You seem to be insinuating that the influence of Williams, Braddles and Ratts woud be a bad influence...if this is the case I do not agree.

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On Jacks website today Kouta asked him about becoming President again and Jack stated he had his time in there and he doesn't believe in going back he had 20 years 449 games and it is now up to Kernahan and others to take the club forward .

So don't worry he has no intention of coming back in any official capacity

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Why not?

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He is holding the fort as he held the fort with Elliot then Collo.. then Denis....and Smorgo..

Lucky Pratt came along....

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Nah ur right dude ...they were shit footballers and have got nothing of value to offer from a coaching perspective...

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Oh i see!!!

You make a remarkable point!!!

Point taken!!!

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To be fair Synners, you haven't exactly put forward your argument. I'd like to hear it.

In regards to the coaches box?

Its the most underqualified coaches box of all.
Ratts has had one year of asst coaching.(Norwood and then at Ringwood in the East suburban league)
Williams Zero (Hasnt played in a decade)
Braddles zero.. (unless one day at StKilda counts)
Sticks?Whats he doing there?
Lappin?
Teague??

And if you happen to be Reilly or Montgomery i reckon youd feel like an outsider in there.....

Not sure what you know about dynamics... but you can easily get a whole heap of blokes taking a bath together and drinking the bath water...

Bit of a boys club in my opinion....

..Is Sticks a strong enough president?

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Pratt endorsed him

I knew it wouldn't be long that you come out of the wood work having a go at Sticks

He was good enough for the money man but not good enough for you

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If its experience you want, we could get Sheeds and I hear that Wallace, Malthouse and Williams all will looking for a new home at years end.







Pass? O.K Ratts will have to do

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Wouldnt mind Williams....

He understands ther game...

Probably abit stale at Port.. been there a long time and has done brilliuantly overall.

And its not just about the head coach.... its everybody else in there with him.

Not alot of diversity... alot of blokes who played the game a long long time ago... as team mates...

Not an ideal mix...

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Plenty here know everything about footy and some havent even played or coached a game in their lives.

Pratt is also a footy supporter...

He understands deals and money.. doesnt mean he understands footy.

We have few problems of field..
We have the best player in the comp and he is our Cameron Ling/Brett Kirk.. "Give it to the champ"
We have the best fullforward in the league... but thats all we know...
The team gets gutted by oranised footy teams...

And again your argument is flawed....

Pratt may have spent money on the club but that doesnt mean were doing everything right...

As a matter of fact its more vital that we are now.. cos he has passed away...

I dont get your simplistic mentality to Pratt "endorsed him"....

Pratt loves Sticks.. Jack loved Sticks.. Smorgon loved Stifks..Collo did too... at some time they have all endorsed him..

Sticks was a Carlton playing great!!!.... but it doesnt mean he has the mind or the strength to preside over the club....

We have seen Sticks endorse everybody so far!!!!... presidents... coaches... players....

There is noone Sticks hasnt endorsed... under every nook and cranny of the club.... sticks has endorsed....

Hes even tried to kick out Pagan .. and then when that didnt work.. he endorsed him...

Sticks hedges every bet.....
Thats the Sticks way...

Not having a go at him as a Carlton person... just about whether he has what it takes to make REAL decisions...

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Yeah.. correct...

That doesnt mean anything though does it?
Just backs up what im saying.....

We might all be in the same boat except he played 10 years ago..a nd coached Norwood/Ringwood...

Doesnt mean he is the best for the club....IMHO

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You are 100% correct, however there are a number of posters on this forum who are extremely well connected to the inner sanctum of the club. Some of these guys fully understand the dynamics of what makes a successful club tick, having lived through the ups and downs of our recent history. Then again there are also a number of posters who wouldn't know shit from clay. Sorting out the wheat from the chaff isn't too difficult. All you gotta do is look at the history of the poster and then you can ascertain whether they have any credibility or are just another Bay 13 type blowhard. I would suggest that you undertake this exercise before claiming that some people here don't understand the game!

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Sorry.

On the sdame note some people didnt think we needed the early draft picks...

Now theyre having abit of a wank over Murphy/Gibbs/Kreuzer/Judd and Stevens...

Wouldnt have been a iles and iles away if we had have taken the opposite route (Jordan Russells)the 10 meaningless games of footy that season...

How meaningless???

Well none of them mean anything today.

There were people on our board that went along with that mentality too... for a while.....

Footy people can get caught up in old world mentalities.

Life is about forever being dynamic...

We have too many people around from the same gene pool and the same era...

I might be wrong of course....

But i wouldnt have gone that route ...

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Oh! and by the way... there were some people who thought we should trade Lance aged 23 cos he wouldnt be playing footy at 28.. and Campo...cos hes a selfish crab....

... and some people that were loyal to them and believed they could get the job done...

Loyalty blinds sometimes.....

Sticks isnt presidential material..
We dont need a massive board... we need to trim the fat...
and our coaching group... should be closely looked at come the end of the year regardless of what happens this year...especially assistants..

There was NO REASON to sign Ratts up last year.... he wasnt going anywhere and it very doubtful anyone would poach him....

Its just friendship... we should always stay seperate to business...

He had nothing to prove himself when we did re sign him...

Everyone should be made to earn everything...

It keeps things hungry on all quarters!!!

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You are unbelievable the second most successful businessman in Australia's history thinks he is the right man for the job

but a sniper from the gallery thinks he is not up to it


I will take the word of Ryszard Przecicki over yours

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You must think i care what you think?

I just write my thoughts......

Maybe Sticks should take over Visy????

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