Coach Stuart Dew - Where is the scrutiny?

[random260]

Why the **** is Fiorini part of the leadership team or captain but is not playing. He seems to rack alot of supercoach points and is leadership? Why isn't he getting selected????

It's unbelievable.... He's young aswell but why?? I mean look at his fantasy points

 

[RowellAnderson12]

Why the fu** is Fiorini part of the leadership team or captain but is not playing. He seems to rack alot of supercoach points and is leadership? Why isn't he getting selected????

It's unbelievable.... He's young aswell but why?? I mean look at his fantasy points

Vice captain last year, actually re-signed and commited for 2 more years even though he didnt get a single game last year.

Dew can only play Fiorini inside mid, tried him on the wing and half back and no good so has sat behind Touk, Anderson, Greenwood, Swallow, Weller..

Dew doesn't rotate the squad, been sitting there and finally got a crack this weekend hope he stays in the team for the rest of the year. Knows how to get the ball, bit like Dom Sheed, dodgy kick doesn't defend that well

 

[Jibroni]

Would never thought that after 10 years that GWS would be a more desirable destination and have a better club culture and pedigree than GC.

 

[random260]

Vice captain last year, actually re-signed and commited for 2 more years even though he didnt get a single game last year.

Dew can only play Fiorini inside mid, tried him on the wing and half back and no good so has sat behind Touk, Anderson, Greenwood, Swallow, Weller..

Dew doesn't rotate the squad, been sitting there and finally got a crack this weekend hope he stays in the team for the rest of the year. Knows how to get the ball, bit like Dom Sheed, dodgy kick doesn't defend that well

Then trade him out jesus. Lots of clubs would kill for him. And GCS aren't exactly top 4 so my mind is boggled as to to why he isn't in the starting even though he's VICE CAPTAIN. Wow. I seriously wonder if Fiorini feels angry being part leadership and getting dropped even though he's still racking up possesions.

How you can drop a vice captain and treat them like as a regularly player/importance is mind boggling.

 

[robo_1]

Then trade him out jesus. Lots of clubs would kill for him. And GCS aren't exactly top 4 so my mind is boggled as to to why he isn't in the starting even though he's VICE CAPTAIN. Wow. I seriously wonder if Fiorini feels angry being part leadership and getting dropped even though he's still racking up possesions.

How you can drop a vice captain and treat them like as a regularly player/importance is mind boggling.

He’s been dropped from the leadership group this year

 

[random260]

He’s been dropped from the leadership group this year

Ah didn't know that. Good decision but geez he must be feeling pretty bad. Past vice captain, resigns, dropped in twos and would get a game at most clubs.

 

[Sonny Hayes]

Ah didn't know that. Good decision but geez he must be feeling pretty bad. Past vice captain, resigns, dropped in twos and would get a game at most clubs.

Eh i think he is depth at most clubs, decent ball winner but that is about it.

Fiorini would not be in the top 100 issues the Suns have.

 

[RowellAnderson12]

Then trade him out jesus. Lots of clubs would kill for him. And GCS aren't exactly top 4 so my mind is boggled as to to why he isn't in the starting even though he's VICE CAPTAIN. Wow. I seriously wonder if Fiorini feels angry being part leadership and getting dropped even though he's still racking up possesions.

How you can drop a vice captain and treat them like as a regularly player/importance is mind boggling.

One of those weird ones when suns finally didn’t get any injuries last year and shorter quarters so we had a full list but dew never rotated even when the fans did cry out for some change

Bit hard to trade him out when we are trying to get players like him in

 

[Cubs2Lions]

It is surely obvious to everyone who follows AFL now that there isn't just ONE problem that can be just easily fixed before the club can be successfully in the future. I mean, this has been a club who has been around for the past 10 years of existence in the big time but has only finished ONCE above the bottom six bracket of the ladder. There are so many problems at the club right now such as on-field performance/development, player & coach recruitment/retention and off-field culture (just to name a few) that seriously questions me how a club can operate so badly on-field/off-field even with the amount of concessions the club has been receiving from the AFL these past 3-4 years such as extra draft picks, additional spots for players & free access to Darwin-based academy players.

The only benefit that has occurred from the AFL creating the Gold Coast Suns has been that it's improved the participation rates of people (Junior/Senior) wanting to play Australian Rules Football in Queensland and this is basically the main reason why Gil and the rest of his muppets will keep backing the club in for however long it takes them to become a respectful club in the league, only just for the long-term benefits/gains in the next 40-50 years, which don't get me wrong is a very good move for the league in developing more Queensland players to the sport and in the professional league.

I think the main overall arching problem that suggests to me why the Gold Coast are still the basket-case of the league (10 years later) though, is that there is no real on-field/off-field culture that shows no real emphasis on development, improvement, sacrifice, commitment & leadership for players, coaches, board members and the club alike, with the club feeling like a washed up franchise, with no real soul/purpose and who is only really there to make up the numbers in the competition to be completely honest with you. You only really have to look at the club across the highway (Brisbane) to demonstrate to the Suns (again) how to truly rebuild a club properly (on-field/off-field) from the bottom down to a high-performance setting & culture which emphasises teamwork, leadership, development, improvement & sacrifice for everyone to be involved with, and this has been all thanks to what Fages, Nobes, Swanny & the rest of the peers have produced the past 5 years.

