Roos makes first Melbourne coaching appointment

[Demonheart]

Why?

Surely they as fans have a right to feel annoyed.

About what?

 

[jenny61_99]

atleys job will be to stand on the hff and kick 12 great goals for the year
that way demon fans will think they've scored big time.and be forever grateful
truth is they have about 8 players on the same level as atley,so it just means that the dees go from below average to way below average
AND WE ARE ALL FUNDING THIS

We are all funding GWS too, but don't let the facts get in the way.

 

[thetank]

End of an era with Sellar retiring. Who is going to take over the mantle of worst player in the AFL now.

Tie between ex-Melbourne player Cale Morton, and current player Cam Pederson.

 

[van peebles]

Tie between ex-Melbourne player Cale Morton, and current player Cam Pederson.

qstick/luke Thompson want to challenge

 

[Blacky]

GWS had no chance to get Jaeger. Everyone in the world could see he was the next superstar.

Stop talking rubbish

 

[DivideandMultiply]

About what?

The poaching of an assistant and if true, gun young prospect.

 

[Sprout]

The poaching of an assistant and if true, gun young prospect.

a) north fans on the whole don't seem overly upset at the departure of Allison.
b) Atley isn't confirmed as going anywhere. Frankly this is the first I've even heard about him joining Melbourne. So he's complaining about something that is a rumour, at best.
c) this scenario is hardly particular to our club. Players being lured to other clubs is going to become standard fare, if it isn't already.

DOP is just using this as an opportunity to indulge in his favourite pastime: having a go at Melbourne. And it's fairly transparent.

 

[markm106]

I don't know. But the word is the priority pick (end of 1st round) and a player, probably some chutney ferret like Sam Blease. AFL will put a condition on the pick that it has to be traded for a player etc.

Ats is contracted and I don't think he'll go, it just annoys me that that we have to put up with this because the AFL rewards Melbourne failure in this way.

OK so you say he is going in a trade but he won't go. Which is it?
Also on the PP as I have said many times I don't believe in it. However try mounting a stronger case. Arguements like they stuffed up in the past don't count for anything. We are talking about the present and the results of the last 2 years are terrible. Anyhow we are only submitting an application and why wouldn't we on the current form.

 

[Demonheart]

The poaching of an assistant and if true, gun young prospect.

I'm not sure if you're being serious or not.
Assistant coaches move around all the time, why is our case different?

As for Atley, this is the first I've heard of it.

You're carrying on like it's never happened before

 

[GeelongFTW]

Royal, who played 199 matches and kicked 299 goals

lolz

 

[maxmustard]

Can't believe Melbourne had the nerve to sign one assistant coach. Bloody AFL.

 

[DivideandMultiply]

You're carrying on like it's never happened before

No, I am simply stating it is fine if opposition fans are annoyed.

 

[Demonheart]

No, I am simply stating it is fine if opposition fans are annoyed.

Singular mate. Are you annoyed?

 

[beert]

GWS had no chance to get Jaeger. Everyone in the world could see he was the next superstar.

Didn't they propose a complex trade that ended up with them trading away and then getting back the first pick in the mini-draft so they could get him? The AFL knocked it on the head saying it wasn't in the spirit of the rule that mini-draft picks had to be traded away.

 

[master bate]

GWS had no chance to get Jaeger. Everyone in the world could see he was the next superstar.

Stop talking rubbish

Thats why don't give up the mini draft picks unless a team actually offered you a superstar. They greedily got extra top picks but when they had them they didn't have the stars to pick from.

 

[Blacky]

That's irrelevant. The fact is they couldn't get Jaeger.

 

[master bate]

That's irrelevant. The fact is they couldn't get Jaeger.

I'm talking GWS you know.
Step 1. Don't partake in mini draft trades
Step 2. Draft O'Meara the next year Pick 1

End result. Give up a couple of extra draft picks that were obtained in the mini draft and used for young talents but you have the best of the best. They went for quantity over quality and now they've got a plethora of very good young mids. Shiels I think is the best of them, Whitfield looks good but not spectacular, I'm a bit Treloar fan. But not only do they not have O'Meara he's at their direct competition. What am I missing out on here?

 

[Blacky]

I'm talking GWS you know.
Step 1. Don't partake in mini draft trades
Step 2. Draft O'Meara the next year Pick 1

End result. Give up a couple of extra draft picks that were obtained in the mini draft and used for young talents but you have the best of the best. They went for quantity over quality and now they've got a plethora of very good young mids. Shiels I think is the best of them, Whitfield looks good but not spectacular, I'm a bit Treloar fan. But not only do they not have O'Meara he's at their direct competition. What am I missing out on here?

What you are missing is that not only did they get the Jaeger draft picks, but also the other mini draft kids (Crouch). So if they held out for Jaeger they would have missed out on
Pick 1
Pick 4
Compensation pick (First Round) from GC
Pick 10
Compensation pick (First round) from Adelaide.

All just to get Jaeger from your little plan. Looks like you've missed out on a fair bit

 

[Ted38]

Too much of a boys club already for my liking. Kennelly to join too I hear.

They were successful 'old boys' so that has to be a plus.

 

[Koutafidamidis]

And Allison takes Atley with him.

Jeez it annoys me no end that North re-build the hard way, no priority picks, nothing, and now Melbourne get gifted all this simply for being so up themselves and crap in 07/08/09 and believing their own bullshit.

Makes me sick.

They offered you all this and more, but you guys said no!!!!!!

haha don't complain

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

They were successful 'old boys' so that has to be a plus.

Surely he should be looking far and wide for the best, not just to the half a dozen he worked with six years ago.

 

[LeverPuller]

What you are missing is that not only did they get the Jaeger draft picks, but also the other mini draft kids (Crouch). So if they held out for Jaeger they would have missed out on
Pick 1
Pick 4
Compensation pick (First Round) from GC
Pick 10
Compensation pick (First round) from Adelaide.

All just to get Jaeger from your little plan. Looks like you've missed out on a fair bit

Could have had this year:
Pick 1 (Jaeger)
Pick 2 (Crouch) - traded to GC for Martin
Pick 3 (Whitfield) - traded to Melbourne for Hogan
Pick 4 (Plowman) - traded to Melbourne for Matt Crouch
Pick 5 (O'Rourke) - traded to WBD for (insert other eligible player)

 

[maxmustard]

Didn't they propose a complex trade that ended up with them trading away and then getting back the first pick in the mini-draft so they could get him? The AFL knocked it on the head saying it wasn't in the spirit of the rule that mini-draft picks had to be traded away.

That is exactly what happened I'm glad someone remembered.

 

[final fight]

Roos is simply a winner.

 

[HFF]

Roos is simply a winner.

He has been a winner. No doubt about it.

We will have to wait and see whether this rings true in the next 2-3 years and to whether he really is in the class of "master coach".