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Have heard similar; likely two-pronged r.e an immediate interim base and an update on the long-term.

He's not really wrong with anything he said and if you listen to the context and don't just take the headline, it's reasoned. But cue the line of media haters constant victims on this sight who will decry everything he's opined.

Brilliant, that's how you present a professional and unified club. " I'm a supporter of the team. I'm a lover of the Melbourne Football Club. They've sacked people I've loved before and I've moved on and so have they. ... I'm a lover of the club. I'm excited for what is next ... Football doesn't wait for anybody. Goodwin sacked, I'm like geez my life is over ... I'm down in the dumps Tuesday morning and then we train Tuesday arvo ... and I come here today and I'm like 'I can't wait for the Bulldogs, I can't wait for what we do in the trade period. I'm really excited about what coach we get in'..."

It comes down to perception. You can ethically disagree with the actions of your employer, but I don't overly think it's professional to air them in a public forum (although the microcosm of the AFL is a unique environment and workplace). To be fair, I do think that this is somewhat of a storm in a teacup. I'm not overly disenfranchised with his comments, but my immediate reaction was to think it was a poor choice of words because naturally, it enables a situation to be presented whereby there is an inference of a divided club.

Charlie, Paul and Bob are also all members of the 'first kick, first goal' club. Extremely unique!

This can be said of both angles; look at all the people who constantly sight Hardwick at at Richmond taking them from an 8 win and 13th placed season in 2016, to premiers in 2017 and then going back to back in 19/20 and use these anomalous yet spectacular results as an indication that this will somehow occur at Melbourne had we persisted and continued with the known quantity of Goodwin. Now, I'm not necessarily saying you're doing this at all - but your point stands that looking at a coaching path that leads to success occurs on both sides of the spectrum, in both the keep Goodwin and sack Goodwin camp. I think ultimately, we need to look at the longitudinal results post 2021 success. Four years is a reasonable level of data and despite what any of us think on here, the Club has stated multiple times that they were expecting the club to be contending in finals this year.

I find it it somewhat difficult to make a call on Spargo, especially not knowing who our coach will be going forward and what our game will look like. I think he's the type of player we need, overall. He's one of our more damaging kicks going inside 50 and can be creative around the ground, particularly with linking play and his run. However, he is also a limited player; he's somewhat undersized, lacks significant penetration on his kicking and doesn't hit the scoreboard often. The scoreboard factor could potentially change if he was utilised differently and we look to change the F50 game, but that's speculative. Given he is one of our better users and also plays a linking role when fit, I'd be inclined to retain him. His 2021 was very good and it's no surprise his game improved when our side was looking far more dangerous and holistically sound.

Whilst I'm not a fan of the input (player selections), this enabled us to move the entirety of Grundy's salary off our books. The result would have been different if we were offering to pay a portion of his salary at Sydney.

I must've missed this! Any chance of a link?

Yeah it definitely feels he's been around a far bit longer than what he has. Great player with talent and diverse range of competencies.

Not sure I'd say spectacularly bad. The Dawes trade wasn't fantastic, where we sent Pick 20 and 45 and received Dawes and 58 in return, though I'd say that was more because of the career that Dawes had with us in the end. Would it have been slightly different in Clark worked out for us? Maybe, but who knows. Probably the only trade that wasn't great was the four way trade with us, Collingwood, Port and Adelaide. Where we received Ben Kennedy, Pick 29 and 50, and gave up Howe and Toumpas. Outside of that the only other trades I can think of are the Paul Ridley trade, Lumumba and Clark to Geelong, and then Grundy. I wasn't necessarily a critic of the Grundy trade either, it just didn't work out and I think we were partially to blame - I wasn't necessarily unhappy with the trade per se.

Missing the mark with this one mate.

In addition to Wilson who would be one of my top targets, McCreery would be another player in my top 2 -3 in terms of a current wish list. He would add significantly to our forward line; this year he's currently ranked 19th in the AFL for tackles inside the forward 50 (ranked as elite this year, as well as over his career), and he can hit the scoreboard. Given goals aren't necessarily his biggest contributing factor, he is a player that would really increase our forward 50 pressure and he is able to play as a linking player outside of the D50 and bringing the ball into the F50. Personally think he can actually also hold a mark, unlike many of the players we have moving through the forward. He's still only 24 too. CONTRACTED Collingwood premiership star Beau McCreery is the subject of significant trade interest, with rivals believing some Pies players are disgruntled by the club’s recent recruiting raids.

Trade bait.

KW is interesting. I'm very hopeful we get him and it seems like a fait accompli at this point, but in a lot of the Power Rankings products across various bodies, he doesn't seem to even fall within the Top 50; so to see him mooted as falling potentially in the 20 - 40 band is surprising. I haven't watched really anything from the state leagues nor the various talent leagues, so this is potentially somewhat of a naïve view and I'm happy to take the advice of more seasoned posters on this though. Also, given my interpretation is that if he is falling in the 20 - 40 range includes the dearth of current Academy picks and F/S selections (outside of KW), it really seems his value would inflated.

Another necessary departure.

Revealed: Ex-Swans boss at top of Demons’ wishlist after sudden coach axing

I'm in this park too. I suspect there may be quite a few departures now. A new coach won't have sentimentality and attachment.

I'm nowhere near as adverse to NB as some. In fact, I'd have him at the top of my list (potentially with Horse) in terms of coaches with previous experience. I think he has an extremely good grasp of the modern game, and was unlucky in 2018 not to come away with the W.

Aware there's far more credentialed posters on here who may have some idea, but last week I was hearing that if Goodwin left, Hinkley could be the man for the job. Alternately, if we didn't go down the Hinkley path we may look to go with an unproven appointment (read: no senior coaching credentials). Would likely require more validation on this.

Haven't we had enough of the boys club?

Absolutely, some people are trivialising and underselling just how much a nail in the coffin that result was for Goodwin. It was horrendous and there's no point in passing it off as anything else.