective to set their focus.

    Goodwin’s emotive speech is featured in the latest episode of Melbourne’s documentary series “To Hell and Back”, which airs on the Demons website on Sunday night.

    “Before the period of 2013 we were probably the worst performing club in the history of the game,” Goodwin says.

    “So (in) three years we won seven games (they won 10 between 2012-14). That’s probably when we were at rock bottom.”

    Simon Goodwin tells new recruits the Demons were once the worst side in the history of the game

     

    Simon clearly doesn't know his history. University and St Kilda have had much worse periods.

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    Some of the sides we trotted out under Bailey and Neeld were so bad I used to wonder if they’d even beat a VFL team 

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    57 minutes ago, jnrmac said:

    Simon clearly doesn't know his history. University and St Kilda have had much worse periods.

    Not really a valid comparison when those sides were mostly amateur and suburban in nature. When we were good we were mostly amateur and suburban. We were woefully bad when we were a club in the premier elite  professional competition with highly paid players, coaches and administrators.  If the quote is correct by Goodwin then it’s a relief to hear an offical acknowledgement of the obvious. Ostrichism has been a plague on this club for decades.

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    41 minutes ago, america de cali said:

    Not really a valid comparison when those sides were mostly amateur and suburban in nature. When we were good we were mostly amateur and suburban. We were woefully bad when we were a club in the premier elite  professional competition with highly paid players, coaches and administrators.  If the quote is correct by Goodwin then it’s a relief to hear an offical acknowledgement of the obvious. Ostrichism has been a plague on this club for decades.

    Not my comparison. It was Goodwin's

    I just pointed out he was wrong.

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    1 hour ago, jnrmac said:

    Simon clearly doesn't know his history. University and St Kilda have had much worse periods.

    Fitzroy?

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    Did he mention 2019?

    That was pretty bad too, doubt it was mentioned though, as Simon was the Senior Coach that year :)

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    7 hours ago, sisso said:

    Some of the sides we trotted out under Bailey and Neeld were so bad I used to wonder if they’d even beat a VFL team 

    Matt Jones and Dean Terlich finished top 5 in our B&F - we were a vfl team!

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    Talk about trashing the brand.  Might be arguable but now it will be quoted back to us for years.  There's six mediocre teams and we're one of them 

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    I thought this thread was about last season. 

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    4 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

    There's six mediocre teams and we're one of them

    No point sugar-coating it, aside from the expansion teams and Essendon's VFL side, Melbourne under Neeld from 2012-2014 were the most comically inept team the AFL has seen in the last 20 years. And it's not even close. Christ we were bad.

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    23 minutes ago, Accepting Mediocrity said:

    No point sugar-coating it, aside from the expansion teams and Essendon's VFL side, Melbourne under Neeld from 2012-2014 were the most comically inept team the AFL has seen in the last 20 years. And it's not even close. Christ we were bad.

    Yes... I understand that but saying it in away designed to be publicised is just dumb (imo).

    It is also disrespectful to the players of that era. (Even if it's true)

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    1 hour ago, Diamond_Jim said:

    Yes... I understand that but saying it in away designed to be publicised is just dumb (imo).

    It is also disrespectful to the players of that era. (Even if it's true)

    Yep, Walk away.

     Goodwin wasn’t even there, none of his business to talk like that publicly, particuliarly after last year

    Anyway he has done it....

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    2 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    Yep, Walk away.

     Goodwin wasn’t even there, none of his business to talk like that publicly, particuliarly after last year

    Anyway he has done it....

    Did he know that this would be in the Series?

    You can't necessarily pick and choose if you want to show it warts and all.

    Do you really think Nathan Jones and Tom Mac will organise a rebel meeting in protest?

    Thry are so relieved that the Club has moved on and are mature enough NOW to cope with this ground breaking Series which as most people now admit is one of the best decisions and productions in our recent history.

    Thats despite some petty talk about the title which was really "a little storm in a teacup" by some nit picking comments!

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    1 hour ago, 58er said:

    Did he know that this would be in the Series?

    You can't necessarily pick and choose if you want to show it warts and all.

    Do you really think Nathan Jones and Tom Mac will organise a rebel meeting in protest?

    Thry are so relieved that the Club has moved on and are mature enough NOW to cope with this ground breaking Series which as most people now admit is one of the best decisions and productions in our recent history.

    Thats despite some petty talk about the title which was really "a little storm in a teacup" by some nit picking comments!

    I still don’t like the Title

    But the content has been good

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    We were not too good in the late 70s either. I remember the battles for the spoon down at Moorabin.

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    11 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    Yep, Walk away.

     Goodwin wasn’t even there, none of his business to talk like that publicly, particuliarly after last year

    Anyway he has done it....

    I agree totally SWYL

    Shouldn't be throwing others under the bus when under his reign we were clearly one of the worst teams in the comp last season.

    I hope for his sake that we have a much improved year.

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    This article is a bit click baity for mine.
    The entire bit on worst performed side went maybe for 10 seconds in a 17 minute video.

    If he read out the entire Fisted Forever files (being facetious on this point) or individualized blame on people for that period, I'd agree that this wasn't the way to go. 

    The truth is the overall message to the kids there is that you can play if you get your habits right. There is no rule to say that 18 year olds can't get a game even if they are up to it.

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    29 minutes ago, Colin B. Flaubert said:

    This article is a bit click baity for mine.
    The entire bit on worst performed side went maybe for 10 seconds in a 17 minute video.

    If he read out the entire Fisted Forever files (being facetious on this point) or individualized blame on people for that period, I'd agree that this wasn't the way to go. 

    The truth is the overall message to the kids there is that you can play if you get your habits right. There is no rule to say that 18 year olds can't get a game even if they are up to it.

    Humphrey B Flaubert........also know as DC Root  ?

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    7 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

    Humphrey B Flaubert........also know as DC Root  ?

    I've been on this board for nearly 10 years, and it's taken you this long to bring this up Daisy? You are slipping old sport!

    Edited by Colin B. Flaubert
    I've been on here for longer than that!

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    4 minutes ago, Colin B. Flaubert said:

    I've been on this board for nearly 10 years, and it's taken you this long to bring this up Daisy? You are slipping old sport!

    funny that. i posted it to your other post on the max gawn is captain thread. don't know how it ended up in this thread?

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