Like I said in my previous post it’s much cheaper to just do a pretty sham ‘Internal’ review and just sack people. Rather than pay people who would more than likely tell you to reorganise things and sack them anyway.
Aren’t coach payouts now limited to 6 months, regardless of contract length?
Good. This club needs anger. It's better than ambivalence.
Only the top handout & AFL COVID supported clubs, as a self sufficient club the crows do not get that benefit
. Only get minor tax breaks with new payment rules.
A wooden spoon might be useful.
The problem this club will always have is you can’t just get rid of Nicks, there are so many positions that would need to be vacated first/announced as staggered departures for any real change to occur.
These are the dominos that would need to fall for it to actually happen;
First Mark Ricciuto after 10 bloody years would need to step down as Football Director & resign/announce departure date from the Board. I do though unfortunately envision a scene much like Charlton Heston holding on to his gun occuring…
If that departure were to happen though the other Board members would then need to decide if that role is now redundant and doesn’t need replacing.
Olsen can then move on to announcing one of those more ‘phoney’ internal reviews into club practices like list management, recruitment, development ect., after this is conducted is when they’d need to announce Hamish Ogilvie is finishing up after x amount of years of service…
Justin Reid would be the next to make a judgement call on but probably would just survive for the moment as you can’t get rid of both Ogilvie & Reid at the same time but you’d hope he sees the writing on the wall and is not there for too much longer either.
A couple of weeks after the review is when they can come out and start saying those classic post-review lines like “things kept on popping up in the review regarding x” like the s**t Roo said after Sanderson’s bloodletting. They can say they couldn’t ignore the findings ect. only then Nicks could be let go with his big settlement like Pyke before him.
Burns & van Berlo can then be announced eventually as not having their contracts renewed either. Marco Bello probably touch and go to keep his job as head of development too.
The club would need to find a new Head Coach & multiple Assistant Coaches post-season and then a new National Recruitment Manager post-draft.
It just seems so unlikely all that occurs in one go even though it should, Tim Silvers has spent so much time blowing smoke up Nicks’ arse he’d be totally reluctant to make that call and John Olsen is turning 79 in June and will probably announce his own departure before he turns 80 and whether he wants to go through all that trouble before he leaves is another big question mark. He’d more than likely look to just take the easy road into the sunset given his past decision making evidence.
As if they are going to give him an extension and sack him two weeks after.
What? His last few years were pretty successful at Collingwood.
You're missing that he's garbage and has wasted an incredibly talented squad
We actually NEED some assistant coaches.
Oooof. That's a mediocre list.
Why the hell would he want to be someone's assistant?
This is probably the best suggestion so far.
Because he hasn't achieved anything as a coach and was a proven failure over a long stretch at Collingwood. Prizes aren't handed out for people who nearly won a flag, especially when they coach a rich team like the Pies who rarely have to leave their home ground.
Well doesn't this just scream "guy who wants a challenge".
Whilst I'm not a big fan of Bevo, at least he's got enough dog in him to make the changes he wants to live and die by.
