Coaching update?

[Zvim]

A 5 year deal !.

Seriously, would you North fans be comfortable with that long ?

5 years is fine. 2 years of development time and then 3 years to have a serious crack.

I wouldn't give 5 years if we had a side that was top 4 material but we need 2 years at least to get the rest of the core players we need. Then effectively he will have 3 good years to have a crack.

 

[damn fool]

5 years is fine. 2 years of development time and then 3 years to have a serious crack.

I wouldn't give 5 years if we had a side that was top 4 material but we need 2 years at least to get the rest of the core players we need. Then effectively he will have 3 good years to have a crack.

Its a lot for an untried coach though. Wouldnt a 3 year deal suit better. By the 3rd year you'll know if you are on the upward slope or not, and he wont leave if you are.

5 years for an untried coach is very Richmond like. Maybe thats the RIchmond counter offer ?

 

[Barnzy]

Its a lot for an untried coach though. Wouldnt a 3 year deal suit better. By the 3rd year you'll know if you are on the upward slope or not, and he wont leave if you are.

5 years for an untried coach is very Richmond like. Maybe thats the RIchmond counter offer ?

Richmond is never going to give out 5 years again, North can but we sure as hell have learnt our lesson.

 

[roobear]

5 years would piss me off. 3 with some sort of option for a 4th should surely do it?

 

[Zvim]

Its a lot for an untried coach though. Wouldnt a 3 year deal suit better. By the 3rd year you'll know if you are on the upward slope or not, and he wont leave if you are.

5 years for an untried coach is very Richmond like. Maybe thats the RIchmond counter offer ?

Problem was a) Richmond were delusional as to where their list was at and Wallace wasted 2 years trying to go up the ladder and putting spuds like Kent Kinglsey and Trent Knobel on the list rather than cutting back deep and go with the kids.

b) They waited too long to promote some of their better quality younger players.

c) They traded for spuds.

We have some good young midfields but we need a LOT of work in the middle. Our forward line is also dysfunctional. He will need the better part of 2 years to put together a solid foundation, then that leaves him 1 year to do something?

 

[RoyalBlue]

5 years would piss me off. 3 with some sort of option for a 4th should surely do it?

Three alone sounds good.

If JB and Eugene and Buckley and Ziebell were sitting there doing the presser in front of that team of the century painting erected on a wall of the unfinished redevelopment they could probably say "8 years" and I wouldnt give a ****.

 

[Z_K]

If JB and Eugene and Buckley and Ziebell were sitting there doing the presser in front of that team of the century painting erected on a wall of the unfinished redevelopment they could probably say "8 years" and I wouldnt give a ****.

Yes.

 

[Kenny Kangaroo]

5 years is fine. 2 years of development time and then 3 years to have a serious crack.

I wouldn't give 5 years if we had a side that was top 4 material but we need 2 years at least to get the rest of the core players we need. Then effectively he will have 3 good years to have a crack.

This is dead right!
Not too many coaches take over a team that's ready to go.
North certainly isn't.
You can't tell a man to start from scratch and only give him 3 years to do it.
There would have been nothing wrong with Wallace's 5 years if he'd started from scratch like he was supposed to.
What they could do is give Buckley 3 years with a further 2 granted after the first year if mutually-agreed KPIs are acheived.

 

[Juryduty]

I don't know why so many people on here are so confident about Buckley already signing, am I missing something living in the South West of WA, what are you guys hearing in Melbourne to sound so positive, I've heard nothing to get me excited.

Hope everyone is right though.

 

[DarwinRoo]

I think 3 years if fine and you renegotiate after 2 years and give him another 2.

 

[The Other Dean]

I don't know why so many people on here are so confident about Buckley already signing, am I missing something living in the South West of WA, what are you guys hearing in Melbourne to sound so positive, I've heard nothing to get me excited.

What ? You don't have blind optimism in Western Australia ?

Well then how do you explain Freo supporters ?

 

[Juryduty]

What ? You don't have blind optimism in Western Australia ?

Well then how do you explain Freo supporters ?

I don't know, I am not one.

 

[compass]

Roos wait on Buckley
Jake Niall | July 22, 2009

NORTH Melbourne has postponed the board meeting that was scheduled today to discuss the club's approach to Nathan Buckley, as the former Collingwood champion considers his future.

The meeting, which would involve a discussion of "plan B" if Buckley was not interested, will be held in the middle of next week, by which stage the club hopes to have a clearer picture of where it stands with Buckley.

North is understood to be willing to secure Buckley on a long-term coaching contract of at least four years. Buckley will meet Richmond later this week, as the Tigers speak to various candidates. He is also under strong consideration at his old club as a possible assistant to Mick Malthouse. Hawks president Jeff Kennett ruled him out as an assistant at Hawthorn.

Senior North officials have spoken to him at least twice, and Buckley's manager Craig Kelly has received the information he sought on the club's football department spending and structure — details that Kelly has sought from all of Buckley's suitors.

North's board had directed the administration to investigate the Buckley option first and then canvass other possibilities.

