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The most Tim Lamb move ever. Hope Steven King has the ability to reject that proposal to him.

Yep just those two with Chaplin in high demand. Port tried to get him back as well as Richmond. He’s the only one I’d be trying to hold on to. Not to mention we have lots of money available in the soft cap after Choco left as head of development also. Fair few new faces to come in.

Steven King’s big footy network will work in our favour for coaches. Matthew Scarlett, Joel Corey and James Kelly are all targets for King. Few more names being worked on also. Hopefully King’s relationship with Bartel will work in our favour too (Bartel was spotted touring Port Adelaide over the weekend).

Matthew Scarlett a handy replacement as back line coach👀

Has a degenerative back injury, hence Brisbane going after Draper. Will likely retire end of this season.

Keep him far far far away. Smug, sly, c0cky and calculated. Looks like it’s wearing thin too.

Waverely getting a Red and Blue paint job as a ‘move before the move’ ? Talks continue 👀 Am sure the list of candidates for the top job will know all about that pretty quickly.

Any one of Hinkley, Simpson or Buckley sends shivers up the spine in the worst way. If we are going a ‘recycled’ coach. It’s Longmire or no one. Surely? Skipworth has an eery Mark Neeld factor about him. Any of the players from the Geelong (Corey Enright, Steven King, Joel Corey), Hawthorn (David Hale) or Richmond (Shaun Grigg) dynasties would be brilliant choices and have weight to bring good football people in with them if we go down the first time coach path.

He may or may not admit that. But he won’t publicly because that foregoes a 7 figure pay out….

Yep. Richo will be gone if not “downgraded”. Much like Mahoney was who then left because he felt undermined. Rinse and repeat.

Stay away from the tried coaches. New blood for the new game. Someone like a Sam Mitchell. The Geelong alumni like Corey Enright/Steven King are great starts. Modern coaches for the modern game is the way forward. Damien Hardwick is a different case study because he knew it was time to leave Richmond and knew what he was walking into with that list at GC. We aren’t in the position to hand over a list that is on the cusp of success anymore so to get a coach like Longmire, Buckley, Simpson or Hinkley would be the wrong move in my opinion.

I think a few people get lost in “not all the blame is on Goodwin”. Of course it’s not solely on him, it involves the players and everyone else at the club. But he’s the head of the table. He’s been here 9 years as out Senior Coach + anther 2-3 as Roosy’s assistant. Things get stale. It’s the right time. The club and players need a new voice and direction. There is no better time to do it with a new incoming President and CEO. A new head of footy should be high on the agenda also as Richo and Goodwin are hand in hand. Just rip the bandaid. The slowly painful death is tiresome and we all know it’s just delaying the inevitable.

Board meeting today….

The plot thickens

If Jackson comes to Melbourne (which anyone who thinks the deal is completely off needs to be reminded of Dan Houston and Tom Barrass’ comments on their future early on in the season last year) it’ll be on a 7+ year agreement on far more than his current 900k deal. Because that’s what the new CBA reflects. 900k when he signed at Freo is now around 1.1 in the current market. 1.3m for 7 years would be in the range of a deal if it was to be done. Again Jackson ‘coming home’ is certainly not off, more so just buried a little because it’s so early on in 2025 👀