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Goody being sacked and getting bagged for not selecting Lindsay when he's no longer at the club at Casey is peak Cranky

My only feedback would be to narrow down the focus as governance, transparency and accountability are interrelated but separate things. Ideas covering all three areas run the risk of being too broad and nor sufficiently targeted. Transparency relates to communication and governance is very broad. I'd recommend constructive ideas on how the MFC can be improve its level accountability to its fans and members.

Good lord you post some nonsense.

Bit more time in the paddock before returning for the Tasmanian Cup.

My take on the next coach: Short version: Despite my misgivings about Buckley i think appointing him coach would be a good move and i'll fully back him in if they do. Long version: I'm ambivalent about Buckley. He was a famously defensive coach that, yes came close to a flag but was sacked on the back of a woeful season and his replacement turned much the same list into a competitive unit immediately. And the knock on him as a coach was that he wasn't a great manager of people and had a propensity to judge others by the myopic, hyper driven standards he set for himself as a player. Add to that I've never much liked him. Against those misgivings i think the following counter arguments hold significant weight: Personally i think we need to go with an experienced coach like Buckley or Longmire that has gravitas and would not need to 'earn' the respect of players the way any new coach would I agree with Goodwin and Langdon that we're actually not far away from being a contender again, meaning we are not in full rebuild mode - a scenario that suits an experienced coach (on that point, the fact that Buckley is even interested suggests he also believes we are not far from being a contender - no chance he is up for years long rebuild like McQualter and Yze) An experienced candidate like Buckley or Longmire would also have the power, within limits, to call the shots on key hiring and firing decisions which will be important as we need a broom Buckley would demand veto on assistant coaches and no doubt create his own team of line coaches, something that i think is very much needed (ie new assistant coaches) I think some tough calls also need to me made about our high performance program - Bucks, who was ahead of his time on the fitness front, will have firm views in that space and I suspect would drive change It is reasonable to think Mcrae built on the foundation Buckley built - I think that's particularly true in regards to driving training standards They were clearly already a super fit team when Mcrae took over and their success under Mcrae's would simply not have been possible without that base given his method is so aerobically taxing Landing Buckley soon would go a long way to assuage my concerns the executive made an ill considered, vibe based decision to both sack goody and do so three games from the end of the season Many have noted Buckley has mellowed and he himself has acknowledged he has to chill a bit in terms of his interactions with players, particularly those that are perhaps less driven than he was as a player He was on a bit of a hiding to nothing at the Pies as the whole legend player becomes coach of their team narrative arc often has an unhappy ending (Voss being one such example) Buckley is unquestionably a good media operator and whilst it would be great if that wasn't such an important KPI for s senior coach the reality is it is - particularly for a club that has relied on the senior coach and captain to front the media for the last three years So, all things considered I hope we land Buckley and I'll fully back him in if they do. There would certainly be an irony in Buckley coming in and having immediate success with a team that had struggled in the previous two seasons. By the by, in terms of choosing bucks, or indeed any coach, I'm of the view that whilst the coach is of course important the impact of an AFL coach is hugely over rated. I'm more concerned the clubs sorts its governance and get the high performance stuff right.

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It will be Sparg's call but we do not have the luxury of trading out a player who is far and away our best kick inside 50.

Huh? I think that answers the question as to whether the idea of a collective voice to provide constructive feedback to the MFC has legs:

Total bollocks. But whatever.

Which is why i said in previous post that it was either directly leaked by the board or knowing full well as soon as Goody was told it would get out there, they allowed the jungle drums to beat for hours. The result is exactly the same. Dees fans find out from Tom Morris our premiership coach has been sacked. If they wanted to treat Goody with a modicum of respect they could have spoken to him in the evening, given him some time to come to terms and had the presser ready to roll 8am this morning giving no time for the ghouls to go to work. I have little doubt they backgrounded Gleeson a few days ago to lay the ground for Goody's sacking.

I suspect it was a drive by of pert who yes was CEO when we won the flag but as good notes that followed a period of stabilty when PJ and Mahoney were in charge. The implication being Per didn't bring stability - and nor did he deliver a home base, something he made central to his vision from the get go (and then stepped down but remained in a project management role to deliver the home base - which he has again failed to land). Sliding door moment when the board rejected PJs advice to go with a succession plan involving Mahoney becoming CEO and instead went witn Pert whose ladt few years as CEO of the pies were fractious.

That's exactly what the board should have done. Pathetic by them.

How bloody typical the club didn't get ahead of this and show Goody the respect he deserves and make a proper announcement instead of leaking to Tom Morris (whichbis clearly what's happened, ir if they didn't they knew it would come our because they told Goody ladt night and didn't have a presser first thing this morning) That puff piece by Gleeson the other day was basically a board written background piece and in hindsight laying the ground fir today's strategic leak.