 

[Juryduty]

Roos wait on Buckley
Jake Niall | July 22, 2009

NORTH Melbourne has postponed the board meeting that was scheduled today to discuss the club's approach to Nathan Buckley, as the former Collingwood champion considers his future.

The meeting, which would involve a discussion of "plan B" if Buckley was not interested, will be held in the middle of next week, by which stage the club hopes to have a clearer picture of where it stands with Buckley.

North is understood to be willing to secure Buckley on a long-term coaching contract of at least four years. Buckley will meet Richmond later this week, as the Tigers speak to various candidates. He is also under strong consideration at his old club as a possible assistant to Mick Malthouse. Hawks president Jeff Kennett ruled him out as an assistant at Hawthorn.

Senior North officials have spoken to him at least twice, and Buckley's manager Craig Kelly has received the information he sought on the club's football department spending and structure — details that Kelly has sought from all of Buckley's suitors.

North's board had directed the administration to investigate the Buckley option first and then canvass other possibilities.

Another article the Age used to make up space on the newspaper, to be honest that article wasn't even news.

 

[OMAN]

Looks like we will have to wait a little longer to find out.
Come on Bucks make up your mind.

 

[The Other Dean]

I don't know, I am not one.

Ahhhh, I see.

*taps nose*

Well, I guess the same could apply for West Coast supporters, too.

*taps nose again......puts rolled-up note in other nostril*

 

[SweetLeftFoot]

This is really starting to shit me.

In happier news, getting a new lanyard tomorrow.

 

[The Other Dean]

This is really starting to shit me.

In happier news, getting a new lanyard tomorrow.

Blowing off the perfect excuse for a Beastie Boys "Hey Ladies"-sized bump of the very excellent lanyard thread ?

Disappointing.

 

[RoyalBlue]

Jesus.

Put out already Nathan.

 

[SweetLeftFoot]

Blowing off the perfect excuse for a Beastie Boys "Hey Ladies"-sized bump of the very excellent lanyard thread ?

Disappointing.

I'm going to wait until the lanyard is secured before I do that, as there were will be thanks to be given.

Speaking of the Beastie Boys, did you see Adrock has cancer of the saliva gland?

FFS.

Spit cancer.

 

[The Other Dean]

I'm going to wait until the lanyard is secured before I do that, as there were will be thanks to be given.

Speaking of the Beastie Boys, did you see Adrock has cancer of the saliva gland?

FFS.

Spit cancer.

No way.

Far out. Poor guy.

Ad Rock is a dude. Shit news.

 

[SweetLeftFoot]

No way.

Far out. Poor guy.

Ad Rock is a dude. Shit news.

They reckon he'll be OK and that but still. Wow.

Spit cancer.

 

[GoNorth]

Roos wait on Buckley
Jake Niall | July 22, 2009

NORTH Melbourne has postponed the board meeting that was scheduled today to discuss the club's approach to Nathan Buckley, as the former Collingwood champion considers his future.

The meeting, which would involve a discussion of "plan B" if Buckley was not interested, will be held in the middle of next week, by which stage the club hopes to have a clearer picture of where it stands with Buckley.

North is understood to be willing to secure Buckley on a long-term coaching contract of at least four years. Buckley will meet Richmond later this week, as the Tigers speak to various candidates. He is also under strong consideration at his old club as a possible assistant to Mick Malthouse. Hawks president Jeff Kennett ruled him out as an assistant at Hawthorn.

Senior North officials have spoken to him at least twice, and Buckley's manager Craig Kelly has received the information he sought on the club's football department spending and structure — details that Kelly has sought from all of Buckley's suitors.

North's board had directed the administration to investigate the Buckley option first and then canvass other possibilities.

I'm pretty sure that JB said the other night on MMM that their Board meetings are always scheduled for the last Wednesday of each month. The Age is the only place where I have read that they were supposed to be having a meeting this week.

 

[Manbearpig]

I'm pretty sure that JB said the other night on MMM that their Board meetings are always scheduled for the last Wednesday of each month. The Age is the only place where I have read that they were supposed to be having a meeting this week.

This was in the Sunday HS, quoting JB:

"We have a board meeting at the end of the month and we need to go into that board meeting with a clear direction as to what we are doing, whether we are going in with Nathan's name at the top of the list or whether we are putting a list together and going down a normal path."

This is what was in the HS on Monday:

"We've got a board meeting at the end of the month, we don't want to waste any more time," Brayshaw said on the Nine Network's Sunday Footy Show.

I don't think I have seen in print that we were having a board meeting this week, though I think 'The Accurate One' Jon Ralph speculated it at half time on Ten on Saturday night.

 

[Roosurgence]

If the article is true and we are postponing meetings, sounds like Bucks is sitting on the fence and waiting to see if Collingwood fall over in the next couple of weeks.

Wouldn't suprise me if Eddie has said to Bucks delay the decision as long as you can, just in case Mick stuffs up in the next few weeks? The Pies have a few tough games coming up and if they lose a couple in a row the jungle drums could start beating.

I am starting to think we are Buckley's backup plan, rather than first choice, which doesn't sit well if true. If we were his first choice I would think an announcement would have been made by now.