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  1. rjay
    I understand what you are saying but recent past history leads to this kind of thinking. Watts/NikNat, Gysberts/Talia/Jetta/Fyfe/Carlisle
  2. rjay
    Yep, and who did they appoint!
  3. rjay
    Only difference is they have both experienced success, one as a coach and player the other as a player. We need to go back to the Barassi era to find that level of success. As for the article, it's not unusual for there to be disagreement over something like draft selections and draft order. The story at Hawthorn was that Buckenara was going to walk if they didn't pick Franklin, the discussion was so heated and the numbers stacked up against him. However it does raise the question about how much influence the coach should have in recruiting when he would have seen very little if any of the players to be selected. That's why you have the recruiting department scouring the country and assessing the available talent.
  4. rjay
    I think you will find in the new structure that only the FD manager will report to the CEO and that Neil Craig's position will be redundant.
  5. rjay
    ...and we can't afford the risk.
  6. rjay
    I get the feeling Jackson already knows what is needed and will make the changes when he has the people he wants.
  7. rjay
    It would be good to have normal everyday subjects like selection.
  8. rjay
    We're in a mess because we haven't had the right people in control of the club.
  9. rjay
    It is the case mate like it or not and it's why coaches are turned over of the 17 that miss, it doesn't even guarantee the one who wins. Think Clarkson/Kennett If any other club had our results then that would be the case and we can't include the 2 new start ups even though the pressure has now come on McKenna and Sheedy is stepping back at the end of this season. No I stick by the scoreboard as the stat that drives everything in football.
  10. rjay
    No the greatest mistake was the re appointment of Cameron Scwhab as CEO. Unfortunately a lot of the decisions made around this time were on the back of the strong personality that was Jimmy Stynes and those that surrounded him. Jimmy needed good people around him, unfortunately he had his own people, including Gary Lyon who advised him poorly. No one stood up to them. Neeld came into a club that was a mess and was ill equipped to fix it, I'm not sure if anyone could. I fell sorry for him but he is gone.
  11. rjay
    Only one stat matters in this game 'jazza' and that is the scoreboard. It's not particularly silly. Unfortunately like it or not Neeld is now a dead man walking in football terms, he will know this and the players will. Whether it's fair or even right he won't last the season. The new FD structure will need to be put in place and I would expect to see that happen before any move is made on Neeld. It will be bye by the bye.
  12. rjay
    Agree, if we need an interim I would rather go with Rohan Welsh or even see if AD can shake an interim coach free from the tree like he did with Jackson as interim CEO.
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    Not me.
  14. rjay
    He made the decisions and they were so bad. Another thing I've said before on this forum "Do you think Melbourne Storm would even consider let alone re appoint Brian Waldren to the position of CEO at their club"....how could we be so stupid.
  15. rjay
    Get the guy at Casey as interim coach Rohan Welsh, at least he has a team playing as a team. Were expected to finish bottom and he pulled it together pretty quickly.
  16. rjay
    I'm not so sure, the only thing I am sure about is we paid overs.
  17. rjay
    Yep, but there have been some who don't want to hear and then accuse others of not being true supporters.
  18. rjay
    Spot on.
  19. rjay
    I get it mate, and I understand there were a lot with concerns over Neeld. In the end the scoreboard is there for all to see and it's not looking good.
  20. rjay
    Yep 'stuie' you've certainly expressed doubts for as long as I can remember but it's not a contest.
  21. rjay
    'WYL', I think even he might struggle to put this one in a positive light. Then again those mature bodies at GC and there extra games experience of 1 game per player or was it 2????
  22. rjay
    Probably should be just Norm and Ron, then add anyone else when they win something....but it's always good to see Robbie there. I've told this story a few times but a premiership player from the Lyon era always thought Melbourne players of the time were arrogant and up themselves. Couldn't understand it because as he said they'd won nothing.
  23. rjay
    We'll be alright when we can develop mature bodies like the guys at GC then we can convert those near tackles (touches) to tackles.
  24. rjay
    The message I got was that there will be a change in the structure of the FD and that will happen very quickly and that will make some jobs redundant. It has nothing to do with todays result and is in no way a knee jerk but if you think things will be set up to take effect at the end of this season for the 2014 season I think you are way off the mark. Lets check back in a couple of weeks and see where this sits. my bet is the restructure will be done before the bye.
  25. rjay
    It depends on who is targeted and what the role will be but I would not be surprised to see Josh gone in the next couple of weeks. There will be a restructure and Jackson will get that done asap.
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