Buckley's weekly interview with Gerard Whateley in 2018

[Damien]

[Woods]

Topics covered in this morning’s interview included:

Worsfold taking media to task during a press conf. this morning; Effect of in-season departure of coaching staff (eg. Mark Neeld leaving Essendon); How teams find their identity (brand); Collingwood’s brand evolving “from the inside out”; New cricket coach Justin Langer and expectations weighing on him of “managing the nation”; Clarkson’s café meetings with Gillon McLachlan; Increase in free kicks paid in marking contests (up 28%); Blocking tactics being heavily coached across AFL; Change in umpires’ interpretations of rules; Umpire touching penalties - “scratching my head”; Leadership day yesterday at Collingwood with focus of “body-mind-spirit”; Buckley once contemplated self-harm during his playing days; Role of younger clubmen to “inform” their elders of importance of mental health issues; Darcy Moore being courted by other clubs vs Collingwood training him to be better.

Audio podcast available here: https://player.whooshkaa.com/episode?id=196615

[Woods]

Topics covered in this morning’s interview included:

The business of football - contending depends on President, CEO, Football Manager, Senior Coach, and Captain “being on the same page” re. vision and public communication; Impressions of St Kilda - No.2 in the comp. for “defending their front half really well”; Goal-kicking accuracy - “can get better if you care less”, and the ‘Loosening the Grip’ talk given to club by John Bertram (Australia II skipper) during Malthouse’s coaching tenure; West Coast v Richmond game - impressed by WC’s belief and Richmond’s attempted comeback - analysis of WC’s successful attributes; Trivial banter about Josh Thomas’ views on Buckley’s “rugged” new beard; Achieving the “Stevie J. Effect” with Jordan De Goey - JDG’s recent best form - “external noise” - JDG may face Dale Morris and Easton Wood against Bulldogs this week - JDG self-identifying the improvements he needs to make - bad and good media attention re. JDG’s suspension and contract negotiations - expectations of young people having the skills to navigate AFL careers - extremes of “sack him now” vs “keep him because he’s an important player”; Gerrard Whateley’s view on JDG’s future at Collingwood - Buckley doesn’t disagree; Buckley’s view on Buddy Franklin’s elbow incident.

Audio podcast: https://player.whooshkaa.com/episode?id=198132

[Damien]

Cheers again Woods. Quite simply the most insightful and entertaining 20 minutes of footy talk of the week.

[Woods]

Bit of a bonus offering - Buckley had a 20 min. interview with Whateley (+ Dermott Brereton and Bob Murphy) on SEN’s ‘Crunch Time’ show on Saturday morning.

Early part covered analysis of the win over the Dogs then continues on to discussion of match-day machinations in the coaches’ box; Grundy’s development and the idea of deploying him as a pure mid-fielder with Cox taking the ruck; the predicament of Darcy Moore’s placement when he comes back in the side - not really needed in defence now with Dunn and Scharenberg anchoring the back line; the “game within a game” - mid-season contract negotiations in professional sport; review of the Pies’ season so far and how they sit at 6-4; the loose pact behind the Pies’ coaches and players growing/shaving their beards; “vulnerability and honesty” - Buckley confessing his mistakes to the players.

Podcast here: https://player.whooshkaa.com/episode?id=199442

(Have to wait and see whether this interview will replace Buckley’s regular spot this week, usually Wednesday morning).

[Woods]

Buckley interviewed by Whateley this morning, but fairly brief (given the interview last Saturday).

Topics covered included:

Last night’s inductees into the AFL Hall of Fame; How Sheedy once tried to poach Buckley to Essendon; Differences in personal “connectedness” to the club as a player and now as a coach; Personal and professional benefits of playing footy on Friday nights; Buckley coaching his kid's Under-12s team - good fun, creating self-esteem, ugly parent syndrome, kid’s footy game plan (“first gives”, “share the ball”, “play on and run on” at all cost, layers etc).

Audio podcast here: https://player.whooshkaa.com/episode?id=242754

[Woods]

Here we are. Haven't heard it all myself yet so listen in to find out. No doubt that the expectations surrounding the Queen's Birthday game will get a mention somewhere).

(Excuse my ignorance, but what the blazes is this thing (a game?) called Fortnight? Apparently Jamie Elliot is a gun at it. I gotta get out more).

https://player.whooshkaa.com/episode?id=244374

[stui magpie]

^

Fortnite is a video game, on playstation and Xbox. I'd heard about it, it's apparently the latest thing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortnite

Not my cup of tea.

[Damien]

Fortnite massive in my house with two
Teenage boys. Bux is a brilliant orator.

[Woods]

I see. Thanks. But if Jamie Elliot wants to see zombies he only needs to watch Carlton play (boom tish).

[K]

I see too. Before those posts, I would have thought that Fortnight is a game in which every week the CFC tells us that Jamie is a fortnight away from resuming playing.

[K]

https://www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/life-and-relationships/parents-are-losing-their-sons-to-fortnite-the-hottest-game-in-the-world-20180607-p4zjzm.html

[Woods]

Whateley and Buckley on-air this morning speaking about:

AFL’s possible new rule changes and evolution of the game; Collingwood’s ball movement against Melbourne; Improvement of Collingwood’s skill level - “numbers are not everything” and “knowing when to go faster”; Racial vilification at games (re. Betts incident); Wells’ foot injury - “he pushed it” to come back on in 2nd half - his future opportunities at Collingwood; Stephenson playing “stand out” games - impacts more than just scoring; Bottom-8 teams - don’t underestimate them; Enjoying the Bye; The Big Freeze slide - Murray Swinton and family, and football is not everything.

Audio podcast available here: https://player.whooshkaa.com/episode?id=245817

[RudeBoy]

Jeez I love hearing Bucks talk. He's all class. I'm proud that he's the leader of our club.

[Saffy]