The 'John Barker Can Coach (Somewhere Else Now)' Thread

dane · **Joined:** Tue Mar 08, 2005 10:14 am **Posts:** 22337

So can he?

pew1 · **Joined:** Sun Jun 21, 2009 3:58 pm **Posts:** 539

i want to see a panel formed by our club and go through a process to find the new coach,hopefully we some outside parties involved in the selection panel.

Cyclonus · **Posted:** Tue Jun 02, 2015 11:16 am

Well his post-match presser proved he can smirk and chortle and talk out of the corner out of his mouth.

I just don't get a coach vibe from him. He seems more like "one of the lads" who is just still kicking around in the system and has somehow ended up coaching a club.

dane · **Joined:** Tue Mar 08, 2005 10:14 am **Posts:** 22337

Cyclonus wrote:

Well his post-match presser proved he can smirk and chortle and talk out of the corner out of his mouth.

I just don't get a coach vibe from him. He seems more like "one of the lads" who is just still kicking around in the system and has somehow ended up coaching a club.

Yep. Comes off as [REDACTED] to me.

Ponkstar · **Posted:** Tue Jun 02, 2015 1:06 pm

Even as a player Barker always had the whole grinning idiot thing down pat.

The question now is whether he is an idiot savant or just a pain old idiot.

Bluey44 · **Posted:** Tue Jun 02, 2015 1:30 pm

Barks is steeling himself for the big showdown with the Suns - anything up until then is just practice.

Lace Out · **Posted:** Tue Jun 02, 2015 6:30 pm

Still feel sorry for him getting a gig they can never give him beyond this year. I guess it's an invaluable experience he gets to add to his CV..

bondiblue · **Posted:** Tue Jun 02, 2015 6:58 pm

BigKev wrote:

Synbad wrote:

BigKev wrote:

Synbad wrote:

Can you all lay off Barker and focus on what really needs to be done?
Can't believe the mentality of people

You want us to stop talking about John Barker in the "Can John Barker coach thread"?

Yeah because you don't know yet.. You're guessing... Except jim!
I'll go with Barker as interim coach." Won't cost is significantly more " according to the buffoon!

And I'm hoping like hell he can succeed

You are basically right - I don't know anything.

Never played for Carlton. Never participated in any training sessions. Never attended a team meeting. Never played under any of the coaches. Never worked with or for any of the board. Shoot - I've never even met most of 'em!

But geez Synners, if we all stop posting because we don't "know anything" it's going to be a pretty quite web site.

I do agree with you though about wishing him well. He'd have to be the most slagged off assistant coach we've ever had. The irony alone of him succeeding as a senior coach would be worth heaps of posts.

Reading you post Big Kev really saddened me. I value your contribution. You're a thinker. Synners doesn't hate you and your style. He just wants us off Barkers back and focus on some key club issues.

I don't know if the key issues are the benefactors and the seats they hold but some on the Board are not what we need....unless someone can give us examples.

Barker can't change the game plan overnight. True, we won't find out if he can coach or not for quite a while. We and he can't afford injuries with such a shallow list.

What I do know is I prefer barker than @#$%&! wits who have a tarnished reputation like Worsfold Voss and weak candidates such as Nicks.

Braithy · **Joined:** Wed Jul 04, 2012 4:42 pm **Posts:** 5204

barker can coach. we're about to see it.

dane · **Joined:** Tue Mar 08, 2005 10:14 am **Posts:** 22337

Well that's settled!

club29 · **Posted:** Tue Jun 02, 2015 10:27 pm

I this the guy Blueman was talking about?

If that doesn't make the hair on the back of your neck stand up nothing will.

kingkerna · **Posted:** Tue Jun 02, 2015 11:05 pm

club29 wrote:

I this the guy Blueman was talking about?

If that doesn't make the hair on the back of your next stand up nothing will.

That actually makes sense to me.
But will we get to the promised land before the war? I'd ask blueman but I suspect he's either in Syria or in a bunker somewhere

limestone · **Joined:** Mon Jan 26, 2009 9:37 am **Posts:** 770

Maybe we should set up an independent panel to see if Barker can coach .

Who should be on that panel? :fight:

CK95 · **Posted:** Wed Jun 03, 2015 12:28 am

blueman.

camel · **Posted:** Wed Jun 03, 2015 8:57 am

The Paganite.

dannyboy · **Posted:** Wed Jun 03, 2015 9:21 am

ahhh those weekly reviews of the games....

Wojee · **Joined:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 8:17 am **Posts:** 34114

I won't be convinced he can coach until Barker uses the Diamond Shield.

ThePsychologist · **Joined:** Sun May 03, 2009 9:52 am **Posts:** 7893

Braithy wrote:

barker can coach. we're about to see it.

based on what Braithy?

Braithy · **Joined:** Wed Jul 04, 2012 4:42 pm **Posts:** 5204

ThePsychologist wrote:

Braithy wrote:

barker can coach. we're about to see it.

based on what Braithy?

i'm trolling dane.

grrofunger · **Posted:** Sat Jun 06, 2015 2:44 pm

what an absolute cauliflower malthouse was

Barker has done well to release the shackles so far

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