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    Isn't this the fear that many had? That players were not happy? Whose fault is it? The last coach wasn't great for, and apparently to, young Jack who has the biggest decision of his life to make. He can't wait to see whether we screw up the next appointment? I really don't know how we can all lament the basket case we have become but expect blind faith from the players whose careers are affected by this club's malaise. Get off your high horse and get down in the mud where the club is.
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    Exactly. If these players cannot share some of the VFL midfield load then I don't shake my head at Welsh and Casey - I shake my head at our recruitment.
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    Had a fantasy auction and got Brees and Gonzalez as 'best in class' for their positions but had to settle for Gore and Ball as RBs to back up Lynch. Welker is a gem pickup IMO and I hope Mike Wallace can get near the puss that Tannehill will throw at him... I am pretty confident but we will see how the 49ers and the Broncos use their RBs before being too confident.
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    In what? No President. Board in flux. No head of the FD. AFL haven't approved funding of The Great Firing Squad of 2013 yet. No needed Priority Picks awarded as yet. We are in no position to cast judgement on anyone casting judgement on us.
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    I just don't think Jackson was saying that, alias. I think he was bemoaning the reciting of numbers in the draft in the past as if their pedigree were enough to turn the club around, without putting time and effort into an environment to get the best out of them - to then turn the club around. I could not stand hearing the names Hogan and Viney and Toumpas touted as the answer to our problems, without acknowledging that we have to be set-up to allow these boys to flourish. We need talent as well as "experience, leadership, matured bodies, hard ball getters and a decent coach." They don't "add to the laziness we are all beginning to call the 'cancer'" - they just shouldn't be shouldered with a burden that is beyond them.
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    For a sitting CEO to say it - it's new.
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    Ok, our problem isn't that there is a guy on wing in space waiting for nobody; our problems is that the bloke 'out the back' (that would normally get the handpass to then kick to the Gaff-like player) gets sucked into the contest because they don't trust their teammate to get it to them, and the Gaff-like player that is supposed to be running to space on the wing doesn't bother because A. he is too worried about his own bloke, and B. he doesn't think his teammates will be able to get the ball, get it out the back, and kick it to him. Takes a while to rebuild trust in teammates.
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    I really have not heard an MFC CEO say the things Jackson has been saying... It's hardly a 'heard it all before' scenario.
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    Frankly, I agree with the sentiment that you only coax a person so far and then give up. However, as I have said a couple of times - why should Roos commit when we do not have the stable essential ingredients that would make-up a club looking for a coach; we don't have a President and we don't have a head of the FD for next year. In what world would anyone capable of resurrecting this club agree to come to the club when two positions are not filled? If Roos is the kind of person I think he is then he will wait until those two positions are settled, the Board is appointed, and the AFL has given approval for the club's direction. And as a fan of the club, I have no right to expect an outsider to show as much blind faith as I do - nor would I want them to. As Jackson noted - our culture is nowhere near those of the best clubs. Hiring a coach before we have a stable Board, a President, and a FD head is not a move in a forward direction in my opinion.
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    We don't have a cue. Every team is in the pub and has a cue (GWS has a pencil). The MFC has a trout.
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    Well, I taped it and watch it just before going to bed (slept well) and I also got a great deal of satisfaction out of the interview. Jumbo has said he only has blame and no vision, and I understand the frustration in hearing these uncomfortable truths, but if you do not correctly diagnose the problem then you cannot treat it. We have relied on where we have picked in the draft. We have spurned experience in lieu of the high risk potential of mass youth. Our culture has been near-enough-is-good-enough for my entire life as a Demons supporter. My satisfaction comes from the words said and not the deeds done, so Jackson has to back up what he sees with action to do something about it. We need to build a culture from scratch pretty much and, hopefully, that will entail a competent, proven Footy head, either Eade, Craig, Williams, or Roos as coach, and the targetting of some senior players from other clubs that can help our emerging players onfield. I didn't want to hear a few things that he said, but I know that he is a proven Administrator in an AFL environment and that he knows best practice. And he is right - we are fueled by nothing but hope at the minute. Thankfully, it's a renewable resource.
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    Now THAT is a hypothetical.
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    If they cannot get Thomas under their cap, they cannot match a bid he has agreed to.
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    You can't understand those that do not like Dunn? Re: the bolded - he has rarely done 'his bit' in the past, his pride ususally means jumper punching, his aggression usually means jumper punching, he rarely wins his position, and he has been nowhere near Colin Garland in terms of performance and consistency. He plays a good 6 or 7 games every second year and I am thankful he is playing well currently. There is a spot for him if he can continue his form - but I won't put any money on it.
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    Just outbid them and we can keep Pick 2. I think that Thomas will not want to come to a club in which he would be the Number 1 midfielder. I really don't know how he would go in that situation either.
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    Yeah, I can smell it too.
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    I would love a dynamic mid that does both - but there are not many of those available (or at all). But I would never sneeze at anyone who can get 15 to 20 uncontested possessions a game. We need run and confidence more than hard ball gets.
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    From the perspective of possible FA additions I would think that the following players would be considered: Dale Thomas, (26) the outside mid most teams are chasing. Xavier Ellis, (26 at Rd 1 2014) horrible couple of years but has talent. Matt Thomas, (27) terrifically hard player with not much else. Dylan Addison, (26) adaptable smaller player who plays taller than his 185cm. Daniel Cross, (31) hard nosed veteran for a short term deal. Obviously, there is only one of those we can all agree would be a good 'get' but perhaps a couple of the others represent an improvement on what we have. The only thing that is an impediment is that if Sylvia goes, we will not get our Pick 22 (that I think we will get) if we sign any FAs. The Players Union is right - the compensation system is poorly structured. But the answer is not getting rid of the compensation - the answer is getting a better compensation system.
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    Where did GWS get Pick 10 from?
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    The consolation finals is setup for the same reason I set up the % determinator - to try and keep people playing.
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    By all means see what is out there. But don't burn people to a point where we have to move them for very little. How we handled Moloney's exit from a list management POV was atrocious. First we diminished his value by making him well aware he was not wanted through comments fo the coach and the selection committee, and secondly we made it clear to the footy public that this RFA was not welcome back at the club. If you have a commodity you want to get rid of. Don't force that commodity out until you have something coming back the other way, and don't just let that commodity go for nothing on the market. This is probably best placed on the other Forum.
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    Of course you are. Although this is very early. But the point I made in the post was that it is not advisable to draft for immediate impact. Top draft picks should be investments in the future, not used to acquire 18 year olds to compete straight away. If you want that - trade the pick for a known commodity to perform straight away.
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    Yeah, that was a case of copy-paste disaster there - Fitzpatrick is no longer a chance to be delisted.
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    Battle of Ego's? You called it a rant. Personally, I thought it was better thought out than a rant. My point is that it isn't a case of 'sooner the better.' List management is an art form in need of some science. We have got quite a few players that I don't think much of - and some that I am sure I will come to that conclusion - but we have to be methodical about how we do this. Unless we get something in FA I can see us only parting with Gillies, Sellar, Davis, Rodan, Jetta, and McDonald because of what we could bring in.
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    I completely forgot about the consolation finals... With that in mind I would say no. It would leave the chance that a strong team that finished 9th could romp in a few wins and sneak a top 3 pick... It's really meant for the bottom 5 teams to keep playing and trying to win and doing what 45 did on the weekend.
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