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1. Leigh Mathews (if available)

daylight

2. Michael Voss (very very impressive on Footy classified the other night - get him)

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3. Pagan

4. Ratten

5. Haydo (very astute football brain, the media would love/hate him)

6. Jimmy Stynes

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If i were paul gardiner first off id let go of my tiny pecker and pull my head out of my ass. He handled this whole situation poorly. ND on the other hand has been admirable in his service to our fine club. If Gardiner and co handle selecting a new coach with the same attidute they have displayed over the last week then God help us. Anyone but Connolly gets my vote.

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I cant believe so many of you have Pagan on your lists... We need one of the new breed of coaches to move forward not someone who s past there best.. Pagan has a decent list at Carlton and done nothing at all. they get whipped by 100 every second week. I d be disappointed if we miss the oppertunity to nab a Mckenna Voss or Longmire, we need innovation and a strong knowledge of current footy trends.

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Well first up let it be said that I have been a big fan of ND but did recognise some of his faults and can appreciate others opinions on whether he got a dud deal or not.

For our new coach? Well its tough. I think Ratten or Viney would be my choice however I can see the pros and cons for someone like Voss.

I really dont know to be honest and guess we have to trust our board to get it right. They have said they will put the new coach through some exhaustive tests for their abilities in varous areas of critical importance and will be using an outside source to help narrow the field ( assuming there is a field).

The new coach will need to be tough on our players, show them they have to earn their spot in the team and should they be out of form, back to Sandy they go and the ones who have worked hard should be promoted. Simple strategy however one that is often neglected.

We need to get our players in a place where they dont succumb to lower teams like we have in the past and put the foot to the floor and crush the suckers! No more Mr Nice Guys. In this game the Nice Guys finish last.

One advantage to our less than perfect year is that we will have a few choices in the top 20 of the draft and there are apparently a number of good kids to choose from. Perhaps not the Judds or Pavlich's of previous drafts but maybe just what we need.

WE also need to weed out some of the players that are just not going to get us where we want to go and I wont go there now. MOst of you would have an idea who they are. I think

But to ND, I am sorry you are not going to be coming to Brissie for us Qld'ers to thank you for your 10 years of service to our club. We wish you well for your future and as long as it doesnt involve beating the Demons, that you have a long and successful career.

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I can't understand why so many people want Voss. He was a great player, yes, but so was Tony Shaw and look how he performed as a coach. Playing and coaching are very very different. Voss has no experience and no idea what coaching is all about. If you want people that have no experience and that are good players why not Dermott?

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Todd Viney. It would be great to have a melbourne person back at the club. He would soon toughen some of these players up.

Todd is a fine melbourne man granted-but i want someone who has lifted a cup, Todd was not able to do that- would love to see him as an assistant though. he was tough

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Guy McKenna, a couple of reasons, all he knows is success and he has been in clubs with the best facilities and the best manage clubs is the com. He was key part to the best defense in the 90's, with one of his backline team mates already a premiership coachand is now involve with Collingwood who to many have a average list but the coaching staff is getting everything out of his players. He has no emotional link to any players at our club so the tough calls will be easy for him to make and his role at collingwood involves picking the other teams weaknesses and strengths so he will know what we need.

Guy Mckenna for me too.

I think he would be ruthless and he has a winning mentality. He would also surely have a lot of respect from the players, as most of them would of watched him win premierships whilst growing up. Respect from the players is a huge factor. If the players think the coach is a [censored], then they wont follow him. Therefore Chris Connelly should not even be considered.

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of the assistent coaches (i.e. chris bond, guy mckenna, mark harvey...) i think its a much of a muchness between them... any one of those could fill the job well...

the other choice is to go for a proven coach like sheedy, pagan, conolley if they become available. this is the safest option.

the last option is to go for an untried commodity like voss. if we dont get him this season then someone else will snap him up for the top job.

my preference would be Guy McKenna. he has coached his own team (claremont) and been assistent at WCE and collingwood who have both had success. he has the smarts and will make good decisions. i would love voss but i dont think its worth the risk considering he has no experience at how an afl club works behind the scenes

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we will have a coach who will pass all the psychological testing and say the right things.we are getting an assisstant coach from somewhere.a longmire ,mckenna etc someoned versed in saying what needs to be said.

i would like to see Jeans ,Sheedy,Malthouse,Blight pass these tests.i think brilliant coaches need to be a little off centre .

the whole game sucks now as lateral thinkers slowly leave the game.i guarantee one thing is coming to melbourne and its the flood.

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i would like to see Jeans ,Sheedy,Malthouse,Blight pass these tests.i think brilliant coaches need to be a little off centre .

I actually concur here. I wonder if they would. Whilst I applaud the process for thouroughness I hope it doesnt homogenise the result. I very much think its tthe coaches that bring 'diffences' to their game that have the edge.

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we will have a coach who will pass all the psychological testing and say the right things.we are getting an assisstant coach from somewhere.a longmire ,mckenna etc someoned versed in saying what needs to be said.

i would like to see Jeans ,Sheedy,Malthouse,Blight pass these tests.i think brilliant coaches need to be a little off centre .

the whole game sucks now as lateral thinkers slowly leave the game.i guarantee one thing is coming to melbourne and its the flood.

Spot on! We need a bit of creativity in the game - I love watching the creative and unpredictable players ( and we have had a few - Farmer, Jakovich, Schwarz, Davey, Robbo are just a few recent examples). A coach who does a great job on a psychological test is not likely to empathise too much with these types of players.

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GET IT !!

can he coach but?????

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