Its funny coz it's true.

Its funny coz it's true.

That remains to be seen. How strong a position will it be if they haven't sorted a strong replacement, or at the least have some serious irons in the fire - not to mention a clear timetable to sort a new coach in a timely fashion. I mean, how do we go about trading players in and preparing for 2026 if we are still faffing about in November trying to land a coach.

I like the dogs but I hope we neuter them.and then clip the wings of the hawks and pies.

If we are going to fairly assess where the team is at we should take into account how we perform gains the best teams, teams that are motivated by finals. In the last month we have been competitive against the top 2 teams on the ladder atm - the Pies and Crows - and also the Suns who are 6th with a bullet. And in May we pushed the Lions who are currently third. In all those games out transition footy has been really good. In almost all of those games we likely win if not for inaccuracy. No reason to think we won't be competitive again the Dogs this week.

My personal view is that every single AFL game is meaningful, regardless of opponent or whether finals are no longer a possibility. Agree West Coast were very poor but thought their effort level was pretty good actually. But that doesn't mean the game is not meaningful. Just a few examples of why that's the not the case for Saturday's game include (but are not limited to): Such games are the perfect opportunity to practice implementing game plan and specific strategies, particularly important for teams like us who are moving from one method to completely different method On that front we saw some really positive signs in terms of how we transitioned the ball from the defensive half, for example we scored 3 goals from a kick out which is huge return Fritter continued his resurgence - good for him, good for us Fritter and Petty clunking their marks up forwards reinforced how much better we are when we take advantage of our inside 50 kicks (we are actually transitioning the ball really well this season and getting it inside 50 is not problem - just haven't finished off our work) Regardless of opponent nearly 60% of inside 50s to score ratio is impressive We got a good look at Culley and what he can bring to the table Maxy surely locked in his AA selection - and he continued his simply incredible contested marking this season Bowey had another blinder and surely, he must be in the AA frame now Clarry played his best game after quarters time in terms of real impact - his hands were terrific, and his endeavor remains first class which bodes well for next season We got a good look at Windsor in the middle; he played his best game for the season and i think it's clear he will play as mid going forward We kicked 10 goals in a quarter We won but nearly 15 goals and Koz was quiet And perhaps of most importance, we looked untied, cohesive, played with great energy and the players seemed to enjoy themselves - all terrific signs given last week's fourth quarter nightmare

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I really enjoyed the game live. Was always going, but glad I did. Even watched the replay On the replay there was footage of koz being given some pills of some description, and the commentators notedhr might be a bit off. Despite his quiet game, how's this for a stat to show just how important he is for us - from his 26 disposals (which is not a bad haul) he had a game high 10 score involvements. Nearly half of his disposals contributed to a score on a day he didn't kick a goal and only kicked a point - that's seriously impressive. Koz's pace in the middle is so important. And for the same reason I really liked Windsor in the middle. And for similar reasons I really like Tracc playing predominantly forward - he creates a matchup challenge, is awesome one on one and him playing forward allows faster plsyers like Windsor t8 take his spot in the middle. I've been bullish on Culley, and was super pleased he played so well. Is a rich slow but like Langford thinks quick and had high footy iq. He's also tough, is a neat kick and has good hands. If he can get super, super quick he can cement a spot in the bbest22 as a wing or high half forward. Speaking of high half forward chin's running was berserk yesterday. I loved his attitude and intent.

When was the last time we kicked 10 goals in a quarter? I thoroughly enjoyed going to the footy yesterday. Loved it. Shout to the 16k dees fans who were there with me. Great energy.

I'm not necessarily saying it's an issue, I was just summarising caro's points. BUT I can see why an argument could me made that at the least it might create challenges. The runner sends messages from the coach, and by definition is connected to the coach and has to have a close working relationship with them. Let's say for the sake of argument Windsor was reallly upset with Goody last week for electing to sub him, which wouldn't be that surprising as he was very stiff to be subbed (when I wanted to work out who was subbed I put my binos on him.and he looked filthy). Windsor is so upset he wants to speak to the welfare officer. Does he really want to speak to the fella who gave him the message, is in constant dialogue with goody and has a close relationship with him? And does he want to criticise goody to conca? Maybe, but maybe he doesn't want to be fully honest with conca for fear it will get back to goody.

The idea that Caroline is sinking the boots in 8j that article is off the mark. To be honest, if anything she went easy. I mean she left a couple of easy wacks on the table. Darren Shand was supposedly hired to lead cultural improvement and drive leadersip yet caro didn't make the obvious point that the efficacy of that work is at the very least in question. And she mentions Pert and the home base, but gave him and the club a complete pass on the fact he was supposedly staying at the club to drive that project and 6 months lager we appear no closer to it being landed.

Particularly given the importance of implementing the recommendations of the 2024 review.