Rumor on 3AW this morning - Carlton want Roos?

[sprite]

Rumor mentoned that Carlton are preparing to make an offer to attract Paul Roos, next year, very sketchy details but they do have a big backer in the new president who is prepared to put his own money in.

No doubt this will please some on ROW......

[Sanecow]

He tells us he's "not a career coach" so I can't see him going to Carlton.

[liz]

LOL - they'd be better off putting together a large package to lure John Longmire. He might think about it - though I suspect the politics and infighting at Princes Park would be enough to have most coaches thinking hard before taking a job there.

[AnnieH]

God I love rumour and speculation.
That's a doozy.

[sprite]

I thinks its wishfull thinking, seeing they are such a rabble which is totally deserved.

[reigning premier]

Pfft.......

They'll go through 16 club preidents, 11 club captains, 72 board room splits, 54 losses and two other coaches before Roos is even off contract.....

[ScottH]

They can have the Roos, no one else wants them.

[573v30]

Originally posted by ScottH
They can have the Roos, no one else wants them.

That's the only Roos they can afford at the moment.

[hammo]

Putting aside the small point that Roos has said he can't see himself coaching anywhere else, how can the Board of Carlton possibly contemplate such a move when the club is wallowing in enormous debt and signing Roos would involve buying out the remainig 2/3 years on his contract??

[satchmopugdog]

The Blues thought they were buying instant success when they lured Pagan away from Arden St. This seems to have backfired big time

It must be their game plan...buy a successful coach...oops forgot about the players.

[DST]

Originally posted by hammo
Putting aside the small point that Roos has said he can't see himself coaching anywhere else, how can the Board of Carlton possibly contemplate such a move when the club is wallowing in enormous debt and signing Roos would involve buying out the remainig 2/3 years on his contract??

Not that Roos would leave Sydney for Carlton, Carlton now don't have any debt.

A group of six wealthy supporters (incl Pratt) have pledged to wipe the debt and give the club a slush fund to get it back to where it was.

So money ain't the issue anymore.

DST

[ROK Lobster]

I am not surprised that they want him, but I would be surprised to see him go. He has done a great job of creating his own mythology but he still has much to lose. Expect to see him finish off his contract at Sydney, have a couple of years doing something else, and then let someone beg him out of retirement for mega bucks. He is a good enough coach to make things happen anywhere he goes imo. A couple of years out of the scene would be his best asset. Let the game stagnate then come in and fundamentally change it again.

[j s]

Originally posted by ScottH
They can have the Roos, no one else wants them.

Don't they already own (part of) the Roos?

[barry]

Originally posted by ROK Lobster
I am not surprised that they want him, but I would be surprised to see him go. He has done a great job of creating his own mythology but he still has much to lose. Expect to see him finish off his contract at Sydney, have a couple of years doing something else, and then let someone beg him out of retirement for mega bucks. He is a good enough coach to make things happen anywhere he goes imo. A couple of years out of the scene would be his best asset. Let the game stagnate then come in and fundamentally change it again.

Yep, He's the new Malcolm Blight.

[timthefish]

Originally posted by satchmopugdog
The Blues thought they were buying instant success when they lured Pagan away from Arden St. This seems to have backfired big time

i don't know if it backfired as such as it was after pagan was hired that they lost their draft picks, got fined a million dollars and discovered they were 12 million dollars less financially well off than they thought. he's at least got fev and whitnall into shape.