Did anyone notice Ratts barracking in the last quarter. After one of the goals he clearly pumped his fists and said "Go Blues"

Gotta love that!!!

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Yeah, and he knocked his water bottle over in the process and let out an "OHHHH SHIT" with a little grin looking at Mark Riley I think.

What a classic

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Watching on TV, his passion in the box was fantastic...

Never really seen a coach 'barracking" in the box before, but he was loving it !!

His emotion when Fev kicked that goal in the square whilst on the ground was priceless...

You can just see the passion he has for the CFC...

Sticks was just as pumped up too !!

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It was special.

His reactions when Murph should have nailed that intercept goal in the first quarter was perfect in-the-outer behaviour as well.

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Brief interview with Mark Reilly on SEN this morning.

He and Ratts were both assistants at Melbourne. When asked if it was obvious then that Ratts would be a senior coach one day, Reilly answered by saying what was obvious was how passionate Ratts was about Carlton, and that he had blue blood coursing through his veins!

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Mens sana in corpore sano.

Bring back the laurel wreath logo!!!

yeah that was awesome.... he basically said it in-time with the rest of us

certainly much more pleasant for lip-readers than Travis Cloke's performance after nailing that goal... calling Santy over to tell him about it... He was calling Santy "dumb" and then inviting him to an event next tuesday

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I saw Malty barracking in the Collingwood box yesterday. Well, barracking as much as a Pies supporter did yesterday. ie: sooking about the umps,

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And so while others miserably pledge themselves to the pursuit of ambition and brief power, I will be stretched out in the shade, singing.

My Essendon* supporting other half was right on our bandwagon yesterday. Got quite alot of entertainment from ratten in the box.

I think I rememebr Danny Frawley being just as colourful in the box when he coached the tigers....

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Best coach ever.

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Might be premature but it needs to be said. Since this thread wasnt what I thought.

Thank you Ratten, 1st year coach and already got us into the 8 at halfway mark and not to mention the kids are comming on fast, Pretty decent effort dont you think...

The last few weeks with the kids standing up and the whole team playing with heart and never giving up, confirm more than anything else...

Pagan = The Lost Years of the Carlton Football Club

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I still love you, oh, I still love you
Only slightly, only slightly less
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Too easy to blame pagan - he was the right man at the wrong time. He had the worst list by a mile and he made the tough calls on some guys that were never going to make it - and churned the list until the cream came out on top.

I doubt that anyone could have done better. In those circumstances.

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Ecclesiastes 1:4, "One generation passes away, and another generation comes: but The Blues abide forever."

RATTEN - MR SOLUTION

i made this before, but Ratten is gonna win us a premiership.

When carlton needed to not allow teams scoring injury time goals, he came up with the solution

When carlton had a defensive issue, he came up with the solution

When carlton had a tackling issue, he came up with the solution

When carlton had a hardness to the ball issue, he came up with the solution

When carlton had a momentum against issue, he came up with the solution

and now When carlton had a fitness issue, he came up with the solution

the guy speaks only truth, speaks from both the head and heart, and speaks success.

GREATEST RECRUIT

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The players during that period that he burned are Carlton's own "Stolen Generation".

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NOW YOU'RE JUST SOME CLUB THAT I USED TO KNOW.

When is Pagan going to say SORRY

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I still love you, oh, I still love you
Only slightly, only slightly less
Than I used to, my love

Disagree, GH.

Look at other clubs who have had lists with high draft picks. St Kilda is the obvious comparison.

Now, there is a club which has burnt out good young players in some mad rush to use them to plug gaps you could drive a road train through.

In contrast, Pagan brought on the kids slowly, and exposed them in a number of ways to senior AFL footy. This exposure is actually starting to reap some rewards, with GIBBS really finding his feet, Murph doing magical things, and others like JR and Bower really finding their place.

I'm not saying that Pagan was good for the club in the period he was here, but I don't think it can be reasonably argued that he "burnt" players.

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And so while others miserably pledge themselves to the pursuit of ambition and brief power, I will be stretched out in the shade, singing.

I just can't agree with any of that.
Gibbs and Murph were always going to be stars, it's the Grigg, Bower, Russel, Jamo etc players that need the support that Pagan was so clearly lacking. I would bet that Ratts has been to more Bullants games since being assistant and head coach than the 5 odd years that Pagan was here.

You need to support and encourage young kids to help them find their feet and learn the craft in the big time. Untill Ratts became head coach players like Russel and Bower were to scared and timid to play to their potential and were dragged everytime they make a mistake rather than given the oppertunity to make amends, this is what killed the development of our kids along with Pagan not even knowing half the names of the kids that he didn't rate.

Ratts ha been great so far . We are playing good footy . The acid test will come at the end of the saeson when the hard decisions have to be made . Like who goes and who stays !!

That`s a pretty fair post. There was certainly plenty to be critical about with Pagan but it should be acknowledged he got some things right-ie Gibbs` defensive roll last year.