12 minutes ago, beelzebub said:

I do wish him well. Best of luck in the next adventure. Thanks for your efforts but we need new.

Im quite shocked.

Well done club 👏

Onwards and upwards.

You’re quite shocked …pleeease. We have absolutely justified the wider football community calling our club a basket case because the way we have handled this is appalling. I was firmly in the camp of Goody seeing out the season but now we will be front & centre of the media in all facets for the wrong reasons. So now “ all us happy clappers” who continually have to justify our optimism can read all you “negative Nellie’s” justify your opinions next season. For a start we should have increased membership at the start of the season and of course huge crowds.

5 minutes ago, roy11 said:

Simon doesn't like the spotlight, so it makes some sense. Wishing him all the best.

One of the more ridiculous comments I have read. What about shocked ..gutted ..disrespected ? That makes sense

2 minutes ago, Dannyz said:

D day updates:

Goodwin is furious and feels the rug was pulled from underneath him with recent promises.

18 minutes ago, Lucifers Hero said:

Female intuition suggests the divorce hasn't gone well.

Looks like my femaie intuition was right!

Edited August 5Aug 5 by Lucifers Hero

33 minutes ago, DeeZone said:

Well I was very surprised this morning but not shocked.

First off a huge thanks to Simon Goodwin I loved our rise back up the ladder in 2017, who will forget our finals campaign in 2018 beating Hawks & Cats and then 2021 when we played scintillating football, beat the Cats x3, Brisbane in Adelaide, Cats in Perth then The Doggies in the big one, playing the best football that I have ever witnessed we got a Photo with the Cup at the G. Being great in 2022-2023 but kicking ourselves out of a win in the finals, who will ever forget that disgusting game against Pies and then the numbing loss against the Blues. The wheels fell off in 2024 after Tracc’s tragic injury that really rocked the club.

I am very disappointed at the way this has ended for Simon and hope that he is OK. You go with our blessings Simon and most of us hope that you enjoy whatever comes your way, you deserve it despite our poor last 18 months. I’m unhappy in the way that Our Club has stuffed this sacking up letting that Rat Morris announce it to the World but Now Demonland can get back to it’s better self.

I hope (but am not hopeful) the club learns some sort of lesson around communications here.

In the age of news delivered instantly to devices in our pockets and journalists who clamor to be first rather than right, there is absolutely no reason Brad's email couldn't have gone out last night (that also included a mention that a press conference was forthcoming). Footy is a 24 hour business these days, why on earth would we willingly provide any sort of scope to lose control of the initiative on the comms around this? Our board is mentally stuck in the 90s.

11 minutes ago, Deestar9 said:

That sounds good ..won a Premiership in his second year & then coached another 12 years with out another. I wonder how long it would be till you turned on him ? I could also throw in Simpson..Hinkley ..Beveridge ..

It’s a results based business when results don’t come over a period of time then yes I change my mind on the coach. Not sure I am on my pat malone there deestar.

5 minutes ago, Dannyz said:

Paul Guerra leaving his day job at short notice to provide his presence at the G for the presser

This bloke better be good because we’ve really created a mess not hiring one of the 7 billion people who was actually able to take the job

1 minute ago, Deestar9 said:

You’re quite shocked …pleeease. We have absolutely justified the wider football community calling our club a basket case because the way we have handled this is appalling. I was firmly in the camp of Goody seeing out the season but now we will be front & centre of the media in all facets for the wrong reasons. So now “ all us happy clappers” who continually have to justify our optimism can read all you “negative Nellie’s” justify your opinions next season. For a start we should have increased membership at the start of the season and of course huge crowds.

One of the more ridiculous comments I have read. What about shocked ..gutted ..disrespected ? That makes sense

I don't think its ridiculous, he'd definitely feel gutted but don't see him as the farewell game/tour type person.

2 hours ago, picket fence said:

Just got the news from LONDON!

THERE ARE NI DIGNIFIED EXITS, Once sacked, yeah well thanks for 21 but since then has been totally Shizzen. Now for the next DYNASTY!

