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AFLW 2024 - Round 6 - Chat, game threads, injury lists, team lineups and more.
And this was the daughter who had the meltdown at his retirement press conference.
Some people cannot be pleased.
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I think you got grilled because you said we needed "someone more assertive to handle and close deals" that would take over from him, not that he needed help. It's one thing to bring a person in for that purpose, it's another to say that it's because the other guy wasn't good enough at it.
Was my first thought too. Not saying Roughy is the guy but IMO I think MM does need someone more assertive that can handle + close deals at the trade period.
MH no need to disagree with me as I think Mark has done a great job assembling our team through the draft. However up until the recent trade period I just feel he has struggled to get deals across the line and some of that might / might not be his fault. I'm very aware that he was left holding the can after the last period of Clarko's reign where we kept trying to top up. If all goes well this season and we take a couple of steps forward then hopefully a climb up the ladder will make us more attractive to oppo players but either way it will be a huge free agency + trade period coming up for him at the end of the year.
Anyways as per my original post I was just stating that maybe brining someone in to do the negotiating might be an option to just let him do what is best which is talent identification. Having said all this I'll self admittedly state that I don't know Mark's personality behind closed doors and for all I know he could actually be a ruthless SOB that just hasn't had the draft collateral to get any major deals done rather than his Sleepy Mark persona he's been labelled with.
Just on Schultz to Collingwood, I think his contract offer was quite tantalizing too.Awesome! I thought he would be somewhere in recruitment if returning, but this is a surprise as haven't heard of the role before, but it does seem to suit Roughead the more you think about it. Sam Mitchell said last year that what he has found out becoming senior coach is how much of a role the relationship between player managers and recruiters influence who you are able to pick up. When Schultz went to Colingwood that comment of Sam's was the first thing I thought of, as Schultz was nearly over the line with us several years back, so made me wonder how much Wright's ability to build those connections has enabled him to have such a good record of attracting players (and also making sure he got deals done). Roughead seems a great person to be able to build relationships with managers and players as well. Also I reckon he's also a bit of a nuffy for working on trade strategy etc given his love of American sports. Awesome appointment for both him and the club.
So was ours. As was our offer for McKay. I won’t say any more at this stage.Just on Schultz to Collingwood, I think his contract offer was quite tantalizing too.
Just guessing but I’m not sure we would have been willing to pay what he is on at the Pies.So was ours. As was our offer for McKay. I won’t say any more at this stage.
Coterie groups are big business.So was ours. As was our offer for McKay. I won’t say any more at this stage.
Cooper Hodge can only go father son to Hawthorn, not enough games at Lions.Other reason this is important is due to impending FS choices in the coming years. Ky Burgoyne and Cooper Hodge are both on the fence. Hopefully Rough can grease some wheels there with their dads.
Jeez,Morris reporting cats and bombers were into Rough.