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6 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

I don’t think Brad is the Problem

This is football Department and Fitness

Brad joined the board in November 2020. He and the board have been asleep at the wheel.

The FD report directly to the board. The board is accountable.

 
Just now, Adam The God said:

Brad joined the board in November 2020. He and the board have been asleep at the wheel.

The FD report directly to the board. The board is accountable.

Of course they are. But we need to replenish the Stocks of the Football Department and high Performance Management

I am sure they are well aware of that. It’s hard to fill assistant positions since COVID

Blame the AFL for that mess

11 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

I don’t think Brad is the Problem

This is football Department and Fitness

He might be part of it SWYL but I hope at the least he is in deep conversation with Smith about when to pull the plug on Goody.

WE NEED A PLAN GOING FORWARD so that next season we can move full steam ahead. (Yes another wasted season this yr though).

 
1 minute ago, DemonOX said:

He might be part of it SWYL but I hope at the least he is in deep conversation with Smith about when to pull the plug on Goody.

WE NEED A PLAN GOING FORWARD so that next season we can move full steam ahead. (Yes another wasted season this yr though).

Everybody needs to take some responsibility, i am not excusing anybody

But our problems are on field

Adam is just salty that Peter Lawrence is not on the Board

1 minute ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Of course they are. But we need to replenish the Stocks of the Football Department and high Performance Management

I am sure they are well aware of that. It’s hard to fill assistant positions since COVID

Blame the AFL for that mess

No, I blame the board.

They installed Pert (a disaster) instead of those PJ put forward, and then allowed messy legal battles to play out over Goody's head for at least 12-18 months.

And every club in the land has the same constraints vis a vis COVID, that's not a reasonable excuse. We got unlucky with Burgess wanting to move home. I think had we had him across 2022-2023 we'd have at least another flag, but the personnel inside the FD have clearly let standards plummet and continue to do so.


Green needs to make decisions now, the club is losing everything they worked so hard to get, through the Roos/Jackson era.

They are playing local football standard in the AFL

They were all walking around with their hands on hips & heads down, HALFWAY THROUGH THE FIRST BLO#*Y QUARTER

Goodwin & Griffiths are to blame for this & if Clarry Trac & Kozzie want out then [censored] THEM OFF, they’ve treated us like trash for over 12 months

I’ve gone in to bat for Clarry for 2 years, but I’m over what he’s done to the club & Trac still carrying on like a spoilt brat

Bet they’re still holding out their hand for the massive pay checks

I’ve spoken to plenty of us Dees supporters that won’t go again until Goodwin goes

Just now, Adam The God said:

No, I blame the board.

They installed Pert (a disaster) instead of those PJ put forward, and then allowed messy legal battles to play out over Goody's head for at least 12-18 months.

And every club in the land has the same constraints vis a vis COVID, that's not a reasonable excuse. We got unlucky with Burgess wanting to move home. I think had we had him across 2022-2023 we'd have at least another flag, but the personnel inside the FD have clearly let standards plummet and continue to do so.

I know you blame the Board. Your Candidate wasn’t elected.

Losing Burgess was a HUGE loss that was out of anyone’s control, yes i believe it cost us a Flag… But you cannot blame the Board for that

 
2 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Everybody needs to take some responsibility, i am not excusing anybody

But our problems are on field

We haven’t got an off field

Just now, Billy said:

We haven’t got an off field

Different issue, right now we must deal with personnel


1 minute ago, Billy said:

We haven’t got an off field

But of course this isn't the board's fault. 🤦

10 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Everybody needs to take some responsibility, i am not excusing anybody

But our problems are on field

Adam is just salty that Peter Lawrence is not on the Board

Either way hope at the least he is in deep conversation with Smith about when to pull the plug onGoody.

3 minutes ago, DemonOX said:

Either way hope at the least he is in deep conversation with Smith about when to pull the plug onGoody.

I am sure he is not the only one doing that Ox. The Club cannot afford to stand still. The damage only increases

32 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

I don’t think Brad is the Problem

This is football Department and Fitness

If he hasn't the stones to do what's required.... then he's as much the problem as anyone.

6 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

I am sure he is not the only one doing that Ox. The Club cannot afford to stand still. The damage only increases

Any chance Jackson coming back and fixing us for a second time?


4 minutes ago, beelzebub said:

If he hasn't the stones to do what's required.... then he's as much the problem as anyone.

He has a job to do right now. If he doesn’t, he should step aside. But we also need to find a replacement, putting in the wrong replacement would be catastrophic

It can’t all happen in an hour

39 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

I don’t think Brad is the Problem

This is football Department and Fitness

You are correct.Brad unfortunely is totally ineffectual can't be him!

Watch him barbecued as the sacrifice by board members who

Escape scrutiny

3 minutes ago, DemonOX said:

Any chance Jackson coming back and fixing us for a second time?

Money always talks. Another crucial reason we didn’t snag a 2nd Flag…

2 minutes ago, DemonOX said:

Any chance Jackson coming back and fixing us for a second time?

And have the board say they were implicitly responsible? The board could have had PJ undertake the external review at the end of the last year. Instead they had Pert review himself.

Edited by Adam The God

3 minutes ago, Adam The God said:

And have the board say they were implicitly responsible? The board could have had PJ undertake the external review at the end of the last year. Instead they had Pert review himself.

Wish I could review myself at work !!


40 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

inOf course they are. But we need to replenish the Stocks of the Football Department and high Performance Management

I am sure they are well aware of that. It’s hard to fill assistant positions since COVID

Blame the AFL for that mess

wasn't green the football director? the board member that understands football and independent of the footy dept.

why didn't he see this train wreck coming?

6 minutes ago, BDA said:

wasn't green the football director? the board member that understands football and independent of the footy dept.

why didn't he see this train wreck coming?

Maybe he did and is already working on it. I haven’t spoken to Brad directly for 18 months, but i don’t think he is solely responsible for this mess, as has been suggested earlier in this thread

2 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Maybe he did and is already working on it. I haven’t spoken to Brad directly for 18 months, but i don’t think he is solely responsible for this mess, as has been suggested earlier in this thread

He is president with seeming ly no power

 
8 minutes ago, BDA said:

wasn't green the football director? the board member that understands football and independent of the footy dept.

why didn't he see this train wreck coming?

As I mentioned months ago, Brad’s a nice guy however he doesn’t have the cajones to make these decisions. He shouldn’t be in the position he finds himself in.

and what exactly do you want him to do right now Kent?

Goodwin is done, personally i wish he had been replaced after the ‘23 Season, but that wasn’t to be

Who replaces him?

They’ve got to be a serious Coach to get this list firing

Quick reactions often backfire

We need Top Shelf

I am hoping the same process is taking place with the CEO


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