Is Buckley A Good Coach?

[jathanas]

The senior coach is an important club figure and a legitimate topic of discussion. It's fair to do so and everyone has a right to express their view.

The mod team observed that the thread was dominated by a few protagonists and their points were repeated i.e. 8 years of regression vs marked improvement in 17,18 etc Pretty much everyone with a strong opinion has already expressed it here.

What further degraded discussion was the simplistic "sack FIGJAM" or "he's a legend" type posts.

This thread will remain open. If your view has slightly shifted or you have new thoughts please share. In an effort to encourage quality discussion repetitive statements and circular arguments will from now on be deleted as will silly posts suggesting that we sack a coach on match-day.

FYI Gone Critical Anzacday Maggie5

 

[Kalidakope]

Then he should walk as a man with Integrity then

Childish

 

[BringouttheGimp]

Bucks said he would leave IF we don't make Finals.

Then Bucks is a man of his Word he will Quit but Doubt he is

It's not the first time he's said that..

 

[jmac70]

Bucks said he would leave IF we don't make Finals.

Then Bucks is a man of his Word he will Quit but Doubt he is

I don’t remember him saying that.

 

[Doc1763]

Is he still here?

 

[Robroy22]

Yes, and slow aging players can't spread or get to contests and kids aren't ready to replace them so execution is impossible, ask yourself how everyone's wet dream coach Clarkson is doing at the minute? This is a rebuild, it'll be the same sh*t sandwich no matter the coach, and this coach wasn't the one that f’ed the list

Yeah but if Clarkson comes....so do the better assistants and the better gameplans. And I've even heard on the grapevine that players from other clubs like switching clubs to go where Clarko coaches.
I've got no doubt Bucks can coach...and it will gall me when he gets the GWS job and coaches against us...but there comes a time when you've just got to admit its not working and move on. We're at that stage.

If Caro was right this morning we'll know more by QB.

 

[BringouttheGimp]

Buckley is apparently still our coach.. and apparently has had absolutely no say.. at all.. as to who comes and goes at the club.. he has yet to meet with Hine.

 

[jmac70]

Is he still here?

He’s waiting for you to leave first.

 

[GCPie]

Is he still here?

I hope not.

 

[jmac70]

All the happy little vegemites having fun tonight! Back on the losing side and time to post cheap shots. What a great time!

 

[No SPIN]

Needed it Years Ago

Dave, don’t you think missing Howe and Moore (when he played fwd) contributed to our poor defensive results?
It’s not Harvey.

 

[Doc1763]

He’s waiting for you to leave first.

Dont think it will happening that way

 

[Stax on the mill]

Buckley is apparently still our coach.. and apparently has had absolutely no say.. at all.. as to who comes and goes at the club.. he has yet to meet with Hine.

And yet his apologists keep on carping “it’s not his fault”, “he can’t get out there and kick the ball”, “he doesn’t construct the list”, “not his fault if the players can’t execute the game plan”, etc, etc etc. One has to wonder what Bucks is actually responsible for. He’s the Teflon man in the opinion of some of his acolytes.

 

[jmac70]

Dont think it will happening that way

Pity

 

[jmac70]

How’s Clarko going this year?

 

[legendstatus]

I’ve gone back to supporting Bucks again provided we clean out his supporting coaches! If Clarkson can’t beat Bottom team Norf, then he ain’t the answer either - our cattle is the worst in the AFL and it’s list management that’s should be totally responsible for today’s performance and team


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[jmac70]

And yet his apologists keep on carping “it’s not his fault”, “he can’t get out there and kick the ball”, “he doesn’t construct the list”, “not his fault if the players can’t execute the game plan”, etc, etc etc. One has to wonder what Bucks is actually responsible for. He’s the Teflon man in the opinion of some of his acolytes.

Yeah, it a cult! I’m just waiting for Bucks to bring the spaceship down so we can get the hell out of here man.

 

[NMBB]

And yet his apologists keep on carping “it’s not his fault”, “he can’t get out there and kick the ball”, “he doesn’t construct the list”, “not his fault if the players can’t execute the game plan”, etc, etc etc. One has to wonder what Bucks is actually responsible for. He’s the Teflon man in the opinion of some of his acolytes.

Good one - perhaps they can explain what's he paid the $800,000 for?

 

[BringouttheGimp]

And yet his apologists keep on carping “it’s not his fault”, “he can’t get out there and kick the ball”, “he doesn’t construct the list”, “not his fault if the players can’t execute the game plan”, etc, etc etc. One has to wonder what Bucks is actually responsible for. He’s the Teflon man in the opinion of some of his acolytes.

Will a Buckley fan boy ever acknowledge his involvement in list management? Not an issue going forward?

Unbelievable.

 

[NMBB]

Will a Buckley fan boy ever acknowledge his involvement in list management?

Not freakin likely

 

[jmac70]

Fan boy is such a sexist term. What about the fan girls?

 

[Doc1763]

All the happy little vegemites having fun tonight! Back on the losing side and time to post cheap shots. What a great time!

Dont need to post cheap shots, the Fig gives us plenty of ammunition - week, after week, after week..................

 

[Matt_352]

Yes Buckley is the reason we blew 8 x 1st round picks for zero players on the list and destroyed the salary cap signing slow aging players on bloated contracts leaving us with a team of veterans and teenagers, sack him!

Lol as if he had zero say in recruiting those players

 

[PonsfordMagpie]

I've never seen a club dither on the future of the coach the way we have. We endured this crap all year in 2017, before he was renewed and now we're wasting another year distracting ourselves with it again.

The way some of our supporters think, you would think Buckley was in the calibre of Clarkson, Hardwick, Beveridge, Scott or Longmire. He's just a run of the mill average coach who happens to be a playing legend for the club.

The talk of new assistant coaches doesn't cut it for me anymore. Again we changed them up at the end of 2017, and it worked for two years before we regressed and Buckley's mates were retained at the expense of other assistant coaches who were moved on due to football department cuts amidst the fallout of COVID.

Why is the club and some supporters so afraid of changing the senior coach?

 

[frizzle]

Buckley is apparently still our coach.. and apparently has had absolutely no say.. at all.. as to who comes and goes at the club.. he has yet to meet with Hine.

laughable isn’t it. Bucks has apparently said, please don’t bring these players to our club, but the list guys completely ignored him.

 

[jmac70]

Dont need to post cheap shots, the Fig gives us plenty of ammunition - week, after week, after week..................

You love it when we lose. Enjoy your happy place doc.