1 minute ago, Bombay Airconditioning said:

Where is he currently?

In hell..... haha

(Midfield coach at the Bombers)

19 minutes ago, Bombay Airconditioning said:

I’m against a 19th club, if the AFL wasn’t a team in Tassie I’d rather another team fold.

What if that team proposed to fold was your team? 

1 hour ago, daisycutter said:

 

in the hun, online today 🤢 🤮 🥶

EXCLUSIVEAFL News37 minutes ago

Clarko’s decision opens the door for shock Hird return

Alastair Clarkson has committed to North Melbourne - and his decision has left the door open for a sensational twist. Here’s the exclusive details.

The facepalm was for Robbo, not you @daisycutter

Two things can be inferred from this:

1) If this were to ever happen, Essendon will be rattling tins to save their club in 7 years time. 

2) Private businesses, and newspapers, can hire and fire who they like so long as justifiable, non discriminatory and legal reasoning is given. 

That said, Mark Robinson needs to be sacked immediately as the chief football journalist at the Herald Sun. This take is absolute drivel and not at all newsworthy. He is trying to make the story according to what he'd like to happen, not reporting on what is actually happening. Pathetic liniment sniffing, fan boy stuff.

This is one of the biggest boofhead articles he's written since he predicted we'd play Richmond in the 2018 Grand Final and in the next paragraph predicted we'd lose to Geelong in the Elimination Final. 

(P.S. We aren't even allowed to use Robbo's other nickname now? The one where 'R' is replaced by 'Sl'? Like wow!)

 

Edited August 19, 20222 yr by Colin B. Flaubert

bring back the slob bo!

31 minutes ago, mauriesy said:

Then why post something that no one would miss?

A summary would be nice, comments optional, rather than a link you can't read.

I don't subscribe to the Sun on principle.

i thought what i posted was a summary

can't please everyone

Good on him. Going back to help out his old club and get them back on track. You can say what you want about Clarko but he's a person of high integrity and I'm looking forward to seeing what he puts in place to get North on the road to success. 

Will be interesting to see which assistants he brings..

This has all gone down better than expected. I like north. As much as you can like any other team. Mainly because I relate. They are us a decade ago. Clarkson is no guarantee of success. He had some of the great players of the era to coach. But good on them for finding a way forward. But what is exceptional is the bombers imploding. Couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch. Hopefully rutten sues or something on the way out (no idea if that’s possible) just to rub it in. What would make it even better is if after watching the way rutten has been treated the coaches get together and do something about the way the media hunt coaches. It is an absolute disgrace but the media and the afl don’t seem to care at all.  Teams where Essendon are on the ladder routinely get flogged this time of year. It’s truly irrelevant. How this became what it did is pure insanity and shows how miopic the media are. Essendon are really just a young team who over performed last year. They have some talent but a long way to go. They are a bunch of skinny kids when you see them live. Their board got sucked in by the media panic and they have stained their brand. What coach on any level, be it assistant or head would want to go there now? Interesting to hear Mahoney and dodoro aren’t getting along too. Hopefully there’s heaps wrong with the place. Absolutely spectacular result. 12 year old me sitting at the grand final in 2000, head buried in the football record after half time, afraid to watch anymore is very pleased with where things are at I imagine. 

20 minutes ago, DubDee said:

What if that team proposed to fold was your team? 

Hard to say, love the game so much. The game IMO can’t justify another team at the moment.

Essendon 🤣

First task for clarko is to get JHF back on board. North have treated the kid shabbily. He's a gun

Then get a proper recruitment team together

7 minutes ago, BDA said:

First task for clarko is to get JHF back on board. North have treated the kid shabbily. He's a gun

Then get a proper recruitment team together

That's priority number one. The kid was already halfway out the door. With Clarko on board, I'd say he's a 70/30 chance to stay.

Channel 7 have just confirmed that Rutten has been sacked. Giansiracusa to coach on the weekend.

11 minutes ago, Colin B. Flaubert said:

Channel 7 have just confirmed that Rutten has been sacked. Giansiracusa to coach on the weekend.

Bizarre!  Barely an hour after their President held a press conf saying the coaching position will be discussed/decided on Sunday.

Left hand/right hand at play.

