News Geoff Walsh to Return to Collingwood? - Now confirmed post #129

[TradeDraft]

Collingwood set to land Geoff Walsh for its vacant football manager position

EXPERIENCED administrator Geoff Walsh has emerged as the frontrunner for Collingwood’s vacant general manager of football role.

It is understood the Magpies are close to finalising a replacement for Graeme Allan, who resigned from his short-lived stint after copping a one-year suspension for his role in the Lachie Whitfield affair.

While the Magpies remain tight-lipped, Walsh is known to be the preferred candidate, even though he remains contracted to North Melbourne.

He was going to take a lesser role with the Kangaroos next year after more than 30 years in the industry, handing over the head of football role to Cameron Joyce, but he was still going to work four days a week for the club.

It would be a homecoming of sorts given Walsh spent eight seasons with the Magpies — from 2006 to mid-2013 — during one of the club’s most successful periods, with the Magpies making the finals in each of those years.

Did a Really Good Job when he was with as the Last Time.

Still have to get him 1st

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/a...n/news-story/2fe1f8b9872925db4b009c3dcebb887f

 

[BEEG]

I was told couple years ago the reason he left was he didn't get along with Buckley.

Would be a good signing.

 

[Kirby]

I was told couple years ago the reason he left was he didn't get along with Buckley.

Would be a good signing.

His problem was with Pert and not Buckley.

 

[BEEG]

His problem was with Pert and not Buckley.

That would not be a surprise, Pert most hated man at Collingwood that I can remember.

 

[WalterBlaknWhte]

Seemed to make an important contribution to the premiership. But is he still at the top of his game?

If he is reducing his workload to 4 days per week at North, it suggests a man who is/was gliding into retirement.

Once would have presumed Collingwood knows best...

 

[Hardas]

His problem was with Pert and not Buckley.

That's my understanding too.

 

[PicaBoo]

That's my understanding too.

Possibly Pert is off to the MCG then?

 

[Apex36]

Possibly Pert is off to the MCG then?

We can only hope.

 

[Markfs]

I was told couple years ago the reason he left was he didn't get along with Buckley.

Would be a good signing.

I dont think there's a person on the planet who would get along with buckley......

 

[Saintly Viewed]

That would not be a surprise, Pert most hated man at Collingwood that I can remember.

Besides A few players here and there

 

[76woodenspooners]

Oh FFS, please can we just stop regurgitating our past for a change?

Collingwood is becoming a friggen museum of its history.

"This is our football manager, Geoff Walsh, he was football manager during our 2010 Premiership season. He went away and came back"

"Geoff took over from Gubby. Gubby was our football manager during our 1990 Premiership, he went away and came back."

"Gubby took over from Neil Balme. Neil was our football manager during the mid 2000's, he went away and came back."

"This is Josh Daicos. Josh is son of Collingwood legend Peter 'Macedonian marvel' Daicos." No pressure.

"This is Callum Brown. Callum is son of Collingwood Premiership player and former Captain Gavin 'Rowdy' Brown." No pressure.

"This is Darcy Moore. Darcy is son of Collingwood Brownlow Medalist Peter Moore." No pressure.

Gary Pert. Nathan Buckley. Scott Burns. Tarkyn Lockyer. Anthony Rocca. Brent McCaffer. Michael Christian. Simon Prestigiacomo. Chris Tarrant. Brenton Sanderson. Brad Gotch.

Of course each one of those appointments in isolation is perfectly fine, but collectively we're beginning to look like a friggen Madam Tussauds

Are we a footy club hungry for modern success???

Or are we a monument to our glorious past???

 

[Saintly Viewed]

Oh FFS, please can we just stop regurgitating our past for a change?

Collingwood is becoming a friggen museum to its history.

"This is our football manager, Geoff Walsh, he was football manager during our 2010 Premiership season. He went away and came back"

"Geoff took over from Gubby. Gubby was our football manager during our 1990 Premiership, he went away and came back."

"Gubby took over from Neil Balme. Neil was our football manager during the mid 2000's, he went away and came back."

