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Kangaroo Cat said:
Youtube segment by Luke Stubbs: Why North Melbourne could exceed your expectations for 2021

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Very considered, very thorough, very refreshing review. Great listen to someone that is deep diving into our list.

Big wraps for BMac to be our breakout player! LMac most valuable! Perez keeping others out!

I also like the way he addressed the top 5/6 media talking points up front as not looking closely enough.
 
Firestarter said:
Doesn't sell.
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Maybe. Personally I'm not buying any of it now so it's fair to say what exists doesn't sell either (at least in my case). With the new world of subscription based journalism and patreon style voluntary payments for decent stuff (a model that say the Guardian or other independent journalism uses) I'm personally a believer that it would sell if done well and high quality. To be honest I think it's a massive lost opportunity and someone will come along and make a mint while showing the old hands how it's done. Only a matter of time and I'd happily support it if well produced and independent.
 
The Y Factor said:
Very considered, very thorough, very refreshing review. Great listen to someone that is deep diving into our list.

Big wraps for BMac to be our breakout player! LMac most valuable! Perez keeping others out!

I also like the way he addressed the top 5/6 media talking points up front as not looking closely enough.
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Certainly more depth to that than the dross Ronny Lerner put out on Footyology today.
 

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Passmore said:
Certainly more depth to that than the dross Ronny Lerner put out on Footyology today.
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Yes I just read it, I thought it was very poor just writing the garbage from last year, i would put money on his guy has not been to any of Norths training this year but wants to write about the negatives of what happened last year with very little insight into what is happening now.
 
Snake_Baker said:
Based on my take of my previously viewed supporter football analyses which I rate between 0-3/10, I give this one a solid 8/10.

The bloke has actually thought it through beyond the generic repetitive cliches.
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🤣Now, all we have to do is sit back and hope that he’s actually underestimated us...


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Caracas said:
🤣Now, all we have to do is sit back and hope that he’s actually underestimated us...
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Hey, the best ~20 posters here would do a better job, but it's a very good non-aligned layperson's analysis.
 
Kangaroo Cat said:
Youtube segment by Luke Stubbs: Why North Melbourne could exceed your expectations for 2021

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Great vid. It did go for a while but didn't drag.
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Good analysis. But nothing you wouldn't read here I spose. And he is right it does come down to the midfield, who are underrated but young too. If we want to be a top four side in a few years these guys have to be a top four midfield very soon. If that happens this season we have some some very good mobile forwards....

We could go between five and 12 wins. It depends how good (and fit,) these young players really are (although Jy and LDU are right on the edge of bring "young players".) What is our trajectory compared to Adelaide, *, SWans, Hawks, Suns, Giants and Pies? Suns and pies might be moving away from us but I dunno. Either way you'd hope we are moving up compared to the others. I'm with Luke, we're underrated. Its unlikely we finish bottom, especially with seven wins. Three was too many this season just gone.
 
Snake_Baker said:
Based on my take of my previously viewed supporter football analyses which I rate between 0-3/10, I give this one a solid 8/10.

The bloke has actually thought it through beyond the generic repetitive cliches.
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Thank you, i figured someone else could say thay better than i could, i thought he probably didnt say anything a super fan wouldn't know but for average supporters maybe they'd learn a bit.
 
Kangaroo Cat said:
Youtube segment by Luke Stubbs: Why North Melbourne could exceed your expectations for 2021

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a little bit meh for me,
the first bit read like an infomercial for leading teams, dont get me wrong, sure you need buy in from the players and a continuous feedback model but if you need a bunch if consultants to come in and tell you this your so far behind your literally out of the race.

That behind though its a pretty fair summary of the list, other than organic improvement the inclusions of Phillips and Jaydyn will be the big iffs regarding how far we come on, also our depth is still poor as really this was the first part of the flush to remove all the dead wood and it really needs a similar purge again next year with some 5 or 6 tweeners/unfullfilled/vanilla players coming up for contract renewals, So injuries in 2021 will be the biggest factor on how good we are on the park. Get some genuine depth next trading period and see the more talented youth develop and for mine its game on again.
 

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TennisPlayerAndy said:
All for the glorification of his massive ego.
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It's the ultimate representation of how far this club became detached from actual football.

Christ, we used to export our football culture to other clubs, now we have to import it just to get it back on the course it should have always maintained.

