Mick Malthouse Biography - Released Wed 24th Oct

[PieNSauce]

"Well it seemed like a good idea at the time" isn't a defense, go ahead and make some decisions 2 years ahead of time and see how many turn out to be bad ones in hindsight. It's a good argument about why you shouldn't make decisions 2 years ahead of time, but not much else. Time will tell if the succession plan was a good idea or not, if Mick wins a flag at the Blues then there will be plenty of people tearing strips off the club no matter how many people thought it was a great idea at the time, don't worry about that. The fact is the reason Mick didn't end his coaching career at Collingwood was the clubs choice, not his. It's completely unfair to be attacking him for writing about the club in his biography when it was a huge part of his life, and the fact that he's at another club isn't even his fault, it's OURS.

Not sure what you mean by 2 years ahead of time. At the time the decision was taken, many saw it, and most clubs would have seen it as several years behind time given the lack of success to that time. The 2 years that were given to Mick were in deference to his loyalty and his effort and as a way to ease Bucks into the job. There was no 2 years ahead of time about it. Time will never tell if the succession plan was a good idea because with the exception of its first 2 years which netted a premiership, it doesn't exist. In that regard it would be hard to give it anything but a resounding tick. Mick put paid to the succession plan by walking out, blaming the players for his failure and breaking his contract. The fact that he is at another club is not Collingwood's fault, it's is fairly and squarely Mick's and it was entirely his decision to leave. You have to love revisionism!

 

[jonbe54]

Not sure what you mean by 2 years ahead of time. At the time the decision was taken, many saw it, and most clubs would have seen it as several years behind time given the lack of success to that time. The 2 years that were given to Mick were in deference to his loyalty and his effort and as a way to ease Bucks into the job. There was no 2 years ahead of time about it. Time will never tell if the succession plan was a good idea because with the exception of its first 2 years which netted a premiership, it doesn't exist. In that regard it would be hard to give it anything but a resounding tick. Mick put paid to the succession plan by walking out, blaming the players for his failure and breaking his contract. The fact that he is at another club is not Collingwood's fault, it's is fairly and squarely Mick's and it was entirely his decision to leave. You have to love revisionism!

LOL Pie you will never convince the Mick acolytes with reasoned argument of all things.

 

[76woodenspooners]

Folks,

I've created a MM-NB succession plan thread for those who want to discuss that specific topic. There's a bunch of resources on there to draw upon.

Let's leave this thread to be about the biography now.

And if you think two MM threads is two threads too many, then simply ignore them.

Cheers.

 

[ipswichpies]

Mick is not the only one who won,t let go is he,

 

[madmug]

I've already 'let it go' & moved on, I wont be looking to get his book in my Xmas stocking

 

[Tarkyn_24]

Sorry had to intrude. Malthouse is the biggest egocentric oxygen thief in the media.

Trying to raise that 'like' count hey?

 

[Obese Arachnid]

Mick, the gift that keeps giving

..shit?

 

[76woodenspooners]

The book launch for this is tomorrow (Wednesday 24th).

Get ready for the media coverage about this in the next few days.

If you're willing to part with some hard cash, and if there are places left, you can organise to go along to the launch here.

You'll get a feed and no doubt a few happy yarns from Mick about the good times at Collingwood.

 

[Cousin of Daicos]

Wouldn't use those pages for toilet paper.

 

[Blood Bath]

just thought i'd pop in and inform you guys about this if you don't already know about it.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/mor...in-almost-a-year/story-e6frf9jf-1226502590715

 

[Kirby]

just thought i'd pop in and inform you guys about this if you don't already know about it.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/mor...in-almost-a-year/story-e6frf9jf-1226502590715

That's hilarious. Mick really sees himself as some sort of saint.

So Eddie as president says "no worries Mick, you're my mate, you can have the job forever". What absolute BS. Collingwood is not Eddie's club and it's certainly not Micks. Eddie is elected by us to represent and run our club so that it wins flags.

Thank heck that Eddie is running the show with the right attitude. Mick is the biggest egotist I have ever seen.

 

[76woodenspooners]

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/mor...in-almost-a-year/story-e6frf9jf-1226502590715

"He (McGuire) said 'I'll re-sign you, but let me tell you if there's no results, you're out. I'm Collingwood first, you're second','' Malthouse explained.

"Some people operate that way, see, I work the other way. It's people first, the organisation comes second they (people) make the organisation.''

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/mor...in-almost-a-year/story-e6frf9jf-1226502590715

Gee I love Ed.

Gee I'm happy we've moved on from Mick.

 

[jonbe54]

Who gives a phuk???

He's gone and good riddance, let him go guys - no point obsessing what this old fart says - he's full of it.

Lets move on eh?

I have.

