Rumour 2024 Rumours and Speculation Part 2

[Scorpus]

Spoiler: Older Rumors

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Rumors from September 30

• FiveAA claims we are after Scott Borlace, current Head of Development at Brisbane (link)
• Claims of Rory Sloane
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  Rory Sloane

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  heading to Melbourne Demons as a development coach, but maybe not before asking for a job at the Crows first?
• Inside Trading suggests we are interested in Gold Coast's pick 12 (link)
• Inside Trading also suggests Clayton Oliver
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  is possibly back on the trade table, but doesn't link him to any specific clubs

Rumors from October 1

• We have offered Darcy Fogarty
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  a five year contract extension early ahead of free agency (link)
• We are attempting to lure Graham Wright to our football department (link)

Rumors from October 2-3

• Graham Wright, who we are chasing as a head of football, is also being chased by Carlton for a CEO position (link)

Rumors from October 4-5

• Gettable claiming pick 25 for Neal-Bullen and a future 2nd for Peatling (link)

Rumors from October 6

• Tom Morris claims we are open to splitting pick 4 (link)

Rumor summary October 8

• Jon Ralph claims we are not prepared to use a future 2nd on Peatling (link)

Rumor summary October 9

• Graham Wright will not join Adelaide, instead taking up the Carlton CEO role (link)
• Tom Morris claims the Peatling trade will involve future 2nd and 3rd round picks, and we have offered him a four year deal at about $600k per season (link)
• Riley Beveridge claims we asked GWS if they were interested in one of our players in the Peatling trade (link)

Rumor summary October 10

• Collingwood are interested in Justin Reid as their new head of football (link)
• GWS want our future 2nd and pick 46 for Peatling (link)

Rumor summary October 11

• Poster claims we are attempting to lure Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera, maybe in 2025 (link)
• Tom Morris claims we will do the Peatling deal for pick 46 and a future 2nd provided there are other late pick swaps (link)

Rumor summary October 13

• Tom Morris suggests we have offered a trade involving a swap of future 2nds for Peatling (link)

Rumor summary October 15

• After West Coast got absolutely rogered, Cal Twomey claims we have offered either two future 3rds for Peatling, or a swap of 2nds and a future 3rd (link)
• We have interest in Sam Davidson from Richmond VFL (link)
• Mitch Cleary claims some GWS players are facing suspensions from the AFL due to behaviour at an end of season event (link)
• Brett Montgomery is staying at GWS, meaning we were unsuccessful at luring him (link)

Rumor summary October 16

• Stalemate on the Peatling trade as of 4pm, with us threatening to send him to the PSD (link)

 

[Cromulant]

Sounds like we have finally realised we need some smarts in our coaching box... regardless of titles.

To his credit it sounds like Tim Silvers might have instigated it by himself.

What that says for the rest of the footy dept.......

 

[Thrillthorpe7]

I will say, not everyone is going to be Chris Fagan.

I imagine Silvers would've spoken to Chris about him, Probably David Noble too.

Correct, but people jumping off the cliff because he isn't a well known name is a bit odd, especially since he would've needed endorsements from the likes of Fagan to even get this job. If Fagan is endorsing him for a promotion, then I see no reason to go against that opinion.

 

[119others]

If a club is announcing a re-signing at the B&F - especially for a relatively low profile player - you don’t leave it to late or the end of the night IMO. Something to kick off proceedings or at the latest with CEO/Chairmans speeches

No announcement today means very likely successful outcome for us tomorrow I feel.

Fingers crossed.

 

[George Kramer]

Again, it's very similar to the current premiership coach's CV

But he’s coaching our coach, not the team. Seems a very odd coaching director teaching a 5 year senior coach how to coach!

 

[WaynesWorld19]

If a club is announcing a re-signing at the B&F - especially for a relatively low profile player - you don’t leave it to late or the end of the night IMO. Something to kick off proceedings or at the latest with CEO/Chairmans speeches

No announcement today means very likely successful outcome for us tomorrow I feel.

Fingers crossed.

You'd think, if Peatling has agreed to stay, why hold off the announcement for 24 hours .....surely you announce at the B & F ?

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

To his credit it sounds like Tim Silvers might have instigated it by himself.

What that says for the rest of the footy dept.......

What footy department...

 

[LoBu]

But he’s coaching our coach, not the team. Seems a very odd coaching director teaching a 5 year senior coach how to coach!

I don't think that's what the role is

 

[George Kramer]

I’m hearing lots of clapping

 

[jenny61_99]

You can't polish a turd but you can roll it in glitter.

That's the afc rn.

