Absolutely!!!! Was Jlo being a Whiney little sob.
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Coach Justin Longmuir Pt 2
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I'm old enough that I had watched some footy then but not old enough that I would've understood what a contract was.
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Great to see the players so happy about it, gives me a glimmer of hope - but what a gutless decision by the club.
If you really back him in, it has to be multiple years. Clearly the club don't have a high level of faith in him.
Weak, and means nothing
If you really back him in, it has to be multiple years. Clearly the club don't have a high level of faith in him.
Weak, and means nothing
exactly - give it several weeks and either sack the bloke or give him 3 years. This is as dockery as it gets.
It’s a little different. Everyone thought he deserved more than 1 at the time, at least 2 more as we nearly made the finals with a fairly crap list.
Wtf Jlo now has underperformed last year it’s fair to say and just got an extra year for what?? Not even eclipsed round 1.
Weak.
If the boys can use it as a pump up to knock off Brisbane and set up the start of our season it'll actually be pretty big.
Sometimes footy's just about vibes
Sometimes footy's just about vibes
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I’m pretty neutral on the decision. However I’m good at remembering useless shit so I should point out, Alpha and Beta behaviour is not seen in the wild, only captivity. The original study on wolves has been disowned by its author. Beta basically means nothing scientifically in terms of sociological behaviour.
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I have been vocal about giving him the full year to see how he performs. I'm not to sure about this move though. If job security takes stress off the coach and allows him to perform than it may be a good move. My main concern is if we have another poor season, will the club have the balls to sack him while he is contracted? If they don't than we may be in trouble. We need to start winning games and making consistent finals appearances if we want to lure stars over.
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There is no evidence of this
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Nah I don't think so. If anything this makes the coach look faintly desperate (and in need of a manager - Young must be laughing). The club really has the upper hand now, in the grand scheme of things although I don't rate the bloke I don't mind this too much. If they had given him 2 or 3 more years before seeing how the season goes I would have burnt the place down
But why not wait for a sample of games? Before the possibility of paying out an extra year at the end of the year.
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this is precisely what i come on BigFooty for
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Carnthedockers give us the juice.
Not worth celebrating or venting - it doesn’t change much. The club aren’t throwing all their support behind him with a multi year extension (rightfully).
Actually, it does illustrate that this is an important year for him to demonstrate his and our development, which is what I’d hoped. So I’m fairly happy.
The club obviously feel we’re on the right track with the internal vibes atm, but want to see that on field, before issuing a longer extension. I’m good with that. A shocker of a year won’t save him from the sack, but they’re giving him some breathing room too. Smart.
Actually, it does illustrate that this is an important year for him to demonstrate his and our development, which is what I’d hoped. So I’m fairly happy.
The club obviously feel we’re on the right track with the internal vibes atm, but want to see that on field, before issuing a longer extension. I’m good with that. A shocker of a year won’t save him from the sack, but they’re giving him some breathing room too. Smart.
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Sure I get that and I assume that was on the list of options, I imagine their thinking is this really does mean we're giving him the whole year, whereas if he had started 1-4 or 0-5 the external noise would kill that option of giving him the year. I am with you, but I actually can see the logic in this alternative. As I said, a 2+ year extension would have been a disaster
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Actually the big question is how long the extension is after Flagmantle
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It just means the decision will be made at the end of the year, rather than mid-way. He now has a full year to try to get the team performing again, without any excuse about external noise. Nothing is more destabilising than sacking a coach mid year. If we are shit again this year he will be sacked in the off-season - it only being one year confirms that
It also means if we finish 9th-10th ish, and look good for portions of the year, the club can also wait and see how we start next year too
If the players do like him, they get a boost at the start of the season to kick things off too
Overall it's a lot of upside and very little downside. Actually quite a smart move from the club
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Mate outside of coaching the players Longmuir has zero ****ing pull in the club, he holds no weight or authority. If the club didn't want to re-sign him they'd just tell him to piss off.
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