Speak of the devil..

9 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Handled himself with class and was super professional.

Yes, he's definitely going to be at the Giants next year i reckon.

Reuniting with Jennings. I'd like to get Jennings back.

$1.2 million payout + you'd imagine at least 350k-400k as an assistant with the increase in soft cap. Nice little pay packet for 2026.

Can we just re hire him?

He spoke incredibly well.... all class and will forever be MFC royalty...

Hopefully the board actually know what they are doing

On 10/08/2025 at 21:54, KozzyCan said:

That was the most frustrating thing to listen to. So many factual inaccuracies and half truths.

Gerard Healy from what I remember has never been asked to participate on any official position on the MFC administration chain.

That speaks volumes if true.

So did he appear on 360 tonight?

After watching Simon on AFL 360

… I hope to God the board made the right decision…whatever success that hopefully this team has ..his footprint is well & truly on it …

Apart from the usual “click baiters” & the usual supporters …I’ve heard no-one saying we need a new coach. More talking about the lack of support he had during all the [censored] last few years of issue after issue he had to continually defend.

On 09/08/2025 at 10:07, Willmoy1947 said:

I was taught for ten years at an all male Christian Brothers School in a posh suburb in Melbourne.

The Teachers who I remember and was impressed with the most, in retrospect, were not Brothers, but were the two Lay Teachers that taught there.

Judging by the Pupils of our Premiership Team of 2021, Simon was a very good teacher of Men.

Lol. Give us more specific info - which one???

1 hour ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Speak of the devil..

Surely that gets us off the hook for his salary if he takes it.

1 minute ago, KozzyCan said:

Surely that gets us off the hook for his salary if he takes it.

I think we pay the difference between what they pay and we would have paid?

Just now, Clintosaurus said:

I think we pay the difference between what they pay and we would have paid?

It’s not a trade. Presumably he’d be breaching his non-compete by joining another club while on our books. Same reason Clarkson took a gap year after getting pushed out at the Hawks.

It’s the right move - getting rid of Goody - but boy does he make you question the validity of it. Has maintained a very professional viewpoint - much like a live job interview.

If he does goto GWS, Hogan and Bedford must be feeling a bit weird as no doubt Goody had a role in their departures.

Spoke passionately, honestly, and impressively just now on AFL 360

He’s gone out with class without the slightest recriminations or blame towards anyone

1 hour ago, Adam The God said:

Reuniting with Jennings. I'd like to get Jennings back.

Wasn’t there some disagreement between them, which ultimately forced Jennings out?

16 minutes ago, KozzyCan said:

It’s not a trade. Presumably he’d be breaching his non-compete by joining another club while on our books. Same reason Clarkson took a gap year after getting pushed out at the Hawks.

No, the club fired him. He’s currently on gardening leave and after a specified period of time (normally three to six months) he could join another club. If he joins another club while we’re still paying him, if his contract with Melbourne has an offset clause, then the earnings from his new job would be deducted from the payout owed by us.

33 minutes ago, Clintosaurus said:

I think we pay the difference between what they pay and we would have paid?

But do they get to discount - covertly or overtly - 'what they pay' because of what we 'would have paid'? (will be paying?)

1 hour ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Speak of the devil..

Not a bad ship to jump on to, I'd reckon?

1 hour ago, Deestar9 said:

Apart from the usual “click baiters” & the usual supporters …I’ve heard no-one saying we need a new coach. More talking about the lack of support he had during all the [censored] last few years of issue after issue he had to continually defend.

Are you living in an echo chamber?

2 hours ago, Heart Beats True said:

He did a good job staying positive. The question around his thoughts on keeping Viney, Petracca and Oliver together for next year was shot down quickly. He said he wouldn’t elaborate and that’s essentially private. It was one of the few times he seemed to bristle at the questions.

GW tried incredibly hard to unearth negativity towards the board and admin however Goodwin played a straight bat.

He sounds like he already has a job lined up in Sydney.

Not quite what I heard - I heard (all very politely of course):

1. You need stability and alignment to have success.

2. Then referenced how that (stability and alignment) existed when Peter Jackson was there, implying it does not exist currently.

3. Clearly believes the Board's decision was wrong (but you would have to ask them for the rationale - apart from the "new voice" line).

4. And finally he said "Gary, you've got Greeny's number - why don't you give him a call?"

5. Also said he did not see the decision coming because there had been a normal Board meeting post the St Kilda loss, and he would have preferred to have had a chance to pitch a rationale for staying if they were inclined to sack him.

As much as I love the MFC and will be here in any coming highs and lows … I have to say I feel his sacking was a mistake. I’ve got a sick feeling about it.

5 minutes ago, Harvey Wallbanger said:

Not quite what I heard - I heard (all very politely of course):

1. You need stability and alignment to have success.

2. Then referenced how that (stability and alignment) existed when Peter Jackson was there, implying it does not exist currently.

3. Clearly believes the Board's decision was wrong (but you would have to ask them for the rationale - apart from the "new voice" line).

4. And finally he said "Gary, you've got Greeny's number - why don't you give him a call?"

5. Also said he did not see the decision coming because there had been a normal Board meeting post the St Kilda loss, and he would have preferred to have had a chance to pitch a rationale for staying if they were inclined to sack him.

Wasn't it reported that he basically pitched his vision for the team to the board after the Saints game and it completely tanked? If so in that moment it was probably the point where the board realised his position wasn't tenable.

1 minute ago, Wells 11 said:

As much as I love the MFC and will be here in any coming highs and lows … I have to say I feel his sacking was a mistake. I’ve got a sick feeling about it.

Feeling exactly the same.... It seems like we got rid of the one constant we had. now the whole club needs to be reset, and hopefully, they are all on the same page.

I wonder how we’ll look back on this decision in 5 or 10 years

Not often a premiership coach gets sacked who hasn’t ‘lost the players’.

2 poor seasons for sure but a fair bit of adversity in that time with star players. I wonder what narrative he had created with the board. i.e. we have a lot of quality senior players, some issues with stars and we need a new game plan. give me 2-3 years to regenerate through the draft, imbed the new gameplay and we will be back in the top 4 in 2026.

I imagine there was a metric he didn’t meet. Good on Simon for not throwing us under the bus, despite being so devastated. he is great football person