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Didn't King say im the coach you need? Its an obviously a culture reset, and that had to be addressed before we could move forward. They have replaced better players (trac and oliver) with better leaders (mihochek and Steele), to nurture and lead the young talent we have already drafted, and the hope that we can get a couple more. Despite the draft concessions, Tassie won't be a powerhouse for quite a while if gws and go were anything to go by. I think we have changed our view (under Goody) that we were still a chance to win, and the new regime is targeting 5 years from now. Its probably the new coach and ceo that have driven the change in planning. As hard as it is to accept, and i wish we did it a year ago, what has happened is the right decision for the club imo. I have a little inside Intel, and I think the younger players will be the main beneficiaries and excited by the additional opportunities and responsibility

Hopefully a window just closed. Especially with the new machete laws

Do not touch

I know many of us think Caro has it in for us, but her latest work on the bombers! Just wow. She really is a piece of work

Has Caro come out and publicly told him not to take the job yet?

I like having Frank on the committee

I actually was wondering after her first opinion piece last week that she might be running an agenda for the AFL and Brendon Gale that they dont want Buckley to take the Melbourne job so he's available for Tasmania. Last night was a bit more evidence this might be the case IMO. If its juat her speculation its easy for Steven Smith to respond and knock on the head if he cares enough to want to.

Staying away from media - and sick of the trend that if opinions (or even lies as we see in US politics) are published for long enough they seem to eventually be accepted as fact. If anything of note happens, i am happy to find out via demonland. I feel the management of the club has been dysfunctional and hope this is the circuit breaker that is needed. I do fear that Goody was actually doing an ok job with the playing group in the circumstances, and we may see a bit of a player dummy-spit in the next 3 games as a result. I think part of the rationale for the decision is that the club has to flush out those senior players who are much more invested in themselves than the club, as sustained success requires some sacrifice from the highest paid players, but that couldnt happen while they had such a co-dependent relationship with Goody. Given we actually playing ok at the moment (one notable 30 minute exception), the next 3 games will tell us a lot about what the club and jumper mean for each of the players, versus who is more worried about the ex-coach and themselves, and if whether they are more focused on the trade period.

I disagree - i think its the wrong decision, but if it was to be done, it is the right timing. Steve Smith has a massive job - not sure a cushy MCC job and a long holiday is the right lead up. I hope Brad Green is telling porkies that we havent already got a plan re a replacement

Most of us are effectively paying collingwood supporters to go to watch their training

What a surprise- a little club is screwed over by a bigger club

Absolutely disgraceful by the HS someone from the club (Pert or Green) needs to call this witch hunt out.

Perhaps he’s waiting for next year when Collingwood have a first round draft pick in the top5

Is this demonland’s jumping the shark moment?

Didn’t Harrison Petty say he wanted to be closer to family in SA this time last year, and then signed not that long ago for a couple more years? Seemed like they managed to work through that “crisis”

Roo out with a groin injury according to C7

Harris killed us last game. Focus on stopping Vlaustin this week and Tom Stewart next week? Maybe that’s the role they have in mind.

Plus it’s a good way of applying a handicap. Seems like we are the only team amongst the top ranked who get 2 of them. surprised Carlton got 1

As bad as we were last night at least I felt there was effort and pride not to let it become a smashing. Imagine being a dogs supporter.

A couple of times when he has accelerated into a ground ball, grabbed it cleanly, and exited a pack before anyone can touch him (as though time has stopped) reminds me of one of our greatest players.

kudos to 2 of the favourite whipping boys. Seeing Tmac on the backline made me very nervous but watching him really closely at the game I thought he was fantastic. He made great decisions about when to play off and support other defenders and when to lock on one on one. I was expecting a howler or 3 with the ball, but his disposal was as good as any of the other defenders today, taking short and powerful kicks that hit the targets with 83% efficiency (according to the stats). also BBB - presented well, clunked a few, but used his gogogadget arms to get the ball to the ground in pretty much every contest he was involved in. both of them have bigger challenges ahead, but I was shocked we picked both this week after compromised pre-seasons, and I was wrong.

Loving the booing from the gws crowd notable that the commentary team are ignoring the reason for it

i heard from a call out volunteer that we are in front of last years' comparative figure by around 1k or so - but given our season starts in 3 days I am not sure whether this is good or bad

Speaking of media, why isn’t there a suggestion that the launch of a premiership film by the Pies tonight, a week before the next season starts, a case of over-celebration/ drinking their own bath water?

Getting ready for all the comments about our poor disposal