I hope we dont get Eade. His game plan will bore the hell out of me.

Posted this on the Travis Cloke thread in talking recruiting. Greg Denham is on radio with KB discussing Cloke ( he said he thinks will go to Carlton). When asked who would be coaching Cloke he replied Malthouse. Said he no inside info.

Joffa has just tweeted, "So I am told he will be a blue next season..signed and done!Dont slam the door on the way out."

Please tell me its not true

It's not true.



Feel better?

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That’s not a political statement — it’s a harsh reality, and we must act,” she said. “He is a clear and present danger to the things that keep us strong and free. I support impeachment.”

Our club loves a quick fix, so I'd be absolutely amazed if MM wasn't being single-mindedly pursued by Sticks and Co.

It also wouldn't surprise me if this started quite some time ago, about the time Travis Cloke started making impossible demands of Collingwood.

I'm not normally one for conspiracy theories, but it seems like Cloke has done everything he can to make it impossible for Collingwood to re-sign him. There's a fair chance he wants to play under MM, and is happy for talks to stall in order to make a free agency shift to a MM-coached Carlton a possibility.

Don't know if MM is the right choice, but I do think I know how our leadership operates. I reckon he's our next coach.

What is required is a thorough and transparent process.

What we will get is a quick fix negotiated behind closed doors.

Mick Malthouse = Denis Pagan.

I don't get this, personally.

How can a carlton supporter be bored watching carlton? When I'm watching two teams I don't care about, THAT'S when I want the coaches to put on a freeflowing, entertaining display.

When I'm watching carlton, I want to see winning football. End of story.

A grand final win... 6.4.40 to 6.3.39. Yeah, I'll take that.

My 2 cents worth
We need an experienced coach who's role will include setting up with mckay the whole football dept.
The successful young coaches have all joined really well run football clubs. Providing their coach with all the right people and support. Adel, geelong, pies.
A young coach would likely flounder because they will not be allowed to 'just' coach the team
To compliment the experienced coach who has the appetite to rebuild the footy dept will need to be assistants who need to do assume a bigger role, because the main coach has multiple responsibilities. So a strong up and coming assistant.

To me malthouse and matthew would fit. Not sure how others like williams operate to make a comment.

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'‘He had an enormous capacity to pump himself up and get the best out of himself when it mattered. He had a fire in his belly – a passion for the contest like few other players’' -- D Parkin in reference to the dominator

This x 100

Has the feel of another Pagan style appointment.

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"One of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if they already agree with you. You do not change people's minds." - Frank Zappa

Which would just be the cherry on top of the fact we really haven't learned anything in the last 10 years.

What about 7. 14 - 56 to 8.5 - 53?

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Winston Churchill

I think we're all in agreement now that Malthouse comes with Cloke. It'll be a package deal. Asked a fair few Pies supporters and they see Cloke as expendable and are feeling rubbed roughly by his carry on re: contract. An interesting point - Cloke was definitely playing footy worth $1mil per season last year...under Malthouse. Without? Zilch. Could MM get him back to his best footy again?

Another question I guess needs to be about the Carlton list. Could the boys work a gameplan and have good cohesion around another big name 'give it to me' forward? Thought we already burnt that bridge with Fev. Still reckon a lesser light forward who can develop with the team organically is better than a blow-in Hollywood KPF, but whatever will be will be...

There would have to be someone somewhere left at the club who remembers the Kouta debacle, surely?

5 year deals even 4 year deals are should only be entered into under the most extraordinary circumstances.

We got a beauty with Judd and his long contract, but Cloke is a train wreck looking for some buckled track and a faulty signal.

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I hope Essendon* folds.

I actually thought supporters wanted the quick fix.

This 'Malthouse 4 coach' campaign is starting to get out of control.

If Ratts is shown the door I implore the club to go through an open and comprehensive process to find a replacement.

It's too important a role these days not to be thorough about an appointment.

I think it's just as likely it's impatient board members after a quick fix.

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I hope Essendon* folds.

You speak of 'supporters' like they're a homogenous group. I'd say there'd be a dozen different attitudes across the CFC supporter group.

I am tipping that Brett Ratten will remain as coach of Carlton through 2013

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Go BLues

Wouldn't say no to MM as coach but I don't want Cloke at the club.

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