Season Launch - 2026

[UseR2006]

also cheaper, no event venue hire with all the degustation plates

MRP has it's own indoor event space as far as I know.
literally no excuses.

 

[bzparkes]

has nisbett forgotten that he is no longer a CEO? thanking sponsors...

Doing the Lord's work.

 

[RustyShacklefordFalcon]

Mini coming on stage now. This outta be good.

cant say the "power of love and friendship" speech really inspired confidence in me that we'll turn it around.

I'd have gone with "the power of Christ compels you", really fire the boys up

 

[Keys]

Suspect it was held outside so they could unveil the naming of the training hall after Trevor Nisbett. That would also explain why is was held at night rather than the breakfast launch they’ve traditionally done

No problem with that, nor with the hall being named after Nisbett. His tenure didn’t end on a positive note and he arguably outstayed his welcome, but it’s indisputable he was a major contributor to our rise to a powerhouse on and off field.

Not sure where they got the MC from but they might want to go back to the Gossage/Daniels well next time

McQualter and Duggan both spoke well enough but ultimately they’ll be judged by what’s produced on the playing field week in, week out and not by what they’ve said tonight

Probably could’ve opened it up to a few more supporters because the relatively meagre crowd in attendance struggled to fill out such a vast space and made it look as if they couldn’t get anyone there

Anyway, All the Way West in 2026

 

[Byron_Clanger]

Suspect it was held outside so they could unveil the naming of the training hall after Trevor Nisbett. That would also explain why is was held at night rather than the breakfast launch they’ve traditionally done

No problem with that, nor with the hall being named after Nisbett. His tenure didn’t end on a positive note and he arguably outstayed his welcome, but it’s indisputable he was a major contributor to our rise to a powerhouse on and off field.

Not sure where they got the MC from but they might want to go back to the Gossage/Daniels well next time

McQualter and Duggan both spoke well enough but ultimately they’ll be judged by what’s produced on the playing field week in, week out and not by what they’ve said tonight

Probably could’ve opened it up to a few more supporters because the relatively meagre crowd in attendance struggled to fill out such a vast space and made it look as if they couldn’t get anyone there

Anyway, All the Way West in 2026

Yeah, what the hell was up with that? It's like there was 15 people and a dog there.

 

[jdisc]

Probably could’ve opened it up to a few more supporters because the relatively meagre crowd in attendance struggled to fill out such a vast space and made it look as if they couldn’t get anyone there

Agreed on this

If you're going to have it outside on a Thursday night open up the whole ground to supporters, let families bring their kids and kick the footy around, get some food trucks/catering in, make it a ticketed event and make it a bit of a vibe

Good opportunity to get a bit of excitement for the upcoming season, let the members mingle and maybe get the players involved

Can think of lots of ways to make the most of the format beyond doing the normal corporate gig

 

[DorothyG]

Eew, as if the clubs going to let the corpos mingle with us plebs

 

[RookiePick]

So the motto for this year is advocating a sideways move? Brilliant.

 

[Pella]

Agreed on this

If you're going to have it outside on a Thursday night open up the whole ground to supporters, let families bring their kids and kick the footy around, get some food trucks/catering in, make it a ticketed event and make it a bit of a vibe

Good opportunity to get a bit of excitement for the upcoming season, let the members mingle and maybe get the players involved

Can think of lots of ways to make the most of the format beyond doing the normal corporate gig

I was there tonight. You are spot on with the crowd, a bunch of corporate CEO’s and their staff team. Spoke to a few corp guys who don’t even watch the footy and were there for free drinks and food. They honestly could have used some food trucks. They had caterers going around with food platters, but the food was average. Was good to see all the players in person but a lot looked very disinterested and just hung around on the sides in their own groups. Don’t really blame them. McQualter and Duggan spoke well but the rest of the night was very average, not much excitement at all going around.

 

[WCErevival]

I'm guessing Mini's speech went something like this.

 

[squashface]

Feels very Corporate Coast Eagles to tell the young footy players that “we know it’s the first game of the season tonight and you want to watch that, but we have scheduled our season launch tonight instead and it is compulsory attendance”

 

[Bleedblueandgold]

So I notice they've skipped the Fan Day this year...
Pretty poor form.

 

[Keys]

So I notice they've skipped the Fan Day this year...
Pretty poor form.

Fan Day is on April 8 - during school holidays and away from the heat of summer which has caused issues in the past

 

[bzparkes]

Fan Day is on April 8 - during school holidays and away from the heat of summer which has caused issues in the past

And there's no expectations on us, so even if we get belted the weekend prior, nobody will give a shit.

The most hilarious thing Bout last season was Carlton cancelling their after losing to Richmond in round 1 after being 40 points up.

 

[WAFoozy]

Why is this club so cringe? "All the way west" is what they're running with this year.

Barely anyone is engaging with these kind of posts or gives a fk.

It's bad enough we have our coaching staff wearing fishing shirts to training.

 

[BigBirdz]

We're launching in you!

 

[Ilkka Sinisalo]

 

[LewyBroome]

God lord, that seemed like a middle-of-the-road socio-economic high school graduation. Let's set up stages and seating on an already cursed ground. The Nisbett thing could've been done as a social media post and just done as a presentation with club after training. Very cringe, very on brand for us. Mediocrity is contagious, you let it in for one aspect of the club, it spreads.

If you're always going to spruik being the richest club in the land, at least act like it. Seems like nobody can be arsed in any form at the club.

 

[Astro7]

The propaganda was corporate cringey - driving home the new culture, trying to recreate new legends, sort of insults the intelligence.
All that hype and hooplah contrasted with where the club and team is actually at, and contrasted with an amateur compere and mediocre turnout. It was like being in high school. Felt embarrassed for the players.
I feel much of that stuff should happen organically, and let it speak on the field.(instead of muscle photos and tough talk) Let it breathe a bit, not rammed down your throat. Overkill really. Especially the compere.
Guess they've got nothing else to cling to at present but hype and promises - now they have to deliver.

 

[JoshWoodenSpoon]

Very cynical in here. We are on a jernsey guiz.

 

[Bender_]

ITT:

What's the point of this thing?!

Also ITT:

This should've been done much better!

 

[FatPizza]

Sounds very much like a corporate event for corporate people.
They probably only open it up to members because if they didn't, they'd get slammed for not involving members.

 

[Lucev23]

 

[Altum Volantes]

Why is this club so cringe? "All the way west" is what they're running with this year.

Barely anyone is engaging with these kind of posts or gives a fk.

It's bad enough we have our coaching staff wearing fishing shirts to training.

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I mean, there is a lot wrong with the club....but the coach wearing a club branded fishing top, designed for sun protection, on a 40° day, is probably not a major issue.

 

[RustyShacklefordFalcon]

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