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Coach Fages and the coaching group
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They were talking about Chris Fagan on one of the footy shows recently (I think in contrast to Ken Hinkley), and they suggested that Fagan is open to moving on if the club all agree it's in the best interest of the club.
I suspect the extension into 2026 is more about preventing the destabilizing talk that can occur when a coach is in their final year. if the worst happens next year, Chris and the club may agree that they've reached an end-point regardless of contract.
...however I'm not of the opinion that will happen. We're going to challenge again next season, and I have belief Chris Fagan will finish his coaching tenure at Brisbane as a premiership coach.
Elixuh
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Additionally the list is still healthy, we are consistently playing finals, missed a flag by 4 points, have record membership and crowd figures, doing well financially and are as relevant as we have been since 04. A large part of that is down to fages so it’s a bit of a no brainer to extend.
There’s no reason why next year won’t be much of the same.
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So he-who-shall-not-be-named it is!
But what if I wanted to say something nice about Voldy?
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Re press conferences isn't there something in the conventions about cruel and unusual punishment (then again I watched every game during the Leppa era so I have inflicted worse upon myself!)
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The only successful handover has been from Roos to assistant coaches, one of those he went out because he chose to at his own timing and the second because he went into the job with the conscious decision to hand over.
Every other "planned out" succession plan has been a disaster and coincided with a slide in the club's results. You end up with multiple cooks in the kitchen, players don't know who they should be paying more attention to - for results this year, or the person who's going to control your employment for the years thereafter, and the outgoing coach tends to burn his bridges as well.
So unless Fagan puts his hand up that he's keen for that scenario, I think it's a non-starter. We'd be better off straight up firing Fagan than forcing a succession plan because the latter already shows we've lost faith in him, we're just dragging it out and making the whole situation worse and less tenable.
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I really hope boys can get the Fagan over the line for a flag. He deserves it.
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If Daly is going this off-season, we want stability next year at least at the coaching front.
Either way Fagan extending is good for the club. He turned the ship around from 2016/17 and all our main players have re-signed because of his continuity.
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Could do a lot worse than sound out Graham Wright if that happens. Very very successful operator at both Hawthorn and Collingwood.
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I'm keen on bringing back Noble to be honest. He still has that familiarity with the list and players, as well as some level of relationship at an individual level. With his stint at North, Noble knows to a great extent the pain points of Fagan's seat and he can be effective folly with all his wisdom.
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Is Dom leaving or are we getting rid of him as well to bring back two former employees that left the den?
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Was thinking more Wright as football manager. Hope we aren't getting rid of Dom any time soon!
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If Wright is returning as football manager what's Noble coming back for?
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Strategy guru. Or something.
Has been mentioned numerous times in the media that he wants a CEO position, but he has also been linked to the footy manager’s position in Tasmania.
He would be a good get but I doubt we could lure him north.
His son will be playing for the Gold Coast next year, could help the cause
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I’d like Noble as our next ceo if the timing matches up.
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That's Noble.
Graham Wright took a sabattical this year from Collingwood and isn't returning to them. Seems to me like he's ready to wind down his committments and I doubt he'd be keen for another similar role.
Oops so it is. Misread the original post
Sorry mate, I was responding to a comment regarding Graham Wright no David Noble
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Is Craig Starcevich a smokey if and when Fagen finishes? Knows the system and has shown loyalty.
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Think he spends half his year in Europe. There's been some comments from him that make me think he'd not be keen to take on a full time job - the women's suit him well.
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His wife is an executive at Novartis, based in Switzerland. Probably no need to take on all the stresses etc.
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