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I think Stewie Dew is also a bit of a “winner”,2 flags in 4 years but then had to coach the Suns which destroyed his record
 
I think Stewie Dew is also a bit of a “winner”,2 flags in 4 years but then had to coach the Suns which destroyed his record
Stewie Dew is only involved in premierships in Olympic years tho. So the next 4 years is gonna drag on a bit unfortunately.
 
Stewie Dew is only involved in premierships in Olympic years tho. So the next 4 years is gonna drag on a bit unfortunately.
That's not right, Dew guarantees a premiership in Olympic years - we just need to prove it's not only those years!
 
Stewie Dew is only involved in premierships in Olympic years tho. So the next 4 years is gonna drag on a bit unfortunately.

Stewie Dew is involved in premierships when Stewie Dew feels like being involved in premierships.

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“So obvious”: The current AFL coach who ticks all the boxes for the Tassie Devils job
“It is so obvious that this is a job for Chris Fagan. Everything that was said there: working with young players, rubber on the road, got the success now with the premiership, he built Brisbane from the ground up basically after everyone left and was there at a dark time.
“He (Gale) spoke about needing that resilience, he (Fagan) has been through that. He spoke about having a calm head and some composure. He spoke about Scott Roth who is 61, Fagan is 63.”
Fagan is contracted with the Lions until the end of 2027 which could fit perfectly with Tassie’s AFL entry.
And Cornes feels that as Fagan continues to age, he will need a younger assistant with him who is being earmarked for the senior role at some point in the future.
“Fagan will be coming to the exact right time, I would think, to finish at Brisbane when this opportunity comes up. Provided he’s got the energy, provided he wants to keep coaching, I get all of that,” Cornes added.
 
Tassie is reportedly targeting Fagan for coach according to 7 News Brisbane tonight.
He's got no strategic nous, no plan B or C, they can have him. We'll get Chris Scott.
 
He's got no strategic nous, no plan B or C, they can have him. We'll get Chris Scott.
Unless they make him an offer he can't refuse Fagan won't leave here whilst we're still in contention.

Besides which when do they start up, 2028 ? I suppose they'll want someone on board by 2027. And a lot can happen between now and then.

Just a lot of off season gossip at this stage.
 
By saying Fages will coach or have footy department role with the Tassie team, the media think they're adding 2 and 2 together and coming up with 4. I say they're putting 2 and 2 together and coming up with 5
He's not in any hurry to get out of Queensland any time soon from all reports. And why would he be. One thing I can assure everyone of is that as you get older the last place in Australia you want to be is Tasmania.
 
By saying Fages will coach or have footy department role with the Tassie team, the media think they're adding 2 and 2 together and coming up with 4. I say they're putting 2 and 2 together and coming up with 5
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Besides which when do they start up, 2028 ? I suppose they'll want someone on board by 2027. And a lot can happen between now and then.
2028. Judging by GC & GWS coaching search before entering the league, they'll probably have a coach before Fages comes out of contract.
GC: Guy McKenna - 2008. AFL entry: 2011
GWS: Kevin Sheedy - 2009. AFL entry: 2011
 
Even before our premiership (and it potentially answering the questions about tactical ability) he was the perfect type of candidate for them. He's both local and shown the ability to build culture and a young team up into contenders. They would be crazy not to be going hard at Fagan now.

Whether as headcoach, football manager or even just as a pure mentor it probably doesnt matter, however they start the club they will be better off if they can involve him.
 

AFL taking action on rising levels of frustration among clubs as Chris Fagan airs grievances​

Tension between the 18 clubs and AFL House was sky high at the end of last season. Now, after premiership Chris Fagan delivered a scathing assessment, the league is changing.
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4 min read
February 8, 2025 - 12:43PM
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/...ory/5e7d79be0b319bdc0ac24caae9160f82#comments