 

[otfc42]

So? He's not employed by the Collingwood Football Club anymore. He can write whatever he likes in his book as long as it's the truth. It's well known that Mick didn't like the coaching succssion plan, that's life. The way posters flip out on here if he says anything mildly critical about the club at all you'd think we weren't all listening to his speech at the Copeland Trophy 2 years ago and applauding it.

Basically it boils down to this, we all agree that it's probably true that a player or two wanted to keep Mick at the club, so why in gods name are we picking up our torches and pitchforks because the man had the temerity to write about it in his freaking biography? Jesus. He's not out to destabalise the club, he's not twirling his mustache thingking "heh I showed them", he's given an account of something that happened in his life, which is kind of the whole point of a Biography. Calls for him to just "forget about Collingwood already, move on!" are equally stupid because he was at Collingwood for a decade of his life. What is he supposed to do, end the biography in 1999? Leave the last 10 years blank? Recount all the times he had BBQs with his mates instead of discussing the job that consumed his entire being for a decade? Seriously, that is just ridiculous, of course it has things that happened to him at the club in it, the media just picked out one snippet and ran with it for all we know the rest of the book is glowing in it's praise of the club.




This is a key point I think people will do well to remember. Mick would've happily ended his career at Collingwood had we let him, the decision was made by the club to replace him as head coach, rightly or wrongly. The bile being spat at a premiership coach who left not of his own choosing is way over the top. It's not his fault he's at Carlton, it's ours, we live with that decision and let whatever will happen happen.

Couldn't have said it better. Personally I can't wait to read the book, Mick has been a wonderful coach of our club and many would have us believe that he's not allowed to voice opinions after his employ....!!!

FFS, it's a business....some are acting like their Missus strayed with the local pot head.

 

[Enforcer]

Call me cynical but after all this time post his departure from Collingwood, Salty Malty find it appropriate to announce to the world on the eve of the release of his "fictional" autobiography that he and The Prez have not spoken for a year.

 

[Pie_fan92]

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/mor...in-almost-a-year/story-e6frf9jf-1226502590715


http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/mor...in-almost-a-year/story-e6frf9jf-1226502590715

Gee I love Ed.

Gee I'm happy we've moved on from Mick.

Yup and Mick still managed to go 10 years without a flag and still have a job. I think this just about sums up Mick, he cared more about himself than the club. What does he expect Ed to say? "Oh don't worry mate, we will pay you close to a mil a year but if you don't get the results that's ok". Screw that! I'm with you 76, that is why Eddie is our president and why I'm glad Mick is gone

 

[Pie eyed]

BS!
He left the Club, FACT!
MM had 3 more years, that he agreed to in 2009, at the pies.
Im sick of people sticking up for this 2 faced Bastard!

I'm sick of people who think they can rewrite history because they have a personal dislike for someone.
I don't carry on about it though because they generally disappear from these pages or eventually change their tune once they get some edjumacation....
The club replaced MM as head coach and, yes, offered him a 3 year contract doing whatever it was supposed to be....He decided he did not want to do that.

He's gone. Get over it.
People are not property.

 

[Cousin of Daicos]

Can I have all my cards taken away now that you all wear the same goggles I've been wearing since I joined?

 

[EXNICKS]

I'm sick of people who think they can rewrite history because they have a personal dislike for someone.
I don't carry on about it though because they generally disappear from these pages or eventually change their tune once they get some edjumacation....
The club replaced MM as head coach and, yes, offered him a 3 year contract doing whatever it was supposed to be....He decided he did not want to do that.

He's gone. Get over it.
People are not property.

Im over it, MM is not!
As for rewriting history......... MM might be the guilty one here.
Facts:
In 2009 he signed a deal with Collingwood, He did NOT have to!
As stated Many times by MM, his wife and kids did NOT want him coaching again and he had family problems and it was all a bit to much for MM (its all there on the web), Collingwood then offered him the most Honorable exit from coaching, mind you after 10 years of no flag!
This all changed when he coached us to a flag, MM ego exploded, he thought he was hard done by, the club owned him something, so he thought.
Some recent MM Quotes
" I could never coach against my boys" We know thats BS
" I will not dance on another coaches grave" Poor Ratten
" I will not talk to Carlton until October" Half way through September he was Coach of the Scum.

There are plenty more, this Guy puts Gillard to shame.
Its all out there to see, so I would advise you to not re write history.
I was a huge MM fan up until GC bet Carlton, then the ego maniac exposed himself for the tool he is, he lost me for ever.
His tactics are to make the Pies look bad so as to deflect his egomaniac, lying 2 faced, ways.
Always trying to Play the victim.
BTW How do you explain Mick Molloys prediction on "Before the Game" in April 2010, that MM would be the Carlton Coach in 2012? Its 2012 AND MM is Carltons Coach! MM the Double Agent!

He hates Buckley for no reason what so ever, as Eddie stated, Buckley bled for MM as his Captain.
He has exposed himself for the tool he is and has always been. It takes more than a coach to win a flag.
So F%^K you Malthouse,