Sharp Axes

[bulldogtragic]

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So how’s this go now:

- Top 4: Missed.

Keep or Cut Bevo?

- Beat GWS, Home EF
- Lose to GWS, Fall into an Away EF

(Is winning a final mandatory?)

- Lose to GWS, Miss Finals Altogether


Or has the discussion moved on? Or is one game the be all and end all?

[Grantysghost]

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It's weird because even if we miss the finals I somehow think we've had a good year.

Bevo is safe for next year either way.

[1eyedog]

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We need to beat GWS and Hawthorn in week 1. That's a season pass.

[bulldogtragic]

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We need to beat GWS and Hawthorn in week 1. That's a season pass.

So failing that, sack Bevo?

[DOG GOD]

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It's weird because even if we miss the finals I somehow think we've had a good year.

Bevo is safe for next year either way.

Agree.
I think we will lose to GWS and Carl, then Freo will win their games.
Bevo will coach next year…
After that who knows.

[1eyedog]

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So failing that, sack Bevo?

Nope we are locked in with him and rightfully so. Doesn't mean he should be tapped on the shoulder and doesn't mean we need change.

Bevo is the Bulldogs until he's not. It's just a pass mark.

[GVGjr]

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So how’s this go now:

- Top 4: Missed.

Keep or Cut Bevo?

- Beat GWS, Home EF
- Lose to GWS, Fall into an Away EF

(Is winning a final mandatory?)

- Lose to GWS, Miss Finals Altogether


Or has the discussion moved on? Or is one game the be all and end all?

I like how you have set this up with a few scenarios to consider. Thanks BT
One scenario that was a possibility a few weeks back is now off the table from my perspective and that is Bevo being moved on at the end of the season. To me we've shown enough creativity in our playing style, reinvention with our coaching and MC approach and our development of younger players throughout the season so I'm content for Bevo to stay at the helm in 2025.
To regard the season as successful we still need to play and win at least one final and I don't think that has changed.

I've enjoyed the conversations on this thread but I don't think we need to sharpen the axe at the moment.

[1eyedog]

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I like how you have set this up with a few scenarios to consider. Thanks BT
One scenario that was a possibility a few weeks back is now off the table from my perspective and that is Bevo being moved on at the end of the season. To me we've shown enough creativity in our playing style, reinvention with our coaching and MC approach and our development of younger players throughout the season so I'm content for Bevo to stay at the helm in 2025.
To regard the season as successful we still need to play and win at least one final and I don't think that has changed.

I've enjoyed the conversations on this thread but I don't think we need to sharpen the axe at the moment.

There is no scenario this year where the question of whether Bevo coaches next year is queried.

[hujsh]

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The way the team plays has grown this year. Yes when we lose people will say it's the same old shit and blah blah blah but taking the emotion of the moment out of it the team has felt like it's going somewhere, doing something, different enough from the post 21 years to stick with Bevo for his contract. The Bevolution that Luke speaks of does seem to have some basis in reality and as a premiership coach who we've stuck with for this long we may as well let him see out next year.

It's probably a better gamble than hoping we get a Craig Macrae or... Luke Beveridge?

[Grantysghost]

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Agree.
I think we will lose to GWS and Carl, then Freo will win their games.
Bevo will coach next year…
After that who knows.

GWS we have a tough game on our hands however I think we can match them and hopefully we pull out a great performance when it matters.

[Bornadog]

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Must make finals and win one to say we had some success.

[GVGjr]

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Must make finals and win one to say we had some success.

I agree, it's a reasonable starting point.

[G-Mo77]

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It's weird because even if we miss the finals I somehow think we've had a good year.

Bevo is safe for next year either way.

I wouldn't say good but showed we are good enough when we want to be, the slow start of the seaeon was so disappointing, I just hope we can hit the ground running in 2025.

[soupman]

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It's weird because even if we miss the finals I somehow think we've had a good year.

Bevo is safe for next year either way.

I agree.

I think we have taken good steps forward this year, and while there have been plenty of bad games our good stuff has felt genuinely good, we have performed against good teams and our swuad has gone under a bit of a refresh with some high ceiling players really emerging in key roles.

On top of that, this is the most we have gotten out of the bottom end of the 22 on a regular basis since 2016.

[jeemak]

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This blunt instrument of a thread, contradictory of its name is going to get a bit of a workout the next couple of weeks.

To me at a conceptual level it's been a bit of a joke. Like chopping a head off is a great way to solve a problem. A means to an end. However, you can't argue against the veracity of the emotions and actions it's delivered over a period of time and as such, it deserves a place in WOOF history as one of the best no matter the outcome.

It takes a bit of balls to start a thread like this, and I know a bit about how shit can turn when you do. Kudos to SoS for keeping us interested. Great thread.