Football Department Review

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So, the review found that Judd was correct and we won’t appoint a coach on training wheels again ?

I think that the criticism of the gameplan and tactics are justified but surely Lloyd should have been providing feedback to Teague.  There’s no mention of support and development of the coach, something that Mark Maclure and others have identified as a key failure.  We’ll just appointed an experienced hack and let him get on with the job.

I can’t believe that list management gets a tick.  I guess we’ll see more highly paid halfback flankers next season.

Player development didn’t get a mention either ?

The Herald Sun can reveal that Teague was heavily wounded by feedback provided to the club’s external reviewers during their exhausting investigation into Carlton’s football department.

It is understood that Teague received support from less than 50 per cent of the players and support staff interviewed by Matthew Pavlich, Geoff Walsh and Graham Lowe.

Teague drove into the club this morning to tell the playing group he had been sacked after two and a half years in the job. He had one more year to run on his contract.

The external panel was given unfettered access to the Blues and left few stones unturned in their search for answers, although Pavlich’s research was conducted via Zoom because he was unable to fly in from Western Australia

The suggested pass mark for coach support was considered to be closer to 80 per cent.

Sources said Teague was stunned when he was informed on Monday when the findings were finally tabled to him.

Teague passionately shot down reports that he had lost relationships with some of his players on Saturday night after his final game in charge.

“It hurt when people said I’d lost relationships with the players,” Teague said.

“That one probably dug a little bit deep because it’s not true.

Players might be asking for Teague back when they get a dose of Ross Lyon methodology, the bar is going to be raised a lot higher in terms of what he expects, injuries etc wont be an excuse for lack of effort etc etc.