Most likely.
I wouldnt be against Buckley if pendles retires next season he can bring him as an assistant
If he starts next year like this year he wonāt last till the half way mark.
That make complete sense to me however this administration will allow him to continue his reign for the whole year, (holding their collective breaths) in the hope he comes good. I REALLY hope I am wrong.
Iām not keen to Clarkson as our head coach.
But he could be handy in the same way Roos was for Goodwin at Melbourne.
Players love him.
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There is a light at the end of the tunnel with Rutten, the past 30 games into this young squad is going to take the club forward. There are a lot of young players developing together.
Players genuinely feel they have the backing of the coach and to make mistakes is okay as long as you butter up and help your team. The players past 7 weeks are now, blocking, shepherding, running to create space for a mate, closing space faster and trusting the mate behind or beside him to be there.
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@millagurnzie1 this is looking more and more likely
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It sure is. Iām honestly surprised. I did not see this turn around coming.
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If he can get us playing this way at the start of next season then im back on board
Agree. I can see the potentialā¦but Iām not sure Rutten is the right guy yet
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Heās banked 2023 now, the 1st 10-12 rounds of next season probably dictate his career path.
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Simon Goodwin had a rocky start and then came good Iām hoping itās similar with Rutten
I reall hope the club holds off any talks of a contract till after the bye
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He survives this year. Thatās all it is.
Poor start next year and heās gone early.
Average start next year and weāre stuck in the middle of the ladder, then weāre sort of not sure what to do.
We start well, extend his contract then a late season collapse (as has happened in the past) would also give us some uncertainty.
Start well and make finals with a terrible loss (as has happened in the past) and we still have some uncertainty.
Anything else and weāre on the right track.
Odds are, heās not the right guy.
As noted above, in todays game there was some 1%ers happening which is great. The tackling wasnāt there, but the Gold Coast intensity wasnāt there either.
Next week is a good litmus test to see what the team has learned from the past month. Collingwood are a better tackling team and they showed it on the weekend. We need to see if what weāve learned the last month can actually work against decent defensive intensity.
I have my doubts.
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What about the Sydney game?
There will not be a coach in the competition with more pressure on them than Rutten next season.
I am now unfortunately resigned to the fact he is going to be there next year after winning 3 of the last 4 and anticipating a few more wins on the run home. As a result we will miss the boat with a once in a generation coach (Clarkson).
This club is ā ā ā ā ā ā if they offer him (Rutten) an extension any time before September/October 2023. If it gets to that.
He needs to go the full season and prove himself to be the man to get the talent out of this list.
If we start next season the same as this one then itās time to say goodbye.
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Honestly, me eitherā¦.itās refreshing
What we need to know is what we absolutely donāt and cannot know
ie are these wins just the upcycle of a mediocre team (and the run of losses was an abnormal down cycle) or have we genuinely found a level and style of football which will take us places?
I donāt rate the pies at all and wonāt be convinced of major improvement unless we flog them by 12 goals.
We really need to play the cats and blues and demons to find out if weāre any good because at the moment weāre winning but the opposition is pissweak.
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agree
And there shouldnāt be the pressure of him being poached by another club to force Essendonās hand.
All parties should let the results of 2023 decide what should happen with his contract.
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