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I don't get this. He could easily play five more years and be the difference between winning a flag or not. Picks are lottery tickets for players that take years to develop even if you find a good one. A team like Adelaide should be in total win now mode. We should also not be trading Trac unless we get overs since the club has made it very clear we expect to be playing finals next year.

The etiquette for a while has been to not annouce the coach until the team they are working with finishes their campaign. We just called up Geelong and worked it out maturely in advance instead. Really not an issue whatsoever.

The panel we selected showed we were more interested in finding someone who was a strong managerial presence who could take ownership of the whole football program rather than just being a good tactician or whatever.

Also helps that there is bugger all to do in Geelong.

Wasn't it Daniher who campaigned for it? Remember him speaking very strongly about Ruckmen smashing their knees together.

Adelaide won't be moving anyone decent on to get Trac in, but we won't accept their picks alone. Most likely we'll see some convoluted multi-club trade get it done.

In my experience they are some of the most relaxed and confident footy fans I've met. They rival Hawthorn supporters in that department. Losing a prelim doesn't hurt so bad when you can be 90% sure you'll be thereabouts the following year. Collingwood supporters would be closer to the description you provided because of how many Grand Finals they've lost over the decades.

Haven't met many Cats supporters?

Eh, they can get other clubs involved to make it worth our while.

Agree about Trac/Flanders. Not sure where all this Walter talk is coming from. Suns aren't going to let him go.

Goodwin has clearly been talking to the media for some time.

Are we really thinking that May was asked to look around weeks ago and there's no way that info could have gotten out elsewhere? Surely his manager has phoned up a few clubs by now.

Sounds like the AFL basically expected this news? Rockliff has doubled down. It all comes down to the vote, but also wouldn't put it past the AFL to backflip on the stadium. I suspect Buckley was given some assurances...

Dunno the rule they're bringing in is what the AFLW has had for it's entire existence. Think it's worked pretty well.

It's amazing to me that the media can do these mental gymnastics acknowledging King as a good appointment whilst still finding avenues to criticise us, like the panel being wrong or the process being shoddy. Must have been alright if it ended up selecting the right candidate?

Talk about a nightmare blunt rotation.

Mckay for Petracca was the move that should have been done.

Not even from a Melbourne perspective. His manager should really be advising him to re-sign imo. Another team might bring him in and not even have a clear role for him. Better for him to build his craft at the team he's currently best 22 at and establish himself into the comp.

Media have gone very hard at Smith what are you on about?

Haha yeah that chat was wild. Might as well been a bunch of mates at the pub bagging Buckley's ex.

Love Trac, but if the right deal can be done and both parties can walk away on good terms then it's not a bad outcome at all. The club is trying to create a clean slate for next year and it might be that Trac needs that himself. Adelaide need him more than almost any other club but not sure they will be prepared to make it worth our while. Gold Coast would be an ideal trading partner, they seem to be a team that favours getting trades done rather than posturing. If it does happen it might end up being a multi-club situation.

Adelaide are famously stingy at the trade table.

The club says Buckley wasn't our preferred candidate. Fair enough Buckley says we weren't his preferred employer. I think enough time has been spent on the guy who missed out on the position.

Yep. Spoke well in an awkward situation

The senior coach is always the lynchpin in these sorts of things. Been clear for a while the footy department needed a shake up and once the senior coach goes it just makes it easier for everything else to flow from there. With existing contracts in effect we will probably see even more movement over the next 12 months as King puts together his team.