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16 hours ago, old dee said:

No to Graham Wright

 We have seldom  won with pies cast offs. 

We won the Brownlow with a pies cast off

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    9 hours ago, FreedFromDesire said:

    We did win our first flag in 57 years with an ex-Pies CEO, an ex-Pies player as assistant coach, and a list built largely by an ex-Pies recruiting manager.

    Just get the best people, it's largely irrelevant where they're from.

    Exactly.

    Get best people in and stop whinging about where they're from or conspiracy theories.

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    On 16/09/2024 at 04:09, Little Goffy said:

    I did some googling and was a bit surprised to see he'd been with us since 2012.

    Basically makes him the architect of our premiership list - pursing the structural players which made our game plan and our glory possible.

    No mistaking that there has been a string of misses in the last couple of years, albeit relatively low-cost misses. I suspect trying to find a back-up ruck capable of stepping in full-time if needed while also being content to be 80% forward for potentially years is one of the hardest recruiting tasks there is, especially if you are hoping for that recruit to be a longer term successor to the game's greatest ruckman.

    The perception last trade period was that Tim Lamb was simply dealing with too much all at once, between the Petty, Oliver and Grundy kerfuffles on top of the usual trade period nonsense.

    Clearly it would be silly to try to bump Lamb on in the handful of weeks between now and trade period this season, so let's see if we can get some transparency on what people expect.

    So...

    What benchmark in this coming trade period needs to be reached in order for Lamb to re-establish himself as our preferred recruiting / list manager?

    I don't think we can blame Lamb and his recruiting team as they operate on a just-in-need situation whilst endeavouring to look forward to upcoming future needs, BUT my point is that current needs at the time are the first to set in place. 

    Lamb continues to be our best person for the job I believe.

    As for the current benchmark - we need a supportive Ruck for the aging Gawn plus we need forward driving power in the mid-size range. Overall, we have a good up-and-coming crop. Look for improvement in Jefferson.

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    54 minutes ago, Demonland said:

     

    Of course.

    Left Pies, now joins Blues, on I would imagine a very nice salary package.

    Now Blues and Pies continue the fight for Houston.

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    Very good get for Carlton. I’m annoyed we didn’t throw our hat in the ring as replacement for Pert.

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    1 hour ago, Roost it far said:

    Does this mean Brian Cook is available?

    Who knows? Probably going the way of Peter Jackson after this. 

    Hopefully Wright is better suited to what he was doing and CEO was a bad idea. 

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    1 hour ago, Roost it far said:

    Does this mean Brian Cook is available?

    No, he is looking at retirement. He is contracted at Carlton until the end of next year.

    Next year will be Wright's CEO training year under Cook.

    Might be good for CFC if he could stay on as a consultant post 2025 though but I understand he no longer wants to work full time after next year.

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    1 hour ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    Outstanding get for Carlton.

    Likewise for wright. He was never going sideways career wise. Ready for ceo and smart planning by blues Board and Cook.

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    I am bewildered that someone would ask this question. 

    Tim Lamb and the members of the recruitment team have done an outstanding job for many years. We cannot be critical of the strategy the club has developed. It is simple, trade up the draft board to pick up the best talent available. This strategy appears to work to renew the team.

    The 2024 year, has not in any way been a consequence of the recruitment strategy. You simply can not forecast, that you will lose three of the best midfielders in the AFL and the club's history within six months. You cannot forecast what their behaviour will be after serious injuries, both physical and psychological. They are not machines as the media would suggest (looking at Tracc's Instagram, I may be corrected).

    We and more importantly the media have a two-minute cycle of dredge and a poor memory. Oxygen is free!

    Let Tim and the football department do their job.

     

     

     

     

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    I was critical of Lambs presser performance earlier this week.

    But kudos to him and whomever propped him for today's conference which I have just watch.

    In the face of relentless and mindless questions Tim stayed on message brilliantly.

    Well done.

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    7 hours ago, No. 31 said:

    No, he is looking at retirement. He is contracted at Carlton until the end of next year.

    Next year will be Wright's CEO training year under Cook.

    Might be good for CFC if he could stay on as a consultant post 2025 though but I understand he no longer wants to work full time after next year.

    Brian will be 70 next year so probably a good time to step back...

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    29 minutes ago, Demon17 said:

    I was critical of Lambs presser performance earlier this week.

    But kudos to him and whomever propped him for today's conference which I have just watch.

    In the face of relentless and mindless questions Tim stayed on message brilliantly.

    Well done.

    I didn’t even realise he did one today

    Is it online?

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    8 hours ago, Balance Demon said:

    I am bewildered that someone would ask this question. 

    Tim Lamb and the members of the recruitment team have done an outstanding job for many years. We cannot be critical of the strategy the club has developed. 

    Let Tim and the football department do their job.

    Dear bewildered drafting has been good.

    Player trading has been terrible & made our list worse to whit Dunstan, Schache, Hunter, McAdam, Fullerton, Billings.

    Compare that to Hawthorn & Geelong in the same period.

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    7 minutes ago, Cranky Franky said:

    Compare that to Hawthorn & Geelong in the same period.

    Just cherry-pcking = confirmation bias.

    Why not compare to say St Kilda or North. Look at who Freo have lost over the last few years. etc. etc. 

    Not only are your posts tirelessly repetitive, they're superficial.

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    2 hours ago, Demon17 said:

    I was critical of Lambs presser performance earlier this week.

    But kudos to him and whomever propped him for today's conference which I have just watch.

    In the face of relentless and mindless questions Tim stayed on message brilliantly.

    Well done.

    today's presser? where?

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    15 hours ago, rjay said:

    Brian will be 70 next year so probably a good time to step back...

    I know Brian quite well. I think he and his wife Claire are keen to travel. They've only been able to have brief stints OS the past few years. He's also keen to spend more time with family. He has a soft spot for the Dees as he started his senior football with our U19's. IMO he be a great get for a board position or similar. He would similarly have been ideal for a position on the review panel had he been available. Both Brian and his mentor, the late Frank Costa, resurrected the GFC leading to their 2007 flag. As a football administrator he has no peer.

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    34 minutes ago, M_9 said:

    I know Brian quite well. I think he and his wife Claire are keen to travel. They've only been able to have brief stints OS the past few years. He's also keen to spend more time with family. He has a soft spot for the Dees as he started his senior football with our U19's. IMO he be a great get for a board position or similar. He would similarly have been ideal for a position on the review panel had he been available. Both Brian and his mentor, the late Frank Costa, resurrected the GFC leading to their 2007 flag. As a football administrator he has no peer.

    Get in his ear

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    1 hour ago, Roost it far said:

    Get in his ear

    Given that he's got a year to run at the Blues now is not the time. May ask about his future intentions but I doubt he'll know. Pretty sure he was hesitant to commit to three years with the Blues. Right now is the busiest time of the year for the likes (life) of Brian.

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