Play Nice Bye Bye Brad [v4.0] - IT'S HAPPENING!!!

[Tas]

.............and here I was thinking they got paid to do it.

Heath wasn't obliged to deal with us as part of his job. I think some people take the anonymity of the internet to act in a manner they wouldn't otherwise face to face with people because they know the consequences that would come from being like that in person. The internet mob can get very ugly at times.

 

[Tas]

I'm surprised Heath and the NMFC haven't bailed on twitter and FB with all the negative comments on there. Wonder if he's getting the message.

I always felt FB and Twitter was far more toxic than BF was, tbh, I am surprised Heath lost it due to that spat even though I do agree some comments were out of line. I guess we pay the price of being a much smaller community, it is harder to snub social media.

 

[Mav]

Heath wasn't obliged to deal with us as part of his job. I think some people take the anonymity of the internet to act in a manner they wouldn't otherwise face to face with people because they know the consequences that would come from being like that in person. The internet mob can get very ugly at times.

As the GM of Media, Communications and Marketing he is 100% obliged to use all effective channels when trying to reach our members. To ignore a portion of the most loyal club supporters is completely negligent. He spat the dummy like a spoiled brat.

 

[King Corey]

'Going to make you sweat'
Mar 7, 2019 10:27AM

Everybody dance now, coach Brad Scott says several times.

At an upbeat Kangaroos' season launch at the Melbourne Pavilion on Wednesday night, Scott also issued a warning to the football world: Give me the music.

The Roos confounded the critics last year to finish ninth after being just outside the top four at the halfway point, and their coach is buoyed by what he has hailed as the "a group back with the pace, my jam is live and I’m best and don’t waste time".

North's busy off-season netted ex-Port Adelaide duo Jared Polec and Jasper Pittard, former Sun Aaron Hall and ex-Demon Dom Tyson, a quartet that will add further quality and depth to the club's running brigade – and remove pressure from some of their new teammates.

"All the talk about North has been about our new recruits – off the mic with dope rhyme" Scott told the Kangaroos faithful.

"I think that's great for a number of reasons. Jump to the rhythm, jump jump. And I'm here to combine. Beats and lyrics to make you shake your pants. Take a chance. Come on and dance. Guys, grab a girl. Won't wait, make the twirl. It's your world and I'm just a squirrel, trying to get a nut to move your butt to the dance floor. So your butts up, hands, in the air, come on say, Yeah.”

"I am coaching a group that, as a whole, is the best character group I have ever coached. Everybody over here, everybody over there. The crowd is live enough for this fool. Party people in the house move next in line to make you sweat in 2019.”

 

[kangaspurs]

I always felt FB and Twitter was far more toxic than BF was, tbh, I am surprised Heath lost it due to that spat even though I do agree some comments were out of line. I guess we pay the price of being a much smaller community, it is harder to snub social media.

On the Heath thing, most of them weren't personal or out of line the way I remember it. In his departing post he directly mentioned criticism of the PR strategy to use Archer to sell the 4th Tassie game to the fans. I remember because he directly quoted my statement that it was clumsy. It was nothing more than a wild over reaction.

As for your first post, Tas, I agree that posters shouldn't be personal with their criticisms, but I'm of the opinion that the first two weeks, and not only the performances, but all the off field shit with the memberships, has left a lot of people jaded and disenfranchised, and they have every right to express such opinions. I get that these people love the club, and most of them probably are working really hard, but that alone doesn't necessarily make it good enough or immune them from criticism.

I think the response to these issues from Brad and from the people higher up has been borderline disgraceful. Brad's pressers and his appearance on 360 have been an utter joke, and the lack of transparency around the membership **** ups is not only amateurish, but genuinely insulting to long-term members. Respect is a two way street and currently in 2019 the coach, staff, and executive have shown none of that to the fans, so it shouldn't be a given that it goes back the other way. After all, almost all the people responsible for these things are getting paid to do so, as opposed to fans and members, who shell out their hard earned for the 'privelege' to follow the club, and at the moment it doesn't feel like much of a privelege when the club and the coach continues to treat the fans like mugs.

 

[Only Forwards]

Pretty sure its ben.buckley@nmfc.com.au but guessing his PA plays gatekeeper.

I responded to it.

Twice.

I suggest other do as well.

PA may play gate keeper but if it's consistent and from a lot of members then maybe they'll listen.

Probably more good than posting here.

 

[Gorman2Geister]

'Going to make you sweat'
Mar 7, 2019 10:27AM

Everybody dance now, coach Brad Scott says several times.

