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When will Bernie go !!
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Leysy Days said:
I'm not here to defend Dimma's pressers - geez, after 8 years you'd think the astute football observers in the room would know that Dimma says a lot of dumb things in pressers. The best part is the Dimma threads go into meltdown and extreme angst whenever he makes one of these bloopers.
Personally I'd be surprised if his public messaging and his messaging to the players is the same, but hey, what do I know - I don't have the coaches box and pre-game address wired for sound.
antman said:
Come on Antman, don't be modest, you could barely fit everything you know into Dimma's F50 playbook.
Cam Mooney earlier gave Matty Knights a huge wrap-up, saying Selwood and co constantly go to him for advice and that he deserves another go. I've been cautious of favourite son syndrome but he's been away for 15 years, coached his own teams and would be a better AFL coach second time around. Politically it would be an easy sell to the fans. Gale and Balme ideally placed to make the call, knowing the man extremely well.
Spot on TOO.Tigers of Old said:
The sad thing is it's not happening anytime soon.
We seem to forget he is contracted until the end of 2018.
Smoking Aces said:
How do you know the message is stale and the message is wrong?
Do you know what the message is, or do you do what most posters do and make assumptions based on what he says to the press?
As far as I know no one around here is in the inner sanctum so no one knows one way or another...all we have is guesswork dressed as facts
So do don't know either??toby64 said:
Pot. Kettle. Black
So I assume you are happy with the way he is coaching?
spook said:
Same thoughts here spook, and then I remember Blight. Disaster as player-coach in 1982, but a genius at Geelong 8 years later (and then Adelaide).
Funny how one strand is taken out of context to weave a myth that gets repeated so often that it slowly but surely turns into reality for some.
Difficult to argue that in 2017 we are playing a more dynamic, exciting style of footy that has kept us extremely competitive in all games we have played so far (except the crows, and even then i believe things would have been closer if Rioli and Conca did not get injured in the 1Q).
The assistants were apparently responsible for the 5 wins and conversely Dimma responsible for the 4 losses. Funny that.
People cherry pick facts to suit their agenda and it's no secret that there is a group of axe grinders that want Dimma gone.
However, right at the moment i believe we have done exceedingly well to be where we are without a quality 2nd (and 3rd) tall forward on the park to help Jack. This point takes on even more significance when you consider how poor our overall recruiting has been over the last number of yrs.
One week at a time for me but as long as we remain in the hunt Dimma will have my full and total support.
Difficult to argue that in 2017 we are playing a more dynamic, exciting style of footy that has kept us extremely competitive in all games we have played so far (except the crows, and even then i believe things would have been closer if Rioli and Conca did not get injured in the 1Q).
The assistants were apparently responsible for the 5 wins and conversely Dimma responsible for the 4 losses. Funny that.
People cherry pick facts to suit their agenda and it's no secret that there is a group of axe grinders that want Dimma gone.
However, right at the moment i believe we have done exceedingly well to be where we are without a quality 2nd (and 3rd) tall forward on the park to help Jack. This point takes on even more significance when you consider how poor our overall recruiting has been over the last number of yrs.
One week at a time for me but as long as we remain in the hunt Dimma will have my full and total support.
Aegean Tiger said:
Dogs have been ordinary. GWS were ripe for the taking.
As for the effort against the dockers...
Adelaide found us out.
Melbourne should have beaten us. Collingwood, Carlton and Brisbane are really *smile*.
WC's Melbourne form is horrendous.
Our form line is trending bottom six when you look at it.
spook said:
Dimma would be a decent assistant. He clearly lives and breathes football but shouldn't be expected to take on the often instinctive role of head coach.
