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What does the head coach do? Bailey had us playing as frontrunners, Neeld as norunners. Clearances and stoppage work is at the feet I the midfield coach but that is cattle. Midfield run and positioning is the head coach because today - everyone is a defender when you don't have the footy. Illustrating this point is Craig got us to average 20 UPs more than we did under Neeld and out opposition 20 UPs less. Craig made some changes, gae some confidence and it made an 80 UP differential into a 40 UP differential. And Royal was there for both. Criticizing assistant coaches I shake my head at - how would you know? How would you know?

You're right, I didn't realise. I will gif the excellenceness of the achievement: Well done! And welcome - here is a smile:

Well, that's nice. Hi Clint!

Oh, yeah, The Mighty Predictors torn down! I hate those guys. With their awful predictions and their non-existence - damn them!

Frankly, they should just stick to the defined points of reference they thought up when they made it all secret... They could tell us what they are though...

lol

I read the thread as "Odd for the Demons to be considered Top 8" Yes. Yes it is. Now, Dees2014, I know that with the username you have chosen - time is of the essence for us to be relevant again, but seriously, we are coming from a low base. This isn't 'Tom Hanks made a bad movie but he will bounce back' type of situation - this is a 'Lindsay Lohan can control her bodily functions, this is good progress' type of situation.

The fate of Jetta, Nicholosn, and the one we call Magner rests with the fate of The Trade & Free Agency Period. They are not safe just yet, they must be cautious. And I think we think that Magner has trade value - I will call Todd tomorrow and inform him that: 'lolz.'

Oh, and winning or even getting close to it, might improve attendances and atmosphere...

What about midround after after first round picks? 9 and 17? That would be a compromise. We can do some damage in October with 2, 9, 17, 18, 19 (Sylvia Comp), Blease, Jamar, et al.

Too little reward for that risk. lol My response was far too serious. Didak? lol

Speaking of Voss - what the hell is going on with their kids up there? Karnezis, Polec, Doherty, Longer - they are all rumoured to want to leave. the first two confirmed... Is that because Voss left, or carry over from his tenure?

Another [censored] here - go [censored] yourself. Jokes aside: Everyone has the little things they love about where they sit - the MCC is where I sit with my mates and laugh and enjoy what has been a terrible experience these last 7 years. But I remember the Farmer mark in the last rd in 98, the win over the Saints in front of 88k in that same year, the NM prelim in 2000 knowing we would win, the time I watched the most ridiculous game ever against the Crows in 02, the odd sight of the MFC on top of the ladder Rd 18 2004, embracing my old school captain after Jeff White kicked us into the finals against WB in 06... There's nothing wrong with my MCC area.

His second efforts are appalling at times. He needs to stop ball watching and thinking and just start reacting in contested/close footy situations.

Let's deal in certainties - he hasn't left yet, we don't know how he will leave if he does leave, PJ has already stated his contract will be honoured. The rest is supposition.

He's acting in the job so he is going to be mentioned by Roos and PJ as we need a Footy Head in the off-season. If and when PJ gets that last position he wants some experience in then I don't know what they have in mind for Mahoney. Maybe another succession plan? Or perhaps he will sent away aswell. I would say it is decidely up in the air.

Updated. Taggert, Nicholson, and Jetta sweating on trades, and FAs.

Er, welcome to Brett Allison...we will judge you based on stupid points that make little sense so enjoy that. The PP discussion can be elsewhere surely, unless Allison is considered Assistance? I guess he is an Assistant coach brought by a head coach a quarter paid by the AFL...

Brian Royal "We hardly knew ye." "But we judged ye, and compared ye against other assistant coaches. We looked like a sheep walking on its hind legs."

Yes, we need to utilise that option.

Well, that's quite a plan. Sewell is contracted until 2015. And have you been playing some management sims lately, because no way is that happening outside of that sphere.

Stone is their development coach.

Judging Assistant Coaches. It's like playing Just Dance on Kinect - you look and sound like an idiot.

So who else sees Roos as assistance in-lieu of draft assistance? We can discuss it - the AFL are allowing $400k our 'Firing Squad' money to be spent on it. Now we haven't said that we will spend the $400k, only that we can spend it. The issue I have with seeing Roos as assistance as it is a coach-hire and is coincidental to the issue of having to pay out all these contracts; if we had all these people out of contract, we would still spend $1.5m on Roos. It is a no-brainer that may bring in more than he costs. The second reason is that coaching installations (and exits) should be independent to the decision to give draft assistance. As great as Roos is, our list requires some assets as we have a dearth of talent. A good coach may even hide those deficiencies. The points of reference for the assistance of the MFC should stick to what the AFL Commission agreed to; wins, finals, injuries, et al. Nowhere in those points was coaching upgrades.

How patronising. And not to me. To the club. Of course the coach will make a massive difference. But when has that been a point of reference for a priority pick? At Malthouses' Collingwood? At Rattens' Carlton? At Clarksons' Hawthorn? No, only at the MFC is that taken into account because we should be grateful to have such a person descend to our level and agree to such a task.