23 minutes ago, roy11 said:

I know there were Trac/Oliver issues that year but he won the Bluey in 2024, he had a good season amongst the turmoil. Contract length perhaps too long, but we don't know the ins and outs of it all.

I'd like everyone to get a fresh start for 2026 under the new coach, unfortunately it's a bit delayed for Jack.

And in Jack's defence of the contract extension, he did poll 24 brownlow votes the prior year including 7 "three voters".

If you're polling 7 best on grounds in a season, you have to be considered an A grader for that season and then into the next IMO.

5 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

And in Jack's defence of the contract extension, he did poll 24 brownlow votes the prior year including 7 "three voters".

If you're polling 7 best on grounds in a season, you have to be considered an A grader for that season and then into the next IMO.

I don't think anyone is suggesting that a contract extension wasn't richly deserved.

An extra one year, maybe a second (at a lower rate), on top of his existing deal would have been accepted by everyone.

It is the final year of the deal that we all objected to at the time and which is looking incredibly stupid right now.

There is absolutely no way that Geelong, to name one incredibly well-managed club, would have even contemplated this deal.

Sadly, we went too long with both Viney and May, and also left ourselves hugely exposed with the length of the Petracca, Oliver and Brayshaw deals.

18 hours ago, DeeZone said:

I’m tipping a broken nose Dazzle, surely not a facial fracture.🥲

It is....