The 2017 Nathan Buckley Debate thread (Part 2!)

swoop42 · Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2017 6:01 pm

Could it be that Ed has been working behind the scenes to land Bucks a job with the AFL possibly as football manager?

I found it somewhat interesting that after Buckley raised concerns about the media supposedly making stories up and questioning whether accreditation could be stripped the AFL CEO pretty much parroted his comments within days.

ROB · Joined: 13 Sep 2016 Location: Sydney

qldmagpie67 · Joined: 18 Dec 2008

My position hasn't changed I still feel Buckley is on borrowed time.
The thing that grates on me most though is the many keyboard warriors re-writing history to suit there personal views.
The Buckley era thus far hasn't reached any heights we all agree on that but don't make it sound like he was handed a team choke full,of champions all in there prime. In all honesty we lucked out in that premiership year of 2010. We had a new pressure style which hadn't been used to the same degree before. It caught most sides out and coupled with a sensational injury run, and a couple new faces and a few old bulls with our own cream playing near there best seasons we won it and I'm thankful we did. Fast forward 12 months and Geelong had already figured out how to beat the pressure and we limped along winnings games due to others sides ineptness more so than our brilliance.
2012 we still had a core of those players but a few key planks had nearly run there race.
The board decided on the rebuild and it wasn't due to anything more than they wanted a cultural change Eddie has publicly said it a few times he didn't like the way things were heading.
This was done on a unprecedented compromised draft period when 2 clubs were basically given the best talent in the land and all other clubs got the scraps. Yes we lucked into a few and traded into a few but at no time in the games history had anyone ever seen so many comprimsed drafts.
The worst part was we didn't suck bad enough to fall all the way to the bottom and get better early picks
We had a couple years wiped away by injury and 2 years by the rebuild.
I believe Buckley is coaching better this year than ever before which makes sense for a guy who has shown his whole life he likes to improve everything he does.
So why do I think he still needs to go ?
Because he made the statement himself no finals no job and I still don't see enough improvement in our overall game style plan to justify another extension.
Yes we aren't being flogged which is good but whether you loss by 1 point or 100 points you still don't get any competition points just your percentage is worse.
Now do I think he will be gone no I don't. I think it's already been decided he's getting a 2 year deal maybe even 3 years
I will support him because I support our club I won't be bagging him relentlessly and I will hope he gets to finals because it means we then have a chance to win flags and that should be the biggest thing any supporter wants