Why do we need Malthouse after we re-signed Ratten?
This is not a question of needing or not needing Malthouse.
The question is whether Malthouse would be of any benefit in a coaching role at the Carlton Football Club.
And I believe that the answer is yes. I like Ratts a lot and firmly believe that he is the right man to take us forward, and am not suggesting for one second that Malthouse should be employed as Ratten's replacement. However, if we can help Ratts by adding more experienced and proven coaches around him in the box then we would be mad to not, at the very least, explore the option.
Ratten has shown that he can coach and manage his own coaching group without a Bomber Thompson to guide him. And he quite rightly wouldn't take too kindly to this move. Bringing in Malthouse would be interpreted as a lack of faith in Ratten's coaching. If we have a slow start to the year, then the media and our more questionable ]supporters will start the Malthouse for coach rumours. That's a distraction that Carlton doesn't need.
It would only be interpreted that way by idiots who don't know any better.
The very same people put one and one together and get three.
Saying that the club would get distracted by what the media writes is a cop out and it is complete and utter shit.
If a Collingwood supporter came on here and said they lost on Saturday because they were distracted by what has been happening at their club off the field, you'd be one of the first to hang shit on them for holding that point of view. And you'd be correct.
The club has a duty to do what is deems to be best for itself both on and off the field and if that involves getting another experienced head in the coaches box then so be it.
Let the media say what they like. I can guarantee that the club would not care what the idiots in the media say, nor would they lose sleep over the opinion of a minority of supporters who can't tell their left from their right.
Do you think the club is regretting the decision to get rid of Fevola because of the idiots in the supporter base that want him back? Do you think the club regrets getting rid of him after seeing the countless articles in the media indicating that had Fevola been on our list we would have been a genuine contender?
Malthouse to Carlton is similar to Do you want Fevola at Carlton?
What? It is completely different.
How many bridges has Malthouse burned at the Carlton Football Club?
How many times has Malthouse disgraced the Collingwood Football Club, not just at home but also abroad?
How you can compare the two situations is baffling, to be honest.
After Malthouse knocked back Eddie's offer to hang ground and mentor, I doubt that he would be interested in taking up a similar role at another finals club.
Malthouse was treated like shit by the Collingwood Football Club and left as a result.
McGuire said that Malthouse was finished emotionally and physically, but I don't believe it for a second.
Do you honestly believe that Mick would have stepped down after Saturday's loss had the club and Buckley not knifed him in the back and effectively sacked him?
There's no way to prove that he would not have stepped down anyway but it does not sound like a logical occurrence.
As I said, I expect him to take up a role in the media in 2012 rather than at another AFL club but it is not an impossibility that he will be back as a coach of some sort from 2013.