A lot of this goes back to post 2007, the autocratic rule under Brad Scott, and the glorious **** ups with Rhyce and the board appointed football department (Scotland & J. Rawlings).

The 2000-2007 lot may have been shithouse financial & marketing administrators, but at least they knew football, and prior to that we were the cream of the competition for 30 years!!!
 
Snake_Baker said:
Hey, the best ~20 posters here would do a better job, but it's a very good non-aligned layperson's analysis.
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I marked him down a touch for saying Dumont was one of our quicker mids -but compared to Jack and Cunners, he probably is.

Snake_Baker said:
This entire scenario is an embarrassment.
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Paul Roo has to be one of footballs biggest all-time frauds alongside Dodo and Ali Dia.
 
Usayed Givashe said:
I marked him down a touch for saying Dumont was one of our quicker mids -but compared to Jack and Cunners, he probably is.
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Endurance, yes, but I wouldn't call him particularly quick.

Froggy's greatest asset is determination.
 
Usayed Givashe said:
I marked him down a touch for saying Dumont was one of our quicker mids -but compared to Jack and Cunners, he probably is.
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I thought something very similar.

There is a gif for this or a meme or something that actually is very good.
 
Roos turn to leadership guru to bounce back from horror 2020
David Noble turns to Performance by Design to help turnaround North's horror 2020
By Callum Twomey - 2 hrs ago
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North Melbourne skipper Jack Ziebell. Picture: Getty Images / AFL Photos
NORTH Melbourne coach David Noble expects Jack Ziebell to remain the Roos' captain in 2021 as the club undertakes a new leadership program.
Noble is three months into his role as the Kangaroos' new head coach and the former Brisbane football boss and Adelaide list manager has turned to Performance by Design to help instill the club's values as North Melbourne looks to turn around its horror 2020 campaign.
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Headed by Gerard Murphy, who is credited with building the high performance culture at Geelong ahead of their drought breaking 2007 premiership, Performance by Design is working with the Roos on their leadership process.
Noble said the Roos would look to settle their leadership group in the next three to four weeks ahead of the AAMI Community Series in March.

"It's a program that's set around values, behaviours and from that side of things the players will be engaged in that. It's a player driven program that underpins that and it's supported by the coaches," Noble told AFL.com.au.
"We're certainly in all of the leadership meetings and the players will have an input as far as what the leadership group is compiled of and then the coaches will have an additional piece of input in that as well."
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North had an eight-man leadership group in 2020, but faces certain change after vice-captain Shaun Higgins headed to Geelong, while Jasper Pittard and Jamie Macmillan were delisted.
Noble said it was likely Ziebell, who turns 30 next month, would head into his fifth year as the club's skipper.
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"I probably would have thought so," he said.
"Gerard Murphy is the person who is running our leadership program from Performance by Design so how that shapes out you would probably anticipate that that's the likely outcome.
"But there's a few players internally, from when you first land and looking at it from fresh eyes, who are aspiring to be in the leadership group, aspiring to be captains of the football club. It's a long proud history of captains at our football club so from that side of things I think our program is going to be really robust."
Noble nominated Jy Simpkin, Jed Anderson and Luke Davies-Uniacke as future leaders of the club, whilst praising youngsters Jack Mahony, Nick Larkey and Curtis Taylor for their application as well.
 
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Hardwick has tarnished his leadership at Tigerland

You can’t help but wonder whether the coach might have been in more trouble if his name was Simon Goodwin or Leon Cameron. Or an assistant coach.
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Damien Hardwick’s decision to leave his wife Danielle and embark on a serious relationship with a younger and more junior colleague at Richmond has tarnished his leadership and risks tarnishing his legacy.

This might sound harsh when you consider Hardwick’s three premierships, his unique coaching ability and the role he has played in reinventing a fallen football club. But his actions alone have placed his board, his executive and even his captain in dreadfully difficult positions.

Already divisions have emerged at Tigerland as club leaders work publicly to downplay the Hardwicks’ marriage break-up as simply another sad tale of our times.

It is true that marriages fall apart frequently and the reasons given can be complicated and murky. But Hardwick, who said when he returned to work in January that he expected club management would support him, has forced that management to make uncomfortable compromises.

Most importantly the lines have been blurred where accepted workplace practices are concerned. Again the club line has been found wanting. Alexandra Crow might be an impressive marketing official in charge of elite club supporter groups but the power imbalance between her and Hardwick is stark.

Neither he nor Crow reported the relationship, which was only revealed when the rumours became so rife that CEO Brendon Gale asked the question of the coach.