For example, instead of bringing up the best young talent every single year like they do, the AFL should help the Suns bring up experienced heads/players like Pendlebury, N.Jones, Hurn, T.Walker, Mayne or Gray to name a few for 2-3 years to help build the on-field/off-field standards & culture at the club down and also help provide match-day experience & development for the younger players at the club like Rowell, Anderson, Rankine, Lukosius & King for example. Hell, it might even want more good players from the other 17 clubs during the trade-period that wanted to join the Suns as a result cause they get the chance to play & train with those experienced superstars above.

The AFL will obviously be giving them more concessions in the future (in the form of draft-picks/more money) though, if this year becomes a disaster again, but one has to now wonder how long the AFL can keep doing this for before it comes too hard of a mission to save the club. Especially, when you look at the world today with COVID occurring and in the future, will the next CEO of the AFL be willing to fork out $25-30 million per year to a struggling club with no real soul or purpose still or will they use that money or something else and either broaden the horizens of the club (Northern Suns) or disband the club altogether pretty much.

If I was the CEO of the AFL right now, and the concessions still don't improve the club, I would be seriously considering informing the Kangaroos to merge with the Gold Coast like what was proposed 15 years ago to them (like it or not) to to help create the "Gold Coast Kangaroos" similar to how Fitzroy/Brisbane situation and install Noble as the head coach there as that leading father figure at the club, with Dew being an senior assistant there, while Tasmania can then receive their own stand-alone club license in the big league (Tasmania Devils) and help build the presence of Australian Rules Football in Tasmania like how it was in the past time, with the competition also staying at 18 clubs in the foreseeable future as well.

The club isn't dead yet at the moment don't get me wrong, but it is in a really bad coma that the AFL really needs to fix, otherwise this situation will become worse and worse until it is too late and the AFL will have to switch off the club's life machine, as it would become too hard to repair in the future.

 

[Davey33]

Buckley to the GC?

 

[Hammer#8]

First thing they should do is change that sh*t awful Guernsey. How could anyone be proud to play in something so boring and plain.

Gold Coast decided to base the colours on a theme that is specific to the region. The red and yellow flags adorn the beach to keep swimmers in between them by the lifesavers. The sun is again in line to the year round sunshine.

Since it's not embraced by the locals, perhaps they always should've gone with a region neutral mascot/colour combination. Their marketing settled on the Suns and it feels safe to me.

Only thing they need to get right first is their on-field performances. The running statistic is that every second expansion club in the AFL era are successful, which means it's roughly a 50% chance.

 

[Bjchan13]

Seems like a real good bloke Stewy Dew and he came across well in the prime doco. Not sure what his contract is but this is his 4th year in the job so he's had some time. They need a few wins to keep the pressure off

 

[Bipolar Bear]

Nobody will scrutinise you if they don't know you exist.

 

[Redline]

As I've said I think Dew needs to go. That was pathetic on Saturday.

I know there is a rivalry with the Lions but I wonder if someone like Voss would be an option? I don't think they can go again with a completely untried coach but also I don't think guys like Lyon or Buckley will want it.

 

[db26]

Something is deeply wrong at this club can't all be the coaches , the culture, football department complete failure and with all this talent and picks they had.I don't rate Dew at all , but there a major issue the afl have to address.

 

[queensberryrules]

It would take a large team several weeks to fully scrutinise Stuart. It might be quicker to take a small sample.

 

[Del191229]

It would take a large team several weeks to fully scrutinise Stuart. It might be quicker to take a small sample.

Yeah, was gunna say, where's the scrutiny?

He probably ate it.

 

[Del191229]

They're going into Saturday against the bottom placed side, that has won one game all year, and their opponents are favourites ffs.

 

[Del191229]

If I was the CEO of the AFL right now, and the concessions still don't improve the club, I would be seriously considering informing the Kangaroos to merge with the Gold Coast like what was proposed 15 years ago to them (like it or not) to to help create the "Gold Coast Kangaroos"

The club you mean is St Kilda

 

[Goomba1973]

Well GC is onto their 3rd coach I believe (Eade and McKenna) and all coaches have had poor results so far. Maybe it isn't the coach, much like Carlton. Changing the coach may not achieve anything. Instead they need to look at instilling a willing mentality at the club. How? Who knows

I think McKenna was a bit hard done by, he building well quite well, the development of the club and of the young players went when McKenna did then a mass exodus started , bringing in Eade and changing what McKenna had put in place, put GC in a position they have still yet to recover from, it was the start of their turmoil . The Footy board at GC were impatient and made rash decisions.

 

[Bjo187]

Agree on mckenna but apparently the off field culture was terrible, blokes into drugs etc. At least they were starting to play some ok footy though. I can't believe they thought rocket eade was a good idea, he was completely cooked.

 

[Elmer_Hauser]

Being belted by a rock bottom and talentless North Melbourne right now.

Terrible coach who gets far too much leeway in the media (compared to Teague etc)

Time for the Incredible Bulk to fall on his sword and walk away.

 

[RowellAnderson12]

Being belted by a rock bottom and talentless North Melbourne right now.

Terrible coach who gets far too much leeway in the media (compared to Teague etc)

Time for the Incredible Bulk to fall on his sword and walk away.

It’s windy one end , just wait for the game to be over

 

[The Nostradamus]

Should be sacked immediately

 

[RowellAnderson12]

Yep he’s done