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

[Kangapirate]

I’m almost leaning towards him not coaching next season, he said he wants to make a decision within the next 24 hours or so, surely you can’t pick * with Rutten still there.

 

[DuckYeah]

"I think the romance of coaching North Melbourne would be a consideration for him, absolutely " - Luke Beveridge on Clarko

Just saw that. Im pretty sure, everyone other than media and essendope are pushing the narrative. Everyone hates Essendope and wants them to fall into a massive pit of despair

 

[TheKanga]

Hahaha is it really a final guess if you have made it 20 times, relax King!

I'll be at work all day tomorrow, so i'm conditioning myself for the disappointment when i check my phone.

 

[DuckYeah]

I’m almost leaning towards him not coaching next season, he said he wants to make a decision within the next 24 hours or so, surely you can’t pick * with Rutten still there.

I thought this briefly too that he just puts the cue in the rack and says no to everyone.

 

[DocSholl]

I’m almost leaning towards him not coaching next season, he said he wants to make a decision within the next 24 hours or so, surely you can’t pick * with Rutten still there.

If only there was a vacancy somewhere

 

[Samsquanch]

Or, and I know this is a huge leap, he owns a bag made by Under Armour!

It's cool.

I have an under armour bag as well.

But Apollo had me rattled and I started seeing things. Things that cannot be unseen.

 

[bengrina]

Have * offered Clarkson a contract?

 

[Handsome.B.Wonderful]

Here’s my read on the three doorstops after watching them all multiple times.

Pessimistic: He’s still undecided about North/Essendon or even sitting out, but the salaries on offer probably mean he won’t sit out.

Optimistic He said enough to show that he was feeling sorry for Rutten without going too hard and revealing that he’s signing at North. Mentioning Rutten acknowledged that he’s spoken to them and he probably feels bad about it.

I feel like he wanted to acknowledge that but he couldn’t say anything more otherwise it would be obvious that it’s only North left.

It seems he thought long and hard about how he could approach the Rutten situation and by bringing McVeigh and Adams into it he could sound sympathetic to all 3 but even then he still made mention of Rutten again.

 

[Spud11]

View attachment 1481748Gerard still hoping for the Bombers

Back in the day, i get the impression that if he noticed ONE thing out of place on his train set when he got home from school, all hell would break loose.

 

[TheKanga]

Have * offered Clarkson a contract?

Seems like it
Word is they have matched our offer of 5 years.
Probably spoke to him on zoom while in Adelaide.

 

[see see]

View attachment 1481748Gerard still hoping for the Bombers

Is that from his Tinder profile?

 

[Roo202]

Essendon expects Ben Rutten to coach the Bombers on Saturday night — barring a late change of heart — as Alastair Clarkson grapples with the choice between the Dons and Kangaroos.

Ben Rutten will coach Essendon in Saturday night’s clash against Richmond despite the club’s brazen attempt to secure Alastair Clarkson as his replacement.
Clarkson will make a call on his new club by the end of the weekend after meeting with Bombers’ powerbrokers this week, following a full month of talks with the Kangaroos about their vacancy.

The Bombers are prepared to ruthlessly cast aside Rutten for Clarkson, but will give their current senior coach one more opportunity to lead the team into battle against the Tigers at the MCG.

Essendon has been smashed this week for its disrespectful handling of Rutten, who has one year remaining on his contract and faces a payout of up to $600,000 if he is sacked for Clarkson.

While Rutten’s situation is largely seen as untenable, there remains the prospect Essendon could ask him to continue to coach the club next year if it fails to land Clarkson over the next 48 hours.

The Bombers expect him to coach on Saturday night baring a last-minute change of heart from Rutten.


Clarkson said he wanted to make the call quickly to limit the stress for the other people involved, in particular Rutten.

“It’s quite embarrassing to be fair to be quite the central figure in all this,” Clarkson told Channel 10.

“You know, I’ve got enormous respect for the three guys involved in their clubs, you know ‘Spike’ (Mark) McVeigh, ‘Truck’ Rutten and ‘Patch’ (Leigh) Adams are all terrific people and they’re trying to do the right things by their clubs.

“In particular with the situation around Truck, you know he’s still got a year of his contract to run and it’s quite embarrassing being the centre of attention in a situation. It’s just so difficult for both him and his club.

“I’d prefer to be able to get off the back page and I know full well that this circus will end once I can make a decision one way or another.

“So the sooner I can do that the better.”

