Looked like a premiership contender cos you were sauced up. Or its just coincidence that the one time in the last 17 years that you've looked better than ordinary, was also coincidentally the season you for suspended for anti doping violations.
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Coach James Hird - is it time to give him a second chance at coaching an AFL club? Gil says yes!
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Looked like a premiership contender cos you were sauced up. Or its just coincidence that the one time in the last 17 years that you've looked better than ordinary, was also coincidentally the season you for suspended for anti doping violations.
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Everything else aside, yeah this. He’s been an assistant for all of about 6 months right?
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What a coincidence.
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I have no issue with it.
If he is the best for the job.
I am no Bomber so have no idea how the supporters feel.
I would think, as an outsider, that the pressure that will be brought to bare from the media if he is successful is going to be intolerable, to the point of being crippling.
No chance on the planet he could "cheat" again if he gets the gig.
If he is the best for the job.
I am no Bomber so have no idea how the supporters feel.
I would think, as an outsider, that the pressure that will be brought to bare from the media if he is successful is going to be intolerable, to the point of being crippling.
No chance on the planet he could "cheat" again if he gets the gig.
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Which club is he going to request a trade to?
Yet the afl cleared them of using peds
And wada is a corrupt organaztion they allowed a Russian team compete in the Olympics even tho there was evidence of ped use.
Lol you can't seriously believe this shit can you?
Yeah I can the world is a corrupt place
Parkin had also won 3 premierships at two different clubs before he came back in the 90's.
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Carlton might get a bit pissed off if he coaches Essendon.
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Splitting hairs BB.
Knight,Worsfold,Rutten were crap coaches.
One thing they all had in comon is they were soft on the players and sat in the coaches box like a deer in the head lights and did nothing to swing momentum back our way during games.
We need a coach who's tough and that won't accpet crap performances and lazy players
The problem tho is Hird would be arriving with an enormous amount of baggage and whilst we are only speculating I doubt he’ll be a hard arse but rather would be investing a fair bit of time trying to build and establish trust which I reckon would lead him to being soft on the group.
Yep,
It’d be a death sentence for anyone on the outside.
The club needs to be razed to the ground.
No good can come from it …
Spewing that Ross said no he's exaclty what we needed.
Brad Scott would be next on my list hope he applies
He may make a good coach. He may make a good assistant coach.
He was clearly close with his players prior to the PED saga - but being close to players isn't enough. It's a start, but there's a lot more to it than that.
For mine, there are so many unknowns about Hird as a coach.
Can he coach without a renowned, brilliant tactician and experienced coach in the box with him?
Can he build relationships with players and coaches that he doesn't already know?
Can he allow himself to be surrounded by anything other than Yes Men?
Can he coach a team that hasn't been on PEDs?
As a coach, with the above scenarios in place, he showed himself to be an Ok coach. Nothing more. This time around, if he gets the job, I'd imagine none of those things will be in place for him.
So it's a huge unknown if he can go from Ok coach to great coach, without the key components that worked in his favour last time.
And does he actually want to coach a team? Or just get some form of redemption for himself?
I find it extraordinary that he could be considered the best available for that role.
The other, most important part is that it's his crew that have wrecked the club. Sheedy, Dodoro and the coteries that all support Hird arethe problem. So the biggest issue the club has will not only not be addressed - it will be magnified.
It's a very, very strange situation.
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When Parkin returned as Carlton coach he was already a three time premiership coach, had been senior coach at three clubs and had an outstanding reputation in the game.
His experience, results and reputation made his return entirely justifiable and appropriate.
There is nothing in Hird’s record as coach to justify his return.
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Yep. Some players are “ride or die” for Hird and others are “rather die” than Hird. It’s going to be difficult to fix that divide.
Wasnt comparing him with Hird
Only Heppel and Merret are left that were coached by Hird a player divide wouldnt be an issue under him
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And? It’s not like the other players don’t know what happened at the club
Parkin was a three time premiership coach when we re hired him. Hird has literally done nothing as a coach.
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Am I the only one completely bewildered they could possibly fathom to use an image of not only a sacked coach… but someone who played their last game in 2007.
It just shows how backwards this organisation is.
Essendon fans are being groomed for his return and it’s hilarious.
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