Certified Legendary Thread Alastair Clarksons.

[giantroo]

 

[Passmore]

Chompers gave a half volley outside off.

 

[DuckYeah]

Carro just said we don’t have the money to afford him. Sees Essendon, St.Kilda as better suitors

* I hate that campaigner.

 

[DesertRoo]

Hahaha she’s so bitter, afl tas 19th licence…

 

[kool kangas]

Do a his and hers, top of the range Mazda per annum come under the soft cap ?

Maybe this might just squeeze in....

 

[The Nostradamus]

Carro just said we don’t have the money to afford him. Sees Essendon, St.Kilda as better suitors

Lol saints have millions of debt and we are debt free

She must be confused as usual

 

[Cyber_punk]

Clarkson speaks on past interest from two clubs as "appeal" of AFL return lingers

The four-time premiership coach could make a comeback to the competition.

www.zerohanger.com

Four-time Hawthorn premiership coach Alastair Clarkson has spoken on the reasoning behind his decision to turn down the advances of both Carlton and Collingwood at the end of last season.

The Blues, Magpies and Hawks were the three clubs that saw changes to their senior coaching seat ahead of this year, with the most notable being Clarkson's highly-documented handover to club great and assistant Sam Mitchell.


Mitchell was appointed as Clarkson's imminent successor in July last year, with the initial plan to see the former take over the reins from 2023 onwards. In the same month, the Hawks announced that Clarkson would be departing Waverley at the conclusion of the 2021 season, with Mitchell taking his place with immediate effect from the year's end.

The stunning backflip soon placed the coaching merry-go-round into a spin, with Collingwood and Carlton needing to call on new personnel to lead their young squads and no candidate seen greater than the newly available Clarkson.


While both Victorian clubs pressed to secure the 54-year-old's services, Clarkson revealed on the The Believers: Tasmania's AFL Journey podcast that a decision to hold off on returning to the AFL landscape was one made with his family at the forefront of his mind.

Clarkson said that neither opportunity felt like a fit, with he and his wife still yet to decide on what the next step of his career looks like.

"I had an opportunity with both Carlton and Collingwood, not necessarily to be accepted to coach those clubs, but certainly to go into the process as an option to be coach of those clubs," Clarkson said.

"But it didn't suit me and strangely enough that had not so much to do with their direction.

"It was just around mine and Karen's and our family's needs at that point in time wasn't to coach.

"We wanted to make those decisions at the end of this year in terms of what our future would look like, not six months ago.

"And we are still not ready to know what we want to do."

With Clarkson only adding to speculation around his coaching future in recent months, ongoing reports of a potential return to the frame from next year have only grown stronger.

The GWS Giants are currently the only club with a position vacant following Leon Cameron's departure early last month, while the Suns' top job has been one of ongoing conversation despite Stuart Dew's stellar record this season.

Whether further vacancies and interest arise for Clarkson, the former North Melbourne and Melbourne player has stated he'll only consider a club that has the ability to go the distance.

"My only prerequisite is that I want to be involved with a group that has got the opportunity to win it again," he said.

"So whether you're taking a group that is long way from it and it's now a five-year journey or whether you take hold of a team that is close to it, if I got back involved in the game again at coaching level it would be to chase that piece of silverware.

"How long it took wouldn't concern me one bit."

Clarkson's four premiership wins and near-60 per cent win rate from 390 matches at the helm of the Hawks comes unmatched by his coaching counterparts of this century.

And while the coaching great has just about done it all, he is attracted to the concept of potentially striking further success in the competition within "a different environment".

"We have been able to do it successfully at one club," he said.

"The most significant intrigue for me is: was I just lucky to have that group of people, that group in time, at that particular club?

"The excitement for me is can it be done elsewhere, a different environment, a different group of people and see how we go.

"That holds some appeal."

Clarkson amassed 228 wins, 4 draws and 158 losses across 17 seasons at Hawthorn.

He wants to come home. He's trying to tell us without telling us.