At an upbeat Kangaroos' season launch at the Melbourne Pavilion on Wednesday night, Scott also issued a warning to the football world: Give me the music.

The Roos confounded the critics last year to finish ninth after being just outside the top four at the halfway point, and their coach is buoyed by what he has hailed as the "a group back with the pace, my jam is live and I’m best and don’t waste time".

North's busy off-season netted ex-Port Adelaide duo Jared Polec and Jasper Pittard, former Sun Aaron Hall and ex-Demon Dom Tyson, a quartet that will add further quality and depth to the club's running brigade – and remove pressure from some of their new teammates.

"All the talk about North has been about our new recruits – off the mic with dope rhyme" Scott told the Kangaroos faithful.

"I think that's great for a number of reasons. Jump to the rhythm, jump jump. And I'm here to combine. Beats and lyrics to make you shake your pants. Take a chance. Come on and dance. Guys, grab a girl. Won't wait, make the twirl. It's your world and I'm just a squirrel, trying to get a nut to move your butt to the dance floor. So your butts up, hands, in the air, come on say, Yeah.”

"I am coaching a group that, as a whole, is the best character group I have ever coached. Everybody over here, everybody over there. The crowd is live enough for this fool. Party people in the house move next in line to make you sweat in 2019.”

 

[see see]

'Going to make you sweat'
Mar 7, 2019 10:27AM

Everybody dance now, coach Brad Scott says several times.

At an upbeat Kangaroos' season launch at the Melbourne Pavilion on Wednesday night, Scott also issued a warning to the football world: Give me the music.

The Roos confounded the critics last year to finish ninth after being just outside the top four at the halfway point, and their coach is buoyed by what he has hailed as the "a group back with the pace, my jam is live and I’m best and don’t waste time".

North's busy off-season netted ex-Port Adelaide duo Jared Polec and Jasper Pittard, former Sun Aaron Hall and ex-Demon Dom Tyson, a quartet that will add further quality and depth to the club's running brigade – and remove pressure from some of their new teammates.

"All the talk about North has been about our new recruits – off the mic with dope rhyme" Scott told the Kangaroos faithful.

"I think that's great for a number of reasons. Jump to the rhythm, jump jump. And I'm here to combine. Beats and lyrics to make you shake your pants. Take a chance. Come on and dance. Guys, grab a girl. Won't wait, make the twirl. It's your world and I'm just a squirrel, trying to get a nut to move your butt to the dance floor. So your butts up, hands, in the air, come on say, Yeah.”

"I am coaching a group that, as a whole, is the best character group I have ever coached. Everybody over here, everybody over there. The crowd is live enough for this fool. Party people in the house move next in line to make you sweat in 2019.”

This post made me go hmmm.

 

[DeploRooble]

People who post on this forum do care. If the club keeps on this downward spiral, there will be no more members and supporters.
Then they can rest easy with no criticisms and no jobs,

 

[The Dingrel]

I'll be honest, I'll gladly support whoever the club has installed as coach. BUT, i expect accountability and honesty. Coming out with comments like "I know the stats don't show it, but I though our midfield got on top" is delusional. That's what I have an issue with. You can't fix a problem until you admit you have one, a good dose of honesty and looking at facts rather than gut feel, might actually go a long way. Why leave the captain getting cold down the forward line if its not coming in? Get him in the guts and involved. W80 retires, we have the VFL leading goalkicker, why not play him? Hell Brown has 3 hanging off him, who cares if he doesn't kick another goal all year if that creates a mismatch or no contest for Larkey. Still we hack it forward, but we don't have the talent in small forwards to crumb the contest, the ball rebounds straight out of there time and again, yet we play the same players who are supposedly able to apply forward pressure? Rant over, clocking out.

 

[The Dingrel]

5 years ago.

Scott has made us so irrelevant that the sooner we sack him the better we will be.

You are right, in that the media are piling into Essendon and we have barely copped a mention.

 

[The Dingrel]

Quite seriously, who will be the next coach?

It can't be a first timer, and it can't be a soft and friendly mentor.

To turn this around we need somebody who has a proven record as a coach, and somebody who will tell this group that if they want to achieve anything in their playing career with the blokes standing around them then they need to be prepared to work a damn site harder than they have ever done before, compete for a spot in the team every week and demand that their teammates all bust their guts for the team, club and supporters. And every player must demand from the coaching staff and selection panel that they work the players butts off on the track, and they put the best team on the park every week. No favourites getting special treatment.

John Blakey and bring his brat with him......oops, too late for that!

