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Football => View from the Outer => Topic started by: tiger101 on September 28, 2010, 02:17:16 AM
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ESSENDON appears poised to leave Geelong in turmoil, after pulling off a massive coup by poaching dual Cats premiership coach Mark Thompson back to Windy Hill.
Thompson, a past Essendon captain, dual best-and-fairest winner and multiple premiership player, has agreed to work as James Hird's boss in what is an extraordinary boost for the flagging Bombers, which have lost their way since Kevin Sheedy was axed three years ago.
The imminent announcement that Thompson will next year be the Bombers' director of coaching, above senior coach-in-waiting James Hird, is expected to rock the foundations of Skilled Stadium, where Thompson is contracted as the Cats' senior coach for another season.
you can read the rest of the article at http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/sport/mark-bomber-thompson-to-be-james-hirds-boss-at-essendon/story-e6frg7mf-1225930260349
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ESSENDON appears poised to leave Geelong in turmoil, after pulling off a massive coup by poaching dual Cats premiership coach Mark Thompson back to Windy Hill.
Thompson, a past Essendon captain, dual best-and-fairest winner and multiple premiership player, has agreed to work as James Hird's boss in what is an extraordinary boost for the flagging Bombers, which have lost their way since Kevin Sheedy was axed three years ago.
The imminent announcement that Thompson will next year be the Bombers' director of coaching, above senior coach-in-waiting James Hird, is expected to rock the foundations of Skilled Stadium, where Thompson is contracted as the Cats' senior coach for another season.
you can read the rest of the article at http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/sport/mark-bomber-thompson-to-be-james-hirds-boss-at-essendon/story-e6frg7mf-1225930260349
do we know this is as fact???
If thats true Bomber will look like the biggest fraud ever to be associated with this game.
After all the Ablett copped from him and his body language toward him only to do the same thing is a disgrace really.
A Bomber/Hird partnership is destined for success. We need Hird on his own...lol
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ESSENDON appears poised to leave Geelong in turmoil, after pulling off a massive coup by poaching dual Cats premiership coach Mark Thompson back to Windy Hill.
Thompson, a past Essendon captain, dual best-and-fairest winner and multiple premiership player, has agreed to work as James Hird's boss in what is an extraordinary boost for the flagging Bombers, which have lost their way since Kevin Sheedy was axed three years ago.
The imminent announcement that Thompson will next year be the Bombers' director of coaching, above senior coach-in-waiting James Hird, is expected to rock the foundations of Skilled Stadium, where Thompson is contracted as the Cats' senior coach for another season.
you can read the rest of the article at http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/sport/mark-bomber-thompson-to-be-james-hirds-boss-at-essendon/story-e6frg7mf-1225930260349
do we know this is as fact???
If thats true Bomber will look like the biggest fraud ever to be associated with this game.
After all the Ablett copped from him and his body language toward him only to do the same thing is a disgrace really.
A Bomber/Hird partnership is destined for success. We need Hird on his own...lol
i am not sure. you could have budda and obama coaching essedon.
the lis imo is still weak. - http://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/tp-essendon-bombers?year=2010&sby=15
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ESSENDON appears poised to leave Geelong in turmoil, after pulling off a massive coup by poaching dual Cats premiership coach Mark Thompson back to Windy Hill.
Thompson, a past Essendon captain, dual best-and-fairest winner and multiple premiership player, has agreed to work as James Hird's boss in what is an extraordinary boost for the flagging Bombers, which have lost their way since Kevin Sheedy was axed three years ago.
The imminent announcement that Thompson will next year be the Bombers' director of coaching, above senior coach-in-waiting James Hird, is expected to rock the foundations of Skilled Stadium, where Thompson is contracted as the Cats' senior coach for another season.
you can read the rest of the article at http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/sport/mark-bomber-thompson-to-be-james-hirds-boss-at-essendon/story-e6frg7mf-1225930260349
do we know this is as fact???
If thats true Bomber will look like the biggest fraud ever to be associated with this game.
