Sack him already!!!
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This is alarming.
Very good decision, we need more people to do the same.
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Wonder if he gets a contract extension if next year is another (likely) failure, they probably will anyway as it would be an admittance they made the wrong decision and you know our club, no accountability whatsoever
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Not only that, but he was out coached and out classed by a rubbish caretaker coach.
A few others have hit the nail on the head. He lacks creativity. He doesnât take risks. Itâs the same old players, making the same old mistakes
The season has been finished for a long time, why havenât guys like Voss,Menzies,mass been getting more games?
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EFC are predictable
Theyâll stick with Rutten just cause âweâre a young developing side!â
start 2023 2-8
Clarkson gone
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I want Rutten gone but heâs getting absolutely nothing from our leaders on the field.
Is there a nicer more passive leadership group than Hep, Pidge and Merret in the Afl right now, they havenât got a nasty bone amongst them and I think itâs a real issue when the going gets tough on field.
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True, but then itâs on him to either replace them as leaders, or get them to play in an aggressive way
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along with a new coach, we need to nab a gun player in the draft, someone uncontracted, and a fairly big name, a name that would get people signing up new memberships to the club. Every club, well most of the top 8 anyway, has at least 1 or 2 superstars, essendon football club, since the retirement of Hirdy, hasnât had the 1 or 2 champions and we never get a âbig fishâ player who wants to come to the club.
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Sitting there watching today reminded me of round 1 2019 when i flew up to Sydney with full enthusiasm to watch our mighty bombers. Excited by the fact we would display a new defensive game plan introduced from highly sort after Richmond assistant ben rutten and to see our new star signing dylan shiel. I even took the mrs with me and she doesnât follow footy but couldnât understand why we were so â â â â . This year i have had two flashbacks of that match, round 1 getting absolutely â â â â â â â torched by Geelong and then again today getting beaten up by the bigger bodies of gws and merrett and mcgrath being absolutely pathetic.
Itâs actually staggering we have the best coach of the modern era sitting around wanting to coach us and we stick with a guy that hasnât implemented an effective zone defence in 4 seasons at the club. Even if Clarkson doesnât work, at least we have tried with the best in the business. Rutten hadnât ever even coached his own team before and hasnât implemented one thing he promised to despite being at the club for 4 years now.
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Hardwick would love to coach Essendon
Know this as fact do you or just another assumption
What about the way he eats and blinks
Does he do them the way a coach should
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spike put in a plan to shut down redman and hind and he literally did nothing about it
i cant even recall a game where rutten has made a move game day that has influenced the game. at least we used to throw hooker forward at times. now we do nothing. itâs play your assigned role at all costs
choosing to not make positional changes when things arenât going your way is the height of arrogance
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NoâŚyou do what most clubs do which is leave the senior assistant in place whilst the club does itâs due diligence with a view to putting a head coach in place before pre-season. If weâre 2-8 at the bye then 2023 will be another year of no finals so what are you worried about?
Try reading the post again
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Iâm still trying to work out why he waited 3 quarters to do something about merretts tag and then good lord sent him backâŚ
Thereâs more life in the nearby parramatta river then in this bloke and thatâs saying something !
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And that was such a easy (lazy) move. Itâs safe and not stretching the brain to send a big bloke forward.
The real test for showing your footy smarts is addressing issues/throwing match ups around the ground and changing the ball movement strategy. Before and during the match.
Caldwell doing tagging is the only example I can think of where weâve shown some pre-game strategy. I canâ think of other occasions where weâve gone âwow, A is playing playing B. Thatâs interesting.â Or âweâre starting C playing forward. Yep thatâs got potential and throw the opposition off.â
Iâm sure they sit down and plan the game based on the oppositionâs strengths and weaknesses, but it really doesnât feel that way.
Hey Ben, just wondering if you need a lift to the airport so you can fark off back to Adelaide?
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New day. Still feel the same.
Has he gone yet!???
Are we better or worse after 2.5 (coaching with Woosha) years of Rutten? If no then go!
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