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Is it possible to sack a coach one day after signing a 3 year extension?
Coach John Longmire - Part IV
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Of course it is but we will be a laughing stock for 50 years.
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A risk I'm willing to take
And broke.
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Longmire "is at the pointy end of elite"... Tom Harley.
I started a new thread in the last 24 hours mate to be positive !
Harley go forth and multiply
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Top three coach in the league by any metric you want to choose.
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I choose the metric of "grossly overrated and devoid of any tactical nouse", and he's still top 3 in that metric, amazing, it really does hold true!
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That's not a metric tho.
Club stability is important. As soon as their pres came out with his pleas for help a few weeks ago, the players have come out & dished out two of the worst performances by a team in years, back to back. The club has lost those players, let alone the coach. They won't exist in the same form in 5 years. Stewy Dew won't get another gig ever again either.
Good question as to what constitutes a pass. Given Longmire referred to a rebuild less than 3 months ago I’d doubt we would make the finals in 2020 unless we trade in experienced talent. High draft picks alone won’t drag you back up the ladder. Only have to look at Carlton’s list for that as they had 3 number 1 draft picks on their list let alone the other dozen first round draft picks.
If we keep playing a young team (even with the exception of Jack) it will play decent games (ie v West Coast) vs average games (ie v the Blues). Longmires test will be whether he can develop the younger players and how quickly.
The draw should open up for us next year as we are likely to be bottom 6. The experienced players may help us up the ladder in the short term. A fit Buddy makes a difference.
Any finals aspirations may not be until 2021.
It's imperial.
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why did Dew take that job? guess its a unique challenge
but he had a choice of jobs essentially
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did he speficy what at? maybe Uno
We went into season 2019 with good intention thinking we would have the following experienced players contributing more games than they have.
Grundy, Smith, Naismith, Buddy, McVeigh.
At the same time thinking we would get serious improvement from players such as Florent, Hayward, Ronke, Cameron, Maibaum, Melican, Ling.
It just hasn't happened with perhaps the most disappointing of all being Florent & Hayward.
I can't contribute to the discussion as to why they have gone backwards because I have no idea but resembles those Gold Coast players who maybe just too homesick off field to get the best out of themselves on field. It happens & it's the only reason I can give.
I expect some big shuffling of players at year's end in order to obtain what we need to get relevant quicker than we would if we just persisted with the hope that a handful of young players would naturally progress in their output.
They just won't all improve as we would like here away from home so perhaps we identify those ones & trade them for our own benefit going forward, knowing full well they will dominate once back in their own environment. Rohan, Newman just two examples.
Grundy, Smith, Naismith, Buddy, McVeigh.
At the same time thinking we would get serious improvement from players such as Florent, Hayward, Ronke, Cameron, Maibaum, Melican, Ling.
It just hasn't happened with perhaps the most disappointing of all being Florent & Hayward.
I can't contribute to the discussion as to why they have gone backwards because I have no idea but resembles those Gold Coast players who maybe just too homesick off field to get the best out of themselves on field. It happens & it's the only reason I can give.
I expect some big shuffling of players at year's end in order to obtain what we need to get relevant quicker than we would if we just persisted with the hope that a handful of young players would naturally progress in their output.
They just won't all improve as we would like here away from home so perhaps we identify those ones & trade them for our own benefit going forward, knowing full well they will dominate once back in their own environment. Rohan, Newman just two examples.
Grand Uncle Horace
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Don't think Horse got the best out of Newman. As for Rohan I think the Club did their best, but the bloke is just chronically unreliable. I expect he will disappear in the Finals this year, puzzling Cat fans just as he did for us.
Have a look at his last 2 months. It's already happened.
Grand Uncle Horace
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My outlook is a bit more optimistic. Maibaum was looking good before his ACL. Hayburner has been ok but copped a nasty injury. He will come good. Ollie is no world beater but should develop into a more than useful player.
Melican is still young and has returned from serious injury. Had others been available he would have spent more time in the Ressies. Thought he was ok against the Dopers' but struggled yesterday. At best he has the makings of a solid B grade defender a bit like Sam Frost from the Dees.
I think Ronke will come good.
Poor Dewy.
I had hope for that club but the AFL will pull the plug on them IMO.
9 years in & they can't keep losing players like Ablett, JOM, Prestia, Lynch, Caddy, Saad, Dixon, May etc, etc.
They are all still playing & would be tge nucleus of a club challenging for flags as we speak.
