Ted Lasso

The standard of umpiring combined with the complete lack of consistency in the application of virtually any rules is one of the biggest issues in the game. At times it’s unwatchable.

I think it’s time we start calling him the almighty El Jefe

i Agree, but I think it’s just a mature acknowledgement from the club this isn’t just a footy coaching role, the entire club needs realignment and repair and the person to do that is going to need experience

I think 3 years is the sweet spot regardless of who we select. it gives us a good look at them, but a bit of a get out option if it's a total disaster. I don't think the first contract of a coaching stint should ever be more than that, and i'd even argue it shouldn't be full stop. We've seen amazing coaches like Malthouse, Clarkson and so on go to clubs and struggle, so it feels like too big a gamble to treat coaching contracts the way we do players.

Hense the long, thorough process we're currently going through. Whoever we choose will be properly vetted and recommended by the panel, we can't really do much more

you might well be right, but could you imagine if we did go for an assistant over someone like Nathan Buckley and they ended but being another Mark Neeld? getting these decisions long can set the club back 5-10 years

That'll do it! thanks mate.

What was the deal with Maynard and Keays post game? did anyone see what happened there?

it really is something to out-feral Collingwood supporters.

I think if we were to consider a trade to the Hawks of Petracca, someone like Cam McKenzie being included in a deal with draft pick(s) would be appealing potentially. I think he's someone who would add to our young core coming through and potentially give us some value. The draft pool this year is pretty heavily compromised and i suspect with Tassie coming on board we're a little while away from a totally clear draft like what we had last year so we may have to get a little more creative to add to our talent pool. It's why the idea of us doing a Richmond and trading everyone out for bulk draft picks is silly, the whole plan is based on the idea there is talent available to us within that pathway

For sure, lets go a highly touted Collingwood assistant! we nailed that last time haha

I think the appeal of Buckley is the potential Paul Roos impact of changing the culture of the entire organisation, our challenge doesn't just involve on field and it's silly to suggest it does. We've had rolling drama for a few years, what appears from the outside to be slipping standards on and of the field and off field issues to key players as well have behavioral/attitude ones. The reason Bucks appeals to me more than say Skipworth is that any edge Skipworth might have purely in terms of coaching is likely significantly outweighed by the benefits of Buckley in terms of raising the standards across the board and coming in with an aura that demands immediate respect and credibility. This impacts sponsors, players considering the MFC, players undecided about staying at the club, the caliber of support staff we might bring in, there is a whole list of benefits someone like Nathan Buckley brings that go way beyond coaching. So even if we thought Skipworth was a slightly better coach, i think there is still a very obvious reason Buckley is the run away favourite for the role.

Additionally i am really looking forward to the mental gymnastics the AFL does this week to justify not suspending Jordan De Goey for an action that's been suspended consistently every other time it's happened.

I think the club itself needs more in terms of leadership than an assistant is likely to be able to provide and this is why Buckley is a favourite. They’re all great coaches but we’ve basically had max carrying the club and now we need to rebuild the culture and standards around the place, the actual footy performance is just one part of what we need to happen

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.