Teflon wrote: ↑Mon 24 Jun 2019 12:12am
Leo.J wrote: ↑Sun 23 Jun 2019 8:02pm
tony74 wrote: ↑Sun 23 Jun 2019 7:17pm
There’s is no doubt that AR will be gone. No doubt. I know who they want but I’m pretty sure they won’t get him. So for what I hear it’s out of three- Scott, Knights, or Harves.
If we end up with Matty Knights as coach I’m f##king done.
Yeah it’s getting like that Knights ffs.
He’s doing well at Geelong cause Geelong have a culture of success .......we don’t
Scott’s a spud after 10 years nothing
Harvey.....not a senior coach imo
I’d seriously look at Ratten and ffs give him a go till seasons end to see what he can produce
AR is finished
Totally agree.
Why risk another L plater coach when
we already have a proven coach waiting in the wings?
Ratts did a great job at Carlton and they
improved each year from no-hopers to finalists till in his final year they were decimated by injury and dropped back a bit.
Then the idiots at Caaaarlton panicked and worried that Ratts might not have the experience to coach them all the way to a flag, whereas Malthouse had delivered flags and was available, so with Juddy starting to age they dumped Ratts.
And wasn't it a beautiful result - Shytehouse set them back a decade.
Meanwhile Ratts went to Hawthorn, learnt from the best modern day coach.
He's had time, experience and maturity to reflect on how he would be even better second time round.
Plus
he's already here.
He knows the list, he's had plenty of time to understand their strengths and weaknesses and must have developed his own theories.
Just give him the caretaker role NOW.
Give him 9 matches and review him then.
It's a low risk strategy.
1) Morale/hope for the players, fans and sponsors could ONLY improve under a new coach.
2) Ratt's is ready made in-house "shovel-ready" with the knowledge/ability to make instant changes.
3) If he proves he is up to it, then he can be permanently appointed with a free hand to run trade week and the draft so he takes "ownership" of the list
4) It he fails to impress it also flags early to the broader footy world that there is a role available and still gives us a chance to make a poaching or appointment early in September instead of an early Sep Richo sacking leading to a late Sept appointment leaving no time for list management by the new coach.
IT'S A NO-LOSE SCENARIO
(Yes I know it might be costly though surely 6 years of under-achievement would trigger some sort of release clause? But even if we have to pay $$$ it will be more than offset by membership and sponsor sales).
Get it done!
The rest of Australia can wander mask-free, socialise, eat out, no curfews, no zoning, no police rings of steel, no illogical inconsistent rules.
They can even WATCH LIVE FOOTY!