Sharp Axes

[Axe Man]

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Head of our membership drive:

[Sedat]

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Course he is.

Don't worry about Tyrone, he can move when he has to

[EasternWest]

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Don't worry about Tyrone, he can move when he has to

Course I can.

[SonofScray]

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Listened to Bevo at the BnF.

I remain worried that he isn’t the right man for the job and we’ve just kicked the can down the road. He looks and sounds spent.

[macca]

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Good point , at what level Spent ?
- Buckley ran out of ideas to improve the list ? Maybe still suffering from the 2018 recasting last 90 sec meltdown and salary cap pressures
-Bolton spent all his goodwill on developing an immature list that needed a few more coaches after him ?
- Ratten , spent to much time building rapport and empathy with the list ?
-Dew , not sure what he did wrong other than not enough wins in a poorly managed club ?
- north melbourne , they never spent any thought of giving coach enough time
- who were essendon last coaches ? I lost count now

[Rocket Science]

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Listened to Bevo at the BnF.

I remain worried that he isn?t the right man for the job and we?ve just kicked the can down the road. He looks and sounds spent.

Seinfeld memes as a coping mechanism; an occasional and oddly relevant series ...

[Grantysghost]

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Seinfeld memes as a coping mechanism; an occasional and oddly relevant series ...

Haha, the butter shave! Gold

[jeemak]

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Where can you find the audio of the speech?

[GVGjr]

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Listened to Bevo at the BnF.

I remain worried that he isn’t the right man for the job and we’ve just kicked the can down the road. He looks and sounds spent.

He did sound a bit flat but it must be unsettling for someone who's had a lot of stability in the footy department during his 9 years in charge to now have a higher level of uncertainty of how the footy department will look going forward.
We need to look at how all this pans out because I suspect he will be more positive about things once the full list of support is around him.

[azabob]

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Where can you find the audio of the speech?

Club website

[jeemak]

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Club website

Thanks, I couldn't find it at first glance but have now.

[jeemak]

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It's interesting the biases we each bring to the table (i.e. me not wanting to sack him, others unsure, others wanting him gone) as I watched that and thought the surprise at the numbers and thanking of supporters set a solemn tone for the overall address. And while he wasn't energetic what I thought I saw was a lack of confidence in him for the first time - rather than flatness.

The thanking of KWW, the board and Darcy was possibly a bit pointed, though is it usual for those in the operation to call out the performance of others in the operation who sit directly above them? Could be, I guess I don't watch enough of these types of things. He then went rapid fire into sponsors which is what I'd expect the senior coach to do.

So back to the nature of his speech (or at least the video on the web site), he almost spent the entire time fare welling either long term coaching personnel, or critical personnel and players. To me that'd look worse if it was upbeat.

I did see that he was holding the domestique jersey so perhaps he spoke for much longer after the video cut and didn't lift. I dunno.

[hujsh]

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It's interesting the biases we each bring to the table (i.e. me not wanting to sack him, others unsure, others wanting him gone) as I watched that and thought the surprise at the numbers and thanking of supporters set a solemn tone for the overall address. And while he wasn't energetic what I thought I saw was a lack of confidence in him for the first time - rather than flatness.

The thanking of KWW, the board and Darcy was possibly a bit pointed, though is it usual for those in the operation to call out the performance of others in the operation who sit directly above them? Could be, I guess I don't watch enough of these types of things. He then went rapid fire into sponsors which is what I'd expect the senior coach to do.

So back to the nature of his speech (or at least the video on the web site), he almost spent the entire time fare welling either long term coaching personnel, or critical personnel and players. To me that'd look worse if it was upbeat.

I did see that he was holding the domestique jersey so perhaps he spoke for much longer after the video cut and didn't lift. I dunno.

He did seem a bit down to me but I'm not sure it's the right time to be super upbeat and satisfied given the terrible terrible season and the fact that 'sharp axes' and people just wanting a change have pretty much removed all the other coaches and key support staff (Spangher and Edge the only remaining coaches?)

[Hotdog60]

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Is it the season opener that the upbeat speeches come out?

[Doc26]

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The thanking of KWW, the board and Darcy was possibly a bit pointed, though is it usual for those in the operation to call out the performance of others in the operation who sit directly above them? Could be, I guess I don't watch enough of these types of things. He then went rapid fire into sponsors which is what I'd expect the senior coach to do.

Jee I dont wish to make much of Bevo?s 2023 BnF speech as we all have our off moments, and particularly with the back drop of an internal review currently underway, being lead by his manager, a number of his coaching team departing, and Bevo himself no doubt still disappointed by the way the season unfolded, and as such he is no doubt feeling the pressure and strain.

So no big deal if its isolated to a single speech, and not part of the current and daily dynamic at the Club.

So with that said, and with reference to your question above, here?s a comparative speech of Bevo?s taken from the 2021 BnF, this off the back of the heart break of the 2021 loss to the Dees. Jump to around the 4 to 6 minute mark if you want to hear all those that he acknowledges for their support. He?s very thorough and doesn?t miss any, and calls out Chris and Ameet for their support.

https://www.westernbulldogs.com.au/video/1022332/charles-sutton-2021-luke-beveridge

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