"This is Josh Daicos. Josh is son of Collingwood legend Peter 'Macedonian marvel' Daicos." No pressure.

"This is Callum Brown. Callum is son of Collingwood Premiership player and former Captain Gavin 'Rowdy' Brown." No pressure.

"This is Darcy Moore. Darcy is son of Collingwood Brownlow Medalist Peter Moore." No pressure.

Gary Pert. Nathan Buckley. Scott Burns. Tarkyn Lockyer. Anthony Rocca. Brent McCaffer. Michael Christian. Simon Prestigiacomo. Chris Tarrant. Brenton Sanderson. Brad Gotch.

Of course each one of those appointments in isolation is perfectly fine, but collectively we're beginning to look like like a friggen Madam Tussauds

Are we a footy club hungry for modern success???

Or are we a monument to our glorious past???

Sort of depends how many possible numbers of people went through in the same time.
You have about 18 persons.

There is a list of 45 or so year on year.
Then there is the admin group.
The coaching group etc.

Maybe the numbers suggest it's inevitable that there is repeat behaviour.
Father son further encourages it.

I'm not fussed either way, just suggest it's probably not that different to other clubs.

I think if you have 50 people in a room it's something like 97% two of them will share a birthday, assuming no leap year.

Numbers show interesting patterns anyway.

I'm not disagreeing with you merely thinking about the equations....

 

[magpies2013]

Anyone over Allan would do a great job,if only he had been suspended before the trade period.

 

[HeathySure]

Oh FFS, please can we just stop regurgitating our past for a change?

Collingwood is becoming a friggen museum to its history.

"This is our football manager, Geoff Walsh, he was football manager during our 2010 Premiership season. He went away and came back"

"Geoff took over from Gubby. Gubby was our football manager during our 1990 Premiership, he went away and came back."

"Gubby took over from Neil Balme. Neil was our football manager during the mid 2000's, he went away and came back."

"This is Josh Daicos. Josh is son of Collingwood legend Peter 'Macedonian marvel' Daicos." No pressure.

"This is Callum Brown. Callum is son of Collingwood Premiership player and former Captain Gavin 'Rowdy' Brown." No pressure.

"This is Darcy Moore. Darcy is son of Collingwood Brownlow Medalist Peter Moore." No pressure.

Gary Pert. Nathan Buckley. Scott Burns. Tarkyn Lockyer. Anthony Rocca. Brent McCaffer. Michael Christian. Simon Prestigiacomo. Chris Tarrant. Brenton Sanderson. Brad Gotch.

Of course each one of those appointments in isolation is perfectly fine, but collectively we're beginning to look like like a friggen Madam Tussauds

Are we a footy club hungry for modern success???

Or are we a monument to our glorious past???

Very much like this post. Collingwood is not one to learn through history. we keep making the same mistakes over and over. They made the film "The Club" about Collingwood (was a play beforehand) and it is still relevant today. if you havent seen it do yourself a favour. it still holds up . Think of Eddie as Ted the president and Laurie as Bucks the coach...

 

[Schraderbrau]

I dont think there's a person on the planet who would get along with buckley......

pretty sure Blair gets along with him

 

[BEEG]

Fresh face with new ideas would be nice.

 

[Vicky Park]

Oh FFS, please can we just stop regurgitating our past for a change?

Collingwood is becoming a friggen museum to its history.

"This is our football manager, Geoff Walsh, he was football manager during our 2010 Premiership season. He went away and came back"

"Geoff took over from Gubby. Gubby was our football manager during our 1990 Premiership, he went away and came back."

"Gubby took over from Neil Balme. Neil was our football manager during the mid 2000's, he went away and came back."

"This is Josh Daicos. Josh is son of Collingwood legend Peter 'Macedonian marvel' Daicos." No pressure.

"This is Callum Brown. Callum is son of Collingwood Premiership player and former Captain Gavin 'Rowdy' Brown." No pressure.

"This is Darcy Moore. Darcy is son of Collingwood Brownlow Medalist Peter Moore." No pressure.

