Probably a minority but look at his record Clarkson is the most influential coach in the AFL.
Coach John Longmire - Part IV
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Probably a minority but look at his record Clarkson is the most influential coach in the AFL.
Was the club close to not extending him? was it a tough decision or unanimous in favor
They panicked after Norf gave him a massive offer.
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Interesting point, seems a bit counter intuitive, would think midfielders should be the best kicks.
No they didn't.. are you serious??
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Should have gotten Shaw like you wanted. He's doing great
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I wouldn't. They're under the most pressure, and a fair portion of their kicks come from the contest, particularly for inside mids. As I said, it makes the guys who still use it well in those situations, like Ablett, Martin and the very vanilla Sam Mitchell and Scott Pendlebury, all the more rare.
The next best thing however is for an inside mid to realise his limitations and focus on getting it out to the more capable players on the outside, as opposed to trying to pull off kicks they can't do, like Fyfe, Dangerfield, Parker, Treloar, Sloane and Clayton Oliver are all guilty of.
Inside mids will get shat on by commentators if they've had 20-25 handballs and only 5-10 kicks in a game, but to me they've done their job to perfection if they've done no more than just get it out to the more damaging players around them.
Shirley you know i'm serious
I wanted Dew thanks , a heavy one thanks. The attack of the K'sShould have gotten Shaw like you wanted. He's doing great
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because like any human that has been offered top dollar for a job, Horse could have gone to north.. The Swans didn't 'panic' , they simply made a measured business decision.
Horses tenure at the Swans is getting closer to the end.. not because he's s**t, hes not - thats why north offered him big money, but because hes been here for 10 years. Im pretty sure the Swans are training the next senior coach (Blakey, Macca, Cox) to take over when appropriate
Been there longer than 10 years ! Sheedy survived because he went through a lot of staff to keep it fresh.
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Been here almost 20 years
The swans offered him a deal a year and a half early because otherwise he would have taken the north deal
Wether that’s panic or not yeah that’s subjective I agree , but I don’t know why they bothered personally
And if they train a coach in waiting again it’s ******* stupid
We need a clean out
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Some forget his time as assistant
And that's what we do ! people need to go away and learn other ways and ideas . It's not me just having a Macca rant , but he is a perfect example of it. Just look at other clubs.
Sad isn't it. Poor recruiting of talls is to blame and to not play Nanka in the GF in 16 has proved costly , not just in that game , but the next few years.
Nobody should be surprised look at the team thats being put on the park, we have a few players barely AFL standard.
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I mean,
who have we lost to that we should've beaten? Arguably we are exactly were everyone expected we would be, losing to teams like WB, WC, and Essedon (even though that one was pretty close) has become expected of this group. Not to say the team should lie down and take it, we should still try to perform our best footy, but I don't know why you expected us to go into round 7 with any more than maybe 1 extra win.
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We have as many good players as other teams being second last is not good enough imo
The club won’t be happy and neither will horse
They will be fired up today
The club won’t be happy and neither will horse
They will be fired up today
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Bulldogs beat the giants a game before us and are arguably going to be top 4, West Coast also got their mojo back partly because we had all our ruckmen (4 ruckmen, because people thinks it's bad recruiting, but we had 4 injured ruckmen, find another team that has that many injured ruckmen) and Nic got on a roll against a defender.
Essedon I will concede on, but come on, if you say that should of been a win no matter what your expecting way too much of a team that finished bottom 4 last year. We will continue to lose and win games, but expecting us to win more than lose will be a very soul-crushing experience this year
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We've made 5 grand finals in the time since Essendon last won a finals match
Yes, and how is that relevant to the assertion that Essendon is not a good side in 2020?
We beat Adelaide by the skin of our teeth which in hindsight wasn't a great performance given how bad Adelaide are.
