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we had more injuries the previous year and a crap game plan the next two

I would probably wait until I heard the whole interview before I made a judgement on what messages were sent.

and it shows on our results

well maybe this year they might even love him

Blah blah blah.
Talk to me at round 10.

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Yeah I do and that's the point. The only snippets I've heard today are about his contract sook. The rest of it is forgotten.
He just needed to say "We've made it clear contract negotiations will take place later in the year. It's no an issue"
Instead he tells the media it is a distraction. He knew exactly what they would focus on.
It's no something that accidentally happened.

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Looking forward to seeing our potential realised.

like I said the weak teams

It is a distraction.
The media are always going to make it a distraction.

Even if he comes out and says "We've made it clear contract negotiations will take place later in the year. It's no an issue", its a distraction.
Why wouldn't it be?
WTF can he do about it?

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no comment!

Yeah that wouldn't fire the media up at all.

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Was he asked if it was going to be a distraction?

I didn't take it as a 'sook' but I do admit I had a kid talking too loudly to his mother about something or other to my right and a dog and cat wrestling on the floor at my feet while trying to watch it on TFS.

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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

micky likes interviews these days, doesn't he?

hardly been out of the news compared to other coaches even goes out of his way to be compliant to the blood suckers of society

he must have had an change of heart towards the journos over the last few months

Sorry Dane ... this does not wash ... if you want to complain about being smashed with injuries ... go back to the Ratten's last year. The team was absolutely crippled in those days ... and if it was convenient to overlook them then ... then its convenient to overlook them now.

You can't have it both ways.

We now have a better a team with worse results.

Come on Madhouse ... just do something!

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I am as mad as hell and I'm not going to take it any more!!!

Perhaps he's being sought out for interviews because he's about to break the coaching record, just a thought.

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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

and looking for a reaction

You've given it to them

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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

Blinded

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The team with the best players wins. Most would agree, the top three teams at the moment are Hawthorn, Sydney and Port Adelaide. They all play a different game style, which is a function both of the players on the list (i.e. their strengths and weaknesses) and of the coaches preferences (which presumably take into consideration game-day match-ups and the game style of the top teams).

I still don't see why Malthouses game plan is any worse (or better) than any other. It's just tactically different. And it has *clearly* evolved since 2012.

Let's face it, the crux of the problem is that he inherited a SHIT list and was forced by Kernahan and Swann to tell the world it was OK and that we were close to a flag. When Malthouse accepted the position, I suspect he had no clue how shitful things really were. I also suspect he clued in pretty quickly after walking into PP.

Our trading/recruiting has been better in the last two seasons than in the past 10 years. We've chopped a metric shit-ton of dead wood from our list: Garlett, Robinson, McLean, Duigan, Bootsma, Hampson, Lucas... OMFG what a who's who of under-performing flogs. We've replaced them with the likes of Docherty, Everitt, Thomas, KJ, Jones, Whiley... players that we know can play. We've drafted Boekhurst, Smith... who to my mind have already shown a bit. Give the man a chance to mould this bunch into a winning unit. I believe it can be done, and I believe Malthouse needs to be given a chance to continue what he started.

We're going to turn heads this year. The first quarter against Collingwood was a glimpse of things to come. We're going to play relentless, burst football for a period of time in each quarter.... hit the scoreboard.... then collapse back and defend, and score heavily on the rebound as well. Watch this space.

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O say does that star spangled banner yet wave.

in a micky way

that's the point

evolved from boundary to corridor
from zone to one on one
from down contested bombs switch running
from slow to play running and receiving
from no forward line to a structure forward line down the middle
from 1-2 spare men in defence to positional structure