Just now, kurtneverdied said:

Not arguing with the expert at getting appointed Mr Lasso 😉

Keep an eye out for the announcement!

20 hours ago, Norm Smith's Curse said:

I play golf weekly with a person who works in the sports management industry and is a coterie member at Carlton (and he is also my boss although in something completely different). There is a major thing going on with people knowing internally what might happen and the external 'public' optics. If someone comes out and says I put my hand up for job x while hearing via the inner circle of management teams that someone has likely been earmarked for the role then there is no career upside for putting their hand up. Whereas by coming out and saying you cant or are not interested in role x, everyone wins.

As an example if Horse had said 'yeah maybe im interested' and then Nathan Buckley comes in as prince charming all that does is suggest that Buckley was a better candidate than Horse. If however Horse is 50/50 and asks his manager what people in the industry are saying of his chances and they say Buckley is the leader by a fair bit he will just say 'i cant coach now, good bye' and all is well.

All makes sense. I just think he's bowed out too late to maintain the optics.

Dees narrow down to 6 candidates

Skipworth identified as one of them

All progressing to interviews

Leaked that 3 blew away the dees

Skipworth states no longer pursing the dees gig

Reads to me he wasn't one of the candidates that blew us away

2 hours ago, old55 said:

There's just been a hell of a lot of colouring in of James Kelly's attributes in this thread without any basis except a report that he impressed the selection committee and he's been at Geelong so must be good.

2 hours ago, old55 said:

There's just been a hell of a lot of colouring in of James Kelly's attributes in this thread without any basis except a report that he impressed the selection committee and he's been at Geelong so must be good.

For years Goodwin was not the right guy (despite 200 plus games coached, an excellent winning strike rate and flag).

And Kelly, yet to coach a single AFL game is the right guy.

31 minutes ago, binman said:

For years Goodwin was not the right guy (despite 200 plus games coached, an excellent winning strike rate and flag).

And Kelly, yet to coach a single AFL game is the right guy.

We don’t know what we don’t know.

Craig McRae was an assistant who bounced around clubs and he was found through an interview process to be the right guy for the Pies.

1 minute ago, Dannyz said:

We don’t know what we don’t know.

Craig McRae was an assistant who bounced around clubs and he was found through an interview process to be the right guy for the Pies.

Yep.

If Kelly gets the gig I'll get behind him.

I think Buckley is close to a lock. And would be a good choice.

But if, for whatever reason, Buckley isn't the coach having a first time senior coach, presumably with tonnes of energy and ideas about how they want to go about it, is an exciting alternative.

Edited 3 hours ago3 hr by binman

I just want the selection committee to choose the best head coach and just the head coach without fear or favour. That’s not an easy task considering Buckley is the apparent front runner and there’s every chance we’re going to be cautious. I always feel better when I say the same thing in 12 different ways 😎

Edited 3 hours ago3 hr by Roost it far

I am reminded of Yes, Minister where a bigwig public servant only needed to know stuff he needs to know. The catch was he needed to firstly know everything to know whether something was something he needed to know.

The only way we'll know whether we're getting a really good coach is AFTER they've coached for years. Honestly it's the same catch-22 that Beveridge and Clarkson need more years to show whether more years is the right decision for these clubs. As long as our bootstudder doesn't become our new coach we've got our decision right ( FOR NOW)

Edited 3 hours ago3 hr by Go Ds

1 hour ago, Roost it far said:

I just want the selection committee to choose the best head coach and just the head coach without fear or favour. That’s not an easy task considering Buckley is the apparent front runner and there’s every chance we’re going to be cautious. I always feel better when I say the same thing in 12 different ways 😎

Good on you because I had no idea where you sat on the notion of Buckley as coach.

If this was a pre-agreed fait accompli for Buckley as many intimated here - the panel is doing a good job of dissuading that notion.

Maybe that is the point of it and the leaks of impressive candidates but I will take people at face value.

I am content that an actual process is being run.

8 hours ago, DeeSpencer said:

It’s a bit of a reach but if you count Kelly’s last two playing years as coaching - which was a big part of what he was at Essendon to do - he’s been in a somewhat coaching role since 2016.

Played under Bomber and Scott, coached under Worsfold, Rutten (for a preseason before going F this, I’m going to be a dad for a season) and Scott.

To me it’s enough experience, the only thing you’d love would be if he coaches his own side but with the nature of the afl system plenty of good coaches never do.

Sounds too good, doesn’t he? Maybe a little over zealous.

The "Maitre de" type.