Football Department Review

[ElwoodBlues1]

Those responsible for the sacking....have now been sacked.

Nothing like a bit of blood in the coaches box, its the Carlton way, my mistake.. Barker wasnt sacked he was Purged..

[northernblue]

I guess the future will tell, maybe Barker has been the only thing holding the place together ?
I wish him well in his future.

Who exactly are our sitting selection committee ?

[Gointocarlton]

I heard an interesting comment today that was supposedly made by an ex player (maybe Rhys), it was along the lines of:
Our blokes today are all nice blokes, you'd gladly let them into your house and marry your daughters.
Back in the day when we were successful, your wouldn't have let any of those blokes in your house.

Sellers said tonight as a footballer, the critic you will listen to most unconditionally is your team mate(s), not your coach. Once you lose the respect of your team mates, your finished. Our blokes clearly dont demand enough of one another.

[Micky0]

A Melbourne supporter I work with said he could do the review in one sentence for us - players need to work harder and for each other.

Done.  Simples.

So are we backing that H FB story? Why hasn’t Cripps re-signed still? Surely you’d get that done this week if you wanted to show unity too!??!

[Gointocarlton]

From B70 on BF re who is in the mix for the external review:

Stephen Gough,Geoff Walsh and Pavlich in the mix ..

[northernblue]

From B70 on BF re who is in the mix for the external review:

Stephen Gough,Geoff Walsh and Pavlich in the mix ..

PAVLICH !!!
We finally get our man !!

[PaulP]

I heard an interesting comment today that was supposedly made by an ex player (maybe Rhys), it was along the lines of:
Our blokes today are all nice blokes, you'd gladly let them into your house and marry your daughters.
Back in the day when we were successful, your wouldn't have let any of those blokes in your house.

Sellers said tonight as a footballer, the critic you will listen to most unconditionally is your team mate(s), not your coach. Once you lose the respect of your team mates, your finished. Our blokes clearly dont demand enough of one another.

This isn't a shot at you GTC, but most footballers these days are nice. Back in the day you wouldn't let players from any team into your house.

Sellers is a goose. If your team mates are here today gone tomorrow, how can you build any kind of relationship, any kind of synergy ? If you have a losing mindset, how hard is that to break ? If you have a club that is trigger happy across all aspects of the football department, how can you give 100% to footy when you're constantly looking over your shoulder ?

Our players are not soft, they are not overpaid fat cats who are just chasing big contracts. Players have been coming to us for fat contracts and brown paper bags since the 60's. Our blokes have lost the winning habit, and have been witness to far too much instability and uncertainty, far too much list turnover, far to much coach turnover, which is why they play the way they do.

[Professer E]

I know the AFL plays puppet master a lot
- maybe it's time for the faceless men to step in and cut is a break.... Maybe a mob like collingwood can be told,  hey,  you've got cap issues, don't ring Hemisphere,  back the F off.    Because we are a wounded zebra surrounded by predators ATM and if the predators get their way the club will be gutted and kicked all the way back to 2001/2.  And if the AFL think that's good for the game then they are clueless. How much are they already propping up some clubs.

[LP]

This isn't a shot at you GTC, but most footballers these days are nice. Back in the day you wouldn't let players from any team into your house.

Sellers is a goose. If your team mates are here today gone tomorrow, how can you build any kind of relationship, any kind of synergy ? If you have a losing mindset, how hard is that to break ? If you have a club that is trigger happy across all aspects of the football department, how can you give 100% to footy when you're constantly looking over your shoulder ?

Our players are not soft, they are not overpaid fat cats who are just chasing big contracts. Players have been coming to us for fat contracts and brown paper bags since the 60's. Our blokes have lost the winning habit, and have been witness to far too much instability and uncertainty, far too much list turnover, far to much coach turnover, which is why they play the way they do.

Yes, based on history our club doesn't get it, many fans don't get it.

They think footy is like working in Jack Elliott's era, The Wolf of Wall St model, where you just hire and fire until you find a Clark Kent as big as you who can get the job done at minimal cost and high profit.

Fans are completely wrong if they think a coach change in modern football is a flick of a switch, it's the exact opposite. In modern football a coach and list overhaul automatically consigns your club to another 5 to 7 years of rebuilding / team building. Another generation of talent thoroughly wasted.

[Gointocarlton]

A Melbourne supporter I work with said he could do the review in one sentence for us - players need to work harder and for each other.

Done.  Simples.

So are we backing that H FB story? Why hasn’t Cripps re-signed still? Surely you’d get that done this week if you wanted to show unity too!??!

Article in HS says talks are underway and his manager is only dealing with us despite interest from other clubs. Make of that what you will.