Congrats mate!
Permanent move or contract?
Hard to say but Iām calling permanent! Itās with my current work so no set time.
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Congrats mate, sounds exciting.
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Youāre coming back for the Geelong game right? 
Congrats
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Iāll do my best!
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When does UF usually release the positions for 2018 season?
Usually around the start of Feb. So not long.
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Also Iāve got an announcement Iāve been sitting on for a while - will try to get it out shortly. We will be welcoming a new coach for 2018.
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BBFFL#2 Coaching Change for 2018
It is with some sadness that I publicly acknowledge the retirement of one of our original BBFFL#2 coaches. @smooth has decided to hang up the clipboard citing fatigue from ājust watching footy and seeing someone get a kick and thinking and thatās worth 3 pointsā. He leaves the competition as one of our premier coaches. Statistically he leaves with the most wins as a BBFFL#2 coach ā 98 wins from 129 games and as the only coach to have never missed the finals over the first 6 seasons of the BBFFL#2. His only slight disappointment might be to have only converted one of these six seasons of finals appearances, 5 prelim finals and two Grand Finals into one premiership. The premiership win came in 2014 where Smooth defeated @No_5 . Despite winning just one flag, he still have a positive record in finals having won 9 from 15 match ups.
The other record Smooth leaves with is the highest ever BBFFL#2 score of 1816 scored in Round 16 2015 against @saladin. He also has the 2nd highest score and all up 5 out of the top 10 highest overall scores ā with @Bargey the only other coach with a top 10 score. (On a side note 2 of Bargeyās top 3 scores have resulted in him winning his 2 premierships ā talk about performing when it really counts!!).
However it is with much excitement that I welcome our replacement coach ā @Aceman. In addition to posting prolifically, Aceman is an all-round sportsmad South Australian. I am sure we have all seen his love for the Bombers and other sporting teams through his posts here on Blitz. I know I am very much looking forward to seeing him play some of this passion and knowledge into our great competition. So please join me in welcoming our newest BBFFL#2 coach. He comes into the comp with a great list, but it will interesting to see if Smoothās substained success can be maintained.
Over the next week or so I will put together a plan for the preseason including key dates etc. Looking forward to another great season.
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I have more flags than smooth, thatāll go down in history
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Seriously though sad to see ya go mate. We had some epic battles over the year. At our peaks, we were hawthorn/Geelong like rivalry. Thanks for a good, fun rivalry
Welcome ace. Youāll never watch footy the same again
Sorry to see you go Smooth as you were a top coach who built a top squad. Cheers mate.
Welcome aboard Aceman good to have you in the comp.
Best of luck with whatever you do next Smooth. Welcome Aceman, I hope you really enjoy it here.
Without looking at @smooth 's squad Iām pretty sure I joined a year too early.
Welcome @Aceman , hopefully your list build isnāt as arduous as mine, pazzaās list was in diabolical shape.
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If I hadāve known that Manc prick was gonna take over my team Iād have stayed on!! 
@Aceman good luck with the squad, I think itās in pretty decent shape to be up there again in 2018, with a bit of luck and some good drafting/trading you can go all the way. To everyone else, thanks for the kind words. It was a bit of a tough one being a foundation coach in the league but by the middle of last year I was losing the enjoyment so Iād rather let someone else have a crack at it than have someone who isnāt going to properly engage in what is a fantastic competition.
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One injury to Docherty and runs away!
Well done Smooth. Dominated this league.
Welcome Aceman. I look forward to trading you all my SANFL players.
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Sorry to see you go @smooth, unlucky to be walking away with just the 1 premiership really.
All the best to @Aceman, inherited a great team.
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Geez, no pressure guys. Hope I can get up to speed quickly. Will be OS for 8 weeks mid year but will have to put some work into the team at night by the looks 
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Our commissioner is based overseas permanently so youāll have no excuses.
To be fair Iām in the same time zone as WOB. Only tough bit will be not having 24hr AFL media coverage. But itās clearly not hard to find info these days in the interwebs.