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Who Will Be Our Next Coach?

Viscount Cardwell
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As a bit of an asides, one of our few losses in 2021 was to Collingwood, the week after or something Buckley resigned, so we owe them beating them in the last Rd this year for that as well as Gus and everything else. Would be great if all the cards fell right and we knocked them out of finals - a bit of 2017 karma about that as well.

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    2 hours ago, beelzebub said:

    I think a lot, well.. some folk might be buying into the idea we are only NOW canvassing options.

    Logically to me you would not move on a coach until you have 'some' idea of who and what is available and when. There would have been arms length enquiries prior to the 'dismissal' ... now they bring things in and ramp up.

    You're going to want the nucleus of your Football Honchos sorted by/or immediately after the big dance.

    Sure, but that takes longer if you are looking to appoint a senior assistant rather than headhunt someone like Buckley. The process might still be done but I'm not sure they'd put a time frame on it like that, especially if your choice was an assistant at a finals bound team

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    I know sweet buga all, but I wouldn't mind if Buckley got a chance. The Team isn't done, he isn't done and I like what he says tactically and also his demeanour says he knows how to communicate.

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    22 minutes ago, Mickey said:

    Sure, but that takes longer if you are looking to appoint a senior assistant rather than headhunt someone like Buckley. The process might still be done but I'm not sure they'd put a time frame on it like that, especially if your choice was an assistant at a finals bound team

    Without doubt its a bit cute time-frame wise. But footy can move quickly..

    Going to be interesting.... well, already is .

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    Longmire's a tricky one because he's a premiership coach but lost four grand finals which is a lot, but made five grand finals which is a lot.

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    1 minute ago, lorn said:

    Longmire's a tricky one because he's a premiership coach but lost four grand finals which is a lot, but made five grand finals which is a lot.

    I think horse was able to maximise Sydney’s advantage at the SCG but was exposed in big finals at the MCG. If he were to coach Melbourne I suspect he’d aim to make us unbeatable at the MCG, which you need to be to win premierships.

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    21 minutes ago, lorn said:

    Longmire's a tricky one because he's a premiership coach but lost four grand finals which is a lot, but made five grand finals which is a lot.

    I think he is a modern Tommy Hafey in that he got an inferior team to perform much better than it should but not well enough for the final hurdle. Sure, Sydney had some excellent players but also some real weaknesses. I think he would do very well with us.

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    1 hour ago, lorn said:

    Didn't we sack him?

    Could be wrong, but it was my understanding that he’d completed his Level 4 Coaching Program while at the Dees, and then chose to depart in search of a role beyond analysis (which is what he was doing with us and his previous clubs).

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    3 hours ago, Trident22 said:

    We are in transition/rebuild phase. I don't know that going down the untried coach path is what we should be doing to be honest. I know very little about Daly, other than he has been involved in a lot of AFL clubs and never played AFL. He seems like a good bloke, but one suited more to a GM of Football role. If the Club looked worse under his leadership at the beginning of the season next year, he doesnt have the credits in the bank to appease the faithful. Crowds and sponsorship would drop off. The media scrutiny would build. It is a lot on a 'newbie'. He may be great, it's just not the path I'd be going down.

    I just feel like Buckley could build a professional culture and command respect instantly. I feel he has a fire inside that yearns for a flag, something that has eluded him, despite other degrees of success. He will be hungrier the 2nd time around.

    Fagan never played AFL either. The importance of being a former player is increasingly overstated.

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    6 minutes ago, Mel Bourne said:

    Fagan never played AFL either. The importance of being a former player is increasingly overstated.

    250+ games in the TAFL, is essentially the same.

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    3 hours ago, BScotti said:

    Buckley - Dees, Bartel GM Football

    Closer than you think.

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    4 minutes ago, BLWNBA said:

    Closer than you think.

    Aare you allowed to talk out of school ??

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    2 hours ago, Willmoy1947 said:

    I know sweet buga all, but I wouldn't mind if Buckley got a chance. The Team isn't done, he isn't done and I like what he says tactically and also his demeanour says he knows how to communicate.

    Do people actually remember how bucks went at the Pies

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    1 minute ago, beelzebub said:

    Aare you allowed to talk out of school ??

    Only after 7PM.

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    2 hours ago, lorn said:

    Longmire's a tricky one because he's a premiership coach but lost four grand finals which is a lot, but made five grand finals which is a lot.

    He may be nervous at his 'next' GF. But would the players be? If say 10 from '21 play in this their experiences will probably well and truly nullify Longmires individual...demons

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    Just now, Demons11 said:

    Do people actually remember how bucks went at the Pies

    Im not making a case for or against... but i think his time at the Pies was somewhat coloured. The result of a supposedly amicable transition from Malthouse...except Mickey wasn't in reality that enthused about handing over. I think the Buckley of that experience/experiment was a different fella from the Buckley now. Just my thoughts

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    5 minutes ago, BLWNBA said:

    Only after 7PM.

    It's 7.14.. yack away .....

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    What year was it that Sam McCLure got a call right?

    You'd think Tom Morris or Caro would have a closer ear to the ground.

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    2 hours ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

    As a bit of an asides, one of our few losses in 2021 was to Collingwood, the week after or something Buckley resigned, so we owe them beating them in the last Rd this year for that as well as Gus and everything else. Would be great if all the cards fell right and we knocked them out of finals - a bit of 2017 karma about that as well.

    Watch them get pumped next week and need to beat us to make top 4. We all know how that story goes. But if the roles were reversed...

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    It's so hard to win flags. While a close loss isn't quite the same as a GF win I doubt an ordinary coach gets that close.

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