After all the Ablett copped from him and his body language toward him only to do the same thing is a disgrace really.
A Bomber/Hird partnership is destined for success. We need Hird on his own...lol
i am not sure. you could have budda and obama coaching essedon.
the lis imo is still weak. - http://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/tp-essendon-bombers?year=2010&sby=15
SEN saying some other media outlet is saying Thompson handed in his resignation to Geelong this morning.
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ESSENDON appears poised to leave Geelong in turmoil, after pulling off a massive coup by poaching dual Cats premiership coach Mark Thompson back to Windy Hill.
Thompson, a past Essendon captain, dual best-and-fairest winner and multiple premiership player, has agreed to work as James Hird's boss in what is an extraordinary boost for the flagging Bombers, which have lost their way since Kevin Sheedy was axed three years ago.
The imminent announcement that Thompson will next year be the Bombers' director of coaching, above senior coach-in-waiting James Hird, is expected to rock the foundations of Skilled Stadium, where Thompson is contracted as the Cats' senior coach for another season.
you can read the rest of the article at http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/sport/mark-bomber-thompson-to-be-james-hirds-boss-at-essendon/story-e6frg7mf-1225930260349
do we know this is as fact???
If thats true Bomber will look like the biggest fraud ever to be associated with this game.
After all the Ablett copped from him and his body language toward him only to do the same thing is a disgrace really.
A Bomber/Hird partnership is destined for success. We need Hird on his own...lol
i am not sure. you could have budda and obama coaching essedon.
the lis imo is still weak. - http://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/tp-essendon-bombers?year=2010&sby=15
SEN saying some other media outlet is saying Thompson handed in his resignation to Geelong this morning.
Here is it:
EXCLUSIVE: DUAL Geelong premiership coach Mark Thompson will rock the Cats today with his resignation.
Thompson, 46, called a meeting at Skilled Stadium in Geelong with Cats chief executive Brian Cook and football manager Neil Balme for early Tuesday morning to deliver the shock news.
http://www.sportsnewsfirst.com.au/articles/2010/09/28/thompson-shocks-the-cats-with-resignation/
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poo the bed
massive
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hmmmm, they are going to be strong off field.
massive win for Essendon!
:banghead
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UPDATE 3.18pm: GEELONG hopes to have an answer this week from Mark Thompson about whether he will coach the Cats next year.
Thompson told the Cats this morning he was suffering from burnout and wanted some time out after 11 years as senior coach.
The club confirmed in a media conference at 3pm that Thompson had been approached by Essendon, which today announced Hird as coach for the next four years.
"In Mark's own words, he doesn't wish to go there," Geelong chief executive Brian Cook said.
"The issue is not whether he's going to Essendon, the issue is whether he's coaching at all."
Cook said the Cats hoped Thompson would fulfil the final year of his contract but they could not afford to wait long for him to make up his mind.
"While we want to lok after Mark's future, we have to look after future of the club," he said.
"We expect a decision from Mark sooner rather than later."
Thompson has been told to talk to his family and close friends and return with an answer before trade week, which starts next Tuesday.
If Thompson says he wants to coach the club next year the Cats are prepared to give him a break of several months to return refreshed for next season.
"I hope he fulfils his contract because he is a great coach," Cook said.
"The unfortunate reality is that - in our opinion, and we're not medicos - he is suffering some form of burnout after 11 years. He's reassessing his life, he reassesing his future, and we're caught in the middle of that.
"But I hope he coaches us next year. But we want a coach who is fully committed."
Cook said he was surprised when Thompson spoke to him at 11am today to say he needed some time off but he believed the coach had been totally honest.
He said his belief was if Thompson decided not to coach Geelong next year that would be the end of his coaching career, and he would concentrate on his property interests.
Cook said the club expected a decision from star player Gary Ablett by the end of this week. Ablett is being offered a huge contract to join the Gold Coast.
"I think the odds are against it (Ablett staying) because we can't match the offer of the Gold Coast, but we're hoping he stays for other reasons."
Hird, a former premiership teammate of Thompson, was this morning named Essendon coach for the next four years.
