Round 17: the other games. Let prejudice reign.

[i'm-uninformed2]

I don't often agree with Barrett but he's spot on here:

BARRETT: One man takes blame of many as Gold Coast Suns follow St Kilda Saints playbook

Absolutely. The weight some clubs place on senior coaches often being the sole problem - when it can also often be traced back to poor drafting and recruitment, player development, etc - is amazing. I suspect it’s a large part of what separates the best clubs from the rest.

In this case, a bloke whose been on the Board since the club’s inceptions and all its failures, and a CEO who originally signed the coach and extended his contract last year, go pfft, look over there. Dew may or may not have been a good coach, but the idea sacking him fixes everything is a nonsense.

Whenever I watch stuff like this I’m just glad we have a stable, calm, professional club from the Board down.

[stevoswan]

Absolutely. The weight some clubs place on senior coaches often being the sole problem - when it can also often be traced back to poor drafting and recruitment, player development, etc - is amazing. I suspect it’s a large part of what separates the best clubs from the rest.

In this case, a bloke whose been on the Board since the club’s inceptions and all its failures, and a CEO who originally signed the coach and extended his contract last year, go pfft, look over there. Dew may or may not have been a good coach, but the idea sacking him fixes everything is a nonsense.

Whenever I watch stuff like this I’m just glad we have a stable, calm, professional club from the Board down.

+1 !!

[neilfws]

I wrote a post a few years ago wondering out loud why Gold Coast have never progressed much from year to year. I think I wrote something like: their coaches aren't nobodies, their list isn't terrible, I've seen them play well - often against the Swans! Yet they never seem to...go anywhere?

I could write the same today. Still wondering.

[Blood Fever]

Thoughtful post. It is such a cut throat competition.

[dejavoodoo44]

I wrote a post a few years ago wondering out loud why Gold Coast have never progressed much from year to year. I think I wrote something like: their coaches aren't nobodies, their list isn't terrible, I've seen them play well - often against the Swans! Yet they never seem to...go anywhere?

I could write the same today. Still wondering.

As someone who pays a reasonable amount of attention to the Suns, this is probably the first year that their season hasn't been cruelled by an extensive injury toll. So, maybe that was what finished Dew off? That is, you had excuses previously, but this year there's no excuses and we still look like missing the finals.

[KTigers]

The Giants (4 final series in 11 seasons, a number of wins in finals, a GF, still in the hunt this year) have done so much better than
the Suns. Stewie, as much as many of us have a soft spot for him, has probably lasted longer than was expected. The regular
capitulations speak of a lack of fight and that's a thing coaches are expected to instill in their team.