9 hours ago, At the break of Gawn said:

Great read. Loved that King said he guarantees that we'll be a better team this year.

Heard that before, but in saying that

Just now, Sydney Pennski said:

You don't need to know any more about Oliver than the deal we took to extract Clarry from the club. It speaks for itself.

Wonder if Oliver is still into bikes in Sydney...

3 hours ago, Lucifers Hero said:

But they did talk on the phone - King was pretty busy with the GF at the time. We don't know the details of that discussion.

And from what we now know Lamb was hell bent on moving him, Oliver and May out. Trac would have known that from the exit interviews, mfc grapevine etc so it would be fair to say there was little value in meeting with King.

Yes true, Max seemed nonplussed about it though

5 hours ago, Redleg said:

If you want to sell something, do you tell everyone it isn’t any good?

There was no "selling" involved. By the sounds of it, Trac and the Club had already made the decision to part ways before King was even interviewed. And Oliver was "sold" for nothing anyway.

The point is Guerra has been giving us mixed messages from Day 1 on a few topics. Not a straight shooter, unlike Peter Jackson

3 minutes ago, dice said:

There was no "selling" involved. By the sounds of it, Trac and the Club had already made the decision to part ways before King was even interviewed. And Oliver was "sold" for nothing anyway.

The point is Guerra has been giving us mixed messages from Day 1 on a few topics. Not a straight shooter, unlike Peter Jackson

With the way the Media operates these days, why would you expect the CEO to be a straight Shooter in Public
Sometimes its just not possible

Loved Oliver, Petracca, May and Goodwin at their best

From what I have heard we are better off without them. When winning things get overlooked and covered up. But believe me things were rotten in Denmark. Some things I've heard would shock many of us, the media knows a lot probably not all. We are lucky that all wrongdoings are not public. Now that is not to say all were equally naughty, if one was to weigh up the trades it gives an indication of how bad things were. Careers could end abruptly with little said, we are better off now.

I will not elaborate, I don't care if you believe me but if the [censored] hits the fan at some time you'll see what I m alluding to.

1 hour ago, jnrmac said:

There was not a lot of love from the other players towards Tracc. I'll leave it at that

Hopefully we see this on Easter Sunday. Maybe should have kept May for at least this one?

44 minutes ago, ManDee said:

Loved Oliver, Petracca, May and Goodwin at their best

From what I have heard we are better off without them. When winning things get overlooked and covered up. But believe me things were rotten in Denmark. Some things I've heard would shock many of us, the media knows a lot probably not all. We are lucky that all wrongdoings are not public. Now that is not to say all were equally naughty, if one was to weigh up the trades it gives an indication of how bad things were. Careers could end abruptly with little said, we are better off now.

I will not elaborate, I don't care if you believe me but if the [censored] hits the fan at some time you'll see what I m alluding to.

It seems Goodwin & Pert tried sweeping a lot under the carpet which fractured the culture, connect the dots of trading out players and retirements and sacking of Goodwin, still unclear of Petracca, watching Roos telling him he’s getting he’s 1st game to how he finished with his B&F speech is a reflection of how bad the club become and on himself possibly, selfish comes to mind but many reports saying he wasn’t liked by the other players why?

Edited March 13Mar 13 by Demonsone

1 hour ago, ManDee said:

Loved Oliver, Petracca, May and Goodwin at their best

From what I have heard we are better off without them. When winning things get overlooked and covered up. But believe me things were rotten in Denmark. Some things I've heard would shock many of us, the media knows a lot probably not all. We are lucky that all wrongdoings are not public. Now that is not to say all were equally naughty, if one was to weigh up the trades it gives an indication of how bad things were. Careers could end abruptly with little said, we are better off now.

I will not elaborate, I don't care if you believe me but if the [censored] hits the fan at some time you'll see what I m alluding to.

This is interesting.

I was speaking to a current player on our list in the off season whilst he was up during the Christmas break, we have same circle of friends.

He told me a lot of the [censored] then went down behind the scenes which none has been reported as of yet (doubt it ever will).

Players are far more glad to see the back of Clayton Oliver more then anyone.

Edited March 13Mar 13 by dazzledavey36

6 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

This is interesting.

I was speaking to a current player on our list in the off season whilst he was up during the Christmas break, we have same circle of friends.

He told me a lot of the [censored] then went down behind the scenes which none has been reported as of yet (doubt it ever will).

Players are far more glad to see the back of Clayton Oliver more then anyone.

He needed to be gone 1-2 years earlier, any insights as to why supposedly Trac wasn’t liked??

2 hours ago, jnrmac said:

There was not a lot of love from the other players towards Tracc. I'll leave it at that

I think that is well known jnr. I am told at the end of year function when he came second in the Best and fairest player award there was no applause from the players or most people in the room. I understand that after meeting his future wife things changed. And of course the injury that landed him in hospital also impacted his attitude when the then President did not even phone him. Its sad and disappointing that he is now at another club because he is at the top of league in playing ability.

11 minutes ago, old dee said:

I think that is well known jnr. I am told at the end of year function when he came second in the Best and fairest player award there was no applause from the players or most people in the room. I understand that after meeting his future wife things changed. And of course the injury that landed him in hospital also impacted his attitude when the then President did not even phone him. Its sad and disappointing that he is now at another club because he is at the top of league in playing ability.

