Re: Review
Reply #151 –
The Judge reckons its not a coaching review and Teague is contracted to coach next year.
Carlton president Mark LoGiudice speaks out amid club’s sweeping review
As Carlton launches a sweeping review of its operations, president Mark LoGiudice has backed David Teague to be coach next year.
Mark Robinson
,
Scott Gullan
and
Nick Smart
8 min read
June 8, 2021 - 9:16PM
Carlton president Mark LoGiudice is emphatic the mid-year review is not a mandate on coach David Teague.
“I want to be very categoric here, this is not a review of the coach, this is a review of the football department,” LoGiudice said on Tuesday.
“It’s not a coaching review.
“Everyone is making this out to be about David Teague, that it’s a panic, believe me we are very calm and measured about the way this is going to get done.
“David Teague has coached 39 games, he is the coach and he is contracted for next year.’’
The Blues officially announced on Monday they had brought forward an end-of-season review in the wake of successive losses to Sydney and West Coast.
The external probe will examine every facet of the football department — coaching, development, list management, fitness, performance and, importantly, the culture and environment.
Carlton veteran Eddie Betts said on Tuesday night that Teague did not deserve to have all the criticism for the Blues’ woes levelled at him.
“I think that’s unfair,” Betts said on Fox Footy’s AFL360.
“I guess we, as players, need to take some responsibility as well because we’re out there playing footy and we wouldn’t be in this position if we won those games that were close.
“We showed we can play a great brand of footy and we’ve shown we can play some awful footy as well.
“We want to get better, but putting it all on David is very unfair to him.
“We’re in this together, so the onus needs to be on the players as well.”
When asked if he was surprised to learn of the Blues’ mid-season review this week, Betts replied: “A little bit … but I guess every good organisation needs to keep itself accountable and needs to strive to get better and we want to do that and get better as a football club.”
“As players we want to play better footy and as an organisation we want to do better.
“I think it came at the right time with the mid-season bye, so we’ll look forward to it.”
It comes as senior assistant coach John Barker departed the club in what many believe is the first casualty in a failing football department.
The Blues said the Barker decision was not part of the review because the review had not started.
Barker had told Teague and head of football Brad Lloyd on Monday he intended to stand down at the end of the season.
He citied the demands of the role, a dwindling drive to become a senior coach and the desire to spend more time with his family as reasons for leaving.
But, late on Monday night, Barker was informed that his impending resignation would be effective immediately — a decision that shocked the popular assistant.
Betts said he was upset to hear of long-time Blues assistant coach John Barker’s sudden departure from the club on Tuesday.
“It’s a bit sad and I knew him even back when I was at Carlton seven years ago,” he said.
“He’s a great friend of mine and it’s just pretty sad to see him go.
“I haven’t spoken to him just yet, but I’ll reach out during the week to see how he’s going and to and to wish him well.”
The prevailing view is there will be a clean-out of assistants at the end of the season and second-year coach Teague will remain in charge.
Asked if he anticipated vast change in the football department, LoGiudice said: “We are not in denial, we’ve got to do what’s in the best interests of the Carlton Football Club at all times.
“We are going to do a review because we are not winning games of footy and if you’re not winning games of footy, you don’t make finals and if you don’t make finals, you don’t win premierships.
“We will have the review, we will review the recommendations and make decisions accordingly.
“This (review) is very measured, there’s no panic here, I promise you.’’
The Blues are hoping to announce who will be part of the independent review — which will answer to board member and incoming president Luke Sayers — by the end of the week.
The Blues are 4-8 and in 14th position, equal on games won with Gold Coast and Adelaide.
Topic: Football Department Review (Read 74549 times)
previous topic - next topic
