View Full Version : Channel 7: Grant Thomas resigns as coach.
bulldogtragic
12 Sep 2006, 17:42
Great news for your club. You should finally take the next step up.
Good Luck for 2007.
giantroo
12 Sep 2006, 17:44
Its not his fault. Its always injuries that stops this team to reaching what it requires. The premiership. How many times does he have to wait till he gets a premiership. Injuries stuff it all up.
bulldogtragic
12 Sep 2006, 17:48
Who to replace him.
Longmire, Harvey, Royal, Bond, Pagan
AndrewJo
12 Sep 2006, 17:49
Who to replace him.
Longmire, Harvey, Royal, Bond, Pagan
Too late for Blighty....
AndrewJo
12 Sep 2006, 17:50
Too late for Blighty....
Best assistant is Peter Jonas at Sydney but doubt that he'd consider St Kilda.
Its not his fault. Its always injuries that stops this team to reaching what it requires. The premiership. How many times does he have to wait till he gets a premiership. Injuries stuff it all up.
Injuries are no excuse. He should have gone 2 or 3 years ago.
He was sacked he did not resign. He did not want to leave.
cattalist
12 Sep 2006, 17:54
do you want Mark Thompson?
going....going....
James23
12 Sep 2006, 17:56
theres teams still standing in 2006 with far worse injury problems that st. kilda has ever had.. injuries are no excuse
bulldogtragic
12 Sep 2006, 17:59
Please take Robert Walls so i dont have to here him bull**** on.
blueboys1
12 Sep 2006, 18:01
well the staints are now fav for 2007 flag
great to see this happen to thomas as he got blighty sacked
Dirty Dog
12 Sep 2006, 18:04
I heard this morning that Cresswell was going to replace Thomas. At the time i didn't think to much of it becuase i didn't think Thomas would get the ar*e.
MrAaron
12 Sep 2006, 18:13
would think it wa more like St. Kilda sacked Thomas.
premiers06
12 Sep 2006, 18:15
never rated thomas, a half decent coach would have done amazing things with that talented side but thomas has wasted a golden oppurtunity to develop st kilda to a real powerhouse side, i wish collingwood had some of st kilda's talent
bulldogtragic
12 Sep 2006, 18:23
Will be interesting the "direction the board wants to" and the new coach and any potential trading?
premiers06
12 Sep 2006, 18:30
i dont think there will be much shifting, st kilda has done enough shifting to ensure that they are going in the right direction, best decision with thomas gone, should have done it years ago
buddy23
12 Sep 2006, 18:45
No one from St. Kilda has posted on this thread yet!
I thought he had some pretty rough luck, but you guys have had such a brilliant list.
konstas_87
12 Sep 2006, 18:50
Great news for your club. You should finally take the next step up.
Good Luck for 2007.
i believe he was pushed with quite alot of force, rather than resigned.
Bit of a shock, although it sounds like it was somewhat mutual
D Mitchell
12 Sep 2006, 19:52
He should have gone 2 or 3 years ago...At the end of 2004 ? The year St kilda made the prelim and was leading at 3/4 time ?
Rhombus
12 Sep 2006, 20:18
This time last year he was the saviour.
St.Kilda had just beaten Adelaide at AAMI and they were flag favourites.
sauce_head
12 Sep 2006, 20:20
Bit of a shock, I wonder what this means for Harvey playing on? I am still undecided on Thomas. He had vision and fostered the players together to sacrifice for the sake of the group. I hope the next coach can carry that forward, or there will be too many players and too little salary cap.
Thanks Thommo for what you achieved in your time.
cooperjai
12 Sep 2006, 20:25
injuries is no excuse, in fact having the injuries they had and no one to cover them is a GOOD reason to get rid of him.
A good coach would develop players to step in, look at the Crows, they have about 5 of their top ten players are out yet they are kicking butt because Neil Craig has got the 2nd string players up to AFL standard.
sauce_head
12 Sep 2006, 20:30
We did still make two premilinary finals and were in positions to win both of them with injuries. It is debatable that we could have won without having nine injured players in the second half against Melbourne. However they may be over used as an excuse but they have had an effect. Not a Brisbane like effect, but some all the same.