Speaking of unpolished turds…

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

You'd think, if Peatling has agreed to stay, why hold off the announcement for 24 hours .....surely you announce at the B & F ?

Welcome to my post from a few hours ago...

 

[Cromulant]

But he’s coaching our coach, not the team. Seems a very odd coaching director teaching a 5 year senior coach how to coach!

It's the role Fagan stepped into in 2008 after Clarko had 3 years at the helm.

I suspect we are readying ourselves for a new head coach at some point next year.

 

[jenny61_99]

‘Right hand man’ sounds like Senior assistant to me especially in knowledge that Burns has been demoted

Sounds more like ‘Senior assistant’ than ‘coaching director’ until we here an official announcement

Perhaps we are also getting a ‘coaching director ‘

Actually sounds like a good move from afar but time will tell

That was my mail… senior assistant from one of the GF teams (I thought it had to be Dew) AND a director of coaches.

 

[baldandbroke]

So we have Davis- seems like a good addition.

Wright still a shot for the senior gig?

Do we still have Montgomery in the pipeline?

Would be a monumental change to the off-field group if those all came off!!

We have ANB, Cumming and still possibly Peatling as players … and the trade period hasn’t started yet!!

Bit better than last year

 

[50BC]

You can't polish a turd but you can roll it in glitter.

That's the afc rn.

One of my favourite mythbuster episodes they demonstrated you can in fact polish a turd to a very high sheen

 

[jenny61_99]

But he’s coaching our coach, not the team. Seems a very odd coaching director teaching a 5 year senior coach how to coach!

Director of coaches?

 

[relapse]

Correct, but people jumping off the cliff because he isn't a well known name is a bit odd, especially since he would've needed endorsements from the likes of Fagan to even get this job. If Fagan is endorsing him for a promotion, then I see no reason to go against that opinion.

If he was being announced as a line coach you'd find the reaction would be completely different.

The reality is he's coming into a role (Director of Coaching) that he's arguably not completely qualified for.

That's the issue people have with this.

The big clubs have no issue pulling high quality candidates while we have to resort to plucking someone from obscurity, putting him into the position and hoping that he'll deliver.

We essentially did the same thing with Adam Kelly.

 

[George Kramer]

I don't think that's what the role is

And he may not be, but there’s plenty on here supporting the appointment even if he is.

If the journo is wrong and he isn’t I’m happy with him as senior assistant.

If he is our coaching director, I want posters to be honest with themselves, do you honestly think he was our first, second, third, fourth choice and take into account all the media reports of how we are struggling to fill it and take into account how hard it is for us to attract experienced quality people. We’ve clearly settled for what we could get and his CV backs that up.

As for Nicks, I hope he is our coaching director and he’s been advised by someone who hasn’t even coached their own afl team, what an insult and it’s what he deserves.

 

[Cromulant]

If he was being announced as a line coach you'd find the reaction would be completely different.

The reality is he's coming into a role (director of coaching) that he's arguably not completely qualified for.

That's the issue people have with this.

The big clubs have no issue pulling high quality candidates while we have to resort to plucking someone from obscurity hoping that he'll deliver.

We essentially did the same thing with Adam Kelly.

You're struggling to actually read the fact that it's essentially the same path Chris Fagan has taken.

 

[WaynesWorld19]

Speaking of unpolished turds…

 

[Cromulant]

And he may not be, but there’s plenty on here supporting the appointment even if he is.

If the journo is wrong and he isn’t I’m happy with him as senior assistant.

If he is our coaching director, I want posters to be honest with themselves, do you honestly think he was our first, second, third, fourth choice and take into account all the media reports of how we are struggling to fill it and take into account how hard it is for us to attract experienced quality people. We’ve clearly settled for what we could get and his CV backs that up.

As for Nicks, I hope he is our coaching director and he’s been advised by someone who hasn’t even coached their own afl team, what an insult and it’s what he deserves.

Again

Have a look at Fagans CV and tell.me what he did before becoming coaching director at Hasthorn

 

[Jeffcrowe]

I’m hearing lots of clapping

Can you show us the announcement of him being appointed ‘coaching director ‘

It well could happen but haven’t seen that anywhere ?

 

[ams4crows]

Either way Geelong should have a full salary cap audit if they pull off Smith Oliver and Martin

 

[Cromulant]

Can you show us the announcement of him being appointed ‘coaching director ‘

It well could happen but haven’t seen that anywhere ?

There's been a lot of cliff jumping

 

[Brett Cummings]

Pretty pointless gif when 98% of this board disagrees with you.

 

[ams4crows]

For what it's worth if Oliver wants out and I'm Melbourne I'm asking about DeKonning being involved, Geelong can't just offer a future 4th