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If Norm Smith coached an All-time Dees team...

Timothy Reddan-A'Blew
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...this one might be simpatico:

B:          Frank DAVIS                James FRAWLEY           Aidan RILEY

HB:       Shaun SMITH              Don WILLIAMS               Peter WALSH

C:          Bluey ADAMS             James MCDONALD       James JORDON

HF:        Scott THOMPSON     Garry LYON                      Brad MILLER

F:           Martin PYKE               Barry BOURKE                 Jeff FARMER

Foll:      Troy SIMMONDS        Nathan JONES                Hassa MANN

I/C:        Don MCKENZIE   Sam WIEDEMAN   Tony CAMPBELL   Russell RICHARDS

Why?

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    Sack him. He’s useless!

     

    Still too soon???

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    Still, late changes needed to the team:

    Out: Martin PIKE - found not to be following team rules (hope he has success elsewhere...); Shaun SMITH - only cos positionally I meant Joel SMITH. Either is a perfect team player.

    In: Ben BROWN - straight out of uni; Joel SMITH - as above.

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    25 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

    You have us all bamboozled, Timothy.  I think another clue may be in order!

    Doesn't feel like there's many in 'us all', Mr D!

    Still, for you at least, I point back to the title and that our Norm and his team would be simpatico.

    I suspect you'll get it now, and feel free to post it directly here for due plaudits. I'm not getting a vibe of any competition!

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    2 hours ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

    Doesn't feel like there's many in 'us all', Mr D!

    Still, for you at least, I point back to the title and that our Norm and his team would be simpatico.

    I suspect you'll get it now, and feel free to post it directly here for due plaudits. I'm not getting a vibe of any competition!

    I’m with you D. As if that clue makes it any clearer for us common folks! 

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    53 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

    Over It Monday GIF by Michelle Porucznik

    Is that Gleep or Gloop from the Herculoids?

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    57 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

    Over It Monday GIF by Michelle Porucznik

     

    4 minutes ago, Neil Crompton said:

    I’m with you D. As if that clue makes it any clearer for us common folks! 

    Surely not!

    Who might one coach be simpatico with?

    And why would Martin Pike not be following team rules, though it sounded like he might?

    And why would Ben Brown be straight out of 'Uni'? (that one might require a bit of research😉)

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    On 1/3/2023 at 8:19 AM, Little Goffy said:

    Got it.

    They all hate cats.

    No?

    They all hate cats ???? 
    Sounds like an oedipuss complex to me 

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    21 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

    Does the solution have anything to do with vehicles, @Timothy Reddan-A'Blew?

    I'd say they all would have had one, Mr D, but no.

    Now, no further coaching, for the time being...

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    1 hour ago, Fanatique Demon said:

    I’ve wasted enough time on this. Back to the red.

    cheers.

    It's the red that unleashes these in the first place, FD. You might reach enlightenment yet?

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    13 hours ago, Demonstone said:

    Any chance of putting us out of our collective misery, @Timothy Reddan-A'Blew?   

    I don't think anybody's going to solve this one.

    Looks like I'll have to do postgrad in the Demonstone School of Hinting!😄

    Three mentions of COACH, including in the title, didn't do it for you?

    They all share surnames with one of the 170-odd people who have coached VFL/AFL teams. Even Norm himself, whose brother and 3 other Smiths coached.

    Maybe people aren't used to us having our answers so 'close to home' i.e. actually footy related?!🤷‍♂️

    Somewhat of a hint was my correction of my misspelling, Don-like (Don-lyke?), of Martin Pike, who, when I realised, I had to drop for not following the team rule!

    Then there was Ben Brown. You'd think the Browns would match the Smiths but there has been only one - Vic Brown, who coached University (where I had BBB 'straight out of') to a doughnuts season in 1913.

    Edited by Timothy Reddan-A'Blew

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    Nicely done, Timothy! 

    Could you possibly list the coaches you've based this on?  Did they all coach senior teams?

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    Coach Teams   Seasons  
    Adams, Bill SM 1945-1948
    Adams, Leigh NM 2022
    Bourke, Francis RI 1982-1983
    Brown, Vic UN 1913
    Campbell, Garnet ES 1931-1933
    Campbell, Graham FI 1973-1978
    Davis, Allan SK 1987
    Davis, Barry ES 1978-1980
    Davis, Bob GE 1956-1965
    Farmer, Graham GE 1973-1975
    Frawley, Danny RI 2000-2004
    Jones, Dennis ME 1978
    Jones, Peter CA 1980
    Jordon, Ray NM 1976
    Lyon, Ross SK FR SK 2007-2019, 2023-
    Mann, Neil CW 1960-1974
    McDonald, Alan RI 1957-1960
    McDonald, Donald HW 2004
    McKenzie, Jack ME 1915
    McKenzie, Keith NM CA 1966-1975
    Miller, Allan SM 1967-1968
    (Pyke, Don AD 2016-2019)
    Richards, Ron CW 1974
    Riley, Mark ME 2007
    Simmonds, Roy HW 1973
    (Smith, Dave ES 1908-1909)
    (Smith, Jimmy SK 1909-1918)
    (Smith, Len FI RI 1958-1965)
    (Smith, Ross SK 1977)
    Thompson, Mark GE ES 2000-2014
    Walsh, Phil PA AD 2001-2015
    Weideman, Murray CW 1975-1976
    Williams, Jack GE 1945
    Williams, Mark PA 1999-2010
    Williams, Paul WB 2011
    Williams, Tommy FI 1964
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    Thank you very much for that detailed information, Timothy.

    As I suspected, some of those only coached one game as a stand-in, but qualify nevertheless.

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    33 minutes ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:
    Coach Teams   Seasons  
    Adams, Bill SM 1945-1948
    Adams, Leigh NM 2022
    Bourke, Francis RI 1982-1983
    Brown, Vic UN 1913
    Campbell, Garnet ES 1931-1933
    Campbell, Graham FI 1973-1978
    Davis, Allan SK 1987
    Davis, Barry ES 1978-1980
    Davis, Bob GE 1956-1965
    Farmer, Graham GE 1973-1975
    Frawley, Danny RI 2000-2004
    Jones, Dennis ME 1978
    Jones, Peter CA 1980
    Jordon, Ray NM 1976
    Lyon, Ross SK FR SK 2007-2019, 2023-
    Mann, Neil CW 1960-1974
    McDonald, Alan RI 1957-1960
    McDonald, Donald HW 2004
    McKenzie, Jack ME 1915
    McKenzie, Keith NM CA 1966-1975
    Miller, Allan SM 1967-1968
    (Pyke, Don AD 2016-2019)
    Richards, Ron CW 1974
    Riley, Mark ME 2007
    Simmonds, Roy HW 1973
    (Smith, Dave ES 1908-1909)
    (Smith, Jimmy SK 1909-1918)
    (Smith, Len FI RI 1958-1965)
    (Smith, Ross SK 1977)
    Thompson, Mark GE ES 2000-2014
    Walsh, Phil PA AD 2001-2015
    Weideman, Murray CW 1975-1976
    Williams, Jack GE 1945
    Williams, Mark PA 1999-2010
    Williams, Paul WB 2011
    Williams, Tommy FI 1964

    And the music one???

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    1 hour ago, Demonstone said:

    Thank you very much for that detailed information, Timothy.

    As I suspected, some of those only coached one game as a stand-in, but qualify nevertheless.

    Yeah, possibly a bit naughty of me, but I didn't even look at, let alone consider, games numbers.

    The refinements continue...

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