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Hits. Nail. On. Head.

His article sums up much of the discussion on here in recent weeks.

Whatever happens with Ratten, the blow torch needs to be applied to all aspects of the club.

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I wonder why?

Haha, yes there is that. But kudos to him for promoting the case in a considered manner. I know that's his job, but he could have easily jumped on the sakc bandwagon.

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Good Article. But geez it's sad reading it.

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Excellent article which sums everything up in a coherant fashion. I mean its rather obvious what our problems are, but no one else has written an article outlining all the different factors as well as Connolly.

Definitely one of the better writers out there.

Rohan's good.

He regurgitates the BEST stuff from footy forums. Most other journos aren't nearly as discriminating.

Am I being too cynical to think that maybe Rohan doesn't want us to sakc Ratts because as a Bombres man, he doesn't want to see us improve?

TC has far more indepth analysis

I agree. Let's take a look at Ratts' job description and whether or not he's adhered to the Key Result Areas...

1. Develop Club’s Football & Coaching Strategy

a. Responsible for the development and implementation of the Club’s Football & Coaching Strategy.
b. Develop game plan and style of play consistent with Club’s Football Strategy.
c. Game plan provides a framework for the recruitment and player development programs.

KPI - Game Plan & On-field Performance

Probably a fail here - a. and b. haven't correlated to each other well and has significant impact on c.

2. Overall Coaching of Players & Coaching Staff

- implement Game Plan effectively
a. Develop training sessions and presentations to the playing group.
b. Develop scorecard of key performance indicators of playing group’s progress.
c. Develop skill development strategies and tactics for a variety of situations and opponents.
d. Manage the implementation of the Coaching program, including:
- match committee
- match day
- match review
- recruitment of players
- development of players
- retention of players.

KPI - Improvement in players AND team improvement. Leadership & Management

Game plan hasn't been implemented effectively since it was 'worked out'. Hard to ascertain the other management functions of his position, other to say that the development of the players and development strategies hasn't eventuated.

3. Relationship Management

a. Positive working relationships with all players and coaching staff.
b. Positive working relationship with CEO, GMF and President.
c. Positive working relationship with the Executive Management team of the club & Board.
d. Positive working relationship with the AFL and other industry stakeholders.

KPI - Improvements made to Relationship Management

Some of the above relationship management he does well. Some of the above relationship management he doesn't do well.

4. Develop a Culture of Success with Shared Values

a. Establish a professional & disciplined culture for players, coaches and staff which reflect the Club’s core values.
b. Provide strong leadership to the playing and coaching groups that encourages a supportive team environment consistent with the Club’s values.

KPI - Improvement to Culture

This is a massive one for me. Hasn't achieved this. Gone against everything he would have learned as a player from Parkin.

5. Promote the Club and its Brand

a. Develop a game plan and strategies that have a positive impact on the Club’s financial performance by winning Premierships and a style of play that is appealing to supporters & members.
b. Communicate effective and consistent media messages.
c. Role model & ambassador of the Club.
d. Develop sound working relationship with Club partners, corporate sponsors & media

KPI - Commercial Brand Development

Hasn't improved. Another area where Leading Teams was meant to have assisted him.


Half-Year Review (formal) - conducted by CEO & GMF
Annual Review (formal) – conducted by CEO & GMF
Signed off by Senior Coach, CEO and President

Doesn't bode well for Ratts if these Key Result Areas (currently used by at least one other AFL club) are being used to judge his performance.

Nice Doc, where is the job description to be found?

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It was formulated by Stride Sports. The job description is based on the results of interviews with 41 respondents as part of Stride Management’s research on behalf of the AFL Research Board. It also incorporates the consistent elements from the job descriptions of a limited number of AFL Clubs. These clubs may or may not end with the letters 'da' 'ong' and 'don'

Well Doc, you certainly can't argue against cold hard facts. Everything you have highlighted is plain to see for most.

You could say on the other hand that there are things going on behind the scenes that a layman supporter such as myself should have blind faith in. However, all this layman supporter can see is a club in disarray on so many levels that it leaves me gobsmacked.

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Should I have made mention of the fact that the formal half-year review has occurred? Or is that too obvious?

Once again, no criticism of Sticks in that article.

Paul Keating would be impressed with how well the drip feed goes at Visy Park...

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Well...kind of...but you're right...not really...

But do the Blues have a coherent, fundamental philosophy about what and where they want to be as a club for the next decade beyond that oft-repeated line about being a top-four team? The presence of club playing legends in key roles complicates life for the Blues. It perhaps means too much tip-toeing around the sensibilities of the coach and the president. And it hasn't encouraged others to take the lead in the bigger picture.

Mmmm .... thought that was very interesting. People on the outside now talking about that publicly.

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Hardly scathing, but hardly glowing either.

To the average supporter with no preconceived leanings towards Sticks' regime, it would hardly go toward helping them make their mind up. To borrow his metaphor, I still reckon the issue of his presidency was certainly tip-toed over.

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Normally dont mind him as a journalist (compared to others) but there were some errors that stood out for mine.
1. Development seection - underestimates the impact of injuries - luke mitchell is still a current injury issues - not just last year. Also a bit harsh to criticise not having given casboult the opportunity as barring injury, he would have played by now. Similarly ROK - saying that he's played one game in 4 years overlooks his injury history
2. criticism of trading jacobs & grigg - we didnt have a choice in either of those 2 trades and given the option the club would have re-contracted both players. How can it be a mistake to trade a player that is leaving? how is that a reflection on development? (as opposed to playing opportunities)