Coach Alastair Clarkson III - new NMFC senior coach until at least end 2027 - NMFC board approved AC to start 1/11 amid ongoing HFC racism investigation

[blackshadow]

Just a small anecdote of the impact this has on the footy public. At 10.15 this morning I arrived at the local pool with my kids for swimming lessons and put a North beanie on.
In the time it took to walk about 50 metres from the car to the main entry 4 strangers congratulated me on North getting Clarko.

 

[r_boy]

**** I am pretty pumped! Been at work ducking away to read this s*** all day

 

[Cool Kangas]

Thank you so much Clarko. I just can’t keep saying it enough!!

 

[joegreen]

This press conference is going to be magnificent!

 

[see see]

His tie is blue and his shirt is white!!!!

Its a sign I tells ya. He's ours!!!

I'm still waiting for the polo shirt until I'm convinced

 

[r_boy]

The bloke in the elevator! Where is that beautiful bastard?!?!?

 

[The Big O]

This picture really got me.
Excuse me there's something in my eye.

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[Northball]

 

[gogeelongcats]

Congratulations well done North.
Your membership should skyrocket.

 

[murray wrensted]

Scarf will be out the window this arvo!

 

[see see]

Just a small anecdote of the impact this has on the footy public. At 10.15 this morning I arrived at the local pool with my kids for swimming lessons and put a North beanie on.
In the time it took to walk about 50 metres from the car to the main entry 4 strangers congratulated me on North getting Clarko.

Keep your stories of "dropping the kids at the pool" to yourself you dirty b*st*rd.

 

[DaveyBoy123]

Legendary


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CAPTION THIS:

"This place has changed... Right over there were toilets which had a hobo population greater than how many premierships I've won"

 

[The Filth Wizard]

Excuse me there's something in my eye.

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Yep. There's love there.

 

[giantroo]

Roo beauty: Clarkson’s homecoming a huge lift for North Melbourne​

Jon Pierik

North Melbourne legend Wayne Carey says Alastair Clarkson has a chance to become the greatest coach of the modern era should he guide the Kangaroos to a premiership.

Clarkson on Friday agreed to take charge of the Kangaroos for the next five years, eschewing a late bid from Essendon.

Alastair Clarkson fronts media as North Melbourne announces he will coach the club for the next five years.

The Kangaroos have not finished higher than ninth since 2018, and have endured a tumultuous two years, leading to the departure of coach David Noble in July.

However, with Clarkson, a four-time Hawthorn premiership coach, helming the club, the Kangaroos are optimistic they can seriously contend again within five years.

Carey, the dual Kangaroos’ premiership captain and a man considered by many as the greatest to have played the game, said Clarkson, a former teammate, had a chance to separate himself from other coaching greats.

“Clearly, that’s his challenge. The one thing that we have all seen is that things are never as bad as what they seem and, at times, are never as good as what they seem,” Carey said on Friday.

Those were the days: Alastair Clarkson and Luke Hodge enjoy the ultimate success. Now Clarkson hopes to achieve this with the Kangaroos.Credit:Joe Armao

“I think what North Melbourne have shown over the last five or six weeks, there is some really good talent at the footy club. Some of it is not even in the senior team - Tarryn Thomas

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and a couple of others. There is a little bit more there to work with than what people thought.

“Then you get the draft again this year and now, with Clarko and his ability because of his reputation to get people through the door, things can turn quickly.”

Ron Barassi guided the Kangaroos to two premierships.Credit:The Age

The Kangaroos claimed the last of their four flags in 1999. Clarkson played 93 games for the club between 1987-95.

Of the coaching greats since the 1960, Norm Smith has six premierships, his last two in 1960 and ’64, while Allan Jeans, Tom Hafey, Ron Barassi, David Parkin, Kevin Sheedy, Leigh Matthews and Clarkson each have four.

Carey said Clarkson’s presence ensured the Kangaroos now had greater relevance across the league, pointing to the impact that former coaches John Kennedy snr, Wayne Schimmelbusch and Denis Pagan had brought.

He praised president Sonja Hood’s work in securing Clarkson, but said more key decisions were now needed. “What a great job Sonja has done - I want to say that. The way she has handled the whole situation, I just think has been unbelievably good,” Carey said.

“What you want to see now and what is imperative is … all the decisions they make are the right ones. Most importantly, draft picks, all of those decisions are huge going forward. They are errors you can’t make from this point on.

“You have seen it can turn pretty quickly if you get key decisions right.”

Coach Denis Pagan and skipper Wayne Carey led the Kangaroos to their last flag in 1999.Credit:Sebastian Costanzo

Carey said the Kangaroos needed to ensure former No.1 draft pick Jason Horne-Francis was happy “but, at the same time, abiding the same values and principles the rest of the team and everyone else is and buys in”.

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, who played in two flags alongside Carey, said Clarkson’s signature was a boon on several fronts.

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“To be able to land someone, who I think is one of the best in the field, it’s just a tremendous shot in the arm for the footy club. I think the flow-on effects from this are immense for the football club, whether it’s retaining players or attracting people,” he said.

“Then the stuff that happens with the members and sponsors, and everything like that. Overall, it gives you hope - that’s the biggest thing that it does.”

Dual premiership wingman David King, now a prominent commentator, also praised Hood.

“Can I say well done Sonja Hood? She was prepared to cop the backlash that was going to come if the attempt was a failed one,” King said on SEN.

“This is a massive day for the North Melbourne Football Club. Welcome home Alastair. Let’s hope he can correct what has been a shambolic situation over the previous couple of years.”

AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan said the AFL had “zero” part to play in Clarkson’s appointment, with potential ambassadorial payments not part of discussions.

“I am keen to address that. There have been discussions around the place, around ambassador stuff, and I think people thought that was [relating] to [Greater] Western Sydney, as I think I said … Alastair had to make a decision on the basis of what the club has to put to him and we played no role in it,” McLachlan said on 3AW.

 

[HARPSichord]

Stopped F5ing this thread just to transfer it to the presser live stream.

 

[Ashley B]

CAPTION THIS:

"This place has changed... Right over there were toilets which had a hobo population greater than how many premierships I've won"

Fk that’s funny

 

[Chadwiko]

Here we go.

 

[DarkPhoenix]

Just to make today a little sweeter.

My brother is an * supporter.

He was quite enthusiastic about how North deserve Clarkson when it was us vs GWS. Unsurprisingly quiet this week.

 

[TheBigHorne]

Start the damn presser already!

 

[Kimbo]

No. He's a political appointment in order to satisfy angry midget quota requirements.

I want to see the piece of gyprock next to the door in the coaches box named ‘The Ian Aitken Memorial Wall’.

 

[Chadwiko]

Start the damn presser already!

Too many hugs happening around the corner.

 

[trooroo4life]

THE POLO.

 

[TheBigHorne]

I want to see the piece of gyprock next to the door in the coaches box named ‘The Ian Aitken Memorial Wall’.

hello kimbo

 

[blackshadow]

The polo looks fantastic!

 

[big_e]

He's in a polo!!!!!!