Coburg

[PuntRdRoar]

Richmond should quit its alliance with Coburg and go it alone again. The tigers should look at setting up a second training base in the Sth Eastern Suburbs...Glen Waverley etc where alot of our supporters live.

[Fishfinger]

Mick McGuane has had a year at the club helping with scouting and coaching (apparently unpaid).
He has a pretty impressive coaching record, having coached Burnie to a premiership 5 years ago and then transforming Gisborne from a team of easy beats into an almost unbeatable force. This is surely more relevant to whether he should get the Coburg job than mud-slinging about his personal life.

Coaching his nephew could possibly present him with some dilemmas but may also cause none. I'd be very surprised if it was a consideration in judging his suitability for the job. 
 

[mightytiges]

Just back to Coburg's future - Phil Clearly said today that he expects Coburg to play on next year but they are always chasing after finances. He mentioned other VFL clubs can rely on revenue from pokies. The head of the VFL they were interviewing said Coburg were currently profitable but it was their long-term planning and revenues that were the issues and it was frustrating Coburg president Dean Mighell. He also said Richmond had been fantastic in its support. There was no mention of the battle over the use of Coburg City Oval.

And just on VFL squad make-ups for next year - the VFL are thinking about making the VFL/AFL player ratio 12:10 for the H/A season as well as the finals.