Asked about the possibility of working with Thompson, Hird said he had not spoken to his former premiership teammate but he liked the idea of a "senior assistant" to help as he starts his new career.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/bomber-thompson-set-to-quit-ast-geelong-coach/story-e6frf9jf-1225930803947 (http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/bomber-thompson-set-to-quit-ast-geelong-coach/story-e6frf9jf-1225930803947)
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Big hit for Geelong to lose costa, ablett, bomber
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Big hit for Geelong to lose costa, ablett, bomber
Yep what a dramatic fall-off in the space of two weeks.
If the Cats are smart they'll cut the older 30 and near-30 year old players now and rebuild while they still have the rest of their early-mid 20 y.o. premiership players still around. Two first round picks for Ablett plus a few clever trades could bring in wave of top kids and see them back challenging in a few years time. However if they keep hold onto the current older crop minus Ablett then they'll eventually fall into a big trough similar to Essendon post-2001 as they premiership player whittle away and no elite kids recruited and developed to replace them.
I'd reckon Thompson knows their great era is over and either he doesn't have the motivation of going through another rebuild which could take years or he doesn't have the heart to cut older champion players who have gone into battle for him and delivered two flags yet age has now caught up with them. Mind you after going on all year about not understanding why Ablett would want to go north for the $$$, leaving now before his contract is up is a slap in the face to the Geelong players.
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Caro doesn't seem convinced he's not going to the Dons
http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/dons-loom-for-bomber-20100928-15vs9.html
And if that's the case, they must breed a lot of lying dogs down at Bomberland with Hird and now him going deny, deny, deny and then get appointed the next day.
Who was Hird fooling? He had his team in place only hours after saying he was just a candidate :wallywink
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Gablett presser at 12 30 today from crown..
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Mark Casey has alot to do where Bomber will end up, Bomber owes Casey big time, not all about money anymore, they have plenty ;)
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Gablett presser at 12 30 today from crown..
His name disappeared from the player list on the Geelong site about 10am.
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Caro doesn't seem convinced he's not going to the Dons
http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/dons-loom-for-bomber-20100928-15vs9.html
And if that's the case, they must breed a lot of lying dogs down at Bomberland with Hird and now him going deny, deny, deny and then get appointed the next day.
Who was Hird fooling? He had his team in place only hours after saying he was just a candidate :wallywink
Hird's not a very good liar is he :wallywink.
If Thompson does end up at Essendon as well then he must have gone to the Mal Michael school of retirement :whistle.
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Hird's not a very good liar is he :wallywink.
If Thompson does end up at Essendon as well then he must have gone to the Mal Michael school of retirement :whistle.
Wow, that's spooky. I mentioned Mal in my previous post without even seeing this haha!
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Bomber Thompson will stay as Cats coach according to Hutchy.
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Garry Lyon on the footy show said the mail down at Geelong's B&F is Thompson is going and Lyon said he reckons Thompson will end up at Essendon.
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Going by what they showed of Bomber Thompson's speech tonight you would say he's gone. It was too nostalgic for someone that was staying.
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Bomber Thompson will stay as Cats coach according to Hutchy.
wgaf what that cok sucker says
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Thompson to quit Cats
* Scott Gullan
* From: Herald Sun
* October 01, 2010 1:11PM
EXCLUSIVE: MARK Thompson will not coach Geelong next year.
The two-time premiership coach informed his key assistant, Brenton Sanderson, yesterday that his time was up at Skilled Stadium.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/thompson-to-quit-cats/story-e6frf9jf-1225932815013
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About the only thing exclusive about Scott cullens article is that he is wrong :wallywink
But he refuted claims that he had already told his assistant Brenton Sanderson that he had decided to give it away and said he would make his mind up by Tuesday.
"That's the sort of week it's been, it's been a lot of rumours and innuendo. I haven't told anyone that at all," he said.
"He (Sanderson) rang me today and apologised for something he didn't say to somebody, so that is not the case."
http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/103596/default.aspx
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Geelong holding a press conference at 4pm this arvo on Thompson's future. SEN still reckon Thompson will end up at Essendon.
