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Very true. A lot of people thnk the new coach will solve our problems and we'll be playing finals soon but I don't think that's realistic. We need to overhaul the list before we can contend again.

How would Tom Morris know that the job is Buckley's if he wants it? Would someone of leaked it to him? He just seems very confident.

Exhibit B - Craig McRae, Chris Scott, Damien Hardwick, Alastair Clarkson

When potential coaches are interested in a coaching job they often give wishy-washy answers. Can't read too much into it.

That's what he's shown publicly

They'll be nothing from the club until the coach is announced, but the media just about always gets these things right

True. She actually gets the vast majority of things right.

It won't be shut down because supporters have the right to ask the question. I just hope supporters give Buckley a decent amount of time before they start the thread.

It's still zero premierships

Yes. We don't want the same coaching team that failed to win a premiership at Collingwood.

It's also possible that Buckley's assistants will have the same perceptions of the club and won't come along

Can't we give the job to a highly regarded assistant and bring in new assistants coaches like Collingwood did very successfully?

He left last year

I don't like it when clubs put on the "We want an experienced coach" blinkers on.

Please don't just hand the job to Buckley. Go through a proper process and see what other options are out there.

Longmire's a tricky one because he's a premiership coach but lost four grand finals which is a lot, but made five grand finals which is a lot.

Didn't we sack him?

I don't understand why we would look at Buckley. Didn't he fail at Collingwood?

Great news for us, now we can pick whoever we want to coach

He seems interested to me. I'm calling it. Longmire will be our next coach.

I don't think top four in two years is realistic. We have a lot of problems and it's unlikely they can be fixed that quickly particularly considering players like Gawn, May and Melksham are close to the end.

It's not a "no"

I also like the idea of bringing in a coaching team. Collingwood did it with McRae, Leppitsch and Bolton.

I think we have a much longer list of problems compared to Carlton

No one knows if Longmire is mentally ready to coach again