Carlton Supporters Club

You are the first to tell that rumour from where I sit.

Yes they would, but Clarko is the type who would appreciate this situation is not just about him, its also about the HFC and Sam Mitchell both of whom have served him well. Thats why I reckon he will honour his contract next year. There is the slim possibility that Haw will say if something comes up sooner, go with our blessing.

Been on a Big Footy for a while

That explains why i havent heard it.

I stay away from big footy.

Those platforms tend to attract all manner of scuttlebutