Certified Legendary Thread Alastair Clarkson II - signs 5 year contract w/ North Melbourne 19 August 2022 - news breaks p360

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Horace said:
Perhaps you have already done this but if not, maybe a good idea to go and see your GP if you are getting regular headaches/migraines. You might also benefit from seeing a Chiropractor, who may be able to see some misalignment in your skeletal system, which may have a bearing on things.
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Thanks Horace but I have like 6 repeats of my meds that are for my migraine but forget to refill them after I’ve finished them.

My main causes are stress and hormonal changes 😃
 

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I was getting a text every 10 minutes from my * mate who was all excited about getting Clarko. Apparently it's going to happen as they've been speaking to Clarko for over a month and Clarko was putting us off until he knew what was happening with Rutten.

Haven't heard from him since 3 even though I've text him 5 times for an update.
 

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Paracetamol (Panamax & Panadol) can be very deadly if you take too much. Fatal liver damage. Seriously always stick to the recommended dosage. Many people think it is harmless to pop a few extra if you still feel pain. Don't. Sadly OD's are on the rise.
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Wreck It Ralph: North Melbourne can’t let another big signing slip through its grasp​

They missed on Dustin Martin, Jordan De Goey, Andrew Gaff and Josh Kelly. But North Melbourne simply can’t let the same happen with Alastair Clarkson.

Jon Ralph

7 min read
August 15, 2022 - 4:46PM

North Melbourne can’t let Alastair Clarkson out of its grasp.
After a day of turmoil at Essendon, where coach Ben Rutten’s future at the club was questioned, the noise around Clarkson to the Bombers was deafening.
But this can’t be another Dusty moment for the Kangaroos.
It can’t be Josh Kelly, or Andrew Gaff.
Martin was offered an astonishing $11 million over seven years - $1.57 million a year - and baulked at the last minute.
Kelly was offered $10 million over nine years and didn’t come.
Gaff was offered $8 million over seven years and still wasn’t interested.
The Roos can’t lose Clarko.
The question was posed to a veteran player manager on Friday night as the jungle drums thumped about Clarkson’s arrival at North Melbourne.

Would he really find it easy to secure rival talent with an Arden St team that had become the polar opposite of a destination club?
And who could Clarkson realistically secure as talent given the recent arrivals have been overpaid and have under-delivered like Jaidyn Stephenson, Jared Polec and arguably Aidan Corr?
The answer was this: “Anyone he wants”.
Not only could Clarkson change the game for the Roos and make them relevant again, if Gillon McLachlan gets his way Tasmania scores a 19th licence, North’s future in Melbourne is also secure.
Here are the 11 reasons why Clarkson would make an immediate impact on North Melbourne and the Roos can’t let him slip to the Bombers.
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Alastair Clarkson has been strongly linked to North Melbourne. Picture: Brendan Beckett

Alastair Clarkson has been strongly linked to North Melbourne. Picture: Brendan Beckett
1. A suite of selections as part of an assistance package.
The AFL won’t give Clarkson ambassadorial money before he signs but you can bet the early Christmas present would be enough picks to actually dig his club out of its hole.
The Suns received pick one and the first pick of the second round in the 2019 national draft, pick 11 in the 2020 draft and pick 19 in the 2021 national draft.
The AFL would have hated to hand over substantial assistance to the Roos with the fear they would squander those selections but they will assume Clarkson will put them to good effect.
2. Clarkson’s elite recruiting team were able to move up the draft to secure the core of his premiership dynasty and picks one and two would give the Roos extraordinary flexibility at the national draft.
Dangle the carrot of pick two to any rival club out there and potentially even split it for a pair of top-10 selections to give the Roos three top-ten selections just as the Hawks had picks 2 (Jarryd Roughead), 5 (Lance Franklin) and 7 (Jordan Lewis) in the 2004 national draft.
Bid on Brisbane father-son mid Will Ashcroft at pick one and keep the Lions honest as they match that selection.
Then consider the brilliant Clayton Oliver-type mid George Wardlaw at pick 2 but pair him with the Jeremy Cameron clone Aaron Cadman, a left-footed Great Western Victoria Rebels 194cm forward roaring up the draft charts.
The Roos get a more explosive midfielder in Wardlaw to pair with their inside beasts and a third tall to play alongside Nick Larkey, Cam Zurhaar, Callum Coleman-Jones and hopefully Charlie Comben.
Nick Larkey has shown promise as a forward. Picture: Getty Images

Nick Larkey has shown promise as a forward. Picture: Getty Images
3. If the Roos also secured a selection at the top of the second round they should go hunting for a key back.
If Ben McKay can stay on the park next year he should set himself to be the best defender in the game.
He is averaging 5.4 intercept marks in the last five weeks and is totally dominant in the air. So use the available salary cap and the early second-rounder to snap up Fremantle’s Griffin Logue.
He is an elite stopper with an outstanding one-on-one win rate, he can play tall or small and he can play on the stars of the comp like Charlie Curnow and Jeremy Cameron to allow McKay to control the air.
If it costs $700,000 a year over five years, you still have your 24-year-old full back for the next eight years.
4. Player retention.
Cam Zurhaar is out of contract with Essendon circling.
Jason Horne-Francis will have the sink thrown at him next year.
McKay and Luke Davies-Uniacke come out next year.
They aren’t going anywhere if Clarkson lobs and can sell a vision of methodical growth and elite development that will maximise the talent.
Thankfully for the Roos for all the Horne-Francis flashpoints this year - the spray that rocked him from David Noble, the unauthorised trip home, the suspension, the on-field arguments with teammates, the missed ice bath and VFL demotion - he seems uncommonly loyal.
He won’t be leaving this year but it means the Roos have 12 months to lock him away long-term.
Jason Horne-Francis is yet to sign a longterm extension. Picture: Getty Images

Jason Horne-Francis is yet to sign a longterm extension. Picture: Getty Images
5. Sign up Goldstein now.
There was a time when trading Todd Goldstein for a mid-range pick or allowing him to leave as a free agent and pocketing the compensation pick made sense.
Not now that he has turned 34.
He’s still an elite ruckman and he’s worth a two-year deal after playing every game so far with 16 goals and an average of 94 ranking points.
He’s a star. Treat him with respect and keep him at your club next year as he crashes through the 300-game barrier on his way to 350.
6. Pick up the phone to Zurhaar’s manager Anthony McConville and offer his client David Mundy a one-year deal.
Mundy was pushed into retirement by the Dockers but he still has 35 great games hitting up Larkey and Zurhaar and Tarryn Thomas with those darting passes surging out of the centre square.
He won’t be in the next Roos premiership side but he will lift training standards, mentor youngsters and just make the Roos better.
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7. Player development.
Clarkson is not a miracle-worker.
He brought in troublesome personalities he could not redeem, he secured early top-10 picks that sunk without a trace, he went six full seasons after the premierships without a finals win despite spending a welter of picks on the likes of Jaeger O’Meara, Tom Mitchell and Chad Wingard.
But under Clarkson-coached teams he turned role players into stars - think Paul Puopolo, Josh Gibson and Ben Stratton - and got the most out of the majority of his early selections.
At Arden St this year Jaidyn Stephenson has drifted, Callum Coleman-Jones has underachieved, Charlie Comben is only now playing strong VFL football after injury issues.
Tom Powell does wonderful things that remind you of his huge potential but he still only averages 55 ranking points and 14.5 disposals as a second-year mid.
Tarryn Thomas’ issues have been well documented.
David Noble’s game style has not helped the development and there is a view that many drafted players were never put in the positions that allowed them to thrive with the development coaches doing a fine job given the obstacles.
Clarkson would put in place an elite development program that at the very least would give the kids a better chance to thrive.
Can Alastair Clarkson get the best out of Jaidyn Stephenson? Picture: Michael Klein

Can Alastair Clarkson get the best out of Jaidyn Stephenson? Picture: Michael Klein
8. An elite coaching team.
There is a certain amount of chicken-and-egg in the assistant coaching ranks.
If you work in an elite premiership team you get recognised for your brilliance and senior coaching opportunities present.
And the best assistant coach in a poor program is still destined to fail.
But Clarkson’s list of assistant coaches who have been promoted to senior ranks speaks for itself: Damien Hardwick, Sam Mitchell, Luke Beveridge, Brett Ratten, Craig McRae, Chris Fagan and Adam Simpson, with Adem Yze a good chance to join them as the new GWS coach.
If Clarkson’s first appointment is jack-of-all trades Todd Viney (the 2011 Demons caretaker coach) that is already a huge win for the Roos.
9. Club security.
If Tasmania secures its 19th licence there will still be some in the upper reaches of the AFL who will believe it does not safe-guard the Roos’ future.
The end goal could still be to bring Tasmania into the fold and then within a decade bring the competition back to a neat 18 teams by culling the lowest-hanging fruit.
North Melbourne is debt free but the club’s next challenge will be to replace the lost Tasmanian funding that will come with the first season of the new team.
Clarkson gives profile, he maximises the chances that by that stage the Roos are a contender.
There will always be media and AFL types gunning for the North Melbourne Football Club.
Clarkson doesn’t make them bullet-proof but he gives a natural layer of protection.
10. Does the fire burn bright for Clarkson?
Six years without a finals win for Clarkson would sting.
So too would the comments made privately and publicly from some senior players that they didn’t enjoy the last few years of the Clarkson reign as much as they might have hoped.
So what have you got for us next, Clarko?
The worst coach in history would benefit from being embedded with Steve Kerr and the Golden State Warriors during a title run.
Is Clarkson as competitive as ever? Picture: Nikki Davis-Jones

Is Clarkson as competitive as ever? Picture: Nikki Davis-Jones
So what will it do for the best coach of the modern era?
Clarko has always enjoyed taking the mickey out of himself to lessen the coach-player tension, from tops-off laps around Manuka Oval in biting cold to horrific guitar solos in front of the playing group.
One of the key mantras at the Warriors is about specifically embracing “joy” and all that goes with the jubilance of winning together.
In a league where no trend or game-style lasts a full season without being probed and tested by rivals, Clarkson’s tactical tweaks would be fascinating to watch.
11. The prime time Roos.
The Roos once owned Friday nights.
Given their smaller fan base and its impact on ratings, the only way to get back there is to win games of football playing a highly attractive style.

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Frank Thring said:
I was getting a text every 10 minutes from my * mate who was all excited about getting Clarko. Apparently it's going to happen as they've been speaking to Clarko for over a month and Clarko was putting us off until he knew what was happening with Rutten.

Haven't heard from him since 3 even though I've text him 5 times for an update.
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I decided to send a 6th follow up text with the message "yo so what's happening has Clarko signed yet"? .I await his response
 
 
Not signing Clarko this week and seeing him go to * would be the worst.

Signing Clarko this week while * melts would be the best.

It’s been a ride. Be glad when it’s over.
 
gokangas said:

Wreck It Ralph: North Melbourne can’t let another big signing slip through its grasp​

They missed on Dustin Martin, Jordan De Goey, Andrew Gaff and Josh Kelly. But North Melbourne simply can’t let the same happen with Alastair Clarkson.

Jon Ralph

7 min read
August 15, 2022 - 4:46PM

North Melbourne can’t let Alastair Clarkson out of its grasp.
After a day of turmoil at Essendon, where coach Ben Rutten’s future at the club was questioned, the noise around Clarkson to the Bombers was deafening.
But this can’t be another Dusty moment for the Kangaroos.
It can’t be Josh Kelly, or Andrew Gaff.
Martin was offered an astonishing $11 million over seven years - $1.57 million a year - and baulked at the last minute.
Kelly was offered $10 million over nine years and didn’t come.
Gaff was offered $8 million over seven years and still wasn’t interested.
The Roos can’t lose Clarko.
The question was posed to a veteran player manager on Friday night as the jungle drums thumped about Clarkson’s arrival at North Melbourne.