The escalating levels of tension and murmurs of discontent between the 18 clubs and AFL House had become a primal scream by the end of last season.
League headquarters had never won a popularity award and yet this time it seemed like clubs had legitimate complaints with the new-look administration.
As Andrew Dillon completed his first season in charge, even his popularity couldn’t stop the rumblings becoming something more meaningful. The list of objections was long and diverse.
Port Adelaide was screaming blue murder over a $20,000 fine for Ken Hinkley’s “conduct unbecoming” after he mocked Jack Ginnivan following the Power’s semi-final victory over the Hawks.
a633da89f7e5c9d5beb804bf6f032c07


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Ken Hinkley shares words with Hawks players after the game​





Carlton and Richmond were in riot over sudden changes to the AFL draft bidding system – and ultimately successful in watering down alterations that would have stripped valuable draft capital from their 2024 national draft hands.
Gold Coast felt the AFL was paying lip service over competitive balance as Fremantle and West Coast excoriated the league over their own inequitable travel burden.
Even the appointment of former Eagles CEO Trevor Nisbett to headquarters to help manage relationships did not stop headlines about clubs who were “absolutely seething”.
As reigning premiership coach Chris Fagan told the Herald Sun on Friday of the prevailing view from clubs about AFL House: “I suppose my view is that we are all in it together. It has felt like for a little while they have not listened to clubs as well as they could. They haven’t listened to coaches. It has felt like they have viewed us with suspicion, like we don’t have the game’s best interests at heart. And I think the coaches do more than anyone.”
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Fagan believes the AFL needs to get better at listening to coaches. Picture: David Caird

Fagan believes the AFL needs to get better at listening to coaches. Picture: David Caird
There is much more work for the AFL to do to soothe clubs and repair relationships and yet you cannot accuse the league of ignoring club concerns.

Fagan met the AFL Commission in December and felt a change in the mood at AFL House about how receptive the league was to listening to concerns.
On Tuesday, the Commission met and invited Essendon chief executive Craig Vozzo and president David Barham to present in its latest initiative to hear more club voices.
The Herald Sun understands Dillon has committed to the AFL Commission getting on the road, holding six meetings a year at AFL clubs in an initiative that will see it roll through all 18 clubs in a three-year cycle.
The league has also committed to moving the AFL executive’s weekly meeting to different clubs regularly so every club will host that meeting within a two-year rolling cycle.
Dillon’s message is clear – to build stronger, more substantial relationships with clubs.
Already the AFL Commission has met with North Melbourne and the Western Bulldogs and hosted presentations from Fremantle (Simon Garlick) and West Coast (Don Pyke), which paved the way for the Kangaroos to sell two games into Western Australia next year.
Andrew Dillon has work to do to improve relationships with the clubs. Picture: NewsWire / Aaron Francis

Andrew Dillon has work to do to improve relationships with the clubs. Picture: NewsWire / Aaron Francis
Fagan delivered an impassioned plea for the AFL to deliver greater respect to club football departments.
The Commission was reportedly blown away by Fagan’s presentation about how the things he and the club stood for when he arrived at the Lions in 2017 – culture, leadership, respect, trust, honesty – had remained critical when Brisbane won last year’s premiership.
Fagan told the Herald Sun on Friday the league was listening, having given the Lions more cash to bring family and stakeholders to Melbourne for the Grand Final as the players arrived a day earlier than their 2023 trip.
And yet you can hear the level of frustration in his voice when he says there is more work to do.
Clubs continue to lobby the AFL after it increased the contentious football soft cap only $400,000 this year to $7.675m ahead of further increases of $250,000 in the next two seasons.
“My message was ‘we are all in it together’,” Fagan said.
“We want the game to be as healthy as it can be. The AFL should listen to the perspective of clubs. We are at the coalface, we know what it’s like every day. It is hard for the people in head office to know. With all due respect, many haven’t worked at clubland. I wasn’t critical of the AFL, it’s more about how can they help?
Fagan wants all the clubs and AFL to work more collaboratively. Picture: Getty Images

