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[FPPF]

So just assume for one moment that Ryder cops 2 years - do we still take him?

Nobody will cop a 2 year ban.

 

[Doctor Feel]

Jared Brennan just tweeted re: McKenna's sacking:

So I just heard bluey got the flick....damn, a year late!!! In all seriousness though, 1/2
feel for the players that didn't get the chance to develop and excel because of his stubbornness and one minded ways. 2/2.

Bitter Fella

What a complete and total campaigner.

 

[Grave Danger]

Hird likely to be sacked sue Essendon

 

[Steve Dore]

Hird likely to be sacked

No way.

#standbytird

 

[The Smaller Warrior]

Hearing Hird is gone, announcement tomorrow

 

[philreich]

Hird likely to be sacked sue Essendon

Hird out, Neil Craig in????

 

[Phhht]

Will lol if Bassett gets the Essendope job.

 

[Portology]

Will lol if Bassett gets the Essendope job.

will roflmao if Hird is the only one who really gets a 2 year ban out of all this

 

[Tawny]

Hearing Hird is gone, announcement tomorrow

He will be at some stage this year.

 

[It Just Is]

Hearing Hird is gone, announcement tomorrow

Caro's running with that too.

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-ne...t-thursday-board-meeting-20141001-10ot99.html

Could leave Gold Coast up the proverbial.

 

[Steve Dore]

Hird to the Crows.

 

[LFC2010]

Caro's running with that too.

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-ne...t-thursday-board-meeting-20141001-10ot99.html

Could leave Gold Coast up the proverbial.

Makes the timing of this decision even more ridiculous from Gold Coast. If they did this 3 weeks ago they'd already have Bomber signed and this would be a non issue for them.

Saying that I'm sure someone else with that sort of experience wouldn't mind coaching that list.

 

[Holden Hillbilly]

Hird out Bomber stays McKenna an Assistant

wowee

 

[Pt Augusta Power]

With the GC job and the Ess job and potentially the WB job - whoever the crows have lined up will need to have a couple of hundred thous added to their salary.

Apart fro WB - you would think the other two clubs would be more appealing from a talent perspective.

 

[70sDinosaur]

Hird is appealing though

To his wife, maybe.

 

[Steve Dore]

To his wife, maybe.

Well she is a lawyer.

 

[Dentshop]

Yep Hirdy will be sacked tomorrow.

The decision has already been made though. The board meeting is a formality.

I said on Sunday he would be gone by Christmas, I should have said by the weekend.

 

[I Dont Care]

This coach scenario will become like an exquisite game of chess, once all the pieces are on the board

 

[JimmyBeerCans]

The doggies won't sack McCartney now will they? no one will even notice

"He always did struggle without Lennon"

 

[Dentshop]

This coach scenario will become like an exquisite game of chess, once all the pieces are on the board

The thing is, the cupboard is pretty bare as far as coaches go. Well, untried miracle bringing coaches go. Magic 36 year old wizards. Ha!

I don't understand why sacked coaches are basically thrown on the scrapheap once their final press conference is over.

Imagine if most of us could start our jobs over again knowing what we know, things would be completely different. In a good way.

Are the likes of Terry Wallace, Rodney Eade, Matthew Knights, Gary Ayers, Mark Harvey, Mark Williams, Brett Ratten, Matthew Primus or Neil Craig never again able to coach at the highest level, simply because the board at their club felt he wasn't popular enough anymore?

The AFL seems to be a cult of personality that destroys coaches and their reputations. Criticise soccer all you want that they are fickle but AFL footy has become a coaching nightmare that the public is not mature enough to deal with.

 

[Janey]

Very cut-throat business these days, and clubs have no patience. As Paul Roos said, if Alistair Clarkson coached all 18 teams, one of them would still finish last.

 

[Dentshop]

Brad Scott (117 games) and Damien Hardwick (113 games) are the second longest serving coaches behind Alastair Clarkson as the second longest serving coaches in the AFL. Damn.

Once the AFL fix their umpiring problems, their ticketing problems, their rule change problems, their scheduling problems, their draft problems, their new franchise problems, their grand final entertainment problems, their "racism, sexism, gayism" problems, their TV coverage problems then perhaps they will think about how to keep their coaches in the system.

 

[Dylan8]

Brad Scott (117 games) and Damien Hardwick (113 games) are the second longest serving coaches behind Alastair Clarkson as the second longest serving coaches in the AFL. Damn.

Once the AFL fix their umpiring problems, their ticketing problems, their rule change problems, their scheduling problems, their draft problems, their new franchise problems, their grand final entertainment problems, their "racism, sexism, gayism" problems, their TV coverage problems then perhaps they will think about how to keep their coaches in the system.

Same thing with the Premier League last I checked. Outside of Wenger, the next longest serving in their current jobs were Pardew, Big Sam and Rodgers (feels like yesterday he was appointed!).

 

[philreich]

Dame Edna Everage once said, "Even from my early days, I had perfected the art of laughing at the misfortunes of others." It seems appropriate as a Port fan right now: we can go quietly about our business, while other teams try to sort themselves out!!!

 

[AdamMarrett]

What a day, Gold Coast sack McKenna, Hird about to go, Essendon fans turning on Bomber Thompson saying he's a rat cos he wouldn't stay at the club unless he was a senior coach, Cripps quietly confident we will get Ryder and Gorringe.So much for a quiet off season, well for us it is anyway what bliss.