News Crows Press Conference - The Fallout Continues *now with poll*

[Wood_Duck]

If we fire anyone , you can guarantee the media will take their side.

Scapegoat

 

[El Doederino]

Interesting observation.

The complete invisibility of Fagan and Chapman is an indictment on their supposed leadership of the club - they are completely invisible...

It’s hard to believe anyone in that position would be so arrogant or gutless as not to front up...

Maybe there is something going on in the background?

Looking at Fages and Nigel Smarts twitters

Fages didn't "like" anything from between the Hawks game until Lynch signed, bar a tweet about some rugby reunion. Didn't "like" our announcement about CM. Didn't "like" Burton and Pike's performance. Nada.

Smart off in Singapore playing video games.

No support for Pike and Burton whatsoever.

 

[King Elvis]

If we fire anyone , you can guarantee the media will take their side.

Who cares though?

If we’re weak enough to let the media control the agenda and dictate our message, it’s our own stupid fault.

 

[King Elvis]

Looking at Fages and Nigel Smarts twitters

Fages didn't "like" anything from between the Hawks game until Lynch signed, bar a tweet about some rugby reunion. Didn't "like" our announcement about CM. Didn't "like" Burton and Pike's performance. Nada.

Smart off in Singapore playing video games.

No support for Pike and Burton whatsoever.

Someone on Twitter should ask him what the hell theyre doing.

Elite Crow - you’re massive on Twitter, right mate?

 

[kirky]

Starting with you.

No.

I’m not happy with where the club is at the moment but what we did wrong I believe is we did not complete a proper review of the GF loss. That is where it started - for the previous two years we were the most offensive team in the AFL but attack doesn’t win GFs, it starts in defence.

We failed to deal with the Lever issue in the finals series.

And never underestimate the loss of both McGovern and a Smith to our team and yes I believe with those two in, we would have won - it is all about structure and they were crucial to it.

 

[Bicks]

These guys look like the CM experience has really effected them...

 

[El Doederino]

I'm actually starting to have some sympathy for Jake Lever now

Can you imagine getting a phone call from Supreme Flog Burton telling you you're not welcome at your club B&F?

 

[GreyCrow]

These guys look like the CM experience has really effected them...

Sure because every positive funny tweet indicates love and harmony all based on CM

 

[Crow Envy]

I'm actually starting to have some sympathy for Jake Lever now

Can you imagine getting a phone call from Supreme Flog Burton telling you you're not welcome at your club B&F?

When you put it that way.

 

[Mike Smyth]

You can tell a story without telling the whole story. If the information is genuinely that damaging then you need to have an action plan in place to mitigate the damage like say FIRING SOMEONE AND HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS.

Huh. So if I worked for you and stuffed badly, damaged the reputation of the company and alienated fellow employees you would hold me to account. Tough boss.

 

[Mike Smyth]

So you honestly believe if we tell the whole story, they will stop? Not on your bloody life.

Seriously, some people on this board are deluded.

I don't want to downplay our incompetence but I must admit this is going way over the top. Port players assault policemen, others are accused of sexual assault and there is nothing like this hysteria. There must be alot of people out there who really hate the AFC. Most of it self inflicted.

 

[Tex200]

If anyone thinks this will be anything other than presentation of a united front, you don't know this organisation.

There may be some acknowledgement of things we could have done better and that lessons are learned.

But this will be about backing in the successful team that got us to a GF, assuring the members that the season is still alive, that the players are united, and everything is on track

I posted this with sarcasm.

Having seen the shambolic presser, I can only wish it had gone this smoothly.

 

[Mike Smyth]

Fagan has been extremely quiet

Something is going on

Very good point. My worst nightmare may just come true. Nigel Smart CEO in waiting. "Chant Night" will be his legacy.

 

[MRB37]

Campbell Brown and JB were right on Talking Footy. Come out at the start and say this it failed and it's not a big deal. Denying everything for 7 weeks only made it worse. McClure kept getting on his high horse with stories about players so scared, but he can't talk about it while BT kept hammering him.

 

[MRB37]

Very good point. My worst nightmare may just come true. Nigel Smart CEO in waiting. "Chant Night" will be his legacy.

He's an absolute shoe in for the CEO role. 0% chance he doesn't get it. Fagan is working on his next move already.

 

[Mike Smyth]

I reckon we should leave it be now and then wait to the end of the year to see who gets sacked. The AFC is clearly incapable of looking or acting with credibility so we should just let it go before we dig ourselves a deeper hole. However, there must be big changes at the end of the year.

 

[Mike Smyth]

He's an absolute shoe in for the CEO role. 0% chance he doesn't get it. Fagan is working on his next move already.

It was a good point raised above. The CEO seems strangely disinterested and removed. Maybe he knows he will moving on at the end of the year.

 

[Pugsley]

Is it a nice caravan?

Ask Dave Benson.

 

[MRB37]

It was a good point raised above. The CEO seems strangely disinterested and removed. Maybe he knows he will moving on at the end of the year.

He might. Maybe he can't get the board to sack Burton and is just hanging him out to flap in the wind and distencing himself from this mess too.

 

[FR0GGY]

There's a segment on talking footy where hutch is basically saying Burton's position is under serious threat at the end of the year, but that Pyke is the one that should bare the majority of the blame.

This was posted on twitter and I noticed that Nick Poulous liked it.

Make of this what you will.

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Probably liked it for the burton sacking.

 

[El Doederino]

Maybe he's been having interviews with Cricket Australia?

 

[Redline]

All the media have said is we should have come out at the start of the press conference and explained that we had parted ways with CM, the reasons why, provided some details and then we could have moved on. All that makes sense. How did the club not have a better strategy to handle the press conference given they called for it?

Don seemed shocked to be there.

 

[GreyCrow]

Maybe he's been having interviews with Cricket Australia?

James Sutherland is free next year. Might even buy the Strikers

 

[Mike Smyth]

He might. Maybe he can't get the board to sack Burton and is just hanging him out to flap in the wind and distencing himself from this mess too.

Yep, let's just assume it's this. We need a hero.

 

[feenix67]

Smells a lot like making Burton clean his own dirty washing if you ask me.