KoltTheRam

McCreery is contracted for two more years until the end of 2027. I definitely agree he could be a very handy pick up, probably worth a second rounder. A player in a similar mould to ANB, can kick goals and impact games.

This trade would probably require us to trade one of Petracca or Oliver and then move those picks the other way to the Suns.

Windhager is a Non-Free Agent, which means a trade will have to occur. I would imagine as he looks to be highly sought after by other clubs as well, that it would have to be pick 24 (currently our first selection.) Considering it's a weaker draft and we also get White and Sinnema in, I would be quite happy with this business.

I would guess it would have to be TMac's, unless we dropped a smaller defender to combat Naughton and Darcy more effectively? Baptism of fire for Adams, but glad he is finally getting a crack.

It is highly likely as said by some others on this thread that with Goodwins contract pay-out, under the soft cap we can not afford to cut Richardson as well. It is expected that he would be moved into a different role than head of football, with someone else coming in to take that spot (hence the discussion that Melbourne is targeting 2 big names according to Footy Classified)

I completely agree with you. While I will back in and support whoever gets hired for the role, I feel with the way the league is moving we put ourselves at risk of going further behind with "safe choices" such as Buckley and Longmire. I believe we both need someone that is able to be sturdy and a strong communicator, especially in the Head of Football role, while a coach needs to have new game plans and ideas as well as engage the players in order to bring ourselves back to contention as soon as possible.

The unfortunate thing for Laurie is from my observations he is a very good VFL player, but this has not translated to the AFL side. Even though he has been played as the Sub often when he is given a chance, even in full game opportunities he has gotten, he has failed to have any impact.

Would love to bring Craig Jennings back. Don't know if this counts for anything but he coached our AFLX side in 2018 and we won. Otherwise is a tactical and analytical genius who can bring some new ideas and tactics to the team. I feel like he would be great as a Senior Assistant, and I would been keen on bringing in Danny Daly from the Lions as a head coach, who is very highly rated in the industry.

I still believe in Kolt. An injury interrupted pre-season in your second year isn’t great. With a new coach and a defined role he’s going to soar in year 3

Yep I saw that and thought immediately that we could give him that opportunity. Can play as a wingman in both defence and forward, is athletic. However I would assume there would be competition, maybe with teams like North. But worth chasing

They've definitely given him a call already then I would say. I feel like if he wanted to coach again, then he would be probably top of the clubs list. Longmire is well-established in Sydney, and I have heard whispers around that he would be unwilling to move down to Melbourne, so while he would be good I think we won't be able to entice him over. I could see Buckley being a good option IF there is good help and assistants around him (Bruce would be good, or other experienced assistants from other clubs) I would be mildly angry if we chose Simpson given how quickly West Coast went down hill, and I think Hinkley will take a break for a year or so Edit: I am coming around to Bucks, I was originally very skeptical, but could see it happening.

I’m feeling very mixed. Sad, Optimistic, Hopeful. It’s such a big decision to part ways with a coach, especially a premiership one. It’s a rough day

Love your work Harvey W, doing gods work for us 🙏

He will be forever a premiership coach. Has been relentlessly combated by the media, and even by us as supporters. He geniunely cared and put his blood, sweat, and tears into our team for 9 years. And for that I salute and thank him, and I'm sure the players do too.

How the club and the board have gone about this is so poor. Right decision, [censored] execution and [censored] timing