jmac70
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We need stability and experience to oversee what may well be a tumultuous year. Walsh is the perfect candidate.
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I was told couple years ago the reason he left was he didn't get along with Buckley.
Would be a good signing.
I agree, the nostalgic bullshit makes me sick.
Can we just get the best administrators/coaches/players etc. regardless of the fact if they've been associated with the club in the past in some way? If the best fit is a son of a great/former player/coach and the like, then thats fine.
But if not, its just total junk. I want the best for this football club going forward, I don't want it turning into a window into the past just for the sake of it.
I believe that would please quite a few.Possibly Pert is off to the MCG then?
Can just imagine the AFL's thought process behind the timing too...The difficulty we have is how late the Allan ban came and you could probably blame the AFL there for not wanting to take Whitfield out of the finals. Most experienced football or list managers from other clubs are contracted, so the ability to poach a Wright or Hocking is limited. With Walsh having a reduced role at NM it's easier to get around his contract. The other option is an internal candidate (Wagner, Pert) however they'd also need to be replaced and we seem more keen to bring in an external person. The only thing that comes to mind there is perhaps Wagner is in the Balme mould and we want a tougher football manager?
The difficulty we have is how late the Allan ban came and you could probably blame the AFL there for not wanting totake Whitfield out of the finals.do anything about it until forced to by the leak.
Most experienced football or list managers from other clubs are contracted, so the ability to poach a Wright or Hocking is limited. With Walsh having a reduced role at NM it's easier to get around his contract. The other option is an internal candidate (Wagner, Pert) however they'd also need to be replaced and we seem more keen to bring in an external person. The only thing that comes to mind there is perhaps Wagner is in the Balme mould and we want a tougher football manager?
How does one thing relate to the other?If we do get him back, it all but means Pert is gone. Which I'm completely fine with.
The AFL sat on their hands for 15 months before the leak came out, which was in late August. I think we can blame both; the leak for forcing the AFL's hand and finals for the delaying the outcome. Stripping a club of one of their best players on the eve of finals wouldn't be good PR and would likely met with greater resistance by Whitfield and GWS.EFA
Another option is to recruit from outside of the AFL altogether.
Heck, I just googled PSV Eindhoven and it turns out their General Manager is an ex-volleyball coach.
Not much different toThe comings and goings in the administration of our club are like a soap opera. So unstable. Just want it to stop.
Coincidentally PSV Eindhoven was my former club. The Dutch League isn't big enough and talented coaches and players will leave and only come back at the end of their career. Some left field selections are not out of the ordinary .EFA
Another option is to recruit from outside of the AFL altogether.
Heck, I just googled PSV Eindhoven and it turns out their General Manager is an ex-volleyball coach.
Whats common on that list?Not much different to
GWS
Richmond
Brisbane
Gold Coast
Port
Administrators do move around a bit
Our football is generally very insular.EFA
Another option is to recruit from outside of the AFL altogether.
Heck, I just googled PSV Eindhoven and it turns out their General Manager is an ex-volleyball coach.
Ah Dutch soccer.Coincidentally PSV Eindhoven was my former club. The Dutch League isn't big enough and talented coaches and players will leave and only come back at the end of their career. Some left field selections are not out of the ordinary .
And make no mistake, about 14 Million people in Holland have an opinion about their soccer team and know how to run it. All you need to do is ask. And even that is not always required
Should have includeNot much different to
GWS
Richmond
Brisbane
Gold Coast
Port
Administrators do move around a bit
Coincidentally PSV Eindhoven was my former club.
The Dutch League isn't big enough and talented coaches and players will leave and only come back at the end of their career. Some left field selections are not out of the ordinary .
And make no mistake, about 14 Million people in Holland have an opinion about their soccer team and know how to run it. All you need to do is ask. And even that is not always required
The comings and goings in the administration of our club are like a soap opera. So unstable. Just want it to stop.
The AFL sat on their hands for 15 months before the leak came out, which was in late August. I think we can blame both; the leak for forcing the AFL's hand and finals for the delaying the outcome. Stripping a club of one of their best players on the eve of finals wouldn't be good PR and would likely met with greater resistance by Whitfield and GWS.
GWS and Whitfield have came out of this better than Collingwood and Brisbane. There's a lot not right with that, ...
... but we could have done more ourselves. Losing Balme to Richmond just 2 weeks after the leak wasn't good business and we should have future proofed a potential Allan ban.
Recruitment outside of the AFL system is well worth considering and if Pert leaves I hope we go that way with the CEO position where the scope to do so is potentially greater.
The great upshot of the director role was all of this happened without our actual input.
All GWS, yet they have the least of the punishments.
Almost comical.
Wether our checks on Mr Allan should have been better is another question.
But that's life in sport
No didn't play, just support. Never even played soccer . I was into fieldhockey and volleyball.You played?
But there is a bit of migration around Europe? IIRC one the Dutch Internationals was recently manager of Southampton FC?
So it's just like Collingwood then?