Did the President not know the coach is being sacked.  Someone has burnt him or he said 'Sunday' to stop the scrutiny, his 'bluff' didn't work.  He may have the shortest AFL President tenure in history.

Edit:  Does ch7 have it wrong.  Other media still reporting it is Sunday.

 

Someone should tell them the 'fish rots from the head'.  Ditch the whole board is the only way to go.

The place started to fall apart when Peter Jackson left.  They need Peter Jackson back there badly but I hope he isn't tempted!!

Edited August 19, 20222 yr by Lucifers Hero

1 minute ago, Lucifers Hero said:

Bizarre!  Barely an hour after their President held a press conf saying the coaching position will be discussed/decided on Sunday.

Left hand/right hand at play.

Did the President not know the coach is being sacked.  Someone has burnt him or he said 'Sunday' to stop the scrutiny, his 'bluff' didn't work.  He may have the shortest AFL President tenure in history.

In either case he must be a total dimwit!

The Media Outlets have been absolutely appalling this week. As bad as Essendrug. 
i hope Rutten sues the lot

15 minutes ago, Colin B. Flaubert said:

Channel 7 have just confirmed that Rutten has been sacked. Giansiracusa to coach on the weekend.

What can possibly be gained by this? Sacking the day before what would have been his last game.

Surely by letting him coach the last game and allowing him to exit with some grace would have restored a little dignity to a disgraceful episode ?

2 minutes ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

What can possibly be gained by this? Sacking the day before what would have been his last game.

Surely by letting him coach the last game and allowing him to exit with some grace would have restored a little dignity to a disgraceful episode ?

uncle, i still haven't seen any confirmation rutten is sacked and giansiracusa coaching on weekend

Imagine having this guy as your boss…

What an absolute [censored]

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/teams/north-melbourne-kangaroos/afl-news-2022-david-barham-press-conference-senior-coach-ben-rutten-future-james-hird-exchange-with-tom-browne-video/news-story/b0be613dd6fad024ecfca208fa182bd7

8 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

uncle, i still haven't seen any confirmation rutten is sacked and giansiracusa coaching on weekend

Good point dc - I just checked bumber blitz - nothing there. 

10 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

uncle, i still haven't seen any confirmation rutten is sacked and giansiracusa coaching on weekend

It was on Facebook. Now I think about it, take it with a grain of salt. The words used was 'parted ways'. 

If not true, I'd say Rutten should sue.

4 hours ago, ElDiablo14 said:

Can we pick up some pieces from the crumbling Bombers? Any decent player that may fit in our list?

2 meter Peter??

 

 

3 hours ago, daisycutter said:

 

in the hun, online today 🤢 🤮 🥶

EXCLUSIVEAFL News37 minutes ago

Clarko’s decision opens the door for shock Hird return

Alastair Clarkson has committed to North Melbourne - and his decision has left the door open for a sensational twist. Here’s the exclusive details.

Hoping I'm in the branch of the Universe where this happens.

Merrett would be a gun in our midfield…

While I’ve still not forgiven them for the streak or the 98’ Prelim, I’m happy North have someone to get them out of a mess while at the same time sinking the boot into a team I hate like none other (Essendon). 

3 hours ago, Wells 11 said:

Hird to the bombers is like Trump to the Republicans. Doesn’t matter what he says or does…he’ll be the one to “rescue them”. He’ll do nothing but polarise the club and everyone within it. “I see a bad moon arising “ But in the bombers case it does bring a smile. 

A very good comparison.

Besides the fact that both examples feature unwavering faith in a morally compromised 'messiah' figure and purity tests concerning denialism of historical events that clearly happened, there will be one more commonality between the two.

When political journos look at the polls and cite Trump's stranglehold on the support of the GOP, they are missing something key. It is that its usually the support of a shrinking number of people at large. People have walked away which has resulted in those numbers of self reported Republicans supporting Trump growing as a percentage while the number of total Republicans in the country has shrunk.

I'd say the same will happen to Essendon. There will always be a rabid 60-70% who insist that St. James did nothing wrong. But 3 to 5% of their supporter base will ultimately stop identifying as Essendon supporters annually. It will just leave the kool aid drinkers in place while they lose a generation of fans.

Edited August 19, 20222 yr by Colin B. Flaubert