Sharp Axes

[1eyedog]

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We'll be keeping him although it sounds like he'll be shifted to development

Going off what I saw at Skinner Reserve earlier this season the players really like him.

[1eyedog]

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Just got a letter from the Prez.

Chatgpt?

[Bornadog]

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Just got a letter from the Prez.

Chatgpt?

Same

[Bornadog]

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Well it won't be an independent review:

During the season, we identified a need to analyse areas of our football program which we felt needed adjustments, to give our players the best chance to succeed. It means that there will be change in the off season. Our Board member Luke Darcy, Executive Director of Football Chris Grant, along with Ameet Bains and myself, will lead the difficult, but necessary changes.

[Rocket Science]

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i'll try.

Spangher.

Didn't come in without a lot of experience, for mine i thought he'd be the first to go but i have to say the forward line has been pretty solid.

I'm now firmly in the keep camp, maybe with some support around goal kicking?

What do woofers think?

U wot m8?

[bulldogtragic]

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The team that brought you season 2023 and the early signing of Bevo will do hard job of looking at ourselves.

What a chance missed. An external review wouldve shut virtually everyone up for ages and given the club valuable independent insight to improve the chance of the success we all want.

[Vred]

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Piss weak letter from a club that doesn't have the balls to get some external eyes to look in on it, they know they screwed up they just don't want it to be found out.

Truly pathetic.

[Hot_Doggies]

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It’s a simple fix. Draft at least 5 kids per year and as many 1st rounders as possible.

One of Bevo’s strengths early on was playing random kids when they deserved a chance. The JUH/Darcy draft plus topping up with mature age low ceiling prospects has stopped that.

[azabob]

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Well it won't be an independent review:

Blind Freddy could see that was the case!!

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

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I'm not particularly bothered that it's an internal review.

The thing is though, they now own what comes next and will ultimately be accountable for their decisions.

I take it as a sign the leadership of the club is confident of having the tools, honesty and professional ability to carry out this type of strategic piece of work.

[Bornadog]

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Blind Freddy could see that was the case!!

Despite what some think of KWW, with her involvement and corporate experience , I am confident she will ensure a proper review is completed. Her reputation as well as the clubs is at stake.

[Sedat]

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The team that brought you season 2023 and the early signing of Bevo will do hard job of looking at ourselves.

What a chance missed. An external review wouldve shut virtually everyone up for ages and given the club valuable independent insight to improve the chance of the success we all want.

Wow. I actually thought there would be a proper look under the hood across all footy dept operations after the most disastrous 2 weeks against Hawthorn and West Coast during Bevo's entire tenure, not to mention the fact that since 2018 we have carefully and methodically rebuild the list with publicly declared expectations to contend for a number of years as a top 4 team from 2021 onwards.

And having failed by a big margin to achieve our own publicly declared internal expectations for 2 years now, our response is for the same people running the organisation who already conducted a supposedly thorough review 12 months earlier to essentially do the same now?

We are not a serious club.

[Sedat]

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I'm not particularly bothered that it's an internal review.

The thing is though, they now own what comes next and will ultimately be accountable for their decisions.

I take it as a sign the leadership of the club is confident of having the tools, honesty and professional ability to carry out this type of strategic piece of work.

Don't they already own the internal review they conducted 12 months ago and the subsequent failure to improve this season and achieve our own stated objectives and expectations?

Failure really is an orphan and success has many fathers.

[Grantysghost]

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U wot m8?

Now I'm unsure.

Solid is right yeah? Not outstanding, not terrible.

In fact we were 9th. So yeah solid

[bulldogtragic]

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Wow. I actually thought there would be a proper look under the hood across all footy dept operations after the most disastrous 2 weeks against Hawthorn and West Coast during Bevo's entire tenure, not to mention the fact that since 2018 we have carefully and methodically rebuild the list with publicly declared expectations to contend for a number of years as a top 4 team from 2021 onwards.

And having failed by a big margin to achieve our own publicly declared internal expectations for 2 years now, our response is for the same people running the organisation who already conducted a supposedly thorough review 12 months earlier to essentially do the same now?

We are not a serious club.

Even at the generous side, subconscious bias can stop us from seeing things. That’s why there’s Ombudsman’s, Inspector Generals, IBAC/ICAC’s to review things. Because sometimes you just can’t see what you’re surrounded by with everyday, and for positive change you need a dispassionate and independent analysis. Why would we not want that? Why would a club in a highly competitive environment not want to find every advantage and improvement possible? What is the harm of an independent review? Don’t members deserve to know that the club has taken this so seriously that it’s doing what many others clubs have done with success? I don’t get it. But it is what it is at this point.