President not ringing him is not the issue though I agree She should have and the disconnect she had was pathetic, the handling of his injury post was and communication to playing group when he took time off for his recovery in Noosa which didn’t go well with the playing group apparently, Goodwin stated lack of enough love shown, I’m amazed Richardson still has a job..

9 hours ago, Lucifers Hero said:

Two comments stood out for me:

"Goodwin felt betrayed by Richardson". It seems lack of trust wasn't limited to the locker room! Its no wonder the FD as a whole ended up such a mess.

Goodwin felt betrayed because Richardson supported the move to sack him. There's no indication that Richardson was not supporting Goodwin up until that point, or that the FD was fractured.

As for the FD being "such a mess", except for the head coach and the backline coach, it's basically the same, including the fitness/medical and recruitment/list management teams.

And Richardson is still in his post.

2 hours ago, old dee said:

And of course the injury that landed him in hospital also impacted his attitude when the then President did not even phone him.

The then-President texted him and let him know that she was available to talk any time. He was in a very bad way at the time, I don't know that he was taking many calls ...

3 hours ago, Demonsone said:

It seems Goodwin & Pert tried sweeping a lot under the carpet

For all the talk of game plan and playing style and yadda yadda, a head coach's primary role is to lead the ship and make sure all players are on board. He's there to support his players and the group. Goodwin couldn't have been blind to what was going on, but he thought he could (and should) back the players - his commitment to them was well-known and one of the reasons they spoke highly of him. Did he go too far in that in tolerating unacceptable and damaging behaviour? Hindsight would say yes.

Also hindsight, it perhaps says something about the leadership group. You can't imagine a Hodge, Lewis and Mitchell putting up with too much BS.

5 hours ago, ManDee said:

Loved Oliver, Petracca, May and Goodwin at their best

From what I have heard we are better off without them. When winning things get overlooked and covered up. But believe me things were rotten in Denmark. Some things I've heard would shock many of us, the media knows a lot probably not all. We are lucky that all wrongdoings are not public. Now that is not to say all were equally naughty, if one was to weigh up the trades it gives an indication of how bad things were. Careers could end abruptly with little said, we are better off now.

I will not elaborate, I don't care if you believe me but if the [censored] hits the fan at some time you'll see what I m alluding to.

I have herd similar stories since 21' including about players you wouldn't imagine... i chose not to believe at the time because I loved the fact every single week we were a good chance of winning...

Glad the broom has finally come out, a fresh season of no culture issues and a no d#@k head policy, is needed

39 minutes ago, bing181 said:

For all the talk of game plan and playing style and yadda yadda, a head coach's primary role is to lead the ship and make sure all players are on board. He's there to support his players and the group. Goodwin couldn't have been blind to what was going on, but he thought he could (and should) back the players - his commitment to them was well-known and one of the reasons they spoke highly of him. Did he go too far in that in tolerating unacceptable and damaging behaviour? Hindsight would say yes.

Also hindsight, it perhaps says something about the leadership group. You can't imagine a Hodge, Lewis and Mitchell putting up with too much BS.

39 minutes ago, bing181 said:

For all the talk of game plan and playing style and yadda yadda, a head coach's primary role is to lead the ship and make sure all players are on board. He's there to support his players and the group. Goodwin couldn't have been blind to what was going on, but he thought he could (and should) back the players - his commitment to them was well-known and one of the reasons they spoke highly of him. Did he go too far in that in tolerating unacceptable and damaging behaviour? Hindsight would say yes.

Also hindsight, it perhaps says something about the leadership group. You can't imagine a Hodge, Lewis and Mitchell putting up with too much BS.

Playing Oliver after missing preseason due to we all know what is when a ciach starts to ruin culture … let’s not bury our heads in the sand it wax widespread

1 hour ago, bing181 said:

For all the talk of game plan and playing style and yadda yadda, a head coach's primary role is to lead the ship and make sure all players are on board. He's there to support his players and the group. Goodwin couldn't have been blind to what was going on, but he thought he could (and should) back the players - his commitment to them was well-known and one of the reasons they spoke highly of him. Did he go too far in that in tolerating unacceptable and damaging behaviour? Hindsight would say yes.

Also hindsight, it perhaps says something about the leadership group. You can't imagine a Hodge, Lewis and Mitchell putting up with too much BS.

The fish rots at the head. Goodwin was just as culpable as anyone.

2 hours ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

The fish rots at the head. Goodwin was just as culpable as anyone.

Still rots from the belly bacteria; like most multi-cellular animals.

12 hours ago, dees189227 said:

It seems winning a premiership covered up a lot of cracks & gave people a pass to get away with things & people not being held accountable for bad decisions

I’ve thought that the flag was won on the back of the momentum created by The Sainted One (P Jackson) and Roos. When those two went, things fell apart over time.

Would this have occurred under Roos, I don’t think so, just reinforces how not being under 1 roof is critical for all to see what’s occurring

It highlights the lack of leadership from supposed off-field leaders since the likes of positions PJ left.

17 hours ago, bing181 said:

Goodwin felt betrayed because Richardson supported the move to sack him. There's no indication that Richardson was not supporting Goodwin up until that point, or that the FD was fractured.

As for the FD being "such a mess", except for the head coach and the backline coach, it's basically the same, including the fitness/medical and recruitment/list management teams.

And Richardson is still in his post.

Perhaps we could not afford another pay out. Richardson contract is due to end after this year's season.