 

[Tas]

On the Heath thing, most of them weren't personal or out of line the way I remember it. In his departing post he directly mentioned criticism of the PR strategy to use Archer to sell the 4th Tassie game to the fans. I remember because he directly quoted my statement that it was clumsy. It was nothing more than a wild over reaction.

Yeah, I thought it was too, but I had largely missed the exchange at the time.

As for your first post, Tas, I agree that posters shouldn't be personal with their criticisms, but I'm of the opinion that the first two weeks, and not only the performances, but all the off field shit with the memberships, has left a lot of people jaded and disenfranchised, and they have every right to express such opinions. I get that these people love the club, and most of them probably are working really hard, but that alone doesn't necessarily make it good enough or immune them from criticism.

Yeah, I can understand why people are unhappy and people are free to criticise, I just don't agree with the personal attacks.

I think the response to these issues from Brad and from the people higher up has been borderline disgraceful. Brad's pressers and his appearance on 360 have been an utter joke, and the lack of transparency around the membership **** ups is not only amateurish, but genuinely insulting to long-term members. Respect is a two way street and currently in 2019 the coach, staff, and executive have shown none of that to the fans, so it shouldn't be a given that it goes back the other way. After all, almost all the people responsible for these things are getting paid to do so, as opposed to fans and members, who shell out their hard earned for the 'privelege' to follow the club, and at the moment it doesn't feel like much of a privelege when the club and the coach continues to treat the fans like mugs.

Yeah, people have genuine grievances and I think they should be heard and I think the club should communicate better. I don't think the club should have turned their back on any group of supporters and understand if people are jaded. However, we don't fork out our money for Heath, or Carl or Buckley, we do it because we love the club and will continue to do so long past the current people associated with it are gone.

We obviously have a lot of supporters who aren't buying into the bullshit, because we have 35-40k members and something like 200k supporters and we can barely get anyone to show for our home games. Everyone not fronting up might not be giving their opinion on BF or FB or Twitter, but their absence is more telling.

I just don't want the club to be in a financially vulnerable position that some people on the board contemplate selling even more of our soul.

 

[SunnyBoner]

It was basically a complete 360 pardon the pun from the presser after the game.

Tried to say that Brisbane scored more than us from centre bounces after the game. Then tonight says that those last three goals didn’t actually influence the outcome, albeit direct from centre clearances.

This bloke has ******* statistically m9’d himself - like I’ve posted previously. Sports science and statistics are great but gee you better be flexible at comprehension of them otherwise you get too ingrained and focussed on one aspect.

There’s only one stat that’s telling atm

21 wins from our last 60 games

The other terrible thing from the 360 video example they gave was that three of the four blokes (can't remember the 4th - maybe LDU) were Cunners, Higgo and Goldy - there's around 600 games of experience right there and yet not one iota of leadership or game sense to know what to do in that situation after a summer of knowing the rules had changed. No wonder the next generation are stagnating if the current leaders can't get it right.

 

[The Dingrel]

The other terrible thing from the 360 video example they gave was that three of the four blokes (can't remember the 4th - maybe LDU) were Cunners, Higgo and Goldy - there's around 600 games of experience right there and yet not one iota of leadership or game sense to know what to do in that situation after a summer of knowing the rules had changed. No wonder the next generation are stagnating if the current leaders can't get it right.

Which brings me to the point of having the captain parked in the forward line. The new runner rules means there is less communication coming from the coaches box. Which means we need more onfield leadership. Not ideal with the captain parked deep forward and vice captain at fullback nowhere near the contest around the ground. Either get him up the ground, or make Higgins captain or whatever, but as much as the 666 rule has changed things, you cant underestimate how important onfield leadership/communication has just become......thats an intangible that no statistic can measure, just like the value of a catcher in baseball.

 

[Snake_Baker]

Heath wasn't obliged to deal with us as part of his job. I think some people take the anonymity of the internet to act in a manner they wouldn't otherwise face to face with people because they know the consequences that would come from being like that in person. The internet mob can get very ugly at times.

I was indifferent about his presence when he posted, and I am indifferent about his absence.

If I wanted to know the company line I could just google the club web page.

 

[SunnyBoner]

Which brings me to the point of having the captain parked in the forward line. The new runner rules means there is less communication coming from the coaches box. Which means we need more onfield leadership. Not ideal with the captain parked deep forward and vice captain at fullback nowhere near the contest around the ground. Either get him up the ground, or make Higgins captain or whatever, but as much as the 666 rule has changed things, you cant underestimate how important onfield leadership/communication has just become......thats an intangible that no statistic can measure, just like the value of a catcher in baseball.

