West Coast have been playing WAFL level footy for nearly four years now.If West Coast have the balls to part ways with a long term coach.. we should too.
There aren’t really any balls required in that case.
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West Coast have been playing WAFL level footy for nearly four years now.If West Coast have the balls to part ways with a long term coach.. we should too.
I mean paying out a coach with 1 year left on a large deal. Keeping in mind that was one of the reasons why our board was not keen on letting Bevo go last year.West Coast have been playing WAFL level footy for nearly four years now.
There aren’t really any balls required in that case.
I think if we’d performed as badly as West Coast he would be long gone. Until the Port collapse I think the club would have been pretty confident of a finals berth.I mean paying out a coach with 1 year left on a large deal. Keeping in mind that was one of the reasons why our board was not keen on letting Bevo go last year.
Unless we don't win a game for the rest of the year and it turns into an unmitigated disaster - I'd put money on Bevo being there next year, the Bevo fanatics are firmly incharge.
Darcy and JUH have incredible potential but they are mid tier in terms of output right nowWe have also been unbelievably lucky picking up Treloar and Jones ( both AA quality players) as well as drafting two virtual no 1 picks ( Darcy and JUH) when we were a mid table team.
In spite of all that we are still ordinary.
Biggest shift at West Coast was Pyke taking over and demanding better. Watch them turn things around quicklyUnless we don't win a game for the rest of the year and it turns into an unmitigated disaster - I'd put money on Bevo being there next year, the Bevo fanatics are firmly incharge.
If West Coast have the balls to part ways with a long term coach.. we should too.
He said that 2 years ago, in July the year after making the grand final.Bains said we had a top 4 list. If he believes that, what does he think of our performance?
He said that 2 years ago, in July the year after making the grand final.
Yep - you're right comments were in 2023.Is the list top 4 quality or not? Bulldogs' mixed messaging set to “bubble over”
Kane Cornes cannot believe the Bulldogs are on the brink of missing the top eight.www.sen.com.au
Bains stated we have a top 4 list following our loss to West Coast last season. Then we traded away our 2024 first round pick. We wouldn’t have done that expecting to regret it.
Either Bains and Power were way off in their assessment or Bevo is drastically underachieving. Something has to give.
Sam Power to me clearly sees the list needs improvement, have there been actions to the contrary?
I read on the draft boards that Sanders would have been ahead of most of this draft crop anyway but again that's someone's analysis and opinionThe trade for Sanders does not align, if we thought we would be in the bottom 7-8 this year it made no sense to trade our first last year and this year for a pick that may end up similar to what we would have this year anyway. They clearly planned that trade as if we would be playing finals and our pick this year would be in the teens, unfortunately our club has people pulling in different directions and not on same page and it's reflective in the performance.
I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree.The trade for Sanders does not align, if we thought we would be in the bottom 7-8 this year it made no sense to trade our first last year and this year for a pick that may end up similar to what we would have this year anyway. They clearly planned that trade as if we would be playing finals and our pick this year would be in the teens, unfortunately our club has people pulling in different directions and not on same page and it's reflective in the performance.
At the moment the trade is not looking great, especially if we fade out this year.I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree.
My view of the situation is that there was a clear gap of high end star power (specifically in the midfield) and that issue was not going to be solved with first round picks from 10-15 (where I assume our first round picks would have been post father-son and academy bidding), and ultimately we took two first round selections last year as opposed to one last year and one this year (yes I realise we traded out a first round pick we received from Brisbane for Dunkley but that ended up being in the 20s anyway).
People saying we traded our future away are likening our situation to clubs like Collingwood who traded a future first round pick to bring in established players like Lachie Schultz but the situations aren't comparable at all.
No way we would have got a pick in before Croft if we didn't trade up to get Sanders. Everyone is about keeping us honest without our F/S picks. A bid would have been made on Croft prior which would have chewed up that 1st round pick. We never have one slide lower than expected just doesn't happenAt the moment the trade is not looking great, especially if we fade out this year.
Koltyn Tholstrup (melbourne) at 13 is going to be the steal of the draft. That kid is a beast. We could have taken him and Croft and keep our 1st rounder.
Sanders will be a good player though, I'm sure of it, yet more of an accumulator than explosive. Hopefully a Libba replacement.
Lachie Hunter and Zaine Cordy say hi!No way we would have got a pick in before Croft if we didn't trade up to get Sanders. Everyone is about keeping us honest without our F/S picks. A bid would have been made on Croft prior which would have chewed up that 1st round pick. We never have one slide lower than expected just doesn't happen
Hawthorn won't be making the finalsI think we had other options for trading up that didn't include Gold Coast and should have backed out. The problem for us was that North were gifted their assistance picks and created a bidding war for the Gold Coast pick. At some point we needed to back away and start talking to other clubs.
I also wonder how much the club may have been expecting to lose both Baz and English, and not minded taking that gamble. At that point Baz's main link was to Hawthorn who finished the season in 16th, along with essentially getting a pick back right after where ours was anyway in the form of compo for English.
Not a lot has gone right since that trade, we're likely to finish lower than they expected and therefore coughing up more. The sides interested in Baz are looking to be finalists and English is staying. People are split over if we're better off with English or not, but that's potentially a second first rounder we may have been looking at when they did the deal last year
The trade for Sanders does not align, if we thought we would be in the bottom 7-8 this year it made no sense to trade our first last year and this year for a pick that may end up similar to what we would have this year anyway. They clearly planned that trade as if we would be playing finals and our pick this year would be in the teens, unfortunately our club has people pulling in different directions and not on same page and it's reflective in the performance.
Probably should have said hardly ever. Those 2 are the exceptions that prove the general rule IMOLachie Hunter and Zaine Cordy say hi!