Press conference midday - Eade ?

[Ghost Dog]

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But it was him calling the shots, making the moves, picking the side etc etc.

He is as much a part of the team as the players, any mature supporter knows that.

Dry Rot / Chef

make a list of all the things rocket did to justify his removal.

Glass half empty IMO

[chef]

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So who would have done a better job than him with the players and resources that we had? have ? What were, for you, the defining blunders of his tenure? Glass half empty?

IMO, compare drivers of different cars if you will. But Malthouse, Thompson didn't get to where they are by themselves.they have / had assistance and resources our club has / does not have.

Off the top of my head Clarkson and Lyon would have IMO and both were available at the time of appointing Eade weren't they.

Sorry, but IMO we had a fantastic player group in the 2007-2010 period.

[Bornadog]

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Off the top of my head Clarkson and Lyon would have IMO and both were available at the time of appointing Eade weren't they.

Sorry, but IMO we had a fantastic player group in the 2007-2010 period.

Saints have had one of the best teams in their history during the same period and arguably should have won the 2008 GF as well as the first GF last year. The coach did everything in his power to get them there but in the end, player effort, skill execution, and LUCK played a major part. The coach can only do so much.

If you have ever been involved in elite sports or any sports you would know this.

[Ghost Dog]

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Off the top of my head Clarkson and Lyon would have IMO and both were available at the time of appointing Eade weren't they.

Sorry, but IMO we had a fantastic player group in the 2007-2010 period.

Believe in the Myth of the super coach if it floats your boat.

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/why-the-myth-of-the-genius-supercoach-persists-20110817-1iy6q.html

Article above pretty much says it all.

[Maddog37]

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Believe in the Myth of the super coach if it floats your boat.

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/why-the-myth-of-the-genius-supercoach-persists-20110817-1iy6q.html

Article above pretty much says it all.

No better example of this than Denis Pagan at the Blues.

[anfo27]

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Great posts The Rocket, mirror my feelings exactly.

Same here, super post.

[Ghost Dog]

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But it was him calling the shots, making the moves, picking the side etc etc.

He is as much a part of the team as the players, any mature supporter knows that.

If he is as much a part of the team as the players, then why, after 7 years, won't he get a send off, like every other long serving player would?

[ledge]

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Think I found out why Eade wasnt re-signed, he had an undercover job doing car insurance adds..Fantastikerrrrr!

[Topdog]

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Off the top of my head Clarkson and Lyon would have IMO and both were available at the time of appointing Eade weren't they.

Sorry, but IMO we had a fantastic player group in the 2007-2010 period.

This would be the same Lyon that was tactically outclassed in a prelim not long ago only to have a completely ridiculous free go his way to get momentum, and a super effort from his superstar in Reiwoldt to get him over the line.

Say what you like about the strength of our squad / list but 1 thing it always lacked was a real superstar. The only one we had was always injured during finals.

[Dogmatic]

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This would be the same Lyon that was tactically outclassed in a prelim not long ago only to have a completely ridiculous free go his way to get momentum, and a super effort from his superstar in Reiwoldt to get him over the line.

Say what you like about the strength of our squad / list but 1 thing it always lacked was a real superstar. The only one we had was always injured during finals.

I don't think eade ever tactically outclassed Lyon in 2009/10, look at our record against the saints. I don't think we beat them at all in this period.

[Dogmatic]

Re: Press conference midday - Eade ?

Saints have had one of the best teams in their history during the same period and arguably should have won the 2008 GF as well as the first GF last year. The coach did everything in his power to get them there but in the end, player effort, skill execution, and LUCK played a major part. The coach can only do so much.

If you have ever been involved in elite sports or any sports you would know this.

Yes saints have had some good players but they have a fair few duds in their team like ray, peake, Clarke, Blake. These player wouldn't have got a game at bulldogs, cats, pies teams of 2009 & 2010. Lyon made them a great team.

[chef]

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]This would be the same Lyon that was tactically outclassed in a prelim not long ago[/B] only to have a completely ridiculous free go his way to get momentum, and a super effort from his superstar in Reiwoldt to get him over the line.

Say what you like about the strength of our squad / list but 1 thing it always lacked was a real superstar. The only one we had was always injured during finals.

Don't agree with that.

To me it was an arm wrestle that could have gone either way. IMO we had a better list than the Saints, but they were better coached.

[Mantis]

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Don't agree with that.

To me it was an arm wrestle that could have gone either way. IMO we had a better list than the Saints, but they were better coached.

Not in that game they weren't.

Hayes & Riewoldt got them over the line... oh and some dodgy calls from the white maggots.

[The Pie Man]

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Not in that game they weren't.

Hayes & Riewoldt got them over the line... oh and some dodgy calls from the white maggots.

And our inability to close it out when presented with some opportunities in the last quarter (Gilbee/Gia - though Gia's was tough) as well as kicking 2.5 in the first quarter when all over them.

That game still - and I fear will continue to - haunts me (can only imagine how the players feel) Especially when the GF the next week was wet, negating the power forward influence on the contest that we didn't have.

[LostDoggy]

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IMO we had a better list than the Saints, but they were better coached.

IMHO, the opposite. Sure they had a couple of duds (Baker's not one of them, and lots of those 'duds' are playing pretty well this season), but a Hayes and Riewoldt (especially) make up for a lot of duds -- one superstar equals many many normal players. We didn't really have a top-liner in that game (of course Coons was out) except Griff trying to be one and Murph kicking his long bombs on top of the head of Gilbert and Fisher.

No one gave us a chance going into the game (I remember talkback radio all abuzz about who was going to take Goddard etc. and the odds were pretty clearly favouring the Saints as well) and but for kicking straighter, and Gia's shot at the end, would have pulled of a famous upset, with Goddard a non-factor on the night.

Rocket couldn't have done much more in that game.