Coaching Staff Mark "Bomber" Thompson - Will present the Jock McHale Medal for 2023 - 4/9

[Whispering_Jack]

Best.Hanger.Evaaaaarrrr

 

[Kaiser Powser]

Tom Harley - s**t player, s**t commentator, s**t Swisse ambassador.

Has there been a more fortunate player in recent history?

I don't hate the guy, but FFS I've never seen someone ride on the coat-tails of success as much as this guy. Gets all the plumb jobs on ads and commentary, dual premiership captain, even a staggering AA (when AA selectors said "* it let's just give them all to Geelong and go to the pub").

Biggest case of a good ordinary footballer being in the right place at the right time. But I get the impression that he wouldn't hold this opinion. He was a role player in a team of champions, yet he is the face of Geelong's dominant era. That doesn't quite sit right with me.

 

[Nifft]

Has there been a more fortunate player in recent history?

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

Don't have a problem with Tom Harley I think he's ok.

 

[Lord Nicholson]

Premiership captaincy trumps all the other trinkets handed out in this cavalcade of faux hero worship. Luck is a prerequisite for success in football - Harley and Maxwell deserve respect because they have the quantifiable victory. Who the hell cares how good they are as individual footballers?

 

[CourtzMajora]

Loved his interview last night, so quirky, so passionate, so good.

His love for the club, the players and the fans is immense. We are very lucky

 

[Jobe]

Bomber has done an excellent job so far, very calm and collected.
Can only hope he stays with us going on next week.

 

[rines]

Bomber has done an excellent job so far, very calm and collected.
Can only hope he stays with us going on next week.

I would ******* hope so!!!! We are going to need a coach against Freo

 

[hurlygurdy]

I haven't read everything from this thread so i am probably doubling up on what someone else has written. But just in case i would like to spell this out emphatically.
If we do not receive infractions then the AFL world owes Hird a massive apology that is never going to arrive. The only people with power to set things right is this football club. He should never have been suspended and that needs to be shouted from the rooftops and demonstrated as true by the club giving him his job back with open arms.
Thompson being better or worse is utterly irrelevant next to the importance of backing a star of our club to the hilt. If we can't do that, then we are no better than Carlton and don't deserve success.

 

[Kakkle]

For those who missed the episode last night, it's now up -

http://www.essendonfc.com.au/video/2014-04-08/btv-the-hangar-episode-4-2014

 

[Squeaky]

I agree with all of those who saw the Hangar interview last night:
We are privileged to have this bloke doing the job for us;
He is looking after the club both on and off field & trying to improve both.

Do yourself a favour & listen to the interview - IMO the most worthwhile episode of the Hangar I've ever seen.
Whatever happens this year - just enjoy the ride! (cos Bomber will...)

 

[Stopher]

I thought his comment about lifting the intensity in the box when the team is struggling was interesting.

 

[thebigboy]

It was an unbelievable interview. In case it wasn't obvious before, the man loves this club.

Could help but get more pumped up for the rest of this season after seeing that!

 

[bombermick]

It was a fantastic interview. He's the best kind of teacher; he is part of the group, but he's also very demanding. Amazing that he fell into coaching as well.

 

[Lance Uppercut]

really a remarkable interview. It reminds me of one of my favourite adages: if you want to be a cop, you're probably not the right person for the job. Coaching is a bit like that in some ways, and Thompson a great example.

God he's a funny campaigner. I love him so much.

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

Type of coach that he'll get what he wants from his players.

 

[rines]

The biggest thing I took away from it was: Thompson isn't leaving until this club wins a Premiership. Committed.

 

[fishardansin]

I think Thompson is making a wonderful case for being the main strategy guy for both match day and list building.

Would love for Hird to work under him but very closely.

 

[hurlygurdy]

I think Thompson is making a wonderful case for being the main strategy guy for both match day and list building.

Would love for Hird to work under him but very closely.

Too bad. We already have a contracted senior coach, who incidentally was at the helm when this team was built.

 

[The Bomb]

Where's all the opposition fans laughing about Hird being stood down, and us having a tired coach who isn't interested coaching this side?

 

[The Bomb]

Too bad. We already have a contracted senior coach, who incidentally was at the helm when this team was built.

What does Hird do better than Bomber as a coach?
In my eyes Bomber ticks every *en box and is the best coach since Matthews and Sheedy.

 

[Lord Nicholson]

Too bad. We already have a contracted senior coach, who incidentally was at the helm when this team was built.

If there's one thing in this game that means diddly-squat, it's a senior coach's contract.

 

[hurlygurdy]

What does Hird do better than Bomber as a coach?
In my eyes Bomber ticks every ****en box and is the best coach since Matthews and Sheedy.

Too bad... Oh wait i already wrote that...

If there's one thing in this game that means diddly-squat, it's a senior coach's contract.

No it matters. Oh wait i already wrote words to that effect earlier...

 

[The Bomb]

Too bad... Oh wait i already wrote that...

No it matters. Oh wait i already wrote words to that effect earlier...

I don't understand guys like you, I would always want whats best for the club I have supported since a little taka.
In this case it would mean Bomber will be at the club beyond 2014 as my 1st priority.

 

[Doss]

Saying "too bad" though, really?

A coach like Bomber doesn't come along very often. If he wants the gig past this year, we'd be crazy not to give it serious thought.

I'm not saying Hird should be kicked to the curb, there are other ways we could have him involved. I'd be pretty annoyed, though, if we said "too bad" to Bomber if he wanted to go on, simply because we wanted to stick it to the AFL by bringing back Hird as senior coach.

The number one priority needs to be what will get us a premiership, not going all David Myers on the AFL- as tempting and satisfying as it would be.