Fagan wants all the clubs and AFL to work more collaboratively. Picture: Getty Images
“It’s ultimately about football departments. There is a lot of talk about who is responsible for the on-field product. There has been some increase (in the soft cap), but it feels so slow and incremental.”
Dillon’s key task in the next 18 months will be to find a lieutenant who might or might not be his official second-in-charge – and a potential replacement when he moves on.
Gillon McLachlan had Dillon, with huge depth in Travis Auld and Kyle Rogers, but Laura Kane is only two years into her new role with Matthew Chun (finance, clubs, infrastructure) also only 18 months into his new portfolio.
The hugely respected Graham Wright spoke with the AFL about a key football role under Kane, but instead chose a succession plan as Carlton’s chief executive under Brian Cook.
Brendon Gale ultimately declined the AFL’s overtures amid quibbling over whether he would have the actual title of second-in-charge. It was a blow for the AFL, but the new Devils chief executive will execute the AFL’s biggest challenge in nailing a Tasmanian stadium deal.
The Tasmania Devils entry into the competition will hurt clubs at the bottom of the ladder. Picture: Getty Images

The Tasmania Devils entry into the competition will hurt clubs at the bottom of the ladder. Picture: Getty Images
Gale is already lobbying for greater list allowances in his first days in charge.
There is likely to be a rancorous debate ahead between clubs and the AFL about Tasmanian list allowances, but for his part Fagan – like Gale, a proud Tasmanian – has no issue with a generous package.
“We have got to accept if a new team comes in we have got to help them,” Fagan said.
“Don’t set them up to fail. So we all have to take our medicine on that one. I am not sure if everyone will have the same view. The clubs down the bottom won’t be able to get the same access to talent, but I am sure there is a fair way that it can be worked out.”
As the year unfolds and the league again takes up its usual role as gatekeeper, the quibbles will start as part the annual tradition. The league’s view is that this season it will come from a place of better understanding as Dillon begins to build the kind of elite team that McLachlan had, providing cover for him across his hugely successful tenure.
 

AFL taking action on rising levels of frustration among clubs as Chris Fagan airs grievances​

Tension between the 18 clubs and AFL House was sky high at the end of last season. Now, after premiership Chris Fagan delivered a scathing assessment, the league is changing.
Jon RalphJon RalphAnalysis
Follow
@RalphyHeraldSun

4 min read
February 8, 2025 - 12:43PM
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/...ory/5e7d79be0b319bdc0ac24caae9160f82#comments



The escalating levels of tension and murmurs of discontent between the 18 clubs and AFL House had become a primal scream by the end of last season.
League headquarters had never won a popularity award and yet this time it seemed like clubs had legitimate complaints with the new-look administration.
As Andrew Dillon completed his first season in charge, even his popularity couldn’t stop the rumblings becoming something more meaningful. The list of objections was long and diverse.
Port Adelaide was screaming blue murder over a $20,000 fine for Ken Hinkley’s “conduct unbecoming” after he mocked Jack Ginnivan following the Power’s semi-final victory over the Hawks.
a633da89f7e5c9d5beb804bf6f032c07


HERALDSUN.COM.AU00:29

Ken Hinkley shares words with Hawks players after the game​





Carlton and Richmond were in riot over sudden changes to the AFL draft bidding system – and ultimately successful in watering down alterations that would have stripped valuable draft capital from their 2024 national draft hands.
Gold Coast felt the AFL was paying lip service over competitive balance as Fremantle and West Coast excoriated the league over their own inequitable travel burden.
Even the appointment of former Eagles CEO Trevor Nisbett to headquarters to help manage relationships did not stop headlines about clubs who were “absolutely seething”.
As reigning premiership coach Chris Fagan told the Herald Sun on Friday of the prevailing view from clubs about AFL House: “I suppose my view is that we are all in it together. It has felt like for a little while they have not listened to clubs as well as they could. They haven’t listened to coaches. It has felt like they have viewed us with suspicion, like we don’t have the game’s best interests at heart. And I think the coaches do more than anyone.”
SuperCoach AFL promotional banner 2025
Fagan believes the AFL needs to get better at listening to coaches. Picture: David Caird

Fagan believes the AFL needs to get better at listening to coaches. Picture: David Caird
There is much more work for the AFL to do to soothe clubs and repair relationships and yet you cannot accuse the league of ignoring club concerns.

