Keep drinking the kool aid

AFL contracts run through until October each year so 'No', there was no need for CFC to sack Teague before the end of the season.

Regards Cazzesman

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Since when has asking for clarification on claims been the same as drinking the kool aid?

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WADA medical director Dr Alan Vernec describes Essendon* FC drug case as biggest scandal in team sport the world of sport has seen. #WC2WB

#GUILTY

News:

Underperforming coach sacked, after review. No more. No less.

The internet is blowing up with the news of Teague.
I've dropped in to check on Walsh and tell him, it's ok mate and to still stick around.

Good point.

https://www.afl.com.au/news/662277/carl ... in-departs

AFL website now running with it

I share that view

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The club treated itself worse than Teague.

How embarrassing, to be so desperate - and for Lyon, the alternate… holy hell… where’s he at?

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"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter" - Winston Churchill.

Agree with the sentiment but seriously how gutting is it the number of times we have said this??

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I agree. Teague's a nice guy but coaching is about wins and losses. If they had a table for nice guys instead of wins/losses then Carlton would be in the top 8...but unfortunately they judge seasons on wins.


A 40% win/loss ratio isn't great for a club that has Walsh, Harry McKay, Cripps, Weitering, Zac Williams, Liam Jones, Saad and Nic Newman amongst others.

Surely it isn't too much to ask for a 55%-60% win/loss ratio with a team that has players such as this.

Round 2 vs Collingwood was an abysmal loss. That defined the season imo.
Round 4 vs Gold Coast lost by 11 points
Round 6 vs Brisbane lost by 18 points
Round 8 vs Bulldogs lost by 16 points

These are the type of matches where a good coach uses his skills to direct a win.

Oh, his family would've been more surprised if he'd survived.....

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Ample time to show a bit of ticker though. At least feign some sort of understanding in the moment.

The club could re-box the runner’s GPS and sell it off as near mint.

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"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter" - Winston Churchill.

The year was abysmal. Could barely watch the last couple months. Happy for a big clean out. And six of his wins were the end of a lost season, which really flatter the record

The club remains weak at development - players, football staff.

I don’t know if he was right for the job, however over and over again we demonstrate we are not good at the ‘long’ game and sticking to a plan.

Good luck to the Carlton of old recreating itself once again over the next weeks/months/year.

I feel sorry for David.
It is clear the club put a line through him weeks ago, they should have done the deed sooner instead of torturing the guy.
Plenty of coaches have been sacked before the end of the season, assistants can go and do the exit interviews.
The argument that they were waiting on Clarkson to agree to be head coach before sacking Teague doesn't hold, as Clarkson said NO and then they sacked Teague 24 hours later.
Maybe David insisted he wanted to do the exit interviews, but failing that I just don't get it.
And to be frank I am not sure I would have wanted him having 1 on 1s before he vacates the place.
I wasn't keen on keeping David because our defensive mechanism was all over the shop this year, but his sacking has been prolonged and caused an enormous amount of bad publicity which cannot be good on the Carlton brand.
All a bit too messy for my liking.

It is not about NEED, it is about respect.

I loved Teague as a player as he always got the most out of himself.

And I was pleased when we went with him as a coach as he seemed to have the players on board and playing with a freedom we hadn’t seen in years.

But the last couple of years he’s shown next to zero ability to adapt to any sort of changes and his game day coaching is appalling with barely a move ever made in order to regain momentum in a game when it’s turned against us. And the lack of defensive system compared to 17 other clubs is so glaring it’s ridiculous.

I could cop the above if I could see some capacity to own the issues and a willingness to adapt but it’s just not there.

Add to that his public statements of the last few weeks and his manager’s bullshit and I’m actually glad to see the end of him.

Thanks for your efforts David but we need to move on.

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This whole affair just reaffirms why I consume zero AFL meedya.

Pot the guy all year, put his head on the block, and then cry about how poorly he was treated when the guillotine drops.

Those that get sucked in by it are just as bad.

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#GUILTY

That was pretty disrespectful, I mean he hadn't even been sacked.
Richmond are a shambles.