As most know I have not been a Ratten fan

So in one sense the decision to replace him with whoever is the right one IMO

What I cant stand is the narrow minded nature of the club.
Why do they think Malthouse or Roos are the 2 best candidates for the job.

Its the Carlton way Just chuck a big pile of cash at someone with a big name and everyrhing will be alright.Thats worked in the past hasnt it

Short term fix short term fix short term fix..............................

The way the club does its business is hopeless.
Do the maths
If Caros story is true the club didnt want Ratten in May last year. There were huge doubts then.
They put this ridicolous condition that he has to win one final. He does that against an Essendon* team that is stuffed and hey presto lets sign this guy for another 2 years even though we had doubts about him 5 months earlier.
Now we may have to pay a million bucks to pay Ratten as well as assistants out which folks equates to about 5000 memberships.

Other than loving the club, why would a hard working honest citizen part with 200 odd bucks to support a club run by incompetent fools.

The board has to be completely replaced.

And a coach is found by proper process. If Malthouse, Roos or Goodwin or Hinkley or anyone else wants it then apply. Have a independent group of people set the agenda and whittle the numbers down till you have the best possible candidate for the job.


Do you think that wil happen.
Course not and because of the clubs lack of professionalism its likely that the comedy will continue.

As for getting Travis Cloke !@#$%& me dead.

The board has to go and be replaced by a group of six that will run the club properly.

Look its fairly certain that Malthouse or Roos will be coaching us next year.

I reckon the playing list aint good enough anyway to win a flag.
Too many flaky soft fotballers.

Bottom line the club needs to start again in all areas.

"While acknowledging Brett’s coaching record in developing the team, the Carlton Board was concerned with the inconsistency of the team’s performances and the inability to defeat top eight, and in particular, top four sides. "

No one can disagree with the above.

Ratts showed amazing character today.

Perhaps TC might get a chance to show some Character as well.

How about we all give Ratts some respect and not dance on his grave for a 24 hour period.

How about we all not say one bad or derogatory word about him or his Coaching today.

How about we just assume that everyone has had their fair chance to trash him 24/7 as a person and a Coach for the past 12 months and today we just leave it alone.

How about it?

Regards Cazzesman

Well, it's done and dusted.
The sakc Ratts posters have had their way.
The MM camp may well get their way.
I for one wiould like to go on record as thinking this is a huge mistake. I am firmly in the camp that says we would have made the top 4 apart from injuries this year. Obviously it is only an opinion because we will never know. I am not interested in people swearing black and blue that we wouldn't have because it is only their opinion and we will never know that either. We will also never know if Ratts could have delivered us the next flag because like may before him, he was sacked before he had a chance to do it. OK, MM may well deliver us a flag next year but if he does, it will be with the same list plus maybe one or two from outside and I sincerely hope Cloke isn't one of them. MM is a dinosaur from an era where today's dinousaurs were yesterdays new boys. It took him an eon to deliver a premiership at Collingwood and he did it with a great list. No guarantee he will be able to do it with this one.
If we do get him, I will be disappointed and will be filthy if we go for Cloke, who is a prima donna and not worth the money he's asking. If he were, Collingwood would have signed him up months ago. If he comes, we have to consign one of Mitchell, Casboult, Rowe or Henderson to the NB for life or to the backline for years. There will be no incentive for them to stay if they know there is no hope of their getting a game. It's the Jacobs scenario allover again. Leave Cloke where he is to languish. Lets develop what we have. Judd and Murphy aren't interested in Carlton. They are only interested in the immediate future and winning a cup while Judd is there. How would you like to be one of the players mentioned above and know that your captain and vice captain want you to play NB for the next 5 years? Great for morale.

For mine, this is NOT a day the club should be proud of and I hope the sakc Ratts campaigners are happy in advance with next year's results on and off the field.

SHABBY.

Unfortunately Ratten is a convenient scapegoat for the mismanagement that has been our Football Club over the past few years.

i dont think this was stupidity

im excited , exciting times

ratts did great today, was a good job audition and i hope he gets picked up somewhere next year

but this should be the beginning of long overdue sweeping change at this club - from right at the top down

enough is enough with the mediocrity we have endured for the past decade

shit its been 17 years since we won a flag

clean the place out and move on

im still a little hesistant that we wont go deep enough and still a little hesistant on some of the puppet masters

but we have a great opportunity on our doorsteps at the moment

and all this change should finally be for the better

more than embarrassed blues8182, I'm mortified

we have taken one big step backwards .... arrogance is one thing, blind unadulterated stupidy is another

i dont think this was stupidity

im excited , exciting times

ratts did great today, was a good job audition and i hope he gets picked up somewhere next year

but this should be the beginning of long overdue sweeping change at this club - from right at the top down

enough is enough with the mediocrity we have endured for the past decade

shit its been 17 years since we won a flag

clean the place out and move on

im still a little hesistant that we wont go deep enough and still a little hesistant on some of the puppet masters

but we have a great opportunity on our doorsteps at the moment

and all this change should finally be for the better

You're right Rocco, you would think that the club would have learned.

Oh well we can all go out and get our Black and White jumpers now.

Who gives a shit where people come from as long as theyre good at what they do.
Surely the reasons were chasing Collingwood people is cos no matter how shit they are... theyre doing things better than us

Who gives a shit where people come from as long as theyre good at what they do.
Surely the reasons were chasing Collingwood people is cos no matter how shit they are... theyre doing things better than us

Pharking oath!

He might educate some of our people on how to develop players both physically and from the point of view of mental toughness.