Fagan met the AFL Commission in December and felt a change in the mood at AFL House about how receptive the league was to listening to concerns.
On Tuesday, the Commission met and invited Essendon chief executive Craig Vozzo and president David Barham to present in its latest initiative to hear more club voices.
The Herald Sun understands Dillon has committed to the AFL Commission getting on the road, holding six meetings a year at AFL clubs in an initiative that will see it roll through all 18 clubs in a three-year cycle.
The league has also committed to moving the AFL executive’s weekly meeting to different clubs regularly so every club will host that meeting within a two-year rolling cycle.
Dillon’s message is clear – to build stronger, more substantial relationships with clubs.
Already the AFL Commission has met with North Melbourne and the Western Bulldogs and hosted presentations from Fremantle (Simon Garlick) and West Coast (Don Pyke), which paved the way for the Kangaroos to sell two games into Western Australia next year.
Andrew Dillon has work to do to improve relationships with the clubs. Picture: NewsWire / Aaron Francis

Andrew Dillon has work to do to improve relationships with the clubs. Picture: NewsWire / Aaron Francis
Fagan delivered an impassioned plea for the AFL to deliver greater respect to club football departments.
The Commission was reportedly blown away by Fagan’s presentation about how the things he and the club stood for when he arrived at the Lions in 2017 – culture, leadership, respect, trust, honesty – had remained critical when Brisbane won last year’s premiership.
Fagan told the Herald Sun on Friday the league was listening, having given the Lions more cash to bring family and stakeholders to Melbourne for the Grand Final as the players arrived a day earlier than their 2023 trip.
And yet you can hear the level of frustration in his voice when he says there is more work to do.
Clubs continue to lobby the AFL after it increased the contentious football soft cap only $400,000 this year to $7.675m ahead of further increases of $250,000 in the next two seasons.
“My message was ‘we are all in it together’,” Fagan said.
“We want the game to be as healthy as it can be. The AFL should listen to the perspective of clubs. We are at the coalface, we know what it’s like every day. It is hard for the people in head office to know. With all due respect, many haven’t worked at clubland. I wasn’t critical of the AFL, it’s more about how can they help?
Fagan wants all the clubs and AFL to work more collaboratively. Picture: Getty Images

Fagan wants all the clubs and AFL to work more collaboratively. Picture: Getty Images
“It’s ultimately about football departments. There is a lot of talk about who is responsible for the on-field product. There has been some increase (in the soft cap), but it feels so slow and incremental.”
Dillon’s key task in the next 18 months will be to find a lieutenant who might or might not be his official second-in-charge – and a potential replacement when he moves on.
Gillon McLachlan had Dillon, with huge depth in Travis Auld and Kyle Rogers, but Laura Kane is only two years into her new role with Matthew Chun (finance, clubs, infrastructure) also only 18 months into his new portfolio.
The hugely respected Graham Wright spoke with the AFL about a key football role under Kane, but instead chose a succession plan as Carlton’s chief executive under Brian Cook.
Brendon Gale ultimately declined the AFL’s overtures amid quibbling over whether he would have the actual title of second-in-charge. It was a blow for the AFL, but the new Devils chief executive will execute the AFL’s biggest challenge in nailing a Tasmanian stadium deal.
The Tasmania Devils entry into the competition will hurt clubs at the bottom of the ladder. Picture: Getty Images

The Tasmania Devils entry into the competition will hurt clubs at the bottom of the ladder. Picture: Getty Images
Gale is already lobbying for greater list allowances in his first days in charge.
There is likely to be a rancorous debate ahead between clubs and the AFL about Tasmanian list allowances, but for his part Fagan – like Gale, a proud Tasmanian – has no issue with a generous package.
“We have got to accept if a new team comes in we have got to help them,” Fagan said.
“Don’t set them up to fail. So we all have to take our medicine on that one. I am not sure if everyone will have the same view. The clubs down the bottom won’t be able to get the same access to talent, but I am sure there is a fair way that it can be worked out.”
As the year unfolds and the league again takes up its usual role as gatekeeper, the quibbles will start as part the annual tradition. The league’s view is that this season it will come from a place of better understanding as Dillon begins to build the kind of elite team that McLachlan had, providing cover for him across his hugely successful tenure.
Sounds like Fages is growing in stature at AFL House - his elevation to Premiership Coach has given him the gravitas he so richly deserves!
 