Would he really find it easy to secure rival talent with an Arden St team that had become the polar opposite of a destination club?
And who could Clarkson realistically secure as talent given the recent arrivals have been overpaid and have under-delivered like Jaidyn Stephenson, Jared Polec and arguably Aidan Corr?
The answer was this: “Anyone he wants”.
Not only could Clarkson change the game for the Roos and make them relevant again, if Gillon McLachlan gets his way Tasmania scores a 19th licence, North’s future in Melbourne is also secure.
Here are the 11 reasons why Clarkson would make an immediate impact on North Melbourne and the Roos can’t let him slip to the Bombers.
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Alastair Clarkson has been strongly linked to North Melbourne. Picture: Brendan Beckett

Alastair Clarkson has been strongly linked to North Melbourne. Picture: Brendan Beckett
1. A suite of selections as part of an assistance package.
The AFL won’t give Clarkson ambassadorial money before he signs but you can bet the early Christmas present would be enough picks to actually dig his club out of its hole.
The Suns received pick one and the first pick of the second round in the 2019 national draft, pick 11 in the 2020 draft and pick 19 in the 2021 national draft.
The AFL would have hated to hand over substantial assistance to the Roos with the fear they would squander those selections but they will assume Clarkson will put them to good effect.
2. Clarkson’s elite recruiting team were able to move up the draft to secure the core of his premiership dynasty and picks one and two would give the Roos extraordinary flexibility at the national draft.
Dangle the carrot of pick two to any rival club out there and potentially even split it for a pair of top-10 selections to give the Roos three top-ten selections just as the Hawks had picks 2 (Jarryd Roughead), 5 (Lance Franklin) and 7 (Jordan Lewis) in the 2004 national draft.
Bid on Brisbane father-son mid Will Ashcroft at pick one and keep the Lions honest as they match that selection.
Then consider the brilliant Clayton Oliver-type mid George Wardlaw at pick 2 but pair him with the Jeremy Cameron clone Aaron Cadman, a left-footed Great Western Victoria Rebels 194cm forward roaring up the draft charts.
The Roos get a more explosive midfielder in Wardlaw to pair with their inside beasts and a third tall to play alongside Nick Larkey, Cam Zurhaar, Callum Coleman-Jones and hopefully Charlie Comben.
Nick Larkey has shown promise as a forward. Picture: Getty Images

Nick Larkey has shown promise as a forward. Picture: Getty Images
3. If the Roos also secured a selection at the top of the second round they should go hunting for a key back.
If Ben McKay can stay on the park next year he should set himself to be the best defender in the game.
He is averaging 5.4 intercept marks in the last five weeks and is totally dominant in the air. So use the available salary cap and the early second-rounder to snap up Fremantle’s Griffin Logue.
He is an elite stopper with an outstanding one-on-one win rate, he can play tall or small and he can play on the stars of the comp like Charlie Curnow and Jeremy Cameron to allow McKay to control the air.
If it costs $700,000 a year over five years, you still have your 24-year-old full back for the next eight years.
4. Player retention.
Cam Zurhaar is out of contract with Essendon circling.
Jason Horne-Francis will have the sink thrown at him next year.
McKay and Luke Davies-Uniacke come out next year.
They aren’t going anywhere if Clarkson lobs and can sell a vision of methodical growth and elite development that will maximise the talent.
Thankfully for the Roos for all the Horne-Francis flashpoints this year - the spray that rocked him from David Noble, the unauthorised trip home, the suspension, the on-field arguments with teammates, the missed ice bath and VFL demotion - he seems uncommonly loyal.
He won’t be leaving this year but it means the Roos have 12 months to lock him away long-term.
Jason Horne-Francis is yet to sign a longterm extension. Picture: Getty Images

Jason Horne-Francis is yet to sign a longterm extension. Picture: Getty Images
5. Sign up Goldstein now.
There was a time when trading Todd Goldstein for a mid-range pick or allowing him to leave as a free agent and pocketing the compensation pick made sense.
Not now that he has turned 34.
He’s still an elite ruckman and he’s worth a two-year deal after playing every game so far with 16 goals and an average of 94 ranking points.
He’s a star. Treat him with respect and keep him at your club next year as he crashes through the 300-game barrier on his way to 350.
6. Pick up the phone to Zurhaar’s manager Anthony McConville and offer his client David Mundy a one-year deal.
Mundy was pushed into retirement by the Dockers but he still has 35 great games hitting up Larkey and Zurhaar and Tarryn Thomas with those darting passes surging out of the centre square.
He won’t be in the next Roos premiership side but he will lift training standards, mentor youngsters and just make the Roos better.
AFL rich 100 promo art
7. Player development.
Clarkson is not a miracle-worker.
He brought in troublesome personalities he could not redeem, he secured early top-10 picks that sunk without a trace, he went six full seasons after the premierships without a finals win despite spending a welter of picks on the likes of Jaeger O’Meara, Tom Mitchell and Chad Wingard.
But under Clarkson-coached teams he turned role players into stars - think Paul Puopolo, Josh Gibson and Ben Stratton - and got the most out of the majority of his early selections.
At Arden St this year Jaidyn Stephenson has drifted, Callum Coleman-Jones has underachieved, Charlie Comben is only now playing strong VFL football after injury issues.
Tom Powell does wonderful things that remind you of his huge potential but he still only averages 55 ranking points and 14.5 disposals as a second-year mid.
Tarryn Thomas’ issues have been well documented.
David Noble’s game style has not helped the development and there is a view that many drafted players were never put in the positions that allowed them to thrive with the development coaches doing a fine job given the obstacles.
Clarkson would put in place an elite development program that at the very least would give the kids a better chance to thrive.
Can Alastair Clarkson get the best out of Jaidyn Stephenson? Picture: Michael Klein

Can Alastair Clarkson get the best out of Jaidyn Stephenson? Picture: Michael Klein
8. An elite coaching team.
There is a certain amount of chicken-and-egg in the assistant coaching ranks.
If you work in an elite premiership team you get recognised for your brilliance and senior coaching opportunities present.
And the best assistant coach in a poor program is still destined to fail.
But Clarkson’s list of assistant coaches who have been promoted to senior ranks speaks for itself: Damien Hardwick, Sam Mitchell, Luke Beveridge, Brett Ratten, Craig McRae, Chris Fagan and Adam Simpson, with Adem Yze a good chance to join them as the new GWS coach.
If Clarkson’s first appointment is jack-of-all trades Todd Viney (the 2011 Demons caretaker coach) that is already a huge win for the Roos.
9. Club security.
If Tasmania secures its 19th licence there will still be some in the upper reaches of the AFL who will believe it does not safe-guard the Roos’ future.
The end goal could still be to bring Tasmania into the fold and then within a decade bring the competition back to a neat 18 teams by culling the lowest-hanging fruit.
North Melbourne is debt free but the club’s next challenge will be to replace the lost Tasmanian funding that will come with the first season of the new team.
Clarkson gives profile, he maximises the chances that by that stage the Roos are a contender.
There will always be media and AFL types gunning for the North Melbourne Football Club.
Clarkson doesn’t make them bullet-proof but he gives a natural layer of protection.
10. Does the fire burn bright for Clarkson?
Six years without a finals win for Clarkson would sting.
So too would the comments made privately and publicly from some senior players that they didn’t enjoy the last few years of the Clarkson reign as much as they might have hoped.
So what have you got for us next, Clarko?
The worst coach in history would benefit from being embedded with Steve Kerr and the Golden State Warriors during a title run.
Is Clarkson as competitive as ever? Picture: Nikki Davis-Jones

Is Clarkson as competitive as ever? Picture: Nikki Davis-Jones
So what will it do for the best coach of the modern era?
Clarko has always enjoyed taking the mickey out of himself to lessen the coach-player tension, from tops-off laps around Manuka Oval in biting cold to horrific guitar solos in front of the playing group.
One of the key mantras at the Warriors is about specifically embracing “joy” and all that goes with the jubilance of winning together.
In a league where no trend or game-style lasts a full season without being probed and tested by rivals, Clarkson’s tactical tweaks would be fascinating to watch.
11. The prime time Roos.
The Roos once owned Friday nights.
Given their smaller fan base and its impact on ratings, the only way to get back there is to win games of football playing a highly attractive style.

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This is clearly a pre-written article where the campaigner just added the first few sentences reflecting today's events to give some 'currency' to the piece. Ignore as usual.
 
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