Adam The God

Any relation to AFL Hills?

Heath looked promising at AFL level. Verrall hasn't played a game.

We absolutely need another x factor forward IMO. Ideally two. The question is whether Sumner-Pickett is good enough for AFL level.

Smith's value came from his explosiveness and speed. Noah is a smarter player, a more than natural footballer, but lacks the explosiveness and speed. They are important attributes in a mid sized forward I reckon. I don't think we'll go down the Noah path.

I guess this is my point. Every club is at a different stage and has different needs. Clearly, we've identified we need experience, but this is the problem with an arbitrary rule like 8 years experience. What if the best candidate had 6 or 7 years experience and was seen as the glue to the FD and wider club? I think it shows how poor/naive some of our messaging is. There was never any need to be specific about the amount of experience in terms of years. Just say you're looking for experience and you won't be drawn into specifics. They will come out as part of the process. An operator like PJ wouldn't frame things this way. And if you've seen Green's video on socials yesterday, he can barely string a sentence together, and manages to repeat the same talking points regardless of the question. (I know it's difficult being in front of the camera, I struggle with this too unless I know exactly what I'm talking about) I worry we still don't have the right people in charge though. Time will tell.

As mentioned, with an arbitrary rule like this, we'd immediately rule out the next Chris Scott, Hardwick, Clarkson or Goodwin. I think we told Buckley the role was his before we sacked Goody and we're going through the process to give the board cover, making this point moot anyway. But I've been wrong before...

Whereas, Goody had 4 years at Essendon, including an interim senior coaching position, plus an additional 2 years as an assistant under Roos at Melbourne. So he wouldn't clear the bar either. The 8 years experience seems incredibly arbitrary.

The Rohan Marshall thread. 👏

The question is whether an experienced coach, or anyone, will sign for only 3 years...

Great post mate. As to the game plan, I really think if we can get a great senior assistant, this would be the perfect fit with Buckley. Someone like Justin Leppitsch if Bruce has truly passed up the role.

It was a great appointment for where we were, at the time. The question now is whether Buckley fits us best in 2026. How do we know people are trying to undermine Guerra from inside the club? This is a guy who's been head of a Chamber of Commerce. He will have enemies. Let's not jump at shadows. Great post mate and I agree. I think bringing in a top notch senior assistant below Buckley is the way to go.

This is very true and one reason why I'd be fine with his appointment. We do have to deal with commercial realities unfortunately.

Sacking Goodwin seemed like a commercial choice to me more than anything. We may never know, but on appearances, Buckley seems like a commercial replacement.

Nah, I've stopped coaching. One of my good mates deals with him.

He's head of footy at Caulfield Grammar. The Melbourne role would be supremely more challenging and exciting I would have thought...