Rumour Rhyce Shaw in Hospital, won’t coach again: NO Trolling, cheap shots, or jokes will be Tolerated

[Wosh]

Final Warning: No trolling please.

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[Fruit]

Living in a hub, Losing 14 of the last 15 games, having to be part of an organisation that sacked 11 players and also winding up a heap of assistants, some of who would be mates. Talk about stressful. This would have been a seriously tough year for anyone let alone a very young coach.

 

[Wosh]

Note
I’ve deleted several pages of back and forth speculation, arguing, ‘expert’ opinions on mental health and pot shots at North Melbourne. I apologise if some reasonable posts and replies were caught in the clean up, I have also threadbanned a few posters which hopefully will help the thread stay on track.

Please let’s just keep this a respectful place to send wishes to Rhyce Shaw

Rhyce Shaw

Age

42

Ht

182cm

Wt

81kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.8

4star

K

12.0

4star

HB

5.8

4star

M

4.3

4star

T

2.1

4star

MG

313.2

4star

No current season stats available

D

8.4

3star

K

6.8

3star

HB

1.6

2star

M

3.6

4star

T

0.8

3star

and perhaps updates as they come through, if you wish to further discuss mental health issues, possible coaches, club situations, media personalities etc we do have boards and threads for those issues.
Please don’t quote unacceptable posts just report them, thank you.

My sincere best wishes to Rhyce that he can move forward with or without football and lead a happy and healthy life with the people who love him. That’s really all that matters in life.

 

[guruisatiger]

Prayers and thoughts are
With Rhyce, and his family
Hopefully you will be on the
Road to recovery real soon

 

[Tarkyn_24]

Rhyce

I hope he’s not aware of the writings in this thread, but on the off chance he does come across them all the best for your recovery!

 

[Scritchyscroony]

Get well soon Rhyce.
Shaws are resilient! He will bounce back.

 

[Percel]

Good job on the clean up Mary

 

[Heisenberg_]

Best of luck to the guy, hope he can get better

 

[00Stinger]

Officially gone.

Hope he gets well but can't help feeling that North dodged a bullet here as he looked out of his depth

Rhyce Shaw departs North Melbourne effective immediately

The Kangaroos have confirmed the news.

www.sen.com.au

 

[1975]

Disappointing,
Good luck, all the best.

 

[ComicSansHumour]

Sad to hear. Hope he recovers well and gets back in the game soon.

 

[justlookingaround]

That sucks so much

 

[mouncey2franklin]

Well, the OP got it right. All of it.

I'll be the first to put my hand up and say I thought this rumour was bullshit at first.

And sadly, I was wrong. This became clear some time ago.

Only a matter of time until the skeletons come out of the closet with regards to the hubs.

North doing well PR wise so far, amicable breakup: club says 'Shaw is great', Shaw says 'North is great'.

But I don't think we've heard the last of all of this.

 

[Heisenberg_]

Well, the OP got it right. All of it.

I'll be the first to put my hand up and say I thought this rumour was bullshit at first.

And sadly, I was wrong. This became clear some time ago.

Only a matter of time until the skeletons come out of the closet with regards to the hubs.

North doing well PR wise so far, amicable breakup: club says 'Shaw is great', Shaw says 'North is great'.

But I don't think we've heard the last of all of this.

I base this off nothing but my opinion based on speculation, but I think the only crime north committed was hiring somebody too young and inexperienced and not doing a proper and full selection process

 

[Jimmy Willis Jawline]

I dont think North did anything wrong here.
This year has piled the stress on everybody, especially here in Melbourne.
Being in a hub cant have been easy, coaching a struggling club while trying to be the person convincing the players it's all worth it cant have been easy. Being so inexperienced cant have been easy.
Noone saw the Covid challenge coming. Cant blame North for that.
I just hope Shaw gets the support he needs to have a successful and happy life doing whatever comes next.

 

[Run n Spread]

Well, the OP got it right. All of it.

I'll be the first to put my hand up and say I thought this rumour was bullshit at first.

And sadly, I was wrong. This became clear some time ago.

Only a matter of time until the skeletons come out of the closet with regards to the hubs.

North doing well PR wise so far, amicable breakup: club says 'Shaw is great', Shaw says 'North is great'.

But I don't think we've heard the last of all of this.

Not just the Hubs. Everything. We have not yet scratched the surface of the mental health problems this lockdown has caused. Football clubs aren't immune. Yes they are in a 5 star hotel but still confined.

Not to speculate on Shaw thou. Hope he recovers, resets and can bounce back and return to footy if that's what he wants.

 

[WillHayward]

I guess we need to talk about a new coach?

Voss
Knights
Kingsley
Schofield

Probably the 4 front runners.

 

[Shadow89]

So s**t. Hope he gets the care he needs, and comes back bigger and better in the future.

Reckon this one can be taken out of the 'rumour thread' now, given that despite its upsetting content, it was 100% spot on

 

[Falcon27]

Godspeed young fella.

 

[Atomboy]

I guess we need to talk about a new coach?

Voss
Knights
Kingsley
Lyon

Probably the 4 front runners.

Lyon would seem a good match for the Shinboner no frills tag.

 

[Fruit]

I guess we need to talk about a new coach?

Voss
Knights
Kingsley
Lyon

Probably the 4 front runners.

Leppitsch any chance? Been in a good system at Richmond since his coaching career at Brisbane finished

 

[zeggie]

Probably best to keep "potential replacement coach" discussions to another thread.

 

[WillHayward]

Leppitsch any chance? Been in a good system at Richmond since his coaching career at Brisbane finished

Apparently hes taking a full break from footy.

 

[WillHayward]

Probably best to keep "potential replacement coach" discussions to another thread.

Fair call.

I started one on main board with poll but mods took it down.

There shouldn't be a stigma attached to RS.
He was unwell. He will get better.

 

[Silver Tongue]

The entire issue is tragic for Rhys Shaw and the Shaw family. Hoping he recovers and finds a space where he can again be that person who is rated so highly as an individual, and within the footy industry.

I guess the latter part doesn't really matter as North as an organization will move on as footy clubs do.

Just hoping he recovers for himself and his family.

 

[justlookingaround]

I guess we need to talk about a new coach?

Voss
Knights
Kingsley
Lyon

Probably the 4 front runners.

I don’t reckon Knights will be a senior coach at AFL level ever again.