3 minutes ago, DubDee said:

so why go after Simpson?

I wouldnt personally go after Simpson either.

1 hour ago, Pottsydee said:

I really can't see Goodwin being let go, football is a business and to drop a years salary - don't know his salary amount but what is it worth in memberships? Coaching transitions come with significant financial costs, termination payouts, hiring expenses, and potentially higher salary demands from a new candidate. Its a very expensive exercise. For a club hemorrhaging from a few years of poor form - is it economically rational to sack Goodwin??? From a board perspective.

If we are keeping a coach we know should be sacked solely because it will cost us payout dollars we may as well pack it in. The amount lost through memberships, attendances, merchandise etc will be worse than the payout figure. Perhaps the club will think about the ramifications of handing out bad contracts next time.

5 hours ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

If we are keeping a coach we know should be sacked solely because it will cost us payout dollars we may as well pack it in. The amount lost through memberships, attendances, merchandise etc will be worse than the payout figure. Perhaps the club will think about the ramifications of handing out bad contracts next time.

Not it will cost us.

It ALREADY has cost us.

We're throwing good money after bad chasing a good win

The epitome of stupidity.

Who are the assistants emerging as potential top calibre coaches? Feel like I always used to understand who the ‘next bunch’ was… I don’t nowadays

31 minutes ago, The Jackson FIX said:

Who are the assistants emerging as potential top calibre coaches? Feel like I always used to understand who the ‘next bunch’ was… I don’t nowadays

I’m not really across it either but have heard good things about Hayden Skipworth

Was looked over for the West Coast job but seems to be a highly rated assistant at Collingwood

Ash Hansen another whose name gets thrown around a bit

Reckon it’s this type of coach we need to go after - someone whose been biding their time learning from the best teams and has their own vision of what they want to implement

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1 hour ago, The Jackson FIX said:

Who are the assistants emerging as potential top calibre coaches? Feel like I always used to understand who the ‘next bunch’ was… I don’t nowadays

Brett Montgomery from the Giants.

18 hours ago, Deesprate said:

The boys on the pod are spot on our biggest issue are skills we butcher the ball. To be in contention you need to take the game on and have the skills to match the risk. So much of our dare and risk is undone by poor skills. That why we need guys like Fritta great skills. Identify the ball butchers there the one we need to offload.

There are a bunch of us not on the pod who have only been saying this for the last 3-4 years...

https://www.zerohanger.com/demons-outline-the-player-theyll-target-this-off-season-afl-trade-news-165772/#

"It's really important that we get games and development into our younger players," he said. Sure Simon.

2 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Brett Montgomery from the Giants.

Danny Daly goes ok apparently

12 hours ago, Pates said:

My personal thoughts are we need to get rid of Alan Richardson before we get rid of Goodwin. Richo has been responsible for assembling our sub-par assistant coaching ranks and I feind it incredible that it's not talked about more than he moved our premiership winning defensive coach, where defence was our strong points, to being our forward coach despite never playing forward during his career.

I think Goody gets his next year but there needs to be contingency plans in place and honestly I don't see any existing currently. Changing Goody for the sake of it just feels like the old Melbourne. I'm not giving him a pass and I really can't see him being the one to turn it around, but if we sack him without a genuine plan it'll be like jumping out of a plane and trying to invent a parachute while you fall.

Even better get rid of both.

13 hours ago, DubDee said:

Would you consider him? I wouldn’t

Despite the flag he has overseen one of the most dramatic falls from grace I’ve ever seen a club experience. From a flag team to a perennial wooden spooner

He feels like Simon 2.0 so I would say no to Simpson.

52 minutes ago, Heart Beats True said:

https://www.zerohanger.com/demons-outline-the-player-theyll-target-this-off-season-afl-trade-news-165772/#

"It's really important that we get games and development into our younger players," he said. Sure Simon.

The man speaks with forked tongue

5 minutes ago, beelzebub said:

Danny Daly goes ok apparently

He's an excellent footy manager. Him and Greg Swann have turned Brisbane into a powerhouse.

Matthew Boyd and Hayden Skipworth I'd definitely go after as assistant coaches in waiting. Collingwood are easily the best trained side (Fly is just a people manager) so you'd assume those guys have a big say in their program.

16 hours ago, DubDee said:

Would you consider him? I wouldn’t

Despite the flag he has overseen one of the most dramatic falls from grace I’ve ever seen a club experience. From a flag team to a perennial wooden spooner

Sounds a bit too familiar

12 minutes ago, Superunknown said:

Sounds a bit too familiar

Norm Smith curse. Won't be gone until the flag is won at the G.

7 minutes ago, ElDiablo14 said:

Norm Smith curse. Won't be gone until the flag is won at the G.

All premierships are worth the same. The ground is irrelevant. Richmond supporters don't devalue their last premiership because it wasn't at the MCG. Only some Melbourne supporters do.

1 hour ago, greenwaves said:

All premierships are worth the same. The ground is irrelevant. Richmond supporters don't devalue their last premiership because it wasn't at the MCG. Only some Melbourne supporters do.

I am not putting our flag down. I just mean that for us to truly break the curse, must be at the G.