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This is what she actually is quoted as saying. Don't really read it as her blaming the men's team at all. Feels bad for the Men's team and blames the admin for allowing the issues fester that overshadowed both teams.

I'd take the Murphy variety.

We built our whole program and preseason on this guy's advice. Not a great endorsement so far.

I always hear this but I never feel it. Say what you will about Hinkley but when I watch Port I can tell Hinkley is a real players coach. His players love him and show it. Most of the times I see Goodwin interacting with players they just look bored.

AFL coaches association

Anyone know anything about Nicholson's work? He's the AFLCA CEO which has been a fairly toothless organisation for a while.

When a whole team performance is like that I fail to see how it doesn't fall on the coaches. Those issues arise because the players arent well drilled enough about what they should be doing with or without the ball. You can see it in our performances. The second guessing, the indecision, the poor running patterns. The players look shackled by a gameplan they don't understand.

Richmond a much better side than us.

At least we're consistent now.

He doesn't have the fortitude to deal with pressure like this. He's an anxious personality and crumbles when the media apply the blowtorch. Blaming the players publicly was Neeld-esque. But a massive misstep from him too. If the players can't execute what he's asking of them then it's a coaching failure. Its a failure of the clubs program and a failure of communication. He's lost the players and he knows it.

Going to be another big crowd at the 'G will we crack 20k?

Reckon Cameron Bruce would be a good option. Was brought in by Brisbane to coach their midfield and especially fix up their running patterns back in 2022.

Who cares? I don't get the concern about a caretaker coach at all. They're just there to hold the fort for a few months.

Another coach who absolutely would have kept coaching his side had he been allowed to. Come on man.

Lol if you think Clarkson and Cameron weren't tapped on the shoulder then I have a bridge to sell you.

Collingwood won a flag two years after sacking Buckley. If any of Gold Coast, Hawthorn or Giants win the flag this year they will be doing so under a relatively new coach. Regardless I'm not even thinking about premierships right now. The club is in freefall

He really has no answers. Decided to go with a smaller forwardline but changed nothing else so now we're just completely undersized and making the bombers defence look amazing. The Bombers! They havent been able to defend for 15 years.

Just call it Goody. There's no coming back from this.

Dons will roll us and give their fans some false hope.

Agree, we've been very lucky. It almost happened again with Jackson too. Unfortunately, we haven't had a proper key forward since Neitz. (Not including having a baby Hogan for two and a half years.)

It makes me think there is a bit of a disconnect between the recruitment and the coaching.

Yeah well that's kind of my point. All these guys cost us absolutely nothing. So don't worry about it and just keep an eye on the rucks who are playing well in the VFL and pick one up for like pick 40 or something. Most rucks are just tall limited workhorses who do the gruntwork and that's really all you need.

I'm not really concerned about a ruckman. Most teams just trade in a random 25 year old who can do the job when they need one. Geelong have gotten away without having a proper ruckman since Ottens. Having a great ruckman is a bonus but not worth spending a lot of currency on. We're never going to find someone who can fill Gawn's shoes so we shouldn't get hung up chasing the dragon. Our priorities should be Key forwards, small forwards and key backs. All far more important positions in modern footy than the ruck.

Clarkson obviously had a golden era with Hawthorn, got moved on during their rebuild. Will be interesting to see if he's still got what it takes with North.

Interesting we're going in with a smaller forwardline. Not sure I've ever seen Goodwin go with this setup but it also makes me wonder if he actually has any idea how to fix our forward entries or if he's just throwing [censored] at the wall to see what sticks. A small forwardline means that bombing the ball in long as we like to do is useless as it will be picked off all day, but a mosquito fleet set up requires a lot of gut running and fast ball movement which we also look afraid of doing.