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A.F.L. Thread II
- Thread starter vic_orthdox
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Mr Casson
Cricketer Of The Year
I never really did question the guy's ability until he got to Carlton and started talking like a stroke patient. In fairness I think he's probably just way past it, but it does make you wonder. Probably some guys who would have made good coaches over the years have been cast as failures for taking on jobs at poorly run clubs which were doomed to fail - I don't see why the opposite can't be true to some extent.
I take your point about him being coach while the Dogs, West Coast and Collingwood (twice) did good things. As coach he probably had a lot to do with that. I just don't know what it is that he actually did, and no one can truthfully claim to discern how much of that was what he brought that no one else could, and how much was the support and resources of the club itself. If you can you're a genius. Even ascribing something like the high use of rotations at Collingwood to him, you don't know whether he thought of it or how much he was responsible for implementing it.
At any rate the only point of that discussion from my POV is that it's interesting to see how a person can be seen as so unquestionably valuable in a job only for it to blow up in their faces later on. If you blame Mick's failure at Carlton on the administration, I think it serves to highlight how important it is for a footy club to be 'well run'. That, of course, is something much less obvious to the public and ergo not discussed quite as much.
Redbacks
International Captain
Bad Administration matters, probably an average one wouldn't affect a top side in the short term (e.g. Eagles and the drug culture they failed to action).
They have to set the tone and direction of a club. They sacked Ratten to go the next step, then found a coach without a proper interview process who then later made the decision that the list wasn't good enough. Then they stuffed up their messaging this year which makes it an unattractive destination for a player and has others plotting to leave.
They have to set the tone and direction of a club. They sacked Ratten to go the next step, then found a coach without a proper interview process who then later made the decision that the list wasn't good enough. Then they stuffed up their messaging this year which makes it an unattractive destination for a player and has others plotting to leave.
vic_orthdox
Global Moderator
The peer pressuring of Ablett to take injections is very off-putting to me, particularly when considering the family history with injectable substances.
vic_orthdox
Global Moderator
Haha unlucky.
Go on Plugger.
Go on Plugger.
howardj
International Coach
Yeah, Mark Thompson a while ago on 360 said that Gazz is very funky - in his preparation, training and the way he lives his life
Bomber said that he took the approach of him just letting him do his own thing, such was the quality of what he produced on the field
vic_orthdox
Global Moderator
"I don't do injections to play."
"What the hell do you mean?"
"My old man has had drug addiction issues. I've seen his life. I'm not putting needles into my arm. Like it or leave it".
"Get well soon, Gaz..."
Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
Your Crows gonna make the 8? FMD playing piss poor vs. Carlton right now.
Spikey
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"yeah well your dad won ****ing nothing you **** and I won 4 flags so"Still think it would have been more like:
