Time to go Goody?

[Edward Langdon 94]

What’s the pass mark for SG next year in terms of wins in order to see out his contract for 2026?

We’re all mature annd smart enough football followers to understand that coaches have been getting sacked a year before their contract expires since Adam was a young lad.

I understand and am very sensitive to the fact that many posters here love the coach dearly and would be heart broken if he were to ever be removed. However I have grave fears for SG if we don’t improve next year.

[Adam The God 29,863]

On 07/10/2024 at 15:05, rpfc said:

Cant replace your best players.

Last year we were missing 3 of our top 6 players for half a season or more.

*Oliver without a pre-season I consider missing. He is not 2024. He may never be what he was, but he can be more than 2024.

Exactly. Take Neale out of Brisbane and they don't win the flag.

[biggestred 4,951]

10 minutes ago, Edward Langdon said:

What’s the pass mark for SG next year in terms of wins in order to see out his contract for 2026?

We’re all mature annd smart enough football followers to understand that coaches have been getting sacked a year before their contract expires since Adam was a young lad.

I understand and am very sensitive to the fact that many posters here love the coach dearly and would be heart broken if he were to ever be removed. However I have grave fears for SG if we don’t improve next year.

Finals, or no finals with acceptable reasons such as lots of injuries

[The heart beats true 18,073]

21 minutes ago, Edward Langdon said:

We’re all mature and smart enough football followers…

There’s a security guard at the MCG who’d argue I’m not.

[Dee Viney Intervention 1,859]

Win a final in Melbourne 

[Demon Disciple 11,953]

Nothing less than winning at least 1 final.

[picket fence 16,915]

31 minutes ago, Dee Viney Intervention said:

Win a final in Melbourne 

Ho ho ya gotta get there first!! If we are 2 wins, 4 loses after 6 He will and should be sacked! Lets stop [censored] footing around, however... if he is 4 wins 2 loses he keeps his job...! For a while yet

[Rodney (Balls) Grinter 10,730]

2 hours ago, Adam The God said:

Exactly. Take Neale out of Brisbane and they don't win the flag.

Well he was kinda hobbling on one foot in the end, but I guess he held it together for long enough to get them over the line hey!  A bit like Steve May in 2021. 

I remember reading Leigh Mathew's autobiography and one of his big take away is that good luck with injuries is pretty key to winning a flag.  Similar to the aforementioned Neale and May examples Mathew's did also admit that Jonathan Brown was pretty banged up in one of the Lions three peat flags, but passed a fitness test and thus played.  I'm thinking that there is probably some value in star players just being out their to soak up some opposition attention even if they don't have a huge impact in their own right, so long as they can bluff it well enough.

Edited 23 hours ago by Rodney (Balls) Grinter

[Little Goffy 14,310]

2 hours ago, picket fence said:

Ho ho ya gotta get there first!! If we are 2 wins, 4 loses after 6 He will and should be sacked! Lets stop [censored] footing around, however... if he is 4 wins 2 loses he keeps his job...! For a while yet

[Rodney (Balls) Grinter 10,730]

4 hours ago, Little Goffy said:

Yeah, well they were 2 wins and 5 losses (your point I'm guessing) after a bunch of almost seasons. If only Picket was in charge of the Lions maybe a decent coach could have been put in charge and won them the flag!