rehash? wow lets see how many things i have to repeat just from this response:
1. i was trying to get some actual facts, not constant opinions about his commitment, you still haven't provided any - you've only copied opinions of scum journo's.
I have not copied a single opinion, and if you insist on this line its just going to make me angry (which must be your objective). I have not and do not take my opinions from journo's. I'm not going to tell you again, so unless you can show me the comments by the journos I am quoting then step off mate.
Fact 1 - Brad fails to deny manager talked to brisbane about getting another job.
He plays a lot of word games to suggest he never approach them, but doesn't ever say his manager didn't speak to them. Clearly he would know by now (unless you believe they have never spoken since last year). If your going to be so 'honest' then fess up.
Fact 2 - Hutchy asks brad if he can 'Commit here tonight if you want to be the coach of north melbourne for the long haul from here on', and because brad didn't answer him directly, he then says "But is that you" Brads response was "Right at the moment it is, I'm really comfortable as my ability as a coach, so if thats north melbourne, then fantastic, and if they still want me and I still feel I'm the best person for the job then thats where I'll be". Its worth mentioning that brad had just made comments about re-assessing his position at the end of the year.
If you are fully committed to being the coach for NMFC for the next rebuild, then you can say "Yes, I am committed to the long haul". Its a very simple question. As a test, imagine you had a new coach you just employed (where there would be no question of commitment), what do you think a new coach would say? Yeah thats right, he certainly wouldn't continue to stonewall on the answer, certainly not open with '
Right at the moment', certainly not say qualify statements with
IF thats north, or
IF I still feel i'm the best person.
To me, its super clear that
IF you are committed, you dont say that.
2. you've just said we're top 8 (7th) for age, i already said under scott he's never dumped in bulk youth (other than rnd when it was required due to injuries), he's phased them in. I don't know how many times the media questioned north's age demographic in recent years and thought that teams like the pies had a better list with youth and talent - yet today they're closer to a premiership age demographic and even the media rate north higher.
What is your point? You are not answering any question of mine, nor are you asking me a question. Around the age bracket, all I said was that we should assess brads performance this year based on the age of the list he plays, like all teams should be assessed. What have the pies got to do with it?
3. freo are clogging up their list because they have SENIORS playing in the 2nds that will be delisted, while we have youth in the seniors and at werribee developing. and i'm comparing us to freo because their fans (like you) were bitch moaning and complaining about the exact same stuff, as well as the fact that lyon never seems to be questioned as a coach and scott is always questioned.
So you tell me I am bitch moaning? Are you really just using freo as a platform to denigrate me? Because facts are that freo have played younger than us, and have a total overall younger list than us, and if they are giving up AFL time to young guys I fail to see how this has any bearing on what we are talking about... Apart from you using it to attack me personally of course, as you are with the whole scum journo's opinion thing.
Also, what's wrong with being in the top 8 for age exactly? should age = place on ladder? well lot's of teams aren't performing according to that rule....we're 7th and we're not performing too far from that position.
I dont know, you tell me??? Did I say there was a problem with top 8 for age? Again, what I said was that near the end of the year the team should be assessed for its performance based on the age of the list used across the year.
Take care how you respond from here on, cause I'm not up for more attacks and I suggest you keep to comments on football, and not on me.