HoneyBadger35
They're not going to pick him, Mitch.
- Aug 11, 2011
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The problem with it is the discordancy of it.I don't understand the carrying on about Pyke offering Simpson the option of a farewell game. The club wants to give supporters the opportunity to thank him for the 10 or so years and the 2018 flag. They want to frame the parting of the ways as not a dark chapter full of bad feeling in the club's history. If Simpson doesn't want to do it that is OK. I am OK with both it being offered to him and him deciding that he doesn't want to do it. We are likely to finish second bottom on the ladder. It is not like we are in contention for the 8 and this weekend is a must win game with no room for sentimentality.
The problem with it is the discordancy of it.
The bottom line of what happened is that the club sacked its coach. This is a painful event for Simpson and his family especially and many others as well. Everyone may want to still be friends despite this negative event occurring but this still doesn’t mean that it isn’t painful and difficult. The feelings are raw and strong. It isn’t just another week like the 242 others.
To think that Simpson could just front up and coach another week is somehow trivialising all the emotions. I can fully understand Simpson declining the offer. He said he couldn’t really see himself doing it, he didn’t have the heart for it.
I don’t think the offer should have been made in the first place. I think it was the right decision to sack him but it was still sad. The sadness cannot be smoothed over or fixed by coaching a last game. The sadness and pain remains for all, a final bonus game isn’t going to fix it.
It's why it's ludicrous that some poster on this board try to claim that no good coaches would want to come here. West Coast is one of the absolute best coaching opportunities in the country. Rich, successful club with a history of winning and looking after their coaches.Mick still loves the club, Woosha still loves the club. It's a West Coast trait.
Man, that's gotta hurt. Your professional headphones suck and you got dudded. Not even close to what Simmo said.For god sakes get a good professional headphone. He said you'll have the same. Playing that audio through your phone is useless
Caro said he was pointing the finger at the drafting department behind closed doors for blowing draft picks and giving him poor quality cattle to work with. He did show a lot of discipline to never say that publicly when he was copping all the blame. It will be interesting now he has been sacked whether he starts publicly saying what he really thinks about the performance and output of other departments at the club over this recent period. He will have to sign a non - disparagement clause with the club in order to get his pay out so he won't be able to be too critical. But i think he could indicate what he thinks using clever language without crossing the red line.Interesting interview with Simpson I reckon.
Essentially admitted we have nothing in the 24-28 range which covers such luminaries as Duggan, Allen, Ryan et al.
It was 30+ and young players who aren't quite ready in Simpsons opinion.
I reckon there would have been a fair bit of friction on that viewpoint with Pyke demanding some silk purses from Simpsons sow's ears.
I really think the coaching staff behaving like the BF board and writing blokes off would not be productive.
If you can't be with the one you love, love the one you're with.
Time will tell if Simpson was right but I have hope that there are multiple players that can provide better service than what we have seen under a new regime.
Simmo is all class but I am on board with a new vision of who we are, what we have and how to go about it.
Simmo fronted up to 6PR for one final interview in his usual Thursday night time slot. Something he didn’t need to do but I think Adam Papalia is one media person he has respect for so he went on anyway. Did joke about if he was getting paid for it
He addressed the confusion over the farewell game and made it clear he felt at fault for it. Said he hoped Pyke wasn’t getting blamed for it and stressed how well he thought Pyke handled his termination
It was also clear that he really doesn’t like that newspaper. At one point it seemed like he was going to tee off but pulled back
Listening to him talk about selection and the pros and cons of choosing old over young players you can understand why some of the young players might have been. And also why it was necessary for him to be moved on - it was his blind spot
Good interview and it’s clear that there’s little, or none, of the animosity sacked coaches sometimes have towards their former club
Alastair Clarkson says hi.I dont think any ex coach could be angry at a club if they've spent a decade there. That's far longer than most coaches get and no matter how good you are there is always an expiry date.
Other than the jack Williams pick last week, he isn't wrong. They've shown no guts or finesse. The wafl team should've been dissolvedHe did make it pretty clear that he thinks the young guys in WAFL haven't been playing well enough to be selectable
I understand why he'd say that and if you genuinely believe you're doing a good job as coach, then of course it would appear that the recruiters were the problem. I think it's unjust though, they had a bad run from 2018-2020 with bad picks in shallow drafts, but I think they've been alright since 2021. The main criticism is they haven't found much from the speculative picks (Rookiees and third round onwards), however they seem to have done well in the mid season draft.Caro said he was pointing the finger at the drafting department behind closed doors for blowing draft picks and giving him poor quality cattle to work with. He did show a lot of discipline to never say that publicly when he was copping all the blame. It will be interesting now he has been sacked whether he starts publicly saying what he really thinks about the performance and output of other departments at the club over this recent period. He will have to sign a non - disparagement clause with the club in order to get his pay out so he won't be able to be too critical. But i think he could indicate what he thinks using clever language without crossing the red line.
Ken judge publicly said half the players on the list in 2001 weren't up to AFL standard and wouldn't make it... Worsfold won a flag with most of those same players.Interesting interview with Simpson I reckon.
Essentially admitted we have nothing in the 24-28 range which covers such luminaries as Duggan, Allen, Ryan et al.
It was 30+ and young players who aren't quite ready in Simpsons opinion.
I reckon there would have been a fair bit of friction on that viewpoint with Pyke demanding some silk purses from Simpsons sow's ears.
I really think the coaching staff behaving like the BF board and writing blokes off would not be productive.
If you can't be with the one you love, love the one you're with.
Time will tell if Simpson was right but I have hope that there are multiple players that can provide better service than what we have seen under a new regime.
Simmo is all class but I am on board with a new vision of who we are, what we have and how to go about it.
Remember these players had enough talent to get selected, that mean you can play and had enough ability to get drafted.
Ken judge publicly said half the players on the list in 2001 weren't up to AFL standard and wouldn't make it... Worsfold won a flag with most of those same players.
There is a lot to be said about leadership and development. The new coach will have to identify the talent that is possibly there and just needs some confidence.
We all forget sometimes that it's painful for us as fans when the club is struggling like this but in the middle of it as a player it would have to be torment.
They would go through so much shit internally and feel the pressure 1000 times for them to perform knowing there is so much on the line including their own careers and how much the fans are riding on them just getting a win.
Remember these players had enough talent to get selected, that mean you can play and had enough ability to get drafted.