Differences? What differences? Differences between the amount of injured players and the expected or preferred lower list of injured players. Differences about how to treat the injuries and differences about how to develop players. I can see how the differences would be irreconcilable.
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What Russell would bring Essendon is a strong cultural force. That aspect of him appears excellent.
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Elijah will become the second coming of Bont around here if he asks out.
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So who’s going to be our next low performance coach?
More to do with the coach and some past family interference
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Guarantee its Andrew Russell. Dons and Carlton love a big name on the verge of being totally washed.
In fairness, Russell will still do a better job that Crowe or Murphy. Just dont think hes the best option.
Huh?
A trainer can only do so much. If a player isn’t prepared to push their limits then turf the player out
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I think we are just so far behind we need to get someone who can be trusted to get us at least to the AFL average. I think someone like Andrew Russell would fit that bill given his past performance.
If he can get us to a better than AFL average, great. If not, he’ll buy us a few years to scope someone who can.
Everything Essendon does now needs to be thinking “how do we enter a premiership window around 2030”. Because I cannot see it being any sooner.
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Russell may/may not have good history.
Russell may/may not be washed up.
Russell may/may not be a good option.
What he is though - unequivocally, unquestionably - is a safe option, a known commodity.
That makes him a perfect fit for Essendon, who will plump for the safe option, every day of the week and twice on Sundays. Saves them having to go through pesky, labour-intensive things like processes.
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I presume the story of Elijah’s mother ringing the club demanding that he plays.
I think it’s clear they already know who they want and they don’t want any adverse publicity interviewing people while Murphy is employed so they dismiss him first
I think it may have been his father, not his mother.
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There’s got to be more to it then that. You wouldn’t get rid of a player just because his parents are a pain in the neck.
Yes, there is, but that’s all I am prepared to say. Please don’t shoot the messenger.
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We also need to give it time.
Half of these injuries go into next year. Which will severely restrict what you can get into the group through pre-season.
It’s not going to be fixed straight away and as is normally the case, there are other issues at play that need to adjust. It’ll have to be an effort by multiple people and departments to adjust and adapt.
Internally they’d want to know how long to give it and decide which players fit into the timeline. If certain players don’t or are uncommitted to it, then their manager can help sort out a trade.
That interview with Russell shows that he is part of the decision making. Including other aspects of the football department. Not the only one to make decisions. It seemed like it wasn’t just ‘you handle the player fitness, I’ll do the coaching, he’ll do the list management’. It’s a collaborative effort.
Weirdly, this separating of department functions came about the way we handled the fallout of the saga. Coaches couldn’t choose their assistants they worked with. The ‘lines of responsibility’ shifted quite a bit and I’m sure that Brough about a culture off ‘I’ll do my job, you do yours’. I think we pivoted to far away from a collaborative approach to the way departments worked internally. And the covid affected years probably pushed them all into further isolation.
The interview was also interesting how he described Curnow and expectations. When he has a pre-season, he has a good season. When it’s restricted, he doesn’t get the best out of himself. It’s really that simple.
For memory, Ridley, Guelfi, Parish, Caldwell, Durham, McKay and Langford had restricted pre-seasons. That’s bound to show up during the season.
Missing one or two training sessions isn’t an issue. Missing the key parts (January ramp up into February) is where the struggle lies. You might get one or two miss this period and it doesn’t show up through the season, but the majority of it will. I’d say Burgess does a similar thing but also pushes the limits of the players. It’s tough to push limits without risking injury.
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I cant remember which St Kilda player told the story, but Ross Lyon did this. Might have been Justin Koschitzke. From memory some random players parents didnt like how he was being treated at the club and came to see Ross in his office. after they left, he threw the kids whiteboard magnet in the bin.
I won’t, but my parents will tear you to shreds.
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They will still follow a thorough process and interview candidates.
Justin Koschitzke played 200 games for the saints