Mega Thread The 2016 Buckley Coaching Discussion

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Major damage control. He will make sure we win this week I reckon.
Based on that he'd want to! It was a gutsy move because if we roll over on Sunday after he's delivered that sort of message to the fans I'll start to doubt whether he's still got the group. The reason being that it was a once only type message it can't be repeated because then he just starts sounding like a politician.
 

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Based on that he'd want to! It was a gutsy move because if we roll over on Sunday after he's delivered that sort of message to the fans I'll start to doubt whether he's still got the group. The reason being that it was a once only type message it can't be repeated because then he just starts sounding like a politician.
The truth is Bucks has been under pressure from the minute he got drafted by Brisbane.

I agree I thought it was a brave move and to me quite inspiring.

But like I have said since the St.Kida defeat talk is cheap.

Looking forward to Sunday let's see if the players back up their coach.
 

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Thought it was a very brave thing to do, opened himself up, acknowledges not a good start.
Could have come on and deflected, said little.
Thought it was very raw commentary, I had no problem with it.
Very scripted. Autocue was working overtime.
But he does takes ownership and mentions what the general mood is among the supportersbase. He knows.
 

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with bucks under the pump I guess it's going to come down to the players. If they want to dig in for him Sunday to keep him around or if he's lost the players like some believe, they will go through the motions and get beaten heavily by the demons. I guess we'll find out the answer Sunday afternoon...
 

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Very scripted. Autocue was working overtime.
But he does takes ownership and mentions what the general mood is among the supportersbase. He knows.
He did say he had made notes, had a fair bit to cover.
He must have received my 100 emails with extracts from BF.:p
 

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No doubt sinclair will play, if so he is the likely match up on Garland ( unless they resurrect tooveys career ) if so he must play goal side on him at all times. Nothing more deflating than a walk in goal plus garland is a bit shaky from a set shot. Rather he earn a goal than get gifted a goal

I would also consider bringing in frost to play on hogan, brown better suited to the stay at home forward, maybe he makes way for him.

I dont want to see any of frost, maynard or sinclair kicking from a behind. A non negotiable.

Ok back to work for me
Is Sinclair going to play as a defensive forward?:p
 

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I haven't heard that Buckley had wanted MM to another year and would not have believed it if I had. The two men thoroughly disliked each other in the end. If MM had stayed, the men would never have harmonious coached together.

Maybe MM secretly believed that Buckley would not make a good coach?. Perhaps Buckley's relationship with the players was not how MM would have interacted, or maybe he saw that Buck's inner self-talk motivation approach was no match for his mix of fire and brimstone and love of the boys?

Surely the difference in their styles was evident in the cultural revolution under Buckley that outed Thomas, Shaw, Didak, Wellingham and others? To suggest that Bucks and Mick could amicably have spent another year together, and that Bucks actually suggested the arrangement to Ed, is ludicrous.
 

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Sounded a bit too much like a politician for my liking. Was he reading off a teleprompter, seemed like it.

I dont think anyone is saying that the club isnt trying, no one wants to be bad and be under constant scrutiny.
Sorry but to me he spoke from the heart
 

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We win as a club and lose as a club, but I need to see the gameplan improve quickly to restore faith in the coaches, right now they are all gone year end.
 

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I haven't heard that Buckley had wanted MM to another year and would not have believed it if I had. The two men thoroughly disliked each other in the end. If MM had stayed, the men would never have harmonious coached together.

Maybe MM secretly believed that Buckley would not make a good coach?. Perhaps Buckley's relationship with the players was not how MM would have interacted, or maybe he saw that Buck's inner self-talk motivation approach was no match for his mix of fire and brimstone and love of the boys?

Surely the difference in their styles was evident in the cultural revolution under Buckley that outed Thomas, Shaw, Didak, Wellingham and others? To suggest that Bucks and Mick could amicably have spent another year together, and that Bucks actually suggested the arrangement to Ed, is ludicrous.
MM shitting on Bucks at the End really hurt Buckley and the Clubs Chances after he Left.

Showed how Pathetic he was in his last year at the Club
 

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We do have the benefit of a soft draw.
Have you been watching us play Quicky? We could play Essendon, Carlton and Brisbane for the rest of the season and we'd probably still find a way to bugger it up...

On a serious note the best outcome possible is to go 3-1 over the next month to get ahead of the ledger and limit the damage v West Coast. From there you try to build into the season, but it'll be a monumental task to bring the % so we're better off just looking at wins for now anything else is a bonus, IMO.
 

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Just saying that if his position as coach is dependent on making the finals this year then we may as well wait until the end of the year to address his contract. Personally I would give him two years now.
Lots of good points as always.
I support an extension for Bucks on the basis that our young players appear to be buying-in to the program. Of course we will learn more about that as the season rolls on. Should everything turn to total crap this year then I would support a change providing a suitable option was available. Don't think that will happen though.

As for 2010, I thought we had no chance after the 2009 prelim.
I agree with your view that we have been rebuilding. I disagree though on the criteria for a successful year. Whilst the club may have set sights on a finals finish I believe that is premature. We are still some way off having the necessary experience to sustain the level of football needed, and IMO the club should be taking a longer term view by signing Buckley up for another two or three years. Making the finals this year will be very tough and I don't believe we should be expecting that.
It will work with guys who have a professional approach.
Bucks doesn't have a problem with individuals, he is great mates with Swanny. He has a problem with selfish pricks who put their own interests before the team.
I checked your posts in this thread from Jan/Feb and you appear to have significantly abandoned your defence of Buckley, and are now seeking that Bucks remain coach only the remainder of this season rather than being given a 2 year extension. Your posts were attracting Baltimore Jack likes where I doubt they would now. 3 weeks is a long time in a supporter's life.

Not that I have a problem with the Fletcher Christian role you have assumed this year - I'll help you toss him off ship and set him adrift with his mates in a leaky boat, and throw in his wake the zone defence strategy. Let's hope he does not then proves a skillful navigator of the tide of unpopular opinion like Bligh. When he's gone, we don't want him convincing others that he was wronged.
 
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