hangon

Hypothetical question.

It's round 22, Melbourne have won a total of four games so far this season and currently in 14th spot. We're on the same points as Carlton but ahead of them by percentage.

We play Carlton in our final game and if we beat them we lose our priority pick but we won't move into 13th because Fremantle has seven wins, however Carlton will receive a priority pick before anyone else (they only have 4 wins), leaving us with picks 4 and 20 (Carlton picks 1, 3 & 19, Richmond picks 2 & 18). But, if we lose we end up in 15th spot, we get a priority pick so we'll get picks 2, 18 and 20 (Richmond 1, 17 & 19, Carlton 3 and 21).

What do we do?

This is a Hypothetical "No brainer" .... If you won a game like this you could risk putting the club back 2-3 years in development.

Hypothetically speaking I would be super [censored] off when the previous year we lost to Carlton twice costing us a top 4 spot and a genuine crack at a flag. Seriously the same player group could not look the supporters in the face.

Absolutely, I'm not sure why people are so keen to jump at shadows.... There's a process in place and the club will choose the coach from that process, it won't be selected from public opinion or the media.

Chris wouldn't be my first choice as coach, but then I don't know the full ins and outs of every applicant anyway. FWIW I think Connolly gets a bum rap in relation to Freo's under achievement and here's why.

1. There list is like 7-8 other clubs in the comp it is strong overall and has a handful of very, very good players, but has some glaring weaknesses as well. (Certainly those that were predicting that Sandilands was going to be simply too dominant and the opposition would have no answers are looking a bit silly --- their midfield is even slower than ours)

2. He was actively knifed in the back by some very senior members of the playing group on many occasions - so much so that he couldn't cut the players that he wanted. Did Chris actually want to recruit those drunken [censored] head mates Solomon and Tarrant?

3. The player discipline issue is very much in his domain, but if West Coast have shown us anything this year, it's that the culture in Perth is a nightmare for coaches to try and manage.

4. Overall his record isn't that good, but he did take a club that was nothing and basically had to start again with the list and got them to the finals.

Like Jaded said I may not want him as the Senior Coach, but I'd certainly be keen to have him involved in the club in some capacity.

"Absolutely, I'm not sure why people are so keen to jump at shadows.... There's a process in place and the club will choose the coach from that process, it won't be selected from public opinion or the media."

Beautiful common sense approach.

FWIW I think you make some very, very good points ... Western Australian football is a "fish bowl" where Chris was behind the "8-ball" from nearly day 1. As he said in his press conference the "sharks" where circling before the end of the first game of the season ... hardly a fair go in my opinion.

IMHO the pressure is enormous in a 2 team town and he did a excellent job compared to any who have gone before him.

I'm not here to pick the next coach just to express my amazement at "why people are so keen to jump at shadows" ...

I've honestly never read so much rubbish in all my life.

Normally I would not make a comment on this site. However, it saddens me to read this absolute rubbish written about Chris Connolly. People are voting without even knowing the guy, without knowing the facts about being the coach of a team like Fremantle.

IMHO ... some people around here should just let the process take its course.

Then when our coach is appointed lets all get behind him 110% ... whoever he may be.

United we stand divided we crumble.