You hear that he's much highly rated than McKenna, but doesn't have the political nous to get a senior coaching job.[/quote]

I'd be hoping the days of doing things purely to annoy Collingwood are long gone.

Rowdy was/is a highly respected player/person and if his assistant coaching abilities stack up better than say Lappins or Teagues then I'd be happy to see him at Visy Park next year.

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There's so much I could say...

Yeah I heard Pagan was unhappy about Elshaug's sacking. Unfortunate, but a lot of undesirable things happened during that period.

I'm happy to back the judgment of Swann & co but I wonder if there's any truth to the whole 'boys club' issue. It seems like a lot of the our staff played together at Carlton, also with Sticks, which might compromise our ability, to a degree, to be unbiased and ruthless in order to get the best possible. Ratts' performance last week made me think that we've got it right, just need to be more consistent. Hope so.

Personally, I would try to get Laidley a role as senior assistant if he doesn't get a head coach role at Richmond.