4 hours ago, D Rev said:

Love Jonesy but that coaching appointment was completely baffling

We simply did not have another choice. We lost Yze and McQualter. We poached one coach in Basset and had no more options.

Cannot forget we also elevated Sam Radford to midfield coach as well. Jones is just the stoppage coach.

I also think he was appointed in some way to mend and manage the relationships between Viney/Trac/Oliver/Gawn as Goodwin believed the old core would be successful once again.

20 hours ago, Bendigo_Demon said:

I think we all acknowledge that one of our biggest issues is a lack of skill in all aspects of our game. Cam Bruce was an amazing accumulator of possessions when he played, but his kicking and handball skills were sub par. We need to build a culture of elite kicking, hand balling and decision making, and employ coaches who can introduce this culture. Not sure Cam Bruce is the man for that, even if he has many other good qualities.

Don't think this is a culture issue. Club has put enormous time and resources into kicking skills and goal kicking. Grundy commented on how blown away he was at how much time was spent on this. Hasn't helped. It's the list.

Baras once famously said to a player at 3/4 time Show me possessions and I'll shut up. This is going to be a case of show me the forwards and skilled players and shut up. No new coach is going to transform anything without the right list. And right now we don't have it. There's not going to be any magic pill no matter who they appoint, without that being fixed.

12 hours ago, Little Goffy said:

One of the alleged knocks on Buckley was that he didn't appreciate or connect very well with the flawed and second tier players.

I'll speculate that one of the advantages for coaches like Clarkson, Sheedy, Fagan and Hardwick is that they understand the value of not only the not-perfect contributors, but also the stars and silky types who can do things they never could.

I'd also argue Bruce understood it even in his playing days. Knew his limitations and knew which teammate to connect with. Although looking back the Daniher years were not wildly blessed with smooth operators or outright top rated players.

This comment made me think of the incredible Nev Jetta.

A second tier player that just made himself indispensable and one of my all time favourites. Solid as a rock.

He's development coach at the pies.

I reckon he'd be an awesome replacement for Chocco.

That would be an awesome steal to get him back in some capacity

1 hour ago, Its Time for Another said:

No new coach is going to transform anything without the right list. And right now we don't have it. There's not going to be any magic pill no matter who they appoint, without that being fixed.

This.

18 hours ago, picket fence said:

Gee I always liked Cameron the Bruce I think you are underestimating his goalkicking ability, I remember him vs Carlton in a final and he and Frank Green were huge!

I was at that game, yes he was great, but I’m talking about his ability to hit targets under pressure, and that was his strong point.