-Our Tassie games give him a little more time for family

 

[see see]

Carro just said we don’t have the money to afford him. Sees Essendon, St.Kilda as better suitors

This is the same Alastair Clarkson who literally paid for an additional assistant coach out of his own pocket when he joined Hawthorn. Money's not his primary motivator.

And as noted by the Ziebull it's not as if the Saints are rolling in cash.

Just the usual serving of lazy, biased "journalism" from this troll.

Edit - they actually used the phrase "has her money on". LOL. Is this her fabled "thmart money"?

 

[Sillygit]

Carro just said we don’t have the money to afford him. Sees Essendon, St.Kilda as better suitors

Carro says a lot of things

 

[kool kangas]

Carro says a lot of things

I'm thinking its either North or The Bummers. if he wants a challenge then he will pick us however l think the Bummers have more chance of making finals in the near future than us and he might lean towards them as that will be what determines his choice...Time will tell..

 

[The Nostradamus]

I'm thinking its either North or The Bummers. if he wants a challenge then he will pick us however l think the Bummers have more chance of making finals in the near future than us and he might lean towards them as that will be what determines his choice...Time will tell..

Bummers have rutten contracted for another year no way can they afford a payout plus pay clarko under the cap

This is a 2 horse race of us vs gws and if he wants to stay in Melbourne we are locked in

 

[Billy Not Really]

Lmao how the * could St. Kilda afford him and North can’t? They’re the ones in debt.

 

[Masked Avenger]

This is the same Alastair Clarkson who literally paid for an additional assistant coach out of his own pocket when he joined Hawthorn. Money's not his primary motivator.

And as noted by the Ziebull it's not as if the Saints are rolling in cash.

Just the usual serving of lazy, biased "journalism" from this troll.

Edit - they actually used the phrase "has her money on". LOL. Is this her fabled "thmart money"?

Not sure when expressing an opinion on where a former coach may be coaching next year ( three guesses was my count) actually constitutes "news" - but go figure.

 

[SheezNuts]

I’m convinced she jumps on bigfooty and reads our reactions and maybe gets off on it, I’m not sure.

 

[GMAN63]

And how smug is Chompers. “ Geoff Walsh returning for the umpteeth time”.
He’s just a sarcastic prick.

 

[LB2Snake]

How corrupt would that be? Don’t doubt you’re wrong but the AFL giving the clubs they own more chance to win the comp they run is corrupt.

You actually think this may not be the case? I think they are corrupt AF

 

[1975]

I thought it was tony JONES reporting a story on a bunch of drunken yobs kicking in the sh*t can at a local footy game then at closer Inspection l realised it was an interview with Wilson.

 

[BoomerRoo]

Interesting Clarkson interview

 

[My Left Foote]

And how smug is Chompers. “ Geoff Walsh returning for the umpteeth time”.
He’s just a sarcastic prick.

Typical mainstream media rather than stating facts and say, ‘Geoff Walsh returning for the third time’ they think it’s about their opinion.

 

[Colby Cheer Squad]

And how smug is Chompers. “ Geoff Walsh returning for the umpteeth time”.
He’s just a sarcastic prick.

Remember though, he has to go home and look in the mirror and realise that he's Tony Jones and everyone laughs at him.

 

[Passmore]

Typical mainstream media rather than stating facts and say, ‘Geoff Walsh returning for the third time’ they think it’s about their opinion.

Which is once more than he’s been to Carlton and Collingwood

 

[Shinboner1]

Interesting Clarkson interview

so he's not coming then?
I hear a lot of "we're" about him talking tassie.

 

[Devington]

so he's not coming then?
I hear a lot of "we're" about him talking tassie.

TBF he is on the Tasmania taskforce.

 

[shinboner magic]

* will get clarko

 

[SonofSamsquanch]

Do a his and hers, top of the range Mazda per annum come under the soft cap ?

Shut up and buy a raffle ticket.

Or two.