The Immortal - NORM SMITH sacked by the board!

[Guest dee'viator]

perhaps some one could pin this for all visiting supporters.

http://demonology.midnight.net.au/Index.iH...amp;BoardType=0

[Dreamin' Demon 10]

Great ... I've got a tear in my eye.

[Yze_Magic 3]

Amazing

A great video to see for the younger geneartion of supporters like myself and anyone else that wasnt around for that era

I believe in the 'Curse of the Norm'

And the club deserves to have such a curse for the way those morons on the board treated the greatst coach in the clubs history

[Old Man Rivers 326]

Amazing

A great video to see for the younger geneartion of supporters like myself and anyone else that wasnt around for that era

I believe in the 'Curse of the Norm'

And the club deserves to have such a curse for the way those morons on the board treated the greatst coach in the clubs history

Wow - That is some serious vision.

The Players should be made to watch that grab before confronting the Dockers on Sunday.

Bring on The Next Norm Smith

[Dappa Dan 2,188]

Well that should solve the mystery of where the signature on my posts comes from.

No denying how inspirational I found the great man's words.

[Guest dee'viator]

Wow - That is some serious vision.

The Players should be made to watch that grab before confronting the Dockers on Sunday.

Bring on The Next Norm Smith

EXACTLY! Neale is in Jack Dyer's parlance, he's a good ordinary coach. In my words, he's been a great development coach who's abilities can take us to around 6th,7th or 8th on the AFL ladder. He is not a finishing coach.

Bring on heaven & earth so that we may move them to get at MATTHEWS L...

[Adzman 2,154]

Funny, norm was on top of his game and was removed, he club has not come near a flag since.

THE CURSE OF NORM

(My Grandfather spoke highly of Norm when I was a child- a standout bloke by many accounts)

[praha 11,240]

I brought up the idea of "The Curse of Norm" a while back (I think it was under a different username) and I was laughed at by many on this board.

The fact is, what Norm created at the MFC was a culture that was probably the best in the league at the time and probably the most prestigious and powerful in the history of the game. With Norm's sacking come a complete turn around and a different culture; a culture that has lingered at the club for 42 years.

The way I look at it? Coaching from 52-67 (16 seasons) for 6 premierships including a triple (55,56,57). That's one premiership every 2.5 years. Since then? 40 seasons. 0 premierships.

I've always believe that his tenture at the club was what made it so successful, both playing and coaching. Obviously his style was not attractive to his collegues, hence why he was forced out. However, that style and voice was part of 10 premierships over 32 years. He leaves, and the streak begins. We need another Norm.

[Guest dee'viator]

I brought up the idea of "The Curse of Norm" a while back (I think it was under a different username) and I was laughed at by many on this board.

The fact is, what Norm created at the MFC was a culture that was probably the best in the league at the time and probably the most prestigious and powerful in the history of the game. With Norm's sacking come a complete turn around and a different culture; a culture that has lingered at the club for 42 years.

The way I look at it? Coaching from 52-67 (16 seasons) for 6 premierships including a triple (55,56,57). That's one premiership every 2.5 years. Since then? 40 seasons. 0 premierships.

I've always believe that his tenture at the club was what made it so successful, both playing and coaching. Obviously his style was not attractive to his collegues, hence why he was forced out. However, that style and voice was part of 10 premierships over 32 years. He leaves, and the streak begins. We need another Norm.

There was a 'Norm' version2 but he was allowed to escape to "Carlton" where he transformed their culture to one of winning. This culture lived on @ "Carlton" for decades replacing the Dees as a feared opponent by allcomers.

We need another aggressive & dynamic leader to stop this preoccupation with overpoliteness & taking a backseat is good enough mentality that's has been rotting the club from it's foundations up since the mid-sixties, it's time to shake the house down & rediscover that assertiveness & on-field aggression that we're so scared of attaining, before we slide past another generation of players!

[demonfanjezza 1]

Very tounching and moving- hopefully if the players and the coach can see this it will hopefully give them the kick on they need

He certainly handled his sacking very well even though he did not like it. Him saying 'Im Melbourne through and through' really showed his loyalty to stay with us, but thanks stupid board of 1965 you have really killed a successful club culture that has contiued ever since 1965. It is now getting too long waiting for another flag, so we need the following:

We certainly need another Norm to lift us to the heights that he did in the 1950s and early 1960s to 1964.