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4 hours ago, illbarto said:

As much as I love Jonesy I would have thought Daisy Peirce would be a great asset in the coaches box.

DAISY replacing Goody??? DONT MIND THIS ONE LITTLE BIT!

 
On 25/10/2024 at 11:56, Ethan Tremblay said:

It’s Jones and Nathan Bassett.

Confirmed Jones and Bassett have joined the Dees.

Random dude: Ethan?

Ethan Tremblay: Yes?

Random dude: You’ve done it again! 

#EthanTremblayTheTradeWhisperer #HowDoesHeDoIt? 

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On 24/10/2024 at 14:30, BORNADO said:

and guernseys with the wrong colour

Don't forget the blazers! 

On 25/10/2024 at 07:02, Travy14 said:

I hope it is Bassett, good get for the club.  Now hopefully we can get Bartel

I know nothing of the bloke so out of my curiosity, How will he be a good get?


24 minutes ago, John Demonic said:

I know nothing of the bloke so out of my curiosity, How will he be a good get?

As a player, he could find the pill, a real ball hound, who fought for the hard ball like a dog with a bone.

As a coach, is on the hard side, but apparently his bark is worse than his bite.

On 24/10/2024 at 15:05, Demons11 said:

Welcome back Mark Neeld 

Really missing the facepalm emoji

2 hours ago, binman said:

As a player, he could find the pill, a real ball hound, who fought for the hard ball like a dog with a bone.

As a coach, is on the hard side, but apparently his bark is worse than his bite.

They said he was highly rated, well that was just a lie

He aint never coached a flag and he aint no friend of mine

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2 hours ago, binman said:

As a player, he could find the pill, a real ball hound, who fought for the hard ball like a dog with a bone.

As a coach, is on the hard side, but apparently his bark is worse than his bite.

Yep 100 % Led Norwood to a flag and guess who starred!!!@@@ 

JUICE NEWTON!!!!🤩

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10 hours ago, John Demonic said:

They said he was highly rated, well that was just a lie

He aint never coached a flag and he aint no friend of mine

He never played for the dogs.


18 hours ago, binman said:

As a player, he could find the pill, a real ball hound, who fought for the hard ball like a dog with a bone.

As a coach, is on the hard side, but apparently his bark is worse than his bite.

All earsay.

7 hours ago, binman said:

He never played for the dogs.

No Bin but his brother Scott woof woof did.

43 minutes ago, DeeZone said:

No Bin but his brother Scott woof woof did.

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...perhaps?


On 03/11/2024 at 19:12, John Demonic said:

I know nothing of the bloke so out of my curiosity, How will he be a good get?

For those that don't know much about Bassett before he started coaching at AFL level.

After a very solid AFL career as a full back/Back Pocket he took over the head coaching position at Norwood in the SANFL.

Norwood had been on the bottom of the ladder for the previous 5-6 years and he took them to a threepeat, not to mention after each year he lost min 4 of his best players to the AFL.  (Imagine losing Viney, Langdon, Kossie and Jackson after 2021)

Not only did he turn the Norwood football club around, he turned a bunch of guys into AFL standard footballers.  A lot of them were mature ago too not just kids with talent.

21 hours ago, Travy14 said:

For those that don't know much about Bassett before he started coaching at AFL level.

After a very solid AFL career as a full back/Back Pocket he took over the head coaching position at Norwood in the SANFL.

Norwood had been on the bottom of the ladder for the previous 5-6 years and he took them to a threepeat, not to mention after each year he lost min 4 of his best players to the AFL.  (Imagine losing Viney, Langdon, Kossie and Jackson after 2021)

Not only did he turn the Norwood football club around, he turned a bunch of guys into AFL standard footballers.  A lot of them were mature ago too not just kids with talent.

I like the alternative pathway into AFL coaching sometimes. There's no hard and fast rule. 

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