Not going to be the same beating the scum next year without seeing that look on Sheeds' face.




























P.S. Just kidding... the feeling will be the same only the face will have changed...

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" Koutoufides has taken the last quarter by the scruff of the neck..." Commentary Drew Morphett Last Qtr '99 Prelim. Pure Gold.

Thanks for the memories Kouta. You are and always will be a True Blue Carlton Legend. #43.

Signing up Voss as senior coach of Carlton next year would be a mistake, just like signing up Pagan 5 years ago was. Voss has no experience in coaching. He had an armchair ride as captain of Brisbane because they were a super-team - one of the best that we have seen. What he is like outside of that environment is pure speculation. Pagan was never suited to Carlton. He was of the old school, a hard disciplinarian and a bully-boy. Society has moved on from that type of mentality. What do I want? I want someone with coaching experience - someone that has already cut his teeth at the caper. I don't want a giggling, immature Voss that we have to nurse along the way. We have a stack of kids that need direction, without having a coach that needs the same.

Just have to refer to the image of the Scum Coaching Box just before the end of the 1999 PF where the realization of losing the unlosable crept across Sheedy and his gang of senior coaching wannabees .

Warms the cockles of my heart.

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"Hence you will not say that Greeks fight like heroes but that heroes fight like Greeks"?

Winston Churchill

Um...you ARE aware that Brisbane were FAR from premiership material when Voss was first made captain, right?

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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

Not entirely true Voss came into the team as a young boy - when Brisbane were crap and I think he learnt plenty from Walls, Northey and then Leigh Matthews, as they moved there way up the ladder - the question is can he transfer/translate that experience to the Coaching job he is about to undertake.

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"Hence you will not say that Greeks fight like heroes but that heroes fight like Greeks"?

Winston Churchill

That's uncanny...

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“When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a king. The palace turns into a circus.”
Turkish Proverb

Took me 3 reads, but

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Oompa loompa doompety dee
If you are wise you'll listen to me

Still taking bets on Xavier Clarke but ...

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The only way for some people to understand is for them to be on the receiving end

Left wing moralists
In self serving denial
They shit me no end

It's taken half a decade, but we're a BIG CLUB again.

Bloody hell!! .. we could end up with something like..

Football Operations & List Co-ordinator - Stephen Icke
(Reports to the CFC BoD)

Recruiting & Junior Welfare Officer (MC) - Wayne Hughes
Assistant Recruiting & Junior Welfare Officer - Shane Rogers
+ numerous other recruiting spotters spread far & wide...

Coaching Liason Officer (MC) - Wayne Brittian

Senior Matchday Coach/Tactician, Corporate/Media Coaching Rep. (MC) - Michael Voss
Assistant Senior Matchday Coach/Tactician - Brett Ratten

Reserves Matchday Coach (MC) - Brett Ratten
Assistant Reserves Matchday Coach - Craig Bradley

Skills & Technical Development Co-ordinator - Craig Bradley (MC)
Defensive Development Coach - Justin Leppitch
Midfield Development Coach - Craig McRae
Offensive Development Coach - Alistair Lynch
Ruck Development Coach - Gary Dempsey
+ P/T assistants - Blue Vain, Ryan2000

Physical & Strength Conditioning Co-ordinator - Paul Ford
+ P/T assistants/trainers - Jimmae, Deano Supremo

Player/Coach Sports Psychologist - Frank Dardew

Statistician & Video Co-ordinator - Brett Munro
P/T Assistant Statisticians - Jarusa, BlueWorld

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There's so much I could say...

Yes, but essentially Voss, Akermanis, Leppitsch, Scott x 2, Johnson, Michael and Lappin came through at the same time. Add to that Brown, Power, Black, Bradshaw and Notting at the start of their careers and a Lynch, Hart, Pike, Keating and McRae near the end and anyone could lead that side.

I am not saying that Voss was not a good leader. It is just that he was a leader of a very good side and that side could have led themselves. How he translates that to coaching, as Agro has said, is anyone's guess. Why do we need to guess on our next coach? Why don't we take someone who has experienced the caper?

eb SHOULD BE ON THERE, MAKE ROOM FOR eb, IF jIMMAE IS IN, i SHOULD BE IN!!!

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Oompa loompa doompety dee
If you are wise you'll listen to me

Recruiting rumours communications officer: EB.

Internet chatsite bullshit Co-ordinator - Electric Blue

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There's so much I could say...

Ignore them EB, I'll put a word in for you.

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29 different attributes,
And only 7 that you like;
20 ways to see the world,
Or 20 ways to start a fight.

We maybe able to get whatever coach we want, but meanwhile back in the ranch The Kangaroos get on with actually winning games.

They are second on the ladder - with a coach many don't rate....

As long as we start winning - i wouldn't care if we were coached by Elmer Fudd or Bronwyn Bishop or anyone for that matter.

..in regards to Voss having it easy as captain cos he led a team full of stars.. ..that's actually harder.. ..you gotta manage all those ego's that have the skills to back up all their talk.. ..you gotta get all those star players that could be captains in their own right to follow you, and follow you well and with passion..

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..if you can't be good, be good at it..

You know Ron Barassi was an untried coach once?

So was Allan Jeans, Tom Hafey, David Parkin, Kevin Sheedy, Mick Malthouse, Paul Roos, John Worsfold and Denis Pagan.

One thing all the great coaches have in common is that at one stage they were untried as senior coaches.

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"The ability to speak doesn't make you intelligent." Qui-Gon Jinn 15-05-2005

"there’s more chance of me becoming the full forward for the [Western Bulldogs] than there is of any change in the Labor Party." Julia Gillard 18-05-2010

Unsure on the rest Brad, but Denis and Woosha didn't go straight into senior gigs.

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29 different attributes,
And only 7 that you like;
20 ways to see the world,
Or 20 ways to start a fight.

Good one Norm.

However, Voss will be a good move re the Carlton brand.

As we all know, it is the football business these days. Not saying Voss won't offer anything on the coaching front; on the contrary, he will provide great off-field leadership and good tactical nous* I would think.

But it goes without saying that the name Voss is well respected across the land and will be good for the promotion of the club. His asking price might, in the end, be chicken feed for what the club will get out of him financially.





* word of foreign derivation

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THEY LIKE TO SEND UP!!!!!!!!

Until each team plays each other the same number of times, the AFL, as a fair dinkum competition, cannot be taken seriously.

He (Mr Swann) said the honour and pride associated with the club's traditional navy blue jumper was priceless.