News Pyke Gone

[jaytex]

I especially liked the part at the end where Chapman called Don a "friend for life" and explained that the way that people exit our club is really important to him.

yeah because chances are they'll be back too soon in an undeserved capacity for a role that is totally above their pay grade.

 

[The Karma Bus]

Clearly thinks that now Don is gone, no other changes are required

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They will be measuring the temperature now to see if this has quenched the thirst of fans.
Even if it hasn't, would they care?

But they'd be hoping like hell this is enough of a circuit breaker for them to complete the review, say some things need to be cleaned up, that's it.

The other problem is there are too many numpties around who were just throwing Sack Pyke hashtags and so on everywhere which gives these clowns in the club an out.
It's why some of us were saying turn the heat to where it needs to go, not the coach again.

 

[Wayne Swan]

My question is... was he sacked, or did he get out before the club slips and implodes further?

Fell on his sword to save the skin of Old Boy Burton!

 

[slice]

Pretty obvious to me that Chapman wanted Don gone but after the review so he could point to him as the reason for the failure in performance.

Don pulling the pin beforehand has now put Chapman in a very awkward and embarrassing position.

 

[Jibroni]

Any chance of M Clarke stepping up to the mens team?

 

[Scorpus]

Pretty obvious to me that Chapman wanted Don gone but after the review so he could point to him as the reason for the failure in performance.

Don pulling the pin beforehand has now put Chapman in a very awkward and embarrassing position.

Yep.

You could hear throughout the press conference from Chapman about how great we were, no problems, everything is fine.

His trump card for ending the review has already been played. He's got nothing

 

[Geoffa32]

Left field thought - Pyke would have been better as manager of footy operations than a coach

This...

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[rocket18]

this is us trying to hear Fages talk


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Confirmed, our new senior coach to wear a puffy shirt.

 

[skam85]

Pyke came out of that looking better.

After watching the presser, I'm almost completely convinced Don walked because he has lost all faith in the club and the review appears to be a sham.

 

[Betts are off]

I don't ever remember a time where the coach leaving the club due to his poor results comes off better then the club itself.

That's unheard of right?

 

[WaynesWorld19]

Pretty obvious to me that Chapman wanted Don gone but after the review so he could point to him as the reason for the failure in performance.

Don pulling the pin beforehand has now put Chapman in a very awkward and embarrassing position.

It was a decision for the fans ....moving foward, there would have always been a stench of suspician over his role in the players performance this year .....wiping th decks clear is a sensible move

 

[WaynesWorld19]

 

[Scorpus]

Pyke came out of that looking better.

After watching the presser, I'm almost completely convinced Don walked because he has lost all faith in the club and the review appears to be a sham.

It sounded to me like the players slayed him for stuff like the camp as part of the review, and on top of that he had no faith in the club that he could be part of the solution. He was very emotional describing the "conversations" he had that made him think he was no longer the right man to coach

He then went on to suggest coaching, leadership and culture are all issues that remain.

He sounded like a man that knew he wasn't wanted, and knew nothing would change. So he went out on his terms

 

[texanmike]

I hope people call in to 5aa today and give Chapman a bath, embarrassing...im afraid also that Pyke lost all faith in the football club and that the review is a sham too.

 

[Rave Slave]

Chapman is an unmitigated disaster and I'm losing faith in Fagan rapidly.

I think we've just lost the best person on staff in the whole footy department.

Don may have chosen to leave for a variety of reasons but the club hierarchy clearly pushed him as well. He will be involved in footy at a decent club elsewhere and he a resounding success.

Today to me highlighted the integrity of Don Pyke and the utter ineptitude of the AFC.

This, this, this, this and this.

If you think Don is even close to the person we need out of that club you’re a mile off.

1) Burton
1) Chapman
3) Campo
4) Hart
5) Hass
6) Roo

 

[Drewie11]

Pyke surely not taking any money from the club and just resigned

 

[betterthanu]

That was like watching the camp press conference again except with Chapman looking incompetent next to Pyke instead of Burton.

 

[WaynesWorld19]

 

[WetCrow1991]

I swear the ******* god if Campo, Hart and Burton survive, I'm done even following aussie rules as a sport.

Such an AFC thing to do, push the coach out and keep everyone else and wonder why things don't go differently.

Good luck to Pyke in the future.

 

[mattymac]

Chapman : still pumps up our footy department
He is a big problem

Chapman is the key problem.

Solve the Chapman problem and all the other problems become much simpler to solve.

 

[marty36]

The bigger concern is who ever we get what results will he acheive with our list

 

[Betts are off]

Chapman: No, there's not termination payment. But on a separate and unrelated note, this week we've decided to donate to the Don Pyke Children Private Education fund, the Don Pyke Golf Membership fund, the Don Pyke International travel Charity and an undisclosed Upper Middle Class Housing Project in Western Australia....

 

[TheLeftFist8]

It was a decision for the fans ....moving foward, there would have always been a stench of suspician over his role in the players performance this year .....wiping th decks clear is a sensible move

As long as those way more incompetent than him are also moved on. Sadly, it's incompetent people making decisions on other incompetents, and they are all buddies.

 

[AFC3000]

I think Pyke knew that even if we go youth next year, make changes elsewhere, the likelihood is we spend another year out of the 8. That's not something the club could sell to supporters and the media would be all over it as another failed year.

This gets us that "clear air"... I hope we use it to actually make some changes that set us up for a sustained period at the top.

I hope that we don't go for the new coach with the plan that gets us the spike.

 

[Betts are off]

Pyke surely not taking any money from the club and just resigned

'Resignation' is a very loose term!

I think the word more closely describing this situation is 'Settlement'