reynolds46

If petracca says I want to leave and he wants to sign a new contract with a new club surely the MFC are no longer liable to honour the remaining payments? I can't imagine any industry where an employee chooses to resign and join a rival firm and expect their previous employer to keep paying them

You could be referring to the MFC home base initiative

The AFL have never been that invested in Tasmania

what about

As equally impressive as Guerra was how dismal a performance by Caroline Wilson who basically spent more time discussing Nathan Buckley instead of focusing on the successful candidate. Guerra has the courtesy to allow them to interview him and has to put up with mediocre questions and self-serving rubbish by a former journalist who really should retire now if this is the best that she can muster.

Buckley also mentioned early on in that he had to consider does he want to give up his cushy media gig and lifestyle. I would think if he had to ask himself that question he was never going to be fully committed.

as long as he can put us out of our "Misery"

Dear members, As you know, we have been working through the appointment of our next AFL senior coach, and after a thorough process, I am excited to share that we are proud to announce Steven King as the 28th AFL/VFL Senior Coach of the Melbourne Football Club. Steven’s appointment follows an extensive process, whereby the Board unanimously accepted the recommendation of the selection panel, consisting of myself, CEO Paul Guerra, Director Steven Smith, GM of AFL Football Performance Alan Richardson, former Essendon Captain Jobe Watson, Melbourne Storm Director of Football Frank Ponissi and Human Resources Executive Meahan Callaghan. We had five amazing candidates that presented to the panel, each impressive in their own right. The further we progressed, the more apparent it became that Steven is the right person to lead us forward. He has an enormous amount of experience, a deep understanding of the game, and a coaching philosophy we think our players will thrive under. For those unfamiliar with Steven’s experience, he played 240 senior games across a 15-year career at both Geelong and St Kilda. He captained the Cats for four seasons and achieved the ultimate success in 2007, when he was part of their premiership team. He switched to St Kilda ahead of the 2008 season, featuring in three campaigns before hanging up the boots in 2010. He quickly shifted to coaching, where he remained at the Saints for two seasons, later heading to Whitten Oval. His tenure at the Western Bulldogs including a premiership (2016) and Grand Final appearance (2021). Steven then took a senior assistant coaching role at the Gold Coast SUNS in 2022, where he was also appointed caretaker coach for seven matches at the back end of 2023. Following this, he returned to Geelong and has since been working with the club’s midfield for the past two seasons. This truly is a significant day for our club, one that brings a lot of excitement for what lies ahead. In speaking to Steven, he wants nothing more than to work together, to get our AFL program back to the top. This is an exciting new chapter and I am so excited by seeing what our AFL program can achieve with Steven at the helm. Given Geelong’s season is still alive, Steven will continue in his assistant coach role and officially join us at the end of the Cats’ AFL Finals campaign. He is incredibly excited to be on this journey with us all and can’t wait for what’s ahead. Please join me in congratulating Steven on this appointment. Go Dees. Brad Green President Melbourne Football Club

I always felt that we cop it much much worse than any other clubs but is that mainly because I am emotionally invested in the MFC and not the other clubs therefore it feels much worse when its aimed at us?

Giansiracusa wouldnt be a good option due to the issues spelling his name in the 'Is Giansiracusa the right guy' and the 'time for Giansiracusa to go' etc threads

is it possible Richo wanted to announce it as he was Jack Billings' first senior coach at the Saints and may have a close connection with him?

don't think so as Deven Robertson has been named and played a few AFL games with Bears this year

you would hope Haymes

It probably would save time talking only about journalists that are respected and of quality.

I agree with this and the fact that Max went down in round 2 with what looked like a potentially career ending injury meant that we had a high quality replacement to step in. This muddied the thinking as well.