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  1. 09-02-2018, 10:33 PM #16
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    Re: Simon Dalrymple is gone

    Jake Niall suggesting we might be looking at Scotty Clayton to come back. Maybe he can draft Sam Power from list management to the actual list

    Jokes aside, I wouldn't be a fan of getting Clayton. His record since our 1999 draft haul has been underwhelming to put it mildly.
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  3. 09-02-2018, 11:35 PM #17
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    Re: Simon Dalrymple is gone

    Very bad news in my eyes.

    How can we finally put a premiership list together and within 18 months the two blokes who put it together are gone?

    Thanks Dal. Recruiting genius and key man behind 2016.
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    Re: Simon Dalrymple is gone

    Quote Originally Posted by Dry Rot View Post
    I'm just hoping Bains can get us the Saints genius who got them Billings and McCartin.
    Billings is a gun. McCartin is a worry.
    They say Burt Lancaster has one, but I don't believe them.
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    Billings is a gun.
    Who was the pick AFTER Billings?
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    Re: Simon Dalrymple is gone

    This is on par with the Bont leaving.

    Can't believe we've let Dalrymple slip through our fingers...
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    Re: Simon Dalrymple is gone

    Quote Originally Posted by Sedat View Post
    Jake Niall suggesting we might be looking at Scotty Clayton to come back. Maybe he can draft Sam Power from list management to the actual list

    Jokes aside, I wouldn't be a fan of getting Clayton. His record since our 1999 draft haul has been underwhelming to put it mildly.
    Say it ain't so... next you'll be telling me Kevin Rudd is our next PM...
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    Re: Simon Dalrymple is gone

    What a shit day...
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    Re: Simon Dalrymple is gone

    We will never know what happened at the Kennel in 2017 but its gonna go down as one of the worst years in the clubs history.
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    Re: Simon Dalrymple is gone

    Why did we release him from his contact? A case of no point keeping him if he didn’t want to be there?
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    Re: Simon Dalrymple is gone

    Quote Originally Posted by Axe Man View Post
    Why did we release him from his contact? A case of no point keeping him if he didn’t want to be there?
    It's a great question but as you say, if his heart isn't in it then he should go.
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    Re: Simon Dalrymple is gone

    Quote Originally Posted by Dry Rot View Post
    Who was the pick AFTER Billings?
    We don't pot Billings around here. Not after last time.

    This is a really big blow. Dal was phenomenal at his job and I can't see how we replace him other than by getting lucky.

    Interesting that the AFL article says he didn't see eye to eye with Grant - I'm thinking this is too reminiscent of another Gordon run-in.
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    Re: Simon Dalrymple is gone

    Quote Originally Posted by Webby View Post
    This is on par with the Bont leaving.

    Can't believe we've let Dalrymple slip through our fingers...
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    What a shit day...
    Come on Webb, put your pants back on. He didn't slip through our fingers, we got ten years out of him and a premiership. We got plenty.

    He's been with us for ten years, did a fantastic job and probably got tired of the place - equally with the place being a bit tired with him.

    The true test of him actually being any good will be whether he put process and structure in place for the next guy to use to hit the ground running. If he didn't, then he's someone you need to let go and pick up the pieces after - and you're better off getting that over and done with. If he did, then we should be OK if we get our next appointment right.

    As I've said earlier, and in another thread, he's been with us for ten years and he's probably not wanting to become institutionalised as a Bulldogs person, and looking for cash we can't or won't pay him in his specific field.

    I don't understand the angst, to be honest.
    Nobody's looking for a puppeteer in today's wintry economic climate.
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    Re: Simon Dalrymple is gone

    As an aside.........if we don't trust the scuttlebutt about the place under normal circumstances from two bit hacks, why would we bother taking notice of it now?
    Nobody's looking for a puppeteer in today's wintry economic climate.
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    Re: Simon Dalrymple is gone

    Quote Originally Posted by Sedat View Post
    Jake Niall suggesting we might be looking at Scotty Clayton to come back. Maybe he can draft Sam Power from list management to the actual list

    Jokes aside, I wouldn't be a fan of getting Clayton. His record since our 1999 draft haul has been underwhelming to put it mildly.
    Well, if he comes on and has a single draft to dine out on like 1999, and we ditch him afterwards, then perhaps it might be OK!

    Grant - Scott, we need you to come on board and hit one out of the park, one time, and one time only.

    Clayton - Sure, fixed contract for three years, conditions guaranteed post termination if I deliver for just one? I kind of get a bit comfortable if I actually have to work after one.

    Grant - Sure Scott.....whatever you want, just make sure you *!*!*!*! off after one.
    Nobody's looking for a puppeteer in today's wintry economic climate.
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    Re: Simon Dalrymple is gone

    I wouldn’t say that Steven Wells, with over 23 years at the healm of Geelong’s recruiting, is seen as institutionalised per se.

    He remains very highly regarded across the industry.

    With that said, Wells to the external audience at least, would not seem at all gettable.

    For me, I’m just disappointed that Dal couldn’t be our version of Wells, in tenure terms and bond to the Club ala Wells.
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