Ted Lasso

If even Geelong won’t touch Jamara and hollands but they wanted smith and Clarry it probably tells you all you need to know

One simple reality of this is. If the AFL wanted a team in tassie they’d be flexible on the stadium. It feels more and more like they don’t want the team but they don’t want the lack of team to be viewed as their fault. Just my conspiracy theory

Can one go extinct if they never existed? 🤔

At this rate Judd will be lining up for west coast in round 1 next year and we will still be going in this thread about when it’s going to be announced

It sounds petty but I really didn’t like seeing the Melbourne head coach in a cats polo. I’m being unreasonable but it just felt wrong

Honestly what they need is a Clarry. Trac this year might have gotten out of Dangers way.

The Cats are just soooooo good as an organisation.

the 2023 Qualifying final got me so hard, we were in Much better form than the Pies, they didn't have Nick Daicos, we looked set to push really hard for a flag, not only did we lose, we lost the same way our losses usually look, Gus went down and it was just a mess. That is so much worse than finishing 14th, even though most fans would take 2023 over 2025 any day of the week there is no doubt the emotional stakes are much higher

They aren't top 10 picks, Pick 10 will be pushed back well into the teens post the academy and compensation changes, and it's an especially thin draft anyway. And if their aim is to play finals next years won't either. if you were talking about 2 legitimate top 10 picks, you might have a point, but that's definitely what we'd be asking for regardless.

Pick 10, plus their 2026 first, plus they take his entire contract on is the basis to begin negotiations. But if Trac wants a flag he'd be better off staying at Melbourne than going to Carlton

Haven't met many smart enough or with the level of self awareness required to describe their emotional experience my theory unfortunately remains that, a theory

This will sound strange but i reckon the Cats. every year they give legitimate hope they can win it all and like 9/10 of those they fall short by a kick in a prelim. I think in some ways being garbage and finishing last is mcuh easier emotionally than thinking you're the team to beat and losing

Apparently Tracs extensive experience with straight sets finals exits is especially appealing to the Crows.

This is why i am not overlooking it. if Trac came out tomorrow and said i am pledging the rest of my career to help Melbourne win a premiership, NOONE on here would complain about him staying. The truth is essentially anyone associated in any way with the MFC would like to see a healthy happy Petracca stay at Melbourne, if that's not possible he's contracted and my minimum standards to feel okay with a trade for someone of his quality are. the club takes on his ENTIRE contract in full we receive a top 10 draft pick and a best 22 player or a second first round pick in a trade Short of this i don't see any incentive whatsoever for us to trade him, we're already paying for Gus and Goody to not be involved at our club, we don't want to keep adding to that list.

Hopefully a new coach like Steven King is what he needs, i think Jack Martin and Tyson Stengle are guys who've come form a long way back as well and King has worked with them so perhaps there is some wisdom he can pass on to Shane about how to just attack this because at least then he retires kinda knowing he gave it a crack

I would be demading Flanders and pick 6 or keeping Petracca. we don't need to give away one of our best players, who is contracted for a pick 13 that'll be pushed into the 20's and a pretty good young player. that's just not how this works. same thing with the Crows, they can offer us 2 first round picks, but this years is going to be a pick around 20, and next years if they win the flag would be 18. those two picks are a fair way off the mark.

I am neither here nor there on Henderson staying on, i probably think this is a direct result of Spargo leaving as to not completely wipe out our small forward depth though.

I really don't understand why the Tassie team couldn't be based out of one of the existing stadiums until the new stadium can be figured out. It feels like the AFL quietly don't want the Tassie team to go ahead, but they also want the failure not to be their fault so they're making the goal posts just out of reach so that they can say, we tried.

All roads seem to lead to BM joining us in the red and blue next year, including the Pies seemingly expecting this outcome now. Regardless what you think of this decision from the club there is no doubt he brings experience and leadership

I am getting this close to calling Judd a poo poo head. tell him to announce itttttttttttt

imagine Trac getting consistent 1v1s in the forward half of the ground, he could legitimately win the brownlow next year. Even Kozzie and Fritsch, if they're given the ball with better service i think we can really become quite damaging quite quickly

If i were Steven King, i'd want Christian Petracca in my team. He just needs to sit him down, look him in the eye and ask if he's fully prepared to commit again to the Melbourne footy club, if he's not you say "We'll do our best to find a suitable trade if someone offers us something that appeals"

I know i am getting in early, but i wanted to get out there early that i feel strong the number 9 that Charlie Spargo will be vacating should go to Harvey Langford.

It's a stepping stone rather than ripping the bandaid off, i am certain last touch is where we will end up, rightly or wrongly. But these are the issues a head of strategy specifically needs to deal with, what rule changes are confirmed, what's likely beyond that and making sure our game plan and list are set up with the best chance for success within that. I would hazard an educated guess that the Saints are comfortable with their huge dollar pursuit of TDK because they can see where that rule is heading and believe they'll get a huge advantage out of it

The big one for whoever we hire is what does it mean for Max Gawn if a last touch rule is implemented, this is going to significantly change his role with no more boundary throw ins!