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Will be very interesting to see what the candidates are for the board position.

I find it difficult to see any way Caufield gets done without government funding which means we're probably lobbying for it.

Yeah this is what confuses me about the cats conspiracies. Outside of Cameron, Smith, Stewart, and Dangerfield (who would now be sundowning) most of their players are just solid role players.

Haha ikr. So jealous.

Game over. What a performance from Geelong.

All their talls are rock solid too. Brick wall behind the ball.

Cats look insane. Hard to see anyone stopping them playing like this.

I'd seen a few people bring him up throughout the year. There's certainly been a sense about him that he'd return to coaching at some point. When he was asked about the role he appeared quite eager which was a pleasant surprise. Then Longmire and Simpson pulled out and the question basically became Buckley or a random assistant so it's no surprise people started warming to the known candidate.

It's your opinion, but man, I think this is a very shallow take.

Agree. My question was purely about how a Buckley appointment 'feels Melbourne' for me it seems like a pretty un-melbourne appointment. Most of all I just want the process to be legit and the best candidate to get the job. If that's Buckley I'll be happy with the appointment. He's a very good communicator, has shown a capacity for personal growth as a coach and is highly respected within the industry. The stuff people are talking about wrt being a leader for the club is still very important also. The coach is pretty much always the face of the club. Having a strong ambassador in that position goes a long way to getting to the kind of stability we seek.

Taking 16 marks inside 50 also helps.

It's pretty easy to work out when it crosses the line. Crows fans booing Lever? Absolutely fine, part of the sport. He left them and it got messy. Last night they were booing a guy because he was the target of a homophobic slur from one of their own players who got suspended for it. There's just no other way to read it. It was a disgrace.

Really not sure that Collingwood are the supporter group deserving to be called out over their behaviour last night.

I would be fine with Buckley, don't think he's a bad coach at all. I'm pretty much happy to give anyone they appoint a shot. Just pick who they believe is the best option. From the outside it's impossible to make any real judgement on assistants for the most part. Basically a lucky dip for us supporters. Chris Scott did a two year stint at a middle of the road Freo before getting appointed to Geelong and becoming one of the best coaches of the era. Neeld was Malthouse's right hand man when Pies were humming and was a disaster.

Happy for him to be moved in if that's what the club thinks is best. Not convinced he deserves as much blame as he gets.

So what exactly do you mean by 'Buckley is the very Melbourne choice' Historically we've leaned mostly towards highly touted untried assistant coaches, which is what you are suggesting.

The team had no talent when he started and was knocking on the door of finals when he left. Was the exact right person for the club at the time.

Fair enough. Though that's just another year under him where crows didn't do much.

Can you elaborate on this? Roos is the only Melbourne coach I've seen that meets a similar criteria to Buckley and I think that was a good appointment.

Poor coaches can come from good clubs and good coaches can come from underperforming clubs.

Personally think Burgess gets mythologized a bit too much. Yes we were fit and uninjured during 2021 but that was a year where literally everything was going right for the club. He was there the following year when we were cooked at the end of the season and bungled out in straight sets too. People have been praising his work at Adelaide. But they didn't make finals in their first two years under him and couldn't run out the game against Collingwood last night. A lot has to go right for clubs and fitness is just a part of the bigger picture.

Oliver said our strength and conditioning has gone downhill since Burgess left. Amazed anyone could think that's not insulting to the current strength and conditioning team.

Doesn't really matter if he's right or wrong. Keep it in house.

Yeah, nah. It's completely unprofessional. More airing of dirty laundry that has been so toxic for our club in recent times.

Pointing the finger at Griffith for our issues is a bit rich coming from Oliver. Doubt Selwyn told him to give himself a prison tattoo on his own foot that extended his injury that year either. Oliver did a little interview yesterday where he talked about how much he loved the club and how much he owed and then comes out with this. It's not great.