Coach Sack Horse
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You might think its a piss take now but it could easily become serious if we are merely mid table 2025.
See the Sack Hinkley thread.
See the Sack Hinkley thread.
While I agree that it would be odd to sack a coach of a team sitting on top with three games to go, it's also odd having a team looking practically unbeatable and then going to one of the worst teams in the league being 71-0 in a game! It's an odd season!
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What arm chair experts you all are.
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If he loses these last 3 and can't win a final he has to resign surely . Pathetic
Would then have 13 collapse
14 embarrassment
15 straight sets
16 hmm
17 0-6 and then flogged by cats
19 flogged by gws
21 lose to gws when should have won
22 embarrassing grannie
23 pathetic collapse
now this
How many chances does he get
Mate you misdirect and misquote to suit your paper thin argument
Let me explain it to you so you can understand, my point was your standards are so low you probably think Noble did a good job
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What would be great would be Harley to go on radio tomorrow, and explain (or at least try to explain) what's going on, followed by a thorough questioning from journos at Horse's weekly presser (whenever that's being held).
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He seemed to imply the players were the problem, when they coaches and players are all equally responsible
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Surely you see that no one says sack him today ? You can read that right ??
You can also read that overseeing a historic collapse, which would lead to an ignominious finals exit is what is being said.
It wasn’t sack horse after 2021 nor many in 2022 although many fans have been triggered by that, nor in 2023. It was the cumulative effect of years of struggling against Geelong against hawthorn when and weeks of being unable to “find a way” to halve a first quarter (honorable mention to the performance against st kilda currently losing by the relatively satisfactory score of 57-10) coupled with the likely complete collapse of this team this year.
I agree let’s just support them unequivocally. If you don’t you’re “not a true fan”
If Horse led the club to two consecutive wooden spoons, I would certainly be calling for his sacking. Noble is a ridiculous example. Horse has at least always had us up there. We've rarely missed the finals under him. He objectively has a good record. That's not low standards, it's just realistic. Most coaches would kill for Horse's record and longevity.
I'm as disappointed by the last several weeks at anyone, but I think this thread is a massive overreaction. To me, Horse has enough credits in the bank to weather this collapse. Replacing him wouldn't be the magic bullet everyone here seems to think it would be.
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King you know I think you are brilliant, but FFS.
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Look that's all fair.
The reality is there isn't a magic answer , and we don't even know what's going on so sniping each other wont help so apologies .
But just frustrating to see a club I think has pretty good talent, well we saw what they can do, fall away like this to potentially an embarrassing fall.
Is it the coach, is it the players is it something else , conditioning , who knows
We're still first. You should all calm the f down. It's not the end of the world. Hopefully they turn it around on Friday.
Is he wrong tho? all facts there
Weren't on the radar for the premiership? What? In the Melbourne media maybe. The rest of us absolutely had us as a potential to give things a shake. We finished in finals and improved the list.
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I don't think anyone expects the club to sack him tomorrow, barring a gf appearance (and not a 100 point drubbing) his tenure should be over .
We can't sit back and accept mediocrity. Oh well horse has always kept us up is a lover mentality. If you cannot win flags, you cannot be the coach. Only the highest of standards are acceptable. Minnow clubs are happy being also rans, we should not
We can't sit back and accept mediocrity. Oh well horse has always kept us up is a lover mentality. If you cannot win flags, you cannot be the coach. Only the highest of standards are acceptable. Minnow clubs are happy being also rans, we should not
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A coaches failure to win when it matters is just as bad as a coach of a perennial bottom 4 team.
Close enough is not good enough
Close enough is not good enough
The reality is, if you have tried various things to get the players up and about for the first quarters and nothing has worked across the course of 8 weeks, chances are you're not that good at getting through to the players.
The only alternative is that the players aren't listening / aren't capable of change.
Only a shake up in the coaching department or the moving on of some senior players is going to fix this.
The only alternative is that the players aren't listening / aren't capable of change.
Only a shake up in the coaching department or the moving on of some senior players is going to fix this.
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I tend to think a poor game or so = player problem; a poor month or more = coaching problem.
Every team has bad days. But bad months, with repeated issues and repeated failure to respond to them, suggests systemic patterns that are more concerning.
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