3 hours ago, Wells 11 said:

Nothing he said would quell the violent mob we’ve become but, for me, I’m still glad he came out and said something.

If Brad's statement stopped at the first paragraph and started again at the i want to thanks the members part then you could argue this is an acceptable/nothing statement.

In totality, what has been sent out, is a load of [censored] and an insult to the intelligence of our fan base.

1 hour ago, chookrat said:

It's not obvious to me. Our teams lack of pressure, ability to lay effective tackles to pressure the ball carrier / force turnovers, and poor kicking and/or forward movement into our forward 50 makes it impossible to compete. While coaching is a part of the problem it is more to do with the 18 players on the ground not performing at the level required irrespective of match day tactics.

Totally agree chookrat when you only have 12-14 players solidly contributing against bummers 16-18 players working hard, you have no hope. Time for drastic change, our bottom 6-8 players wouldn’t be missed. Give those players at Casey that are working hard a chance to have a crack.

I care a lot.

Getting Rosamund Pike vibes. And not in a sexy way.

This is a bit more reaction than response.

To me if we don't get an industry experienced hard hitting CEO I will start getting concerned that current short term issues may become long term issues

Loosely translated....

"Thanks for flying Demons, we'll try not to crash again next flight"

Totally pathetic nothing response from the club, basically trust me bro

I don't want a good man i.e Brad to run the club. We need someone that has mongrel in them. I heard that Brad said the board has every faith in Goody , usually means he is a dead man walking.

We are not going to turn things around as the players in my opinion do not want to play for Goody and co. I wonder how we can get our first round pick back from Essendon. Perhaps Fritsch,two second rounders for there 1 st rounder and 2 x 4 th rounders. Maybe we will be stupid enough to give them Fritsch and our future 1 st rounder.

Will be interesting what the media vultures make of Brad Green's letter.

As President he had to say something. But it's definitely a case of "damned if you do, and damned if you don't" as others have said.

The pressure shouldn't just be squarely on Simon Goodwin's shoulders though. The players are paid alot of money to win in a high performance sport. If they don't perform they shouldn't get paid as much as they do.

2 hours ago, titan_uranus said:

If he said nothing he’d avoid a meaningless response like today’s letter, but be criticised for being “asleep at the wheel” or similar.

If he says what he said today it’s vice versa.

Reality is, because we’re down in the dumps and/or in a crisis right now, he is going to be criticised no matter what he does.

Or he could you know be a leader and actually do something, put the players / coaches on notice publicly that this won’t stand and there will be repercussions if things don’t change and quickly

3 hours ago, Billy said:

What a load of Codswallop!!!

People aren’t going Brad if changes aren’t made, lucky to get 10k on Saturday

So, you're a fair weather supporter? Not sure we need more of those.

10 minutes ago, Garbo said:

Totally pathetic nothing response from the club, basically trust me bro

Calm down, Garbo. We all have to stay the course. There are no silver bullets, just persistence.

It's what the letter doesn't say that says everything. I would say that negotiations with Simon are at an advanced stage.

Edited April 14Apr 14 by Queanbeyan Demon

Just now, Go Lordie said:

Calm down, Garbo. We all have to stay the course. There are no silver bullets, just persistence.

The bullet need not be silver

10 minutes ago, junk said:

I don't want a good man i.e Brad to run the club. We need someone that has mongrel in them. I heard that Brad said the board has every faith in Goody , usually means he is a dead man walking.

We are not going to turn things around as the players in my opinion do not want to play for Goody and co. I wonder how we can get our first round pick back from Essendon. Perhaps Fritsch,two second rounders for there 1 st rounder and 2 x 4 th rounders. Maybe we will be stupid enough to give them Fritsch and our future 1 st rounder.

Too early to assume we will finish last and give the Bummers the First Pick. Hold, hold...

2 hours ago, chookrat said:

Can you running Goody's post match press conferences through the AI checker?

1. I have the highest paid subscription level to chatGPT

2. I asked it to aggregate Simon's cliques over the last 12 months

3. I fair dinkum broke it

4. Came back with a response like that of Robot from Lost in Space - "does not compute"

Dead set life imitating art.

36 minutes ago, Waltham33 said:

To me if we don't get an industry experienced hard hitting CEO I will start getting concerned that current short term issues may become long term issues

They are long term issues. One flag in 60 years says so.

@DeeZone I greatly value your opinions so wondering what shocked you about my post. Cheers.

Clearly some people are going to be critical of anything that Brad says in this situation, some will appreciate that he has spoken and some will prefer that nothing is said. As such, he can't win, whatever he does.

Without outlining exactly why we are in this position and what we intend to do differently to fix the situation, I find the letter entirely pointless. As such, I think I'd prefer he said nothing and avoid giving the media anything to tear apart.

I would like to think that he has been far less "vanilla" behind closed doors.

26 minutes ago, old dee said:

You know what Bluey I think he is too old for the job. Being envolved at the top of an AFL club is not easy. It is the job for younger person. He quit the MCC to live a quieter lifestyle.

He’s only 69 Old Dee. If he is healthy and fit, age shouldn’t be an issue at all. It’s his qualities and experience we are after.

FFS sake - ease up on Brad Green. A great of the club and has been nothing but a decent Melbourne person for 30 years. Came onto the Board when it was suing each other and accepted the presidency when the two that preceeded him were doing their best to destroy the joint. Made the lawyers go away - removed the toxic CEO and is now lumped with a premiership coach who can't read the room. The guy has been surrounded by psychos and many want to pot him. Amazing

Edited April 14Apr 14 by Queanbeyan Demon

4 minutes ago, Lucifers Hero said:

@DeeZone I greatly value your opinions so wondering what shocked you about my post. Cheers.

Sorry LH just re/read your post I liked that you raised the point re the FD review, we certainly need an update as to where it has progressed to I guess I reacted to the inference that it may have been a sham given the coverage that it received post season. Sorry.

Just now, DeeZone said:

Sorry LH just re/read your post I liked that you raised the point re the FD review, we certainly need an update as to where it has progressed to I guess I reacted to the inference that it may have been a sham given the coverage that it received post season. Sorry.

Should have realised it was an 'emogi typo' as I've never seen you react or comment negatively to any posts.

Thanks 😊

This reads like a president knows this Saturdays crowd will be poor & it's a call to arms to spin any positivity so people will come

Maybe he should have said nothing. But I get the feeling no matter what he does he'll get criticised. Apparently the club remains silent too much but now....

If you were tasked to write this what would you say? Not write a formulaic (AI) letter? Not mention anything positive? Just regurgitate the most Chicken-Little stuff Melbourne fans are posting on social media? What exactly?

Can't see how 5 losses in a row can cause a more urgent response than 3 or 4, in fact we have only won 1 in 10 if you include last year. Empty words.