President Peggy O’Neal and chief executive Gale have rightly pointed for some years to Richmond’s strong organisational culture and core values. Gale has often said he has been as proud of the manner in which players have carried themselves as of how they have played. That they now give the Hardwick-Crow scenario a tick because they work in different departments is frankly laughable given the coach’s influence across the entire club.

It is telling that the Tigers cannot guarantee Crow will remain at the club although they insist that choice will be hers alone. If it came to it, good luck selling the story of a woman yet again sacrificing her job ahead of a man.

But then the Hardwick controversy highlights the recurring hypocrisy across big organisations and specifically in this case football clubs when it comes to political correctness. You can’t help but wonder whether the coach might have been in more trouble if his name was Simon Goodwin or Leon Cameron. Or an assistant coach.

And there is no doubt sacking Hardwick would have proved a lot tougher than the alternative. Not only would that have created a costly legal thicket for the club but removing a premiership coach in his prime because he fell in love with a colleague would not wash with members, supporters and some sponsors eyeing off a three-peat.

Richmond insist it never considered sacking him, a decision backed by the six club CEOs contacted who say they would have done the same. Still the Hardwick story provoked a serious conversation several weeks ago between AFL boss Gillon McLachlan and Gale. McLachlan reluctantly forced two married league executives - one whom he counts among his closest friends - to resign back in 2017 due to workplace affairs.

And yet head office, perhaps uncomfortable regarding its own more recent history, will not take any form of position on Richmond’s issues, saying it is for the club to handle. Disappointingly, when comparing itself to the AFL, another Richmond line is that the AFL is the game’s regulator and therefore justified in the tougher stand it took.

This too seems flimsy when you consider the role of the senior coach as teacher, mentor and guide to so many impressionable young men. Particularly one who publicly adopted his wife as his moral compass and created “Mrs Hardwick” as a major part of his brand as well as her private role as a key part of the Tigers family.

Stronger feminists than this columnist were never comfortable with “Mrs Hardwick” never having a true voice or even her own name. No one asked Hardwick, never comfortable with the media, to evoke Danielle regularly in his media conferences and make her such a big part of the story - crediting her with such a major role in turning his career around, even joking about their sex life.

Even so, I loved it when, on the 2017 premiership dais, the winning coach became the first in the game’s history to thank his wife straight after the game.
Konrad Marshall’s chronicle of the journey to the 2019 flag speaks of how the coach held up a large rock inscribed with Danielle and family, revealing them as his key motivation. As recently as last June, after one of his many 2020 public missteps, it was “Mrs Hardwick” who told the coach he had behaved like a goose in criticising John Longmire’s tactics. You have to wonder how many people within the club - including players - felt duped when the truth came out.
Affairs of the heart like so many private issues are difficult to write about in the context of a large sporting organisation but no one can deny this situation has not rocked the Tigers and therefore is fair game. It is intriguing that the club has still not put Trent Cotchin in front of the media after wife Brooke’s pointed social media commentary over Christmas.

Tigers had to straighten up 'irritated' Hardwick to avoid derailment
Jack Riewoldt’s “business as usual″⁣ claim belied the difficult conversations Hardwick has undertaken with his players and his shrinking group of coaches. And you can’t help but wonder whether the fall-out from marital breakdown and workplace affair will impact on the coach’s relationship with his players when connectivity has been such a major player at Punt Road.

Hardwick has revealed his vulnerabilities before but surely now he has relinquished the high moral ground upon which he once lived with his wife and family. It is difficult to predict how his authority will endure, particularly when demanding transparency from his players and coaches.

But then so much off-field went wrong for Richmond in 2020 and look how that turned out. Hardwick’s rapsheet alone saw several instances of bad sportsmanship, blaming the MCG ground staff for a poor team performance, an initial refusal to guide his team in adapting to COVID, cruelly belittling David Schwarz and bizarrely almost missing lining up with his team for the national anthem in the Tigers’ first final.

Perhaps his personal turmoil contributed to his sometimes strange behaviour, which culminated in one of the great grand final coaching performances. Perhaps the club and what it has achieved under Gale and O’Neal can prove itself bigger than the coach and his issues.

For those of us who have celebrated the fairytale at Tigerland, the good memories will endure but the story has changed. And as much as those major characters who played their part in the resurgence wish he hadn’t, it is the coach who has rewritten it.
 
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