Ted Lasso

Buckley classy as expected. I genuinely believe we’ve genuinely chosen Steven king rather then being knocked back

If Tassie decide they want a premiership coach I reckon we could offer bucks an assistant coaching role. Maybe start him off as part time development and he can work his way up

I wonder if he might be able to get Dave swallow down to join his coaching panel as well potentially?

“Hi guys, Steven king here, just trying to decide if I want this position, I’ll let you know in a month, gotta go Tassie are calling!” Oh wait that’s the other guy

Geez his smile is what we need! We have had a couple of years of do guys really wanna be here, do they wanna leave, does bucks actually wanna coach Melbourne! How good to see a bloke find out he’s coaching Melbourne and smile like it’s the best day of his life!

I assume we will hold a presser at some stage for him?

Might motivate kalani to kick a few goals or the coach will break out the cobra Kai discipline

It sounds more to me like we decided Buckley wasn’t keen as much as he rejected us. Don’t want a senior coach who isn’t desperate for the gig. Nothing to do now but get behind Steven king, see what sort of team we can put around him and hope for a fun game plan and a bounce back next year

Maybe we knocked Buckley back….

Yep. Guessing they’d have taken the 3 standouts which sound like it was Buckley, Kelly and lade. If Buckley was the favourite he may have been offered the role and decline which is odd. Why go through all this only to say no?

Conflict of interest largely. I mean if your long term best interests revolve around a different club being successful, naturally your bias kicks in and maybe you start trying to subtly recruit people. This can easily derail a club before a final. it’s just more simple and clean to cut the cord and the club be aware you’re applying so plans are in place.

I think they should definitely be able to pursue any position they like inside or outside the football industry but if you take up a role as a senior coach of an opposition team your tenure at the current club ends the moment you accept that job.

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This is very very odd.

Mate I was just thinking this! Every time dazzle posts I open this expecting to see a twitter story saying “ dees have chosen Nathan Buckley and called a press conference”

Granted it could be optics. The club saying “look at us conducting interviews, this isn’t a boat race” probably the benefit for the assistants in question is it does raise their profile to get a podium finish

Keep an eye out for the announcement!

The panel also wouldn’t tell them they’re great. But if a prospective senior coach lets out talk they were amazing then the future job they go for they’ll have a leg up potentially. Especially helpful if in this case they never had a legitimate shot at the role anyways. At least they get something beyond experience It’s like artificial momentum

It’s almost certainly the coaches and managers leaking this rather than the panel.

The entire cats culture has been built around respecting opposition, being yourself and being selfless on and off the field. I think a Kelly/bartel double has the potential to transform the club. It would be a risk, especially if Buckley is keen. But if we make that call I won’t be unhappy

Kelly, king as senior assistant and Bartel as head of strategy as suggested would be a good starting point. Combined with Chaplin, jones and maybe we can find a food forwards coach like Caracalla to come on board

My strong preference is still Buckley but I can’t help but be intrigued by James Kelly. I’ve got a feeling he’s going to be a very good coach when he does get a gig with us or someone else

It blows my mind that anyone at Essendon would be more annoyed at Sam Mitchell than themselves for pushing so many players to want to leave with pure incompetence. Merrett, Ridley, Draper and I’m sure more we don’t know about yet. It’s not Sam Mitchell it’s Essendon being a mess

Remember in his youth where clarry went off at the muppet blues fan in the crowd with the 784 chins and rough lid? I still laugh when I think of that

Maybe some special sauce perks like Goodwin and brayshaws salaries secretly popping outside of the soft cap and salary cap as well to smooth it over even further