Sounds like Fages is growing in stature at AFL House - his elevation to Premiership Coach has given him the gravitas he so richly deserves!

In defence of the flag I wanna see Fages in a Johno Brown type “Premiership Coach” hauteur swagger.
john travolta swag GIF
 
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'Don't think I'll ever coach anyone else': Fagan pumps brakes on Tassie talk​


Although hiring Tasmania's only ever AFL premiership coach as its inaugural mentor has a nice ring to it, Fagan told AFL.com.au there would be no romantic ending.

"I don't think I'll ever coach anyone else other than Brisbane. I don't think I want to," Fagan said.

"I'm pretty happy with the fact I've coached the Lions and I'll be identified as their coach."

Fagan said he was happy to stay at Brisbane as long as he could, "as long as the people here want me, and the players are still responding".

 

AFL taking action on rising levels of frustration among clubs as Chris Fagan airs grievances​

Tension between the 18 clubs and AFL House was sky high at the end of last season. Now, after premiership Chris Fagan delivered a scathing assessment, the league is changing.
Jon RalphJon RalphAnalysis
Follow
@RalphyHeraldSun

4 min read
February 8, 2025 - 12:43PM
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/...ory/5e7d79be0b319bdc0ac24caae9160f82#comments



The escalating levels of tension and murmurs of discontent between the 18 clubs and AFL House had become a primal scream by the end of last season.
League headquarters had never won a popularity award and yet this time it seemed like clubs had legitimate complaints with the new-look administration.
As Andrew Dillon completed his first season in charge, even his popularity couldn’t stop the rumblings becoming something more meaningful. The list of objections was long and diverse.
Port Adelaide was screaming blue murder over a $20,000 fine for Ken Hinkley’s “conduct unbecoming” after he mocked Jack Ginnivan following the Power’s semi-final victory over the Hawks.
a633da89f7e5c9d5beb804bf6f032c07


HERALDSUN.COM.AU00:29

Ken Hinkley shares words with Hawks players after the game​





Carlton and Richmond were in riot over sudden changes to the AFL draft bidding system – and ultimately successful in watering down alterations that would have stripped valuable draft capital from their 2024 national draft hands.
Gold Coast felt the AFL was paying lip service over competitive balance as Fremantle and West Coast excoriated the league over their own inequitable travel burden.
Even the appointment of former Eagles CEO Trevor Nisbett to headquarters to help manage relationships did not stop headlines about clubs who were “absolutely seething”.
As reigning premiership coach Chris Fagan told the Herald Sun on Friday of the prevailing view from clubs about AFL House: “I suppose my view is that we are all in it together. It has felt like for a little while they have not listened to clubs as well as they could. They haven’t listened to coaches. It has felt like they have viewed us with suspicion, like we don’t have the game’s best interests at heart. And I think the coaches do more than anyone.”
SuperCoach AFL promotional banner 2025
Fagan believes the AFL needs to get better at listening to coaches. Picture: David Caird

Fagan believes the AFL needs to get better at listening to coaches. Picture: David Caird
There is much more work for the AFL to do to soothe clubs and repair relationships and yet you cannot accuse the league of ignoring club concerns.

Fagan met the AFL Commission in December and felt a change in the mood at AFL House about how receptive the league was to listening to concerns.
On Tuesday, the Commission met and invited Essendon chief executive Craig Vozzo and president David Barham to present in its latest initiative to hear more club voices.
The Herald Sun understands Dillon has committed to the AFL Commission getting on the road, holding six meetings a year at AFL clubs in an initiative that will see it roll through all 18 clubs in a three-year cycle.
The league has also committed to moving the AFL executive’s weekly meeting to different clubs regularly so every club will host that meeting within a two-year rolling cycle.
Dillon’s message is clear – to build stronger, more substantial relationships with clubs.
Already the AFL Commission has met with North Melbourne and the Western Bulldogs and hosted presentations from Fremantle (Simon Garlick) and West Coast (Don Pyke), which paved the way for the Kangaroos to sell two games into Western Australia next year.
Andrew Dillon has work to do to improve relationships with the clubs. Picture: NewsWire / Aaron Francis