Good point but unfortunately neither Jack nor Robbie are match fit.

 

[muttley45]

On the Heath thing, most of them weren't personal or out of line the way I remember it. In his departing post he directly mentioned criticism of the PR strategy to use Archer to sell the 4th Tassie game to the fans. I remember because he directly quoted my statement that it was clumsy. It was nothing more than a wild over reaction.

As for your first post, Tas, I agree that posters shouldn't be personal with their criticisms, but I'm of the opinion that the first two weeks, and not only the performances, but all the off field shit with the memberships, has left a lot of people jaded and disenfranchised, and they have every right to express such opinions. I get that these people love the club, and most of them probably are working really hard, but that alone doesn't necessarily make it good enough or immune them from criticism.

I think the response to these issues from Brad and from the people higher up has been borderline disgraceful. Brad's pressers and his appearance on 360 have been an utter joke, and the lack of transparency around the membership **** ups is not only amateurish, but genuinely insulting to long-term members. Respect is a two way street and currently in 2019 the coach, staff, and executive have shown none of that to the fans, so it shouldn't be a given that it goes back the other way. After all, almost all the people responsible for these things are getting paid to do so, as opposed to fans and members, who shell out their hard earned for the 'privelege' to follow the club, and at the moment it doesn't feel like much of a privelege when the club and the coach continues to treat the fans like mugs.

Agree, and we are also treated like mushrooms Re. Injuries to our players.

 

[benbanjo]

At the 34 second mark Brad goes for the ear, I just googled body language shit and the result is mortifying!!

If he strokes his cheek with the back of his fingers, touches his ears, or rubs his chin, he is totally into you and may be thinking about kissing you or even having sex with you, since these are signs a man is attracted to you sexually.Mar 8, 2018


He wants to have sex with the interviewers, we just lost a ******* game and he's all up for a root. Wild bloody Bill is the only one who has sex after a loss. He's got to go now!!

The Best!

 

[archereleven]

As the GM of Media, Communications and Marketing he is 100% obliged to use all effective channels when trying to reach our members. To ignore a portion of the most loyal club supporters is completely negligent. He spat the dummy like a spoiled brat.

What happened? Was this over the off season?

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[TennisPlayerAndy]

I'm exceptionally pissed off that I really don't care if we win or lose anymore.

 

[mouncey2franklin]

I'm exceptionally pissed off that I really don't care if we win or lose anymore.

Made worse by the fact that even if we got a top pick, we might be staring down the barrel of another Simpkin.

Dropping uncontested marks on a dry day at Etihad.

I feel for the young fella. That kinda shit is embarrassing at local U18 level.

 

[mouncey2franklin]

Scott comes from the Malthouse school of coaches who have been about as successful as Eddy the Eagle. One of his cohorts in Buckley has reached a grand final but it took the Pies to completely stack their midfield with quality ball users to carry out the high possession game style the Malthouse Apprentices adopt. Even then, the Clarkson Apprentice, Simpson beat the Pies in the granny.

On the surface, this is one of the best comments I have read on bigfooty in a long time.

I would need to go through the stats to see if the simple dichotomy of 'Malthouse School overpossess, Clarskon School do not' is borne out by the empirical data, but intuitively it seems to make sense.

The thing is, Scott's North Melbourne has knocked off Hawthorn at least once. I recall Friday night in 2015, a Hawthorn premiership year, we gave them a touch up.

But that could be an outlier. How many times have North beaten Hawthorn over the past five or six years?

We are in for a drubbing this weekend, that much is assured.

 

[LuvtheKangas]

Made worse by the fact that even if we got a top pick, we might be staring down the barrel of another Simpkin.

Dropping uncontested marks on a dry day at Etihad.

I feel for the young fella. That kinda shit is embarrassing at local U18 level.

Mate, perspective. He's an exceptional talent who's in a bad run of form. He'd take that mark 99 times out of 100, including 80 of them when there was an opponent right at his back.

PS - we beat Hawthorn the last time we played them

 

[mouncey2franklin]

Heath wasn't obliged to deal with us as part of his job. I think some people take the anonymity of the internet to act in a manner they wouldn't otherwise face to face with people because they know the consequences that would come from being like that in person. The internet mob can get very ugly at times.

You are quite right, people act differently on the internet than they do in person, largely because -- either consciously or subconsciously -- they would fear consequences if they acted like dickheads 'in real life'.

It goes the other way, too, though. Would a customer service rep treat you like shit if you were standing in their store? Or is it so much easier when there are 30,000 members and if one member isn't happy with their membership pack, well too bad, go find another North Melbourne FC.

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