Review results due this Friday.

[answerman]

Costa loves Bomber - wonderful family man he said a couple of years ago.

Do you know if he still feels that way?

 

[catempire]

"Ahh, but Grasshopper, did you not learn the lesson? With time and intense pressure your lump of coal will become the most valuable of diamonds!"

I'm afraid I'll be dead before then!

 

[Rustybugles]

Do you know if he still feels that way?

I'm sure that Costa regrets saying this - it appears to be the usual spin -but this is not Costa's style and he must be feeling decidedly uncomfortable.
Bomber will be retained - not because he is the best man but because it is the least damaging alternative. No-one wants a Carlton fiasco or a St Kilda- type assassination (despite the odious nature of the victim). If he were sacked we would be seen as Sleepy Hollow overtuning the picnic table - and the public statements would be apologetic and brimming with false optimism for 2007. And the band played on ......
Nothing will change - a couple of minor moves among assistant coaches and "We look forward to 2007 with confidence..." Perceived stability=continued mediocrity.

Oh! Thanks, Ottens!!!

 

[volcboy]

I'm sure that Costa regrets saying this - it appears to be the usual spin -but this is not Costa's style and he must be feeling decidedly uncomfortable.
Bomber will be retained - not because he is the best man but because it is the least damaging alternative. No-one wants a Carlton fiasco or a St Kilda- type assassination (despite the odious nature of the victim). If he were sacked we would be seen as Sleepy Hollow overtuning the picnic table - and the public statements would be apologetic and brimming with false optimism for 2007. And the band played on ......
Nothing will change - a couple of minor moves among assistant coaches and "We look forward to 2007 with confidence..." Perceived stability=continued mediocrity.

I actually respect what St Kilda did yesterday - they reviewed their coaching position, decided the coach wasn't up to it and moved him on, despite Thomas having a year to run on his contract.

What I'm disappointed in is the Geelong Board sitting on its hands, waiting for Cook's 'review' for a week and a half while other clubs like St Kilda are out there being proactive and trying to make a change for the better. It isn't a long time until the trade period, so if Geelong are going to make changes, they have to make them NOW, and should have started making them LAST WEEK!!!

 

[Rustybugles]

I actually respect what St Kilda did yesterday - they reviewed their coaching position, decided the coach wasn't up to it and moved him on, despite Thomas having a year to run on his contract.

What I'm disappointed in is the Geelong Board sitting on its hands, waiting for Cook's 'review' for a week and a half while other clubs like St Kilda are out there being proactive and trying to make a change for the better. It isn't a long time until the trade period, so if Geelong are going to make changes, they have to make them NOW, and should have started making them LAST WEEK!!!

I agree with you about the apparent inactivity on the part of our board. ST Kilda will not lose members over the loss of that viper but Geelong must be conscious of the fact that we are losing members in droves because we appear to do nothing! And, it is worth noting that you have to earn loyalty. Old values, old loyalties, old thinking .... Plus ca change, plus ca meme chose!

 

[Billy Ryan]

it's hard to see thompson getting the arse so late in the year... It would leave the replacement with practically no time to assess the list and make proper draft selections... if Cook has any sense he'll recommend a clean out of the assistant coaches. Hinkley, Lovell and Steven Hocking in particular.

I would have thought this would be a perfect time to sack the coach. Just after the end of the season, and before the busy trade period and preseason. Better now than during the season, that is too unsettling for the club.

 

[geelong_boy]

When does trade week begin?

 

[Triple 7]

Heard a little snippet of Costa on SEN this morning.

Friday will see the release of the review findings and presumably the decision on Thompson.
He said something along the lines of 'the club wants to move on quickly'

This is interesting because I'm sure I've heard Cook quoted as saying the review will take untill the end of the month.
My money is on Bomber staying on for one more year.

Ok, some questions from what you have said:

Did cook say the RESULTS of the review come out on friday, If he did, that would mean the board would have to meet and make decisions on the review either tonight or tomorrow night for the results to be released on Friday. Interesting. we shall see ey.