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Re: Stuart Dew
Originally Posted by
bornadog
Unless the players have completely lost it with the coach, the only other reason has got to be a jump on interviewing and gaining available coaches
It doesn't seem that way at all though and it has to be the on-field results haven't measured up.
He seems to be a players coach. I'd say it's to get a jump on Fremantle.
A mate has speculated that it's Bevo not Hardwick that the Suns are after and the selling point is he wouldn't need his wet suit to go surfing up there.
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Re: Stuart Dew
Originally Posted by
Sedat
He said as much again yesterday! He is just another incompetent fool from the breeding ground of City Hall - only difference between him and Lethers is that he hasn't been caught rooting his PA.
Yet.
I often feel like I've missed a trick not getting on the CPA/PWC/Private School/politics/corporate board train that just carries you through life.
It must be so comforting knowing that no matter your ability, no matter your integrity (or lack thereof), no matter your incompetence, no matter the trail of destruction left in your wake, you're going to continue in an upward trajectory to the next sinecure and then the one after that.
In actual fact just saying that has inspired me to make a career change. Starting from now can you guys all please call me "Easters"?
"It's over. It's all over."
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Re: Stuart Dew
Originally Posted by
bulldogtragic
I’ll take him as an assistant.
There would be a few clubs keen to get him across.
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Re: Stuart Dew
Originally Posted by
GVGjr
It doesn't seem that way at all though and it has to be the on-field results haven't measured up.
He seems to be a players coach. I'd say it's to get a jump on Fremantle.
A mate has speculated that it's Bevo not Hardwick that the Suns are after and the selling point is he wouldn't need his wet suit to go surfing up there.
Just ridiculous to get rid of a coach during the season. I know we have done that with Wallace, which was justified after he announced he was going to Swans, and Rocket (many others in the past as well)
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Re: Stuart Dew
Originally Posted by
bornadog
Just ridiculous to get rid of a coach during the season. I know we have done that with Wallace, which was justified after he announced he was going to Swans, and Rocket (many others in the past as well)
I’m a believer in sacking a coach mid season if you can get the coach you want to come in straight away as he gets a few games to see who he wants and doesn’t want . It gives him a heads up at draft time .
I also believe that if you have lost the group or it’s fallen so badly you have no option but to sack them straight away or it could get worse with players checking out and wanting to leave .
Bring back the biff
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Re: Stuart Dew
Kind of feel like this is the cyclical managerial self harm this ‘club’ has been doing since the get go. I do not have much confidence this will be the huge turn around they need. With their academy kids this year whoever comes in needs a very strong development skill set. That’s their way out of oblivion if they can keep their kids. Just feels something a pretend club would go thinking the Hardwick option is their saviour. I need to be convinced it is. But good luck to them. Hopefully it pisses don’t players off and they come to us along with Dew as an assistant.
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
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Re: Stuart Dew
From GC
The Gold Coast SUNS can confirm the club has determined Stuart Dew’s position as Senior Coach will conclude with immediate effect.
Gold Coast SUNS Chairman Bob East said as a club we were determined to see improvement on the field throughout the 2023 season.
“Last night the Gold Coast SUNS Board of Directors met, and it was determined that Stuart Dew would not continue in his role as Senior Coach,” East said.
“We feel we have a great opportunity to achieve success with this group but haven’t seen the improvement we were after in 2023 and as a football club we must be prepared to make tough decisions, in that pursuit of success.
“Stuart has made a significant contribution to this football club, dedicating countless hours towards helping establish a platform from which our club can grow, and I’d like to take this opportunity to thank him, his wife Sarah and family for the last six years.”
Dew departs as Gold Coast’s longest-serving coach, having overseen 121 games for 36 wins, 84 losses and a draw.
Senior Assistant Coach Steven King will serve as interim coach for the remainder of 2023.
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Re: Stuart Dew
Originally Posted by
bornadog
Last week Mark Evans said Stu was safe. You really have to wonder about these administrators.
MARK EVANS said he was safe hey? And then changed his mind less than a week later?
Not like Mark to be accused of stretching the truth...
What should I tell her? She's going to ask.
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Re: Stuart Dew
Originally Posted by
mjp
MARK EVANS said he was safe hey? And then changed his mind less than a week later?
Not like Mark to be accused of stretching the truth...
He was touted as some sort of gun for hire when he went to Gold Coast as CEO and left his cushy little gig at the glorified public service known as AFEL HQ. He's had more than 10 years at Gold Coast and has been slightly less than useless the entire time there.
This is the kind of executive 'talent' that the City Hall footy factory produces.
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Re: Stuart Dew
Originally Posted by
Sedat
He was touted as some sort of gun for hire when he went to Gold Coast as CEO and left his cushy little gig at the glorified public service known as AFEL HQ. He's had more than 10 years at Gold Coast and has been slightly less than useless the entire time there.
This is the kind of executive 'talent' that the City Hall footy factory produces.
Rule of thumb for those at the top of the tree; make sure you keep cutting down the branches just below you to save your own skin.
Evans has to also be walked, surely? Two failed senior coaches, the management of their list and salary cap has been a total dumpster fire.
More of an In Bruges guy?
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Re: Stuart Dew
Originally Posted by
bornadog
Just ridiculous to get rid of a coach during the season.
Disagree.
I think the first part of a coach change is deciding that the person you want isn't right for you. If you have done that, make it easy on everyone - coach, club, players - and just let them go. Sure, it'll be a crap few days but once the decision has been made the pressure will be off and EVERYONE can move forward.
If you know you aren't going ahead with someone, why let them keep on coaching/guiding your players...just cut the chord.
What should I tell her? She's going to ask.
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Re: Stuart Dew
Originally Posted by
azabob
Rule of thumb for those at the top of the tree; make sure you keep cutting down the branches just below you to save your own skin.
This is such a good metaphor that I'm stealing it and telling people I invented it.
Originally Posted by
azabob
Evans has to also be walked, surely? Two failed senior coaches, the management of their list and salary cap has been a total dumpster fire.
Definitely. A nice little half a million for 6 board meetings a year somewhere should be punishment enough.
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Re: Stuart Dew
So who’s picking St. Kilda to win this weekend? The new coach theory looms strong with this tip.
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Re: Stuart Dew
Originally Posted by
mjp
Disagree.
I think the first part of a coach change is deciding that the person you want isn't right for you. If you have done that, make it easy on everyone - coach, club, players - and just let them go. Sure, it'll be a crap few days but once the decision has been made the pressure will be off and EVERYONE can move forward.
If you know you aren't going ahead with someone, why let them keep on coaching/guiding your players...just cut the chord.
8 wins to date (two games out of 8) and 7 games to go, they must have thought they won't make finals with Stu.
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Re: Stuart Dew
Originally Posted by
mjp
MARK EVANS said he was safe hey? And then changed his mind less than a week later?
Not like Mark to be accused of stretching the truth...
6 days ago
Gold Coast CEO Mark Evans has been emphatic in his immediate support of coach Stuart Dew, following concerns over his future at the helm.
Veteran journalist Caroline Wilson suggested that Dew could be out of a job as soon as this month as the struggling Suns look like missing the eight once again.
?I've got a coach, this club's got a coach,? Evans told reporters.
?There would be no reason why we would buy into comments about who's available. It serves no purpose.?
Naturally, Evans was asked if things could change at the end of the season if results don?t turn around.
His response to that question was coyer.
?Come back and ask me then,? he said.
?Right now, let?s do everything we can to make sure the results do come.?
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.