Kickit wrote:gringo wrote:I remember the past eras looking amazing only to fall apart just as we got going. Plugger and Winmar era fell short and all too brief. Alves looked like he was on the right track and we self imploded. Watson and Blighty both are better not spoken of. At least we got an amazing amount of enjoyment and didn't miss by much in the modern era.
I quite like Tim Watson , but it was wrong to make him head coach without an adequate apprenticeship. ( Probably did him a favour though, he's good in the media ).
Sort of funny to watch Collingwood , Brisbane and Essendon make the same mistake.
Alves: I always liked what Stan had to say on the radio, so I was rapt when he got the gig with us. Did a great job I thought. Where he came undone... I heard that he was often very old school and in your face at the players (think Max during the 3/4 time huddle in the final against the Swines in 1998), and that eventually lost the players, and was why he was removed. Can anyone confirm this?
Timmy: His coaching was one trick. It was a good trick... switching play to the other (and unguarded) side of the ground and taking the ball rapidly the length of the field. So we started 1999 very well. Then everyone worked out what we were doing. We never worked out a new trick...
The very naughty boy: One of the
absobloodylute all-time great players! As a coach... OMG!
So was he really the evil genius just biding his time before unleashing his secret master plan for St Kilda's world domination, only to be foiled by a scared and small minded Board that just didn't 'get it'?
Thomo, please come back. Why did our board think that you'd try and talk them out of the Blight sacking? Would you have? If so, why? Did you think that he was disinterested and only there for the money, or did you think he had a grand vision, but 'the ride of our life' was a bit too hairy for some of the faint hearted??? I'd love to hear your thoughts...
Hird: Barks may have a point re Thomo's wages for an
unproven rookie at senior AFL level coach.
Your thoughts Grant?
But regardless, what about
$1.2mil for a bloke who's only prior
actual coaching experience at any level was with his son's U9's at Prahran!?!
I value every Sainta's support for the club, but at times like this... I really wish that Barks was a Bummer supporter..., coz that would be hilarious seeing him rip into the Effn'dum board...
![Mr. Green :mrgreen:](./images/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif)
BTW, can Jimbo
actually coach...? In
stark contrast to his predecessor he apparently has full-on resources back up from the Board... however, from the outside I haven't noticed any improvement over Knights...
If Knights had Hird's coaching record... oh wait...
Gee, if Effn'dum crash n' burn for a
third year running... I'm really gonna enjoy that...
Voss:
Thank-you, thank-you Vossy. How many years has your planning, list management and belief that you can coach set the Teddy Bears back, and at a time they can least afford it with the Sons of Beaches looming...?
Thank-you, thank-you Vossy.
Buckley: Despite a few murmourings from within, despite listening to Pluggs and keeping Maxwell in the side (let alone as captain
![Shocked :shock:](./images/smilies/icon_eek.gif)
), despite the best sabotage efforts from Micky Meltdown, despite the best sabotage efforts from Devoid Cloke... I'm amazed to say it, but he's actually doing a pretty good job.
![Shocked :shock:](./images/smilies/icon_eek.gif)
This I reckon could be in no small part due to his tackling his own FIGJAM issues... so credit where it's due! (I hope the input from his mid field coaching genius is also a significant part of all this.
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)
What do the other Saintsationalists think...?