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Liam woodland if he stays.
News Geelong’s list boss Stephen Wells to take some time away from his role
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Liam woodland if he stays.
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Wellsyis that close to retirement age that i expect he will be going soon anyway. Hopefully we have planned for the future.
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No shes the second in charge (equivalent to selwoods position) to adrian caruso at gws. She is very good though.
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The worst timing would be just before the draft..at least this gives us 5 months to find a replacement.
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The fact that one of his brothers is at each clubprobably factored into it too.
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I can't say I've ever heard the name, but a quick search has as a "recruiting assistant".
Sounds like a junior position but he's been there for at least 3 years so would have good exposure to how we work (hopefully).
Otherwise we're looking around.
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Wouldn't older be better for a recruiter though? As it's mostly about contacts.
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Wells wont be back, he's done i reckon, wants a career change. Will be Mackie and some other new guys in the chair very shortly.
There has to be something sus about this all... Wells takes time away,now Troy goes to Collingwood... I think there something internal that we don't know
Wouldn't you rather them step away after trade night? So it gives the play recruiting guy a full season to look at youn draft?
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In the pre covid era yes but with the soft cap cuts most recruiters are having to work much longer hours...does Wells want to that at his age? I hope he does but i wont be surprised if he steps away.
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More like retirement.
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You won’t find someone who loves the Cats more than SW.
If Wellsy doesn't come back it's Sam Power for me. New age and a tough negotiator
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On the Collingwood board there saying Gary Rohan type shenanigans got Selwood sacked from cats
Apparently SW wasn’t happy with what we gave up for Cameron. He didn’t want to pay that price.
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Sounds like there's some disharmony in the ranks at GFC.
True! However, I do wonder whether the way he was treated during the Covid stand-downs has a bit to do with his decision. There's talk he'll continue part-time which is encouraging. I recall an interview in which he said when he was called in by Lloyd during the time of the staff stand-downs that he expected to be working reduced hours but was shocked when he was told he would be stood-down for the immediate future.
No doubt the workload and some rough times ahead in recruiting are factors too.
Mackie is too inexperienced to be numero-uno in imo.
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Everyone leaving at once is very eyebrow raising to me. There is basically only one pillar left standing.....
I’m told it’s not “a Collingwood like situation”. Thank god!
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Does your source know what the core issue has been?
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Wells is in his 60s now and has been at Geelong for 37 years. It's not surprising that he is considering his future and possible retirement.
Selwood is the protege of the most respected recruiter in Australia, so I'm not surprised Collingwood want him. I imagine they have offered good money too.
It's all disappointing, but not a sign of secret unrest.
Selwood is the protege of the most respected recruiter in Australia, so I'm not surprised Collingwood want him. I imagine they have offered good money too.
It's all disappointing, but not a sign of secret unrest.
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