FFC: Established 1883
Premierships: AFL 1954, 2016 VFA - 1898,99,1900, 1908, 1913, 1919-20, 1923-24, VFL: 2014, 2016 . Champions of Victoria 1924. AFLW - 2018.
In my experience with employing people, people changing roles every two years in an industry that is specialised are generally running from something, running from getting found out. What IP was Lade going to bring from the Saints? We were desperate to improve our defensive set up after last year and I'm not sure he would have added much to this.
One thing we know now is the club didn't make enough changes after the internal review and to know that Brendon possibly hasn't fitted in well then we have wasted a summer there is no doubt about it.
"My understanding is that Luke Beveridge was happy to keep Rohan Smith."
Caroline Wilson believes the Bulldogs' call to not offer a club legend another deal went against its senior coach's wishes, in a 'significant shift' at the kennel.
https://twitter.com/FootyonNine/stat...266690048?s=20
Bevo would keep lunch in the work fridge he forgot to eat over the preseason. He won?t let anything go. So hardly surprising.
Maybe the club bosses has finally awoke to the fact they have responsibility for the hiring and firing?
P.S. haven’t spoken to Bevo after she went him over the Talia affair, I find it extremely difficult to believe she knows anything about what Bevo thinks. Even second hand. Or tenth hand.
Rocket Science: the epitaph for the Beveridge era - whenever it ends - reading 'Here lies a team that could beat anyone on its day, but seldom did when it mattered most'. 15/7/2023
There is real bitterness and even hatred in Caro's narrative in particular. It does appear that some of what she is saying has merit. Not disputing that. But gee whiz, she is running a vendetta against Bevo.
"A lot coaches have left" Caro.
"The trend up until know is that we know some of those have been fallings out" - Caro
"Coaches have not just been happy working with Luke Beveridge" - Caro
"I just think that there is a move and it comes from the Board led by Ameet Baines and his team that they need to change the narrative around the football club, that this is now a club run by the coach" - Caro
mmm for so many falling outs, gee whiz there were coaches who were happy to work with Bevo for many, many, may years.
I would discuss the convo I had with Bevo about Caro and her reporting on all the Talia stuff (way back) but won’t fully detail it. I don’t think Bevo would ever forgive her and I think/guess Caro would resent Bevo for blocking her out. I suspect it’s still deeply personal after all this time. For any of my criticism of Bevo, I think he’s right to keep her in the freezer even if it means she appears personally motivated at times to go after him. But that’s life.
Rocket Science: the epitaph for the Beveridge era - whenever it ends - reading 'Here lies a team that could beat anyone on its day, but seldom did when it mattered most'. 15/7/2023
Yes. You live by the sword. You die by the sword.
It does remind me of Malthouse. There were a number of journalists who absolutely despised him. While he was winning and going well they patiently waited, when the tide turned they all lined up to whack him and whack him hard. When things went bad at Carlton they came from everywhere to hit him.
FFC: Established 1883
Premierships: AFL 1954, 2016 VFA - 1898,99,1900, 1908, 1913, 1919-20, 1923-24, VFL: 2014, 2016 . Champions of Victoria 1924. AFLW - 2018.
Rocket Science: the epitaph for the Beveridge era - whenever it ends - reading 'Here lies a team that could beat anyone on its day, but seldom did when it mattered most'. 15/7/2023
Western Bulldogs Football Club "Where it's cool to drool"