Dixie Normous
Premiership Player
If we want to start being a ruthless club, this is where we start
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Being ruthless is ok,you still have to make rational decisionsIf we want to start being a ruthless club, this is where we start
Absolutely not .....his influence around OUR club is too important ...obviously other clubs recognize that too ...so w must keep & provide an off field role !!Article on Adelaide now saying 6 clubs are circling Betts for a playing / Mentor / coaching role next year.
Should we trade him next year?
Have you thought this thru carefully ??If someone else wants to offer him another year, who are we to stand in his way?
Your user name is quite ironic in this contextBeing ruthless is ok,you still have to make rational decisions
Was always told to have CLEANHANDS when handling the ball when playing matty nothing sinister thereYour user name is quite ironic in this context
It really isn't.If we want to start being a ruthless club, this is where we start
Totally agree. Our structure and poor forward coaching is making them all look worse.I'm also questioning whether Betts is really cooked
Walker looked cooked as all hell earlier this year. We drop Jenkins, start delivering it to him and suddenly there is life left.
Are our structures, thanks to Ben Hart, making Betts look worse than he really is?
I'd want to see one final season from Betts before making that call. Get the right mix of players around him (that means playing both him and Stengle in the same side, bloody muppett coaches) and fix up the structure.
If after that he's cooked, so be it
Yep especially as we will get nothing for him. But Eddie might not want to stick around which would be another nail in our clubIn every rebuild you need a small set of older players around them to provide the guidance.
If clubs like Hawthorn are looking at him for a player/mentor role wouldn't it be a good idea for us to keep him in the same ??
Can't see a decent reason to get rid of him.
Another club offered Modra a contract to extend his career beyond what we did.You're confused.
The question isn't: Shall we force Betts out?
The question is: If another club makes Betts an offer to extend his career on the condition he breaks his current contract with us, should we let him go?
If only we had a sub ruleI would set a plan in place to rest Betts throughout the year so he can continue to play at his best.
Even on his bad days he is outperforming Lachie Murphy so I think he would be best 22 for at least next year
Absolutely not. Under no circumstances would I push him out. In fact I'd be beyond furious if we did.
The impact to our culture would be disastrous. A beloved player not just at the AFC, but across the entire AFL, let go.
He also has immense value to us as a player/coach/mentor. Why should he be pushed out to perform that role at another club? We have young indigenous talents as well as young players in general that will continue to benefit from Betts involvement in the club. Stengle. McHenry. Jones. Murphy. etc.
The difference between us/Betts and say Hawks/Hodge is that the Hawks also had other on-field mentors that were able to fill that role, eg Roughead. And also unlike Hodge, Betts plays in a lower-production role.
So no. Wouldn't even consider it.
It’s all speculation at presentIt does appear that the relationship between Eddie and the AFC has been damaged, doesn't it?
It might not be a complete disaster, but it doesn't seem like the relationship is as strong as it was recently.
Agree and this would be a huge failure from the AFC. Eddie should have a job for life at AFC. Anyone who follows him on insta would see how big a mentor he is to the younger players. You hold onto good ppl and build a culture from them. The carlton indigenous boys lost their way wen Eddie left. Dont underestimate what him leaving disgruntled could do to our club.It does appear that the relationship between Eddie and the AFC has been damaged, doesn't it?
It might not be a complete disaster, but it doesn't seem like the relationship is as strong as it was recently.