3 minutes ago, FriendlyFellow said:

Just like our butchered CEO search, we've appeared to follow suit and landed on a Plan B (or even C!) with our Snr coach selection.

Genuinely can't believe we moved Goodwin on, with a year left on his contract, to bring in an Assistant Coach.

Hope my negative sentiments are proven wrong, however the lack of faith in our Administration & Board has never been higher.

I’m a big time Goodwin defender, he’s a very good coach, but honestly the more I look at it the more I think coaching change was necessary and inevitable.

If Goodwin was to stay we still needed to overturn the footy department and list. Possibly in such a way that would’ve made Goodwin’s job even harder in future years. Just too many comfortable players yet alone the rumours of unhappy guys.

Buckley was never a sure thing. Nor should he have been.

Give me this result over Buckley appointed no questions asked any day of the week.

3 minutes ago, Ted Lasso said:

I assume we will hold a presser at some stage for him?

Probably pretty soon and we can get that out of the way before PF week and start with the recruiting.

I wonder if he is good mates with Bartel.

That could be a good combo.

Little side bet with anyone, we don't play at Geelong next year and maybe don't need all of $30m to build Caulfield now.

3 minutes ago, Ted Lasso said:

I assume we will hold a presser at some stage for him?

After Geelong are out of finals. Hopefully that’s prelim week

The Age is reporting it is a 3 year contract.

I’m actually glad we didn’t go for Bucks. Know someone at the Pies who had some bad things to say about him. I’ll leave it at that.

1 minute ago, layzie said:

I would say having the Tassie thing in the back pocket made it a lot easier for him to um and ahh.

Would have loved to see what his decision was if that crutch wasn't there.

Definitely. But it does show he wasn't 110% eager to get back into the cut and thrust of coaching if he was seriously considering waiting around another two years for Tassie.

Is Geelong’s culture really that good?

Is King a good media performer (something we need especially after Goodwin) aside from his coaching ability?

9 minutes ago, YesitwasaWin4theAges said:

Im just glad the club didn't fall for that dweeb James Kelly.

Arrogant little sod.

Kelly would have been the first (permanent) Demons head coach younger than me, don't like milestones like that. So i am in favour of this appointment

Also this is an wanted distraction for the Cats in finals!

Kingy be stealing files onto a memory stick during games

23 minutes ago, KozzyCan said:

Was tipped for the West Coast job before McQualter got it I think.

Sure he turned them down

Wowee

Had mail from very well connected sources that Bucks was signed a few weeks ago. Have just been waiting for the announcement.

Blown away by this.

Welcome Kingy

Steven King?! The bloke who kicked Jeff White in the face in 2005 and broke his jaw!

What an absolute bloody joke!

I thought we were going to get Nathan Buckley???!!!!

I am very angry with this decision!!!

Especially because we were supposed to be focused on getting an experienced coach!

Our Club really is a laughing stock!

I hope I am proven wrong....but I am actually quite furious with this utterly ridiculous decision!

Edited September 12, 2025Sep 12 by Supreme_Demon

Be careful what you wish for.

4 minutes ago, Ted Lasso said:

I assume we will hold a presser at some stage for him?

Within the hour, apparently

I’ve spent the last month trying to convince myself Buckley will be a good appointment but thank god I stop that now.

A fresh voice is needed!!

The thing I like about this decision is that not a single word came from the club during the process. Too often clubs have serious leaks including the mfc. Not a word of comment from the club. A Solid effort.

12 minutes ago, rufus said:

I assume this appointment is basically a signal that we are going to rebuild? That was always the elephant in the room in regards to Buckley I thought...people were suggesting this is a good job for him for a crack at a flag...but reality is this group is so far away it's not funny. With our long term contracts we're atleast 5 years off having a contending team again in my view. Can King set us on a path to build the right player culture this time? Not just for success but for a sustainable period of non negotiable competitiveness. Good luck.

Well put. I'm not sure if it's five years, but I think a sudden rebound is extremely unlikely.

Sustained competitiveness is all I ask for.

Any chance Bucks got unsigned by head office with a promise of $$$ for Caulfield???

7 minutes ago, Lucifers Hero said:

The Age is reporting it is a 3 year contract.

Kozzi thinks this contract length is cute

8 minutes ago, Redleg said:

Probably pretty soon and we can get that out of the way before PF week and start with the recruiting.

I wonder if he is good mates with Bartel.

That could be a good combo.

Little side bet with anyone, we don't play at Geelong next year and maybe don't need all of $30m to build Caulfield now.

6 minutes ago, Ugottobekidding said:

Sure he turned them down

Redleg, 100% we will be playing down in Geelong for the next century.

Ugotto, Supposedly he had heart murmurs and took time away or something similar.

I'm in a weird mood atm but I find this really funny. Our coach is named after a horror writer, we have a player named after one of his novels (Salem's Lot) and our second name symbolised horror.

You can't really script all this 😅

I don't know but I feel a little surprised or disappointed. It felt like Buckley was almost over the line and I got the feeling King wasn't people's second prediction. I now have trouble believing the MFC spent much time apparently asking Buckley if he was interested before sacking Goody. Anyway King does tick a lot of boxes. Who knows, by the time we're in May (no pun intended) it could well be he's already looking like a gun.

Anyway , all hail the King!

Geez his smile is what we need! We have had a couple of years of do guys really wanna be here, do they wanna leave, does bucks actually wanna coach Melbourne! How good to see a bloke find out he’s coaching Melbourne and smile like it’s the best day of his life!