Ted Lasso

It depends on what you define as irrefutable evidence I have a really hard time understanding how the most active player in the history of the league in terms of social media would allow those sorts of stories about him and the club to run absolutely wild without making any effort at all to either address them directly or via his manager, if they weren't true. It seems to me that he made a clear decision to let it happen and that in my eyes is evidence that he was unhappy with the club. when you add that to the widespread consistency of reporting in the media that he was, i think it mounds a pretty strong case, but again, it depends on where you draw the line as far as irrefutable evidence

I feel like he's not trying to insult anyone, he's trying to compliment Burgo and he's just worded it really really poorly.

I reckon Bucks is gunna wanna bring his own fitness guy with him.

I know we're on a really interesting time line in terms of needing to make appointments, but i can't help but feel like in an ideal perfect world we'd have had this position filled so that person could have been part of the coaching search process. Jimmy would be a fantastic get for the club, it does help to increase credibility to get these universally respected footy people in the door.

In 2021 we really did seem to be channeling the be a great teammate, selfless stuff really well. Since then there have just been a lot of reports that suggest guys thinking about themselves, the position they'd like to play and so on, and i know that's just normal human nature type stuff. I'd love to see the new coach get us back to "I don't care if i get zero kicks, if it helps the team win the game"

I actually think there has been some sort of changing of the guard in terms of the "Face of the club status" I think Trac and Clarry have probably fallen out of it and Kozzie has jumped in. Really it's Kozzie and Gawn now

Why would fans discussing a situation directly relevant to our club, on a fan forum about that club be at all surprising or inappropriate. the thread is about our new coach and the journalist has used more than one entire segment to sell the idea that one of our leading coaching options should ignore our advances and should go to a club that doesn't have an AFL license, doesn't currently have a role advertised to even offer and she fails completely to acknowledge the enormous conflict of interest in having close relationships with several very high ranking people at the Tassie devils. It would be more odd, by a long long way if that wasn't an active topic of conversation on here. Imagine if Carlton sacked Voss and Damian Barrett was saying Horse should ignore the Blues and wait for Tassie, the Blues forums would be having the exact same conversations, without the notion of sexism entering into it.

You feel for Clarry because deep down he probably realises if not for his struggles and the dip in form the club might well have played finals the last 2 years, potentially won another premiership and Goodwin would probably still be coach.

I am actually predicting the opposite on this. I think she'll immediately stop talking about how bad Melbourne is and pivot to Carlton the second they look like sacking Voss.

Gotta respect him owning that he's been a headache for the club and wanting to repay the faith. Heres how you do it Clarry. get back to your absolute best, prove all the doubters wrong and help melbourne win another flag.

It makes a lot of sense the Herald Sun would run with a story that's going to generate a lot of clicks, given that's their currency these days. It makes a lot of sense that Tassie would want to meet with Bucks and see where he's at with Melbourne and where that sits in terms of their own planning. Ultimately though Bucks i am sure is weighing up the reality that the Tassie job is very very likely to be a really hard slog for 3-5 years with no guarantee the coach even survives beyond that point to see the other side of the hard yards where as Melbourne with the right coach could well be in the finals mix in 2026. I will be hoping Bucks is meeting with Tassie to respectfully tell them he's pursuing the Melbourne role and he'll reach out if he misses out.

Don't sell Donuts short! A good box of donuts can captivate a group of people far more successfully than any media performer in any industry. Perhaps a part of why we have an obesity crisis, but relevant in any case.

I agree the AFL conspiracy angle is a bit silly, but i think Caro is a person who does have a lot of close personal connections with very senior people associated with Tasmania and her bias and desire to help them is pretty clearly seeping into her reporting on this. I mean her arguement a coaching job that doesn't even currently exist is better than the Melbourne job Bucks is interviewing for is evidence of the enormous intellectual stretch she's making to try and make the two comparable enough to be worth discussing. I think this is the reason no other journo is seriously discussing Tassie as a viable alternative for Bucks, Damian Barrett did a good job talking about exactly this recently as well, stating Tassie might not ever actually have a job to offer so they really can't do much beyond sit and watch.