Brendan McCartney to Melbourne

[GVGjr]

Just heard he has been appointed at Melbourne as a development and strategy coach.

Melbournes gain is our loss.

McCartney

[chef]

Re: Brendan McCartney to Melbourne

Great get for them, their kids are going to benefit greatly.

[Throughandthrough]

Re: Brendan McCartney to Melbourne

Daniel Cross will be so happy

[G-Mo77]

Re: Brendan McCartney to Melbourne

They desperately need someone like him. Sadly it'd be the perfect role for him with here.

[GVGjr]

Re: Brendan McCartney to Melbourne

There is also a component of his duties where he helps prepare Simon Goodwin for the senior role

[Murphy'sLore]

Re: Brendan McCartney to Melbourne

Well, I'm happy for him that he's got another gig so quickly. I think we were way too hasty pushing him out, with no clear replacement available. I feel very apprehensive about this next coaching appointment, none of the candidates seeming better than what we had (to my ignorant eye).

Best of luck, Brendan, hope things work out better for you at Melbourne than they did with us. Not too well, obviously.

[westdog54]

Re: Brendan McCartney to Melbourne

Just heard he has been appointed at Melbourne as a development and strategy coach.

Melbournes gain is our loss.

McCartney

Great decision by Melbourne. They need someone with strong development credentials.

[LostDoggy]

Re: Brendan McCartney to Melbourne

Can too many chefs spoil a broth that is already ratshit? I don't know about this for Melbourne they are going to have a recently sacked (resigned) head coach, a head coach in waiting, and an interim head coach. You would imagine all with pretty different ideas about the way they would develop the team (the Daniel Cross reference earlier was a good one). If Macca can take a back seat hopefully it won't be a big issue, and I suppose Melbourne has been a cloudy consumé for a while now so it can't get much worse!

[Scorlibo]

Re: Brendan McCartney to Melbourne

Can too many chefs spoil a broth that is already ratshit? I don't know about this for Melbourne they are going to have a recently sacked (resigned) head coach, a head coach in waiting, and an interim head coach. You would imagine all with pretty different ideas about the way they would develop the team (the Daniel Cross reference earlier was a good one). If Macca can take a back seat hopefully it won't be a big issue, and I suppose Melbourne has been a cloudy consumé for a while now so it can't get much worse!

I feel that Macca would slip again into a back-seat role quite comfortably.

Re: Cross, I do wonder whether if McCartney had his time again he would still tap Cross on the shoulder. Regardless, Melbourne's midfield is far weaker than ours was, hence why they recruited Cross and hence why it seems unlikely he's be pushed out the door again.

[Remi Moses]

Re: Brendan McCartney to Melbourne

I feel that Macca would slip again into a back-seat role quite comfortably.

Re: Cross, I do wonder whether if McCartney had his time again he would still tap Cross on the shoulder. Regardless, Melbourne's midfield is far weaker than ours was, hence why they recruited Cross and hence why it seems unlikely he's be pushed out the door again.

I think he would have . Unfortunately they needed to push a few out and Cross was surplus to requirements .

[LostDoggy]

Re: Brendan McCartney to Melbourne

I'll pose this one then, how happy would Macca be about bringing in Lumumba and Garlett? If that is a blatant disregard for a no dickhead policy, I don't know what is!

[chef]

Re: Brendan McCartney to Melbourne

Why is Lumumba a dickhead?

[AndrewP6]

Re: Brendan McCartney to Melbourne

His B&F speech is a good place to start. The guy is clearly 'unbalanced'.

[chef]

Re: Brendan McCartney to Melbourne

His B&F speech is a good place to start. The guy is clearly 'unbalanced'.

Just because he's 'different' doesn't make him a dickhead.

[AndrewP6]

Re: Brendan McCartney to Melbourne

Just because he's 'different' doesn't make him a dickhead.

Guess it depends on your definition of dickhead. His carry-on over the 'unsafe workplace' with that Mardi Gras pic is another that springs to mind.