What you say may well be true, but I like to think that there is enough humanity left in us, that SG could at least be shown a modicum of respect and appreciation for what he had achieved which, in terms of this club’s history, is somewhat impressive.

Edited August 5Aug 5 by hardtack

Simon won a flag, we all longed for it. We played some great football over his tenure, he oversaw a 17 game winning streak which I dare say not many of us have ever seen. We were extremely hard to beat for 3 seasons. Thank you for the memories Goody.

13 minutes ago, Dannyz said:

D day updates:

Goodwin is furious and feels the rug was pulled from underneath him from recent promises.

Petracca the first player alongside Culley to arrive at The G for Goodys press conference.

Paul Guerra leaving his day job at short notice to provide his presence at the G for the presser.

He cannot surely be that dense. He must have surely seen the writing on the wall after the Saints loss. There was no coming back from that.

We are a good corporate citizen - giving the endless AFL media monster more grist for the weekly mill.

15 minutes ago, Dannyz said:

D day updates:

Goodwin is furious and feels the rug was pulled from underneath him from recent promises.

Petracca the first player alongside Culley to arrive at The G for Goodys press conference.

Paul Guerra leaving his day job at short notice to provide his presence at the G for the presser.

Thanks. Does the club have a clue as to who the leaker is?

1 minute ago, Superunknown said:

We are a good corporate citizen - giving the endless AFL media monster more grist for the weekly mill.

Sometimes I feel that having so many heavy corporate hitters amongst our fanbase is actually detrimental. Too many clashing personalities and self-interest. Almost every issue with this club can be traced back to the board level.

13 minutes ago, Deestar9 said:

You’re quite shocked …pleeease. We have absolutely justified the wider football community calling our club a basket case because the way we have handled this is appalling. I was firmly in the camp of Goody seeing out the season but now we will be front & centre of the media in all facets for the wrong reasons. So now “ all us happy clappers” who continually have to justify our optimism can read all you “negative Nellie’s” justify your opinions next season. For a start we should have increased membership at the start of the season and of course huge crowds.

One of the more ridiculous comments I have read. What about shocked ..gutted ..disrespected ? That makes sense

You're only reacting to what you know... which in this instance about this event will be like the rest of us...2/3 of 3/4 of sfa.

Im sure what needed to be done has been done. It just wont sit well with everyone . And as such i really couldn't care.

The Dees had a decision to make. It made it. I'm surprised, but glad of its timing.

The bandaid's off now let's get on with it.

I wish all parties well.

Edited August 5Aug 5 by beelzebub

Just read Green’s letter.

Despite the obvious warm sentiment toward Goodwin, it’s quite poorly written.

Commas all over the place in incorrect places - don’t we have a media and comms department to prep and polish these?

Struth! Thanks for the flag Simon, you gave me something I never thought I’d see!

Thankfully we got Kozzi locked away before this!

Simon will be live screened on MFC website with The President at 1:00pl pm.

4 minutes ago, DubDee said:

Thankfully we got Kozzi locked away before this!

But for how long.

Contracts mean nothing these days.

Healthy teams don’t put up that last qtr against StK.

Telling him when we have made the decision is as respectful as you can be in this position. That is not an endorsement of the board - this is a bare minimum decision - there are much harder ones to come.

Thanks to Simon who will go down as our greatest coach of the modern era and I hope someone who will be around the club in years to come.

7 minutes ago, Superunknown said:

Just read Green’s letter.

Despite the obvious warm sentiment toward Goodwin, it’s quite poorly written.

Commas all over the place in incorrect places - don’t we have a media and comms department to prep and polish these?

I suspect we used an outside PR/crisis management firm to draft it.

If it's true that Goodwin is shocked and furious then it's obvious he is not living in reality.

2 bottom 6 finishes with this list is not acceptable

Will be having a couple of Wild Turkey tonight whilst rewatching the 2021 GF highlights, will never forget that day but also really looking fwd to what next year brings.