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That was really disappointing. I don't doubt the McCartney communication must have been a significant issue, and I also think more than just a few senior players were affected by it.
However, the Club including the coach, captain and administration committed to changing and should have stayed the course. The President himself acknowledged this issue has only come to light in the last six months. That's less than 20% of the time McCartney has been in the role.
Griffen gets an opportunity to cut loose and go and play for a nobody team in a non-footy suburb and takes it because he can't cope with the focus on him as captain of the Western Bulldogs, particularly knowing a lot of his mates - who have been on the banana lounge big time over the last three years - are on notice and being managed out of the club.
This should not have taken the coach down. Ryan Griffen should have been shown the door for the best possible price, and forgotten by our club for at least the next decade.
If he happens to be playing for the Bulldogs next season, I'm going to find it hard to cheer for him.TF is this?.........Obviously you're not a golfer.Comment
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I'm appalled by our actions over the last 24 hours.
I just don't know what to say.
I hope there are more sackings and resignations, and at higher levels. We pack anything resembling strong leadership and have proven ourselves as an unprofessional, spineless Club. I was back in a relatively positive mood this morning, thinking we were finally addressing our cultural problems, but we have done another 180 and now I don't know what we're meant to stand for.
Some supporters will be over the moon with this news, but we now have no coach, no senior players and a weak willed board, CEO and management.Have you heard Butters wants to come to the Dogs?Comment
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If only Stringer had of taken that mark!
I'm in Japan so have just read that in the space of 24 hours our captain and coach are kaput, gonesky! Don't know how to feel about it all, but at the moment there is a slight sense of ambivalence, with even a sadistic urge for things to get even worse, more players, assistant coaches, president!
i will continue to passionately and support the club as I have for my whole life, always wondering why my grandad couldn't have just barracked for Hawthorn!Comment
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Its great your a big fan of Maca, and think he has done everything right at the club, but when multiple players say they can't work with him, not just senior players, but lots of players - surely you can see there were issues.
PG said in his presser, there were issues in the way he communicated to the players for the second half of the year. These players are not precious, you think they can't handle a rocket?? because as Mark Stevens tweeted, the senior players are use to a rocket from Rocket. What is missing with Macca is the way you deliver or communicate to players.FFC: Established 1883
Premierships: AFL 1954, 2016 VFA - 1898,99,1900, 1908, 1913, 1919-20, 1923-24, VFL: 2014, 2016 . Champions of Victoria 1924. AFLW - 2018.Comment
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So if he couldn't communicate to the players, how on earth did our young players have such great years?
The older players have to show some accountability for underperformance, and not just blame the coach and bang on about his lack of communication . Our senior blokes have been sitting on a Caribbean beach sipping cocktails the last few years, and have taken exception at being questioned for the non contribution for the season.
How do you explain Griffen's carry on ? Everything's okay then returns and asks to be traded.
Mate I get it that you're a players man foremost, but just occasionally can you see that just maybe the players have to hold some accountability to what went on .Comment
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Devastated.
On holidays for the past week and it's been a steady progression of increasingly bad news each time I checked the phone for a news update. First fringe players, then good players, then marquee players wanting to leave the club ...now the coach is gone ...arrgh.
Staggered at how quickly things have turned around. Previously seemed the players were genuinely behind macca and he was attracting others (Stevens, crameri).
Don't think Macca is completely blameless. His communication and relationship with the senior players obviously wasn't what it should have been probably as a result of workload and the pressure he was putting on himself to drive the club forward. Sounds like he needed more support.
Still I really liked him, thought he was moving the club in the right direction and am really disappointed that he's gone.Comment
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Based on all that's transpired, why didn't the committee sack him after the review? We talk about accountability and performance, but to me it's the committee that is under performing. Backflips and spin covering their lack of control over what's going on in their own club. If BMAC didn't resign, would they have sacked him? They have taken the easy path each time. We'll end up getting GWS 's second round pick and nothing else at this rate.Comment
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