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MARK Thompson has handed in his resignation as Geelong coach.
As reported on SuperFooty exclusively on Friday, Thompson will not fulfil the final year of his contract to coach the Cats next season.
The decision is expected to become official at a media conference called for 4pm today.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/mark-thompson-quits-as-geelong-coach/story-e6frf9jf-1225933839908
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Press conference done and dusted. Thompson said he's had enough of coaching and what it all involves so he's resigned.
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Press conference done and dusted. Thompson said he's had enough of coaching and what it all involves so he's resigned.
What a load of crap. He certainly looked okay on Before the Game the other night.
If he turns up at Essendon, well, not hard to see why
Bombers must be really opening up their wallets for Hird
Today Corcoran, more than likely Bomber tomorrow
Shame Knighta didn't get the support this guy's getting!
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Wow really!!! who would've guessed. Gee I wonder where he will end up? :chuck
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Press conference done and dusted. Thompson said he's had enough of coaching and what it all involves so he's resigned.
What a load of crap. He certainly looked okay on Before the Game the other night.
If he turns up at Essendon, well, not hard to see why
Bombers must be really opening up their wallets for Hird
Today Corcoran, more than likely Bomber tomorrow
Shame Knighta didn't get the support this guy's getting!
Didn't he say he had some personal issues that he had to get sorted?
How could you hold that against someone?
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I believe if Thompson goes to Essendon, that would be a "DOG ACT!"
He has given up on Geelong.
I wold be pis*ed off if I was a Geelong supporter!
"Burnt Out?"
Malthouse has been coaching since 1984?
What A Dog!
I can understand Ablett's decision!
Thompson had another year.
If he was true to his word, he wouldn't do anything in 2011!
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Yeah, right. ..and if he stayed on for another year when his heart wasnt really in it he'd be called a money grabbing turd putting his own interests above the clubs.
Supposedly he had already told the club he wouldn't continue after his contract. Now if geelong need to rebuild, isnt it better a new person come in now, rather than have a bloke who wont be there for the duration involved in list management decisions now?
I'm sure some people look for any reason to put down others just to feel good about themselves.
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Didn't he say he had some personal issues that he had to get sorted?
How could you hold that against someone?
Thought he said he was burnt out
Well, you don't jump from one fire to an even worse one
HOw will changing football clubs make a difference if you're supposedly burnt out?
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changing partners burns people out ;)
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Didn't he say he had some personal issues that he had to get sorted?
How could you hold that against someone?
Thought he said he was burnt out
Well, you don't jump from one fire to an even worse one
HOw will changing football clubs make a difference if you're supposedly burnt out?
Perhaps the two things go hand in hand? feeling burnt out and having personal issues?
I heard him say about the personal issues on the radio today when they played a snippet of his press conference.
Do you know for sure he is coaching someone else?
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Do you know for sure he is coaching someone else?
If he doesn't end up at the Bombers, well, he'll be lauded for doing a good job at Geelong and wish him luck on his journey. But if he ends up there helping out in whatever form you'd have to question the bloke. I'll reserve judgement.
Two premierships at the Cats is a good job, so be hard to criticise him there
But if I'd been a player who'd played under him and he walked out to another club, I'd be pretty disappointed in him. You either are burnt out or you're not.
We shall see!
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If he took another coaching gig I'd agree that it's a pretty low act, but if he takes on a role that is not so demanding then fair enough.
Also, if Geelong want to rebuild you are better off with someone fresh in now, as bomber has supposedly already told the club he wont be coaching them in 2012.
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ESSENDON and Mark Thompson have been engaged in discussions on his football future since July, according to usually reliable sources.
The sources say key Essendon figures, headed by club president David Evans, have been talking to the then Geelong coach regularly since Round 17, when Geelong was second on the ladder and tracking towards a fourth Grand Final in a row.