Essendon is expected to match North Melbourne’s five-year offer. Clarkson will be paid in the vicinity of $1.1 million at his new club in his first season.

Rutten is expected to front the press on Friday about the extraordinary events this week including a frank meeting with new club chairman David Barham at his home in Mount Macedon on Wednesday.

The Kangaroos are yet to strongly consider Plan B options if they miss Clarkson, but Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley on Thursday ruled himself out of the mix, saying he would stay at the Power in 2023.

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/ben-rutten-and-essendon-players-arrive-at-training-as-final-decision-from-alastair-clarkson-looms/news-story/99e9ef8546e0e552263ac985e75850f1

If he does end up at *, what's the bet the media's takeaway from all of that is - 'How disfunctional are North';
-Missed another big fish in Clarko (despite him ending up a club who still has a coach)
-Missed out on Hinkley by being too slow to act (despite him still being coach at another club and there never having been any word from North of having any interest in him)

 

[Themanbun]

This may surprise people but elite sportspeople, particularly those out of the game for a year, do actually buy branded stuff that doesn't sponsor their club or former club.

 

[Archer_11]

Why would he speak to us or GWs if he knew he was going to Essendon all along? Ok sure, take an initial meeting but who could be bothered doing 4-5 of these things unless there was genuine interest?

Because of the uncertainty.

He's interested but wants to see if it is part of a natural process and that maybe he will 'believe it when he sees it'.

Also has Alistair himself said he definitely wants to coach next year? What negotiator would put that on the table. The most important rule of job hunting is to be keen but not committed imo, i suspect it applies here too.

 

[Augustine]

Re-watch the Sonja clip.

 

[Supreme_Chancellor]

Gotta love how despite having a terrible season, The North Board has still had the most interesting thread all year.

 

[Mordecai]

So that’s two posters who said we should have champagne on ice who’ve now said it’s North or more time out. That’s disconcerting.

I guess you could look at a week like this and wonder why you’d put yourself (your husband, your dad) up for a senior coaching job, even if before you were keen.

Still crossing my fingers and trying to focus on Sonja’s cheery confidence.

Wait a year clearly means Essendon.

Gives Essendon time to move him on and then clarko comes back and says now is the time.

 

[TucoSalamanca]

If he does end up at *, what's the bet the media's takeaway from all of that is - 'How disfunctional are North';
-Missed another big fish in Clarko (despite him ending up a club who still has a coach)
-Missed out on Hinkley by being too slow to act (despite him still being coach at another club and there never having been any word from North of having any interest in him)

Almost guaranteed we will be smashed from pillar to post by the media.

 

[teethmeetsflesh]

Also, what the duck is a preliminary final lunch? lol

 

[Augustine]

It will be a Friday morning announcement or Monday morning announcement.

It will be North or nothing for another year.

 

[teethmeetsflesh]

It will be a Friday morning announcement or Monday morning announcement.

It will be North or nothing for another year.

What would hurt more - losing to no one or *?

 

[TylerDurden]

Look at the facts:

• he's absolutely coaching
• it's Nth v Ess
• decision is tomorrow
• Rutten is still coach

Theyd have to sack him at 9am tomorrow, the day before a game, for him to name Ess as the club. There is no way he announces them with Truck still in the seat. If he does, he's a flipping dog and his legacy is tarnished.

The odds are heavily in your favour.

 

[Sillygit]

I'm going to put my final guess in and say we will come bees dick close to landing him but miss out.
And he will coach the Dons.

I'll put my hand up if i'm wrong, here's hoping i am.

My guess of the timeline

News will filter out tomorrow afternoon that he's met with North but decided to decline our offer to coach.
Rutten will coach his final game against the Tigers and be sacked Sunday.
Monday or Tuesday it will be announced he is joining the Dons.
We will move on to whatever plan B is next week

Depressing but it's my gut feel.
Also Clarko not coaching at all is a possibility as well.

Given what you've been postin through out, i think your gut is clinically depressed.

 

[Archer_11]

What would hurt more - losing to no one or *?

No one. 100% worse.

'I really wanted some action before I realised you were the only horse in the stable. Sooooo......

No no no don't cry, you're a great club. And there's a lot of good coaches out there. Shhhh there there'.

 

[DuckYeah]

Gotta love how despite having a terrible season, The North Board has still had the most interesting thread all year.

We are a bunch of nuffies but it’ll be a dull place with you all