I really do hope I am proved wrong cooperjai!
lethalselbow
12 Sep 2006, 21:13
Great move Saints. Right thing to do. Thomas is a nice guy, but he ain't premiership coaching material. Had too much on his plate also.
Have to say the greatest thing about the Saints today is that they handled it all so perfectly. Smooth and clean. Well done. Made St Kilda look like a professional outfit. Funny how things change, Saints look like how Carlton used to look a decade ago and Carlton look like how the Saints use to handle things.
Next St Kilda coach will be the one that likes the taste of butters. That's how Grant Thomas got the job, liked to take an extra dollop of butters. :cool:
CarnthePies
12 Sep 2006, 22:06
Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey hey, goodbye
Tigerland
12 Sep 2006, 22:20
You may not want to hear this from an outsider but I honestly think the Coach is not the problem.
You've had a lot of injuries and the media have been all over you like a Melbourne Cup favourite - and we know they rarely win.
I thought that St. Kilda needed stability - I reckon your premiership window is is open for 3 years, maybe longer depending on how ruthless the trades and recruiting are.
I doubt getting a new coach will bring St. Kilda success, maybe I'm wrong but it seems like your President has a trigger finger.
If the Saints had won on the weekend - You'd think Thomas would be safe. So making a big decision on one game seems a little short sighted to me.
Saying that I don't support the Saints and have no idea as far as player opinions etc go... maybe I'm wrong.
nicko016
12 Sep 2006, 22:31
Those two points we lost against Freo would most likely have kept Thomas as coach for 2007 as we still be in the finals as would have finished top 4. I cant believe, how much damage those two lost points have down. They cost us a top 4 and could have cost GT his job.
Sam the RAMA fan
12 Sep 2006, 22:43
St.Kilda are a side that have potential...very good potential!
The fact that they didn't win a flag in the past 3 years is what killed his job.
I personally think it would of been a hard task to do so considering the teams that won it...
But in a way I think it's a good thing he is gone because the saints have some powerfull players..get the right coach and no doubt you'll have a flag..
Good luck guys...:thumbsu:
Roo-Boy
12 Sep 2006, 23:31
Wtf Thommas sacked after making the finals every year? Then what does the Kangaroos board say about Dean Laidley with only 1 finals appearance?
Parry St.
13 Sep 2006, 01:55
Those two points we lost against Freo would most likely have kept Thomas as coach for 2007 as we still be in the finals as would have finished top 4. I cant believe, how much damage those two lost points have down. They cost us a top 4 and could have cost GT his job.
Funny you say that because if it had gone the other way it would have been Connolly getting the sack. I reckon he was 4 points away from getting the sack all year. this years top 8 was ruthless. We finished 3rd and could have finished 7th!!! Tough caper.
sainter
13 Sep 2006, 02:31
No one from St. Kilda has posted on this thread yet!
I don't know about everyone else but I needed a bit of time to digest what has happened and gather my thoughts.
At the end of the day as members we elect the board to make the tough decisions and that's what they've done. They've acted swiftly and when you compare it to the turmoil at Carlton you can see how far we've come as a club. It came down to whether they felt as if Grant Thomas was the man to coach us to a premiership and they've decided that he isn't.
Personally I'm quite disappointed. Like most Saints supporters I can remember exactly where we were when he took over as senior coach. He was given a terrible time by the media and the majority of the gullible football public who hung by their every word. However he stuck to his guns and played a vital role in the rebuilding of this football club. We've had a terrible run of luck injury wise in the last couple of years and it's a shame we'll never get to know how far he could have taken us had we had a full list to choose from. I don't think he has been given the opportunity to prove his detractors wrong.
He's a St Kilda man through and through and I'll always remember him as the man who took us from 15th on the ladder at a time when our club is teetering on the brink to 3 consecutive finals appearances at the end of his tenure. Thanks Thommo. :thumbsu:
kolchak
13 Sep 2006, 04:43
Saints are still defending Thomas even after their own board sacked him...
lolololol
Big Ted
17 Sep 2006, 15:58
It was a good decision.
He changed the mentality of the club, but he was never going to deliver us a flag.