They say Thompson also had discussions with new coach James Hird more than once before resigning from Geelong and with Tim Watson, a Channel 7 commentator, former Essendon champion and an influential figure behind the scenes in club affairs.
By extension, Matthew Knights was "gone" as Essendon coach at least five weeks before the end of the home-and-away season, with a grand plan of Thompson as the preferred replacement or a tandem operation of Hird and Thompson.
Knights duly was sacked with two years left on a contract and Hird appointed to replace him. The broad expectation since is that Thompson will join him as his senior assistant and confidante.
Evans refused to comment yesterday - "I'm not going to say anything about that" - while a call to Thompson went to message bank and was not returned.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/mark-bomber-thompson-in-essendon-talks-for-months/story-e6frf9jf-1225938959947
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If Thomson does join Essendon now as expected then he really has tarnished his time at Geelong at the end by lying to them about quitting because he was "burnt out" and deliberately misleading them saying "he was not going to Essendon..." and adding "to coach" as the disclaimer. Not sure why you'd hurt your friendships, trust, legacy and hero status at one club just to go to Essendon in its current basketcase state because Jimmy has returned ???.
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Thompson is expected to be appointed by Essendon this week, probably today, in an assistant coaching role with the Bombers after quitting the Cats on October 4. Thompson is expected to help in the coach's box on match day and spend the rest of his time in a more development-focused role.
http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/bombers-move-to-dons-close-20101103-17e25.html
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If Thomson does join Essendon now as expected then he really has tarnished his time at Geelong at the end by lying to them about quitting because he was "burnt out" and deliberately misleading them saying "he was not going to Essendon..." and adding "to coach" as the disclaimer. Not sure why you'd hurt your friendships, trust, legacy and hero status at one club just to go to Essendon in its current basketcase state because Jimmy has returned ???.
i am so glad Ablett left the Catery now. How he was treated by bomber throughout 2010 was an absolute disgrace.
The sneaky way Bomber answered questions about Ablett staying or going, meanwhile he was plotting his own departure away from Kardinia Park.
He is a tarnished character that bloke and i hope now more than ever the Bombers fail under Hird.
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If Thomson does join Essendon now as expected then he really has tarnished his time at Geelong at the end by lying to them about quitting because he was "burnt out" and deliberately misleading them saying "he was not going to Essendon..." and adding "to coach" as the disclaimer. Not sure why you'd hurt your friendships, trust, legacy and hero status at one club just to go to Essendon in its current basketcase state because Jimmy has returned ???.
i am so glad Ablett left the Catery now. How he was treated by bomber throughout 2010 was an absolute disgrace.
The sneaky way Bomber answered questions about Ablett staying or going, meanwhile he was plotting his own departure away from Kardinia Park.
He is a tarnished character that bloke and i hope now more than ever the Bombers fail under Hird.
I fully agree with you i dont know why he has wanted to tarnish himself after a great era at the cats building one of the most exciting teams to watch in the modern era than he throw's it all away to join the bombers. If he was over coaching i can understand that but wouldnt you just retire from coaching not say i was burn-out than let rumours go on about joining another club after all he said about ablett
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Essendon still playing games over this......
"To my knowledge there hasn't been a contract signed," Hird said on Monday morning at training. "I know Mark's on a break at the moment and we're respectful of that.
"It's something the club is working through and when there's something to talk about, we'll talk about it.
"At the moment it's pretty obvious there's been speculation about what's going to happen and that's all it is at the moment."
Hird said he last spoke to Thompson a couple of weeks ago, and hoped his former teammate would still agree to return to Windy Hill.
http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/104921/default.aspx
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We all know Hirds track record when it comes to telling porkys, who cares anyway.
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Press conference at 2.30pm at Windy Hill today.
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you beat me to it one-eyed lol. I just heard on the radio press conference at windy hill 2.30pm.
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The worst kept secret is official. Thompson with work with Hird on a part-time basis. If you were Geelong you'd be pretty peeved at the dishonesty and silly games Thompson and Essendon played since July.
It must be the first time in history any club has appointed someone to their footy dept without them or the coach being at the media conference :wallywink.