Gary Pert. Nathan Buckley. Scott Burns. Tarkyn Lockyer. Anthony Rocca. Brent McCaffer. Michael Christian. Simon Prestigiacomo. Chris Tarrant. Brenton Sanderson. Brad Gotch.

Of course each one of those appointments in isolation is perfectly fine, but collectively we're beginning to look like like a friggen Madam Tussauds

Are we a footy club hungry for modern success???

Or are we a monument to our glorious past???

Hard to argue with this 76 (except the Brown and Daicos bits).

 

[Markfs]

pretty sure Blair gets along with him

true...i forgot the blair bitch...

 

[THATSGOLD]

Oh FFS, please can we just stop regurgitating our past for a change?

Collingwood is becoming a friggen museum of its history.

"This is our football manager, Geoff Walsh, he was football manager during our 2010 Premiership season. He went away and came back"

"Geoff took over from Gubby. Gubby was our football manager during our 1990 Premiership, he went away and came back."

"Gubby took over from Neil Balme. Neil was our football manager during the mid 2000's, he went away and came back."

"This is Josh Daicos. Josh is son of Collingwood legend Peter 'Macedonian marvel' Daicos." No pressure.

"This is Callum Brown. Callum is son of Collingwood Premiership player and former Captain Gavin 'Rowdy' Brown." No pressure.

"This is Darcy Moore. Darcy is son of Collingwood Brownlow Medalist Peter Moore." No pressure.

Gary Pert. Nathan Buckley. Scott Burns. Tarkyn Lockyer. Anthony Rocca. Brent McCaffer. Michael Christian. Simon Prestigiacomo. Chris Tarrant. Brenton Sanderson. Brad Gotch.

Of course each one of those appointments in isolation is perfectly fine, but collectively we're beginning to look like a friggen Madam Tussauds

Are we a footy club hungry for modern success???

Or are we a monument to our glorious past???

#BringbackMick

 

[Quicky]

Do we crave comfort in familiarity?

 

[Leviathan Pie]

Oh FFS, please can we just stop regurgitating our past for a change?

Collingwood is becoming a friggen museum of its history.

"This is our football manager, Geoff Walsh, he was football manager during our 2010 Premiership season. He went away and came back"

"Geoff took over from Gubby. Gubby was our football manager during our 1990 Premiership, he went away and came back."

"Gubby took over from Neil Balme. Neil was our football manager during the mid 2000's, he went away and came back."

"This is Josh Daicos. Josh is son of Collingwood legend Peter 'Macedonian marvel' Daicos." No pressure.

"This is Callum Brown. Callum is son of Collingwood Premiership player and former Captain Gavin 'Rowdy' Brown." No pressure.

"This is Darcy Moore. Darcy is son of Collingwood Brownlow Medalist Peter Moore." No pressure.

Gary Pert. Nathan Buckley. Scott Burns. Tarkyn Lockyer. Anthony Rocca. Brent McCaffer. Michael Christian. Simon Prestigiacomo. Chris Tarrant. Brenton Sanderson. Brad Gotch.

Of course each one of those appointments in isolation is perfectly fine, but collectively we're beginning to look like a friggen Madam Tussauds

Are we a footy club hungry for modern success???

Or are we a monument to our glorious past???

I agree, the nostalgic bullshit makes me sick.

Can we just get the best administrators/coaches/players etc. regardless of the fact if they've been associated with the club in the past in some way? If the best fit is a son of a great/former player/coach and the like, then thats fine.

But if not, its just total junk. I want the best for this football club going forward, I don't want it turning into a window into the past just for the sake of it.

 

[Leviathan Pie]

Fresh face with new ideas would be nice.

What a wild idea that is.

 

[anshell]

So we don't want Geoff Walsh back then?Any other serious suggestions?

 

[76woodenspooners]

#BringbackMick

I love you THATSGOLD , truly I do.

Only the purest love could inspire the deep, primal emotions you make me feel

 

[76woodenspooners]

So we don't want Geoff Walsh back then?Any other serous suggestions?

Yes, see the thread here

Bad Horse seems to be the favoured candidate