Andrew Dillon has work to do to improve relationships with the clubs. Picture: NewsWire / Aaron Francis
Fagan delivered an impassioned plea for the AFL to deliver greater respect to club football departments.
The Commission was reportedly blown away by Fagan’s presentation about how the things he and the club stood for when he arrived at the Lions in 2017 – culture, leadership, respect, trust, honesty – had remained critical when Brisbane won last year’s premiership.
Fagan told the Herald Sun on Friday the league was listening, having given the Lions more cash to bring family and stakeholders to Melbourne for the Grand Final as the players arrived a day earlier than their 2023 trip.
And yet you can hear the level of frustration in his voice when he says there is more work to do.
Clubs continue to lobby the AFL after it increased the contentious football soft cap only $400,000 this year to $7.675m ahead of further increases of $250,000 in the next two seasons.
“My message was ‘we are all in it together’,” Fagan said.
“We want the game to be as healthy as it can be. The AFL should listen to the perspective of clubs. We are at the coalface, we know what it’s like every day. It is hard for the people in head office to know. With all due respect, many haven’t worked at clubland. I wasn’t critical of the AFL, it’s more about how can they help?
Fagan wants all the clubs and AFL to work more collaboratively. Picture: Getty Images

Fagan wants all the clubs and AFL to work more collaboratively. Picture: Getty Images
“It’s ultimately about football departments. There is a lot of talk about who is responsible for the on-field product. There has been some increase (in the soft cap), but it feels so slow and incremental.”
Dillon’s key task in the next 18 months will be to find a lieutenant who might or might not be his official second-in-charge – and a potential replacement when he moves on.
Gillon McLachlan had Dillon, with huge depth in Travis Auld and Kyle Rogers, but Laura Kane is only two years into her new role with Matthew Chun (finance, clubs, infrastructure) also only 18 months into his new portfolio.
The hugely respected Graham Wright spoke with the AFL about a key football role under Kane, but instead chose a succession plan as Carlton’s chief executive under Brian Cook.
Brendon Gale ultimately declined the AFL’s overtures amid quibbling over whether he would have the actual title of second-in-charge. It was a blow for the AFL, but the new Devils chief executive will execute the AFL’s biggest challenge in nailing a Tasmanian stadium deal.
The Tasmania Devils entry into the competition will hurt clubs at the bottom of the ladder. Picture: Getty Images

The Tasmania Devils entry into the competition will hurt clubs at the bottom of the ladder. Picture: Getty Images
Gale is already lobbying for greater list allowances in his first days in charge.
There is likely to be a rancorous debate ahead between clubs and the AFL about Tasmanian list allowances, but for his part Fagan – like Gale, a proud Tasmanian – has no issue with a generous package.
“We have got to accept if a new team comes in we have got to help them,” Fagan said.
“Don’t set them up to fail. So we all have to take our medicine on that one. I am not sure if everyone will have the same view. The clubs down the bottom won’t be able to get the same access to talent, but I am sure there is a fair way that it can be worked out.”
As the year unfolds and the league again takes up its usual role as gatekeeper, the quibbles will start as part the annual tradition. The league’s view is that this season it will come from a place of better understanding as Dillon begins to build the kind of elite team that McLachlan had, providing cover for him across his hugely successful tenure.

A butterfly can flutter its wings over a flower in China and cause a hurricane in the Caribbean.

Chris Fagan is critical of the league and we get scheduled a 12:10 game at the Gabba in March.
 
A butterfly can flutter its wings over a flower in China and cause a hurricane in the Caribbean.

Chris Fagan is critical of the league and we get scheduled a 12:10 game at the Gabba in March.

Don't worry the weather will be fine in Melbourne in March. Is it any different in Brisbane?
 
A butterfly can flutter its wings over a flower in China and cause a hurricane in the Caribbean.

Chris Fagan is critical of the league and we get scheduled a 12:10 game at the Gabba in March.
It is 1.10 pm in Melbourne the AFL center of the universe
 

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