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I love these threads. Where BigFooty Big Statements have even less relevance.None of us have the slightest clue about what a senior coach job really entails. None of us know what sort of presentation these guys put up. No one knows what the criteria each club demanded from it's prospective coaches.
In 2005, Richmond got Wallace and the Hawks got Clarkson. The general consensus on here was Richmond had scooped the pool, and Hawthorn had installed a gnome they found in the back garden. Please dont remind a Tiger supporter how that turned out.
When Carlton got Pagan he was cited as the Best Current Coach (trademarked). He took Carlton to its first ever wooden spoons.
Bomber Thompson was roundly derided for years. Now he is a respected eminence grise.
Wait and see.
In 2005, Richmond got Wallace and the Hawks got Clarkson. The general consensus on here was Richmond had scooped the pool, and Hawthorn had installed a gnome they found in the back garden. Please dont remind a Tiger supporter how that turned out.
When Carlton got Pagan he was cited as the Best Current Coach (trademarked). He took Carlton to its first ever wooden spoons.
Bomber Thompson was roundly derided for years. Now he is a respected eminence grise.
Wait and see.
It's so easy for people on BF to just come out and make ridiculous assumptions and judgements based on a very limited exterior position. Unless anyone here knows these people personally, was sitting in on the interviews or understands what they have done in the past from an internal point of view, i suggest the opinions stop and some horses that are high are jumped off.
As this poster said; Clarkson, no idea who he was before he was signed, now one of the most sought after people in the game. Wallace, turned out to be a disaster at Richmond after huge wraps. People just don't know how things will eventuate, so stop talking bullshit. Oh wait, this is BF........
