Engorged Onion

The anti-Demonstone.

It's interesting observing the fickleness of fans, whereby he is not rated by some (fine to have an opinion) and for those it's not enough that he was an emergency in the eventual premiers. A little while ago, that would have been seen as progress!

No they don't Macca, and havent applied for 20 years, well unless of course the coach is 'old skool'. Treating people fairly, isn't the same as treating them the same 😀

Gunna stick with your name Sideshow? He spoke so eloquently at the BnF!

Finger on the pulse, or merely conjecture on the first morning of trade period?

Ok... got back home at 2am. Found it slightly weird the Bluey Truscott himself, just got awarded his life membership in 2024. Overall, it was an interesting night. Although Goodwin (whom I rate) spoke a lot about 'process' I felt (projecting) that there were some very pointed comments re: selflessness or at least, not making it about your self, and that won't be 'tolerated' going forward. Whom that was to, you can have your guess. The overall messaging was about unity and fraternity, both in professional speak, and 'mateship' speak ie: 'Perty, Greeny' etc. Glad Roffey got to speak and her endeavors acknowledged. This was my first Bluey, and I have been to a range of other BnF's in a professional capacity over the last decade. Themes spoken about felt fairly generic, and for me the highlights were Ben Brown, Alex Neal-Bullen and Ed Langdon AND Angus Brayshaw, all guys who speak with emotional gravitas, and go beyond cliched sound bites. Richness and depth, about the existentialness of their careers. Effectively, your legacy, is the people you help support along the way, not just those that support you in your own journey.* Everyone at the club (organisation) from FD, to board to bootstuder and physio and high performance team are people with their own careers trying to do their best on any given day at any given moment. *Spoke to a former coach today over coffee this morning, who was quite clear that the general public/punters will never understand or accept, the realities of the scrutiny that the position holds and in effect, when you take the job, there are very few people on the outside who appreciate the isolation and loneliness that the job has with it, as everyone has an opinion on things that you can control, and things that they think you can control. You're on a hiding to nothing...but people would give their left nut... etc etc

Absolutely. A bunch of us attended last night, driving up from beyond Geelong and were commenting how, due to location, sporting commitments for kids, other family commitments - prime time just doesn't suit us, and how we are really looking forward to some early afternoon fixtures, to actually take our kids along to expos them the sport live. Success drives fan bases for sure... but also the ability to attend matches that isn't so Melbourne (city) centric, to bring the next generation along, and indoctrinate them to the red and blue.

Not one word... but neither was Charlie Spargo mentioned.

Of all the sons that have been 'sired' by all the gentleman that have played the game at the highest level, some have gone on to great things, some mediocre things and some 'allegedly' terrible things. Names that come to mind include McClure, Stephenson and Scarlett - you can work out the order that best suits your needs... As you said - Luck of the draw.

Are you a reincarnated Riddler?

Panic stations! Geelong are into him 😏

AFLCA Champion Player is the pinnacle in my opinion. https://aflcoaches.com.au/awards/the-aflca-champion-player-of-the-year-award/leaderboard/2024/20250125

If we transpose this into the EPL -can you imagine for example , Arsenal, Tottenham Crystal Palace, Chelsea, Fulham, Brentford and West Ham, all playing out of Wembley... and all other teams getting their own home ground advantage... Brighton can be Geelong... by the seaside etc etc... It's a little bit hilarious... There is so much nuance in this topic dependent on your point of view. Do you take on board home ground advantage/disadvantage? What about the abilty to recruit players? Does that influence the coaching aspect of coaching? Are Premierships are the only thing that matters, not finishing position? Did you under or over perform dependent on supporters expectations of the year? Did you win the premiership and thus expected a dynasty by some, and thus under performed? Are you good chat in the pressers? 😎

Such a [censored] headline and line of inquiry... https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/the-12-players-most-under-the-pump-in-the-2024-afl-grand-final-20240922-p5kch3.html