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

[Mcarcherey]

There's clearly a no compete clause in place. They paid him out last year.

no they didn't, they're paying the rest out this year in 2 allotments

 

[Samsquanch]

I don't seem to have any champagne. Kevin Bloody Sheedy must have snuck in and drank it, the old souse.

Get ye to Aldi.

Good.

Different!

 

[Lomas]

I wonder if any powerbrokers have had key talks, I hope young Tom can enlighten me.

 

[Chadwiko]

And if he hadn’t been the Essendon stuff would’ve been dismissed outright and he wouldn’t be discussing that ‘job’ with reporters.

Clarkson deliberately leading on Essendon to completely destabilize the biggest rival of his new club right from the start would be an all-time power move though.

Statue outside Arden St level stuff.

 

[Disco Dew]

Even 7news tweets like Tom Browne, ****ing hell.

 

[Lomas]

Toxic.

Interestingly, eating old rice is the major cause of food poisoning in the country.

 

[see see]

Yep it would be received horribly by the wider AFL community for him to say that only to knife Rutten. Like mega-villain bad to do that to another active coach. Even the * players are apparently furious.

Particularly since his good mate Hardwick came out and gave * a serve for their treatment of Rutten.

 

[Lomas]

Get ye to Aldi.

Good.

Different!

Mote!

 

[Tas]

Interestingly, eating old rice is the major cause of food poisoning in the country.

Is it?

 

[TheKanga]

Wow. Ok well if that’s the case I’m bracing myself for incredible disappointment. Sorry but I’m conditioned.

He was asked directly about Essendon's instability and he said clubs that want to change go through periods like this.

 

[Lomas]

Is it?

Pretty sure.

 

[Wild Bill]

My Essendon acquaintances (they can never be called friends) are sending messages saying he's waiting for Rutten to be sacked so then he can accept the * job, and the coteries sounded him out 2 months ago, and he said he'd be interested if Rutten wasn't around.

God I hope they are wrong as they are insufferable at that club.

The same people sent me an sms of the scoreboard of the final we beat them in at half time... I sent back a picture of Drew Petrie after the siren.

Isn’t Clarko announcing it tomorrow?

I would be more concerned if he was going to announce after the season was over. How can he say he coaching *ess while their current coach hasn’t been sacked??

 

[Elite Master]

Reminder

ESSENDON STILL HAVE A COACH

apollo_creed is convinced Essendon will have 2 senior coaches by this time tomorrow.

If Clarkos had told * that he wanted the job * would have actually sacked Rutten several days ago.

 

[Disco Dew]

He was asked directly about Essendon's instability and he said clubs that want to change go through periods like this.

Which is true.

 

[big_e]

Josh Dawe - The Stop

 

[gokangas]

I will miss this thread when this is all over.

 

[Chadwiko]

What's the only thing better than getting Clarko?

Getting Clarko and ducking over Essendon.

 

[Tiberius]

Irrespective of whether it's in the know or not, I think Chadwicko's theory about Sonja having planned an announcement to gain maximum publicity is very plausible. Clarko would have to in on it, so he's not going to give anything away to somebody who doorstops him at an airport.

 

[see see]

He was asked directly about Essendon's instability and he said clubs that want to change go through periods like this.

Yes, "clubs". He was referring to clubs generally and specifically referenced Carlton and Collingwood last year and * and us this year.

 

[The b shart]

Is deciding it in the next 24 hours and announcing it 2 different things?

 

[berniemccarthy]

So why don't they just sack Rutten then????

What if the assistant coaches have said they won’t coach if Rutten goes. Solidarity ? I know that’s a wild concept in AFL circles but can’t see why he hasn’t gone if the really do intend to fire him. Barham may find himself chief cook and bottle washer and coach at *.

 

[Le Grille]

He was asked directly about Essendon's instability and he said clubs that want to change go through periods like this.

Realistically what’s he going to say? He’s not going to call a club out publicly he’s going to be diplomatic . In fact that he’s called the fact he’s central to all this being embarrassing is probably more telling but I’m neither more or less confident.

 

[Roosurgence]

My Essendon acquaintances (they can never be called friends) are sending messages saying he's waiting for Rutten to be sacked so then he can accept the * job, and the coteries sounded him out 2 months ago, and he said he'd be interested if Rutten wasn't around.

God I hope they are wrong as they are insufferable at that club.

The same people sent me an sms of the scoreboard of the final we beat them in at half time... I sent back a picture of Drew Petrie after the siren.

2 months ago Noble was still coaching us, so if an approach was made by Essendon we weren’t even looking for a coach.

I don’t read anything in the comment that he was interested in the * job 2 months ago. He probably had a general interest in any coaching opportunity available. It sounds like a pretty stock standard response, that if Rutten isn’t coach let me know and I will look at it? If he said sack Rutten and I will take the job, that’s a different story, but it doesn’t sound like that was the case at all.

 

[nRRXGarib]

No it’s an assumption - my mail is STILL done - and all finalized tomorrow. Unless youve got a proven source or info then why are you trying to steer this to Essendon.

To be fair it's hard to have a PROVEN source when a source by definition is anonymous

 

[Shinboner1]