Mostfamousclub_Pies
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- Sep 23, 2019
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I think it’s time you came out of the closet.
Coach Craig McRae
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Yeah and unlike the bears we'll achieve it without uncle AFL clearing the way for us.
- Oct 3, 2013
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He did it
Legend. Manage the minutes , guy is a tactical genius in managing close finishes , imagine how many more flags wed have if we'd had him managing the minutes in all those past close gf loses
- Sep 7, 2009
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Legend. Fastest rebuild from 17th to a flag. Finally won us a close grand final after many years of heartbreak and close losses we were all accustomed and used to
Don't believe we were truly a 17th placed side, but what this man has done is incredible.
He's brought a new culture - getting the absolute best out of everyone around him.
And in just two years, he's joined a club of previously just 5 people.
Collingwood flags are hard to come by.
He's brought a new culture - getting the absolute best out of everyone around him.
And in just two years, he's joined a club of previously just 5 people.
Collingwood flags are hard to come by.
Beautifully summed up 84
- Feb 19, 2008
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It's hard to overstate the transformative effect that Fly has had on the playing group and the club as a whole.
Truly remarkable.
Truly remarkable.
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Norm Smith Medallist
- May 3, 2021
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Rough count - another 8 flags
Cory
Brownlow Medallist
Guess a lot of this was due to Bucks
But according to some in the media Bucks played a big part in this premiership. Give me a break, the guy was a poor leader and it's time to admit it.
- Nov 30, 2006
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The guy is just a winner. The players really bought into his philosophies and they just all seem to love playing for him. Such a breath of fresh air.
Mason Cox said on a podcast that he was ready to give it away and retire prior to Fly being announced as the new coach. Pretty much said he (McRae) was the only one he would keep persevering for. In the end he kept going to try and help Fly achieve the ultimate goal after he was the one who helped him so much on the start of his journey. #PlayForFly was the catchphrase he was running with.
Mason Cox said on a podcast that he was ready to give it away and retire prior to Fly being announced as the new coach. Pretty much said he (McRae) was the only one he would keep persevering for. In the end he kept going to try and help Fly achieve the ultimate goal after he was the one who helped him so much on the start of his journey. #PlayForFly was the catchphrase he was running with.
- Sep 14, 2005
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That’s abit harsh. He led arguably our worst GF side to within a bee’s dick against one of the greatest sides in history as a player, then almost won a premiership as a coach too.
You have to be a good leader to be able to achieve what Buckley did as a captain and as a coach.
His leadership style is completely different to Fly as coach and Moore as captain now, but it doesn’t automatically mean it’s bad leadership.
EDIT: I reckon I’m fairly ‘old school’ and reckon I would’ve thrived more under a Buckley type leader than under a Fly type. Nothing wrong with either - just some people respond better to different ways of being led.
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Eric Shin
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- Oct 3, 2022
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One thing that struck me the most with Fly when he first took over the job, was how much he wanted to honour past legends of the club and learn about the club’s history.
Anyone else remember how he put up murals of the past Collingwood premiership coaches up on his wall in his office?
I hope he left enough room for one of himself to be put up there.
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Anyone else remember how he put up murals of the past Collingwood premiership coaches up on his wall in his office?
I hope he left enough room for one of himself to be put up there.
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- Sep 14, 2005
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Don’t recall where I heard him speak, but he said if he came back for 2024 and it was done, he’d wanna change offices
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Don’t recall where I heard him speak, but he said if he came back for 2024 and it was done, he’d wanna change offices
He just said the same thing on SEN lol.
- Oct 25, 2001
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Great coach obviously and great panel with him. Didn't throw many babies out with the bathwater, so it may be that good things from Bucks time remained.
- Sep 14, 2005
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Poor guy is having to do so much media work, he’s had to repeat himself everywhere.
- Aug 3, 2020
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Bugger me...
Not digging the boots in to bucks whilst he is down. But even as a captain the murmurs were there of a bad leader. Essentially why Paul Williams left the pies.
PieBeast
Brownlow Medallist
Read my sig that I've had from the moment Fly took over but you can never question Bucks' intentions, ever.
Bucks wouldn’t have a bar of it. On the Couch when they talked about it he made it clear this group was ‘different’ to his group. Wouldn’t take an ounce of credit for his ‘fingerprints on the group’. Collingwood legend Bucks.
76woodenspooners
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I think Hayden Skipworth is the only legacy person of note on the panel from Buckley’s time?
Leppa, Bolts, and Wade all came on board with Fly.
