Grant 'Corn Flakes' Thomas sacked as St Kilda coach

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  • goswannie14
    Leadership Group
    • Sep 2005
    • 11166

    #16
    Bugger, theyu must have read the many times I said they won't be premiers whilst he is coach.
    Does God believe in Atheists?

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    • Sanecow
      Suspended by the MRP
      • Mar 2003
      • 6917

      #17
      Maybe they'll get Blight in.

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      • Damien
        Living in 2005
        • Jan 2003
        • 3713

        #18
        Good move, he had enough years, injuries weren't a help but you have to work with what you have got and he didn't get the results they were after...

        Even though, three finals series in a row is huge for that club historically...must have lost the faith of the players I would suggest.

        They are a year too late, but I always though Rocket or Wallace would be the perfect coaches for St. Kilda.

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        • Doctor J.
          Senior Player
          • Feb 2003
          • 1310

          #19
          Originally posted by Captain
          Gee it's certainly a shock. Not very often you make the finals and then get the sack 4 days later.

          Still he is/was a dud coach.


          Think Stan Alves.

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          • Bas
            Veterans List
            • Jan 2003
            • 4457

            #20
            Originally posted by Doctor J.
            Think Stan Alves.
            Nah, he'll have both Hudgton and Riewoldt crying!!

            Thomas will be back coaching the Wanthanggi under 9's.
            He won't notice the difference.

            Barby at my place boys!
            Last edited by Bas; 12 September 2006, 06:29 PM.
            In memory of my little Staffy - Dicey, 17.06.2005 to 1.12.2011- I'll miss you mate.

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            • Industrial Fan
              Goodesgoodesgoodesgoodes!
              • Aug 2006
              • 3318

              #21
              Originally posted by punter257
              damn they might actually be good next season

              hope they take danny frawley
              I hope they take Gary Ayres!!

              Should be some players turned over too....I rekon Jason Blake would fit nicely into our team. Even Troy Schwarze who gets treated like a mouldy turd at moorabbin...
              He ate more cheese, than time allowed

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              • Damien
                Living in 2005
                • Jan 2003
                • 3713

                #22
                Maybe Cressa knew something before he left Brissie...

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                • Industrial Fan
                  Goodesgoodesgoodesgoodes!
                  • Aug 2006
                  • 3318

                  #23
                  Originally posted by Damien
                  Maybe Cressa knew something before he left Brissie...
                  That was my first thought when I heard about Thomas....

                  But would Cressa be ready for head coach? Has he done 3 years assistant now?
                  He ate more cheese, than time allowed

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                  • Damien
                    Living in 2005
                    • Jan 2003
                    • 3713

                    #24
                    Originally posted by Marry me Goodes
                    That was my first thought when I heard about Thomas....

                    But would Cressa be ready for head coach? Has he done 3 years assistant now?
                    Yeah three years, two under a four time premiership coach.

                    he seems to have the 'it' asst. coach reputation like Mark Harvey et al...

                    Guess we will find out soon enough.

                    Comments by Geelong players recently about Cressa may not help though.

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                    • Frog
                      Retired from RWO
                      • Aug 2005
                      • 1898

                      #25
                      Originally posted by Damien
                      (snip) ... must have lost the faith of the players I would suggest ... (snip)
                      According to reports on 3AW tonight, quite a few players were not happy with the decision and were at Thomas' house at the time 3AW went to air.
                      There are whisperings that some may nominate for the draft or ask to be traded.
                      There is also a whisper that the player who left because he and Thomas did not get on at all may now be back on the St. Kilda radar - Spider Everitt.
                      Nathan Burke denied nothing, nor confirmed anything when interviewed, but did think the Spider issue had merit.

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                      • swantastic
                        Veterans List
                        • Jan 2006
                        • 7275

                        #26
                        Originally posted by Captain
                        I think Longmire certainly has a chance of getting a senior role. He is very well respected and his name has floated around a few times this year.
                        A lot of melbourne jurnos are talking up Longmire as the new Saints coach,hope they are wrong.IMO i dont think he would leave a premership team,fingers crossed.
                        Now this is a thread that i would expect on the ego -centric, wank session that is redandwhiteonline.com...

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                        • ScottH
                          It's Goodes to cheer!!
                          • Sep 2003
                          • 23665

                          #27
                          Thomas was highly surprised. Not happy either.

                          But the board went BANG!!

                          Names mentioned as possibles on the news.

                          Longmire
                          O'Donnell
                          Creswell
                          Harvey.

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                          • goswannie14
                            Leadership Group
                            • Sep 2005
                            • 11166

                            #28
                            What makes me laugh is that the journos are saying that it is the shock of the season. Surely common sense would tell them that three years failing to win the flag despite having the "most talented" list in the AFL is a failure.

                            The only reason I liked him as their coach was that whilst he was there they weren't going to win it.
                            Does God believe in Atheists?

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                            • Claret
                              Support Staff
                              • Sep 2005
                              • 1104

                              #29
                              Originally posted by ScottH
                              Thomas was highly surprised. Not happy either.

                              But the board went BANG!!

                              Names mentioned as possibles on the news.

                              Longmire
                              O'Donnell
                              Creswell
                              Harvey.
                              Another name being thrown around is Pagan.
                              And the man who started it all, the Schneiderman . . . . .

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                              • Sanecow
                                Suspended by the MRP
                                • Mar 2003
                                • 6917

                                #30
                                Originally posted by goswannie14
                                Surely common sense would tell them that three years failing to win the flag despite having the "most talented" list in the AFL is a failure.
                                That's Woosha you're thinking of.

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