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Darren Burgess - Going Places

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12 hours ago, Skuit said:

I'm in the pay him anything camp. He can be our forward-line coach as well if he wants. Will buy us another flag. 

Better players might help.

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    16 hours ago, Adam The God said:

    I maintain it was Burgo's fitness program and Selwyn's injury management partnership that was so successful in 2021.

    If we can afford both and Selwyn is prepared to re focus on just injury management, that could be huge for us.

    I agree, I also think the play through pain/ injury philosophy derailed our 2022 campaign

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    A DB return could be a thing that appeased Trac...as I add 2 and 2 to get 5 just like every self respecting journalist in 2024

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    his magic didn;t seem to work with the Crows.

    i agree with others though. we should try to lure him back

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    7 minutes ago, BDA said:

    his magic didn;t seem to work with the Crows.

    i agree with others though. we should try to lure him back

    Crows don't have a Petracca, Oliver, Viney, May, Lever and Gawn to be fair

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    35 minutes ago, Sir Windsor said:

    Has it been even be said that he has signed? I thought it was just interest / discussion 

    The article is about Carlt signing a different Fitness guru.  nothing about Burgess, but they were apparently a front runner for him.

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    2 minutes ago, biggestred said:

    Any chance we get this bloke back?

    No.

    He's also in a joint business partnership alongside Greg Stafford and Jim Plunkett

    Edited by dazzledavey36

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    • 11 months later...

    DB is off to Turin. No doubt this will end in tears and he will return to Oz within 12 months. Back to the MFC in 2027?

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    Good operator, who would really know?

    He had ultimate success with us and has our thanks for a job well done.

    Is there a fair bit of hype that goes along with the position?

    Are other fitness guru's as good?

    They seem to go in and out of fashion over the years...

    What is his overall record like?

    Seems to move around a lot.

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    I think there's more weight to how valuable he was for our premiership effort.

    Good on him.

    https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/renowned-fitness-boss-departs-crows-to-join-italian-football-giants-in-big-blow/news-story/2cf16073af0db6694d65921495505cfc

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    Gee a great gig for him. Couldn't really knock that offer back.

    It will be interesting to see how adelaide go next season

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    Wasn't one of his gripes about being involved in football clubs over in Europe that his role is far more peripheral?

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    3 hours ago, dees189227 said:

    Gee a great gig for him. Couldn't really knock that offer back.

    It will be interesting to see how adelaide go next season

    I wonder if it takes a year or so for the fitness to to drop off slowly.

    We did pretty well in last quarter's for a year or two before the slump was obvious

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    4 hours ago, dees189227 said:

    Gee a great gig for him. Couldn't really knock that offer back.

    It will be interesting to see how adelaide go next season

    They'll win their first 10.

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    2 hours ago, Brownie said:

    I wonder if it takes a year or so for the fitness to to drop off slowly.

    We did pretty well in last quarter's for a year or two before the slump was obvious

    You are kidding. In 2022 we lost 8 games after going 10-0. We led at half time in 6 of them, and trailed by less than a goal in the other 2.

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    Hope he likes it cool, lovely city but it gets cold. In a large valley surrounded by snow capped mountains . Fantastic street markets, close to the truffle areas and some lovely wine regions alba, asti and barolo. Get a bus train and tram pass, cheaper than the hop on hop off bus city tour and will last 7 days. If you go there stay a while.

    Good luck to him, undervalued at the demons. Took a long time to get them fit, then once he left we lasted till last quarter to fade away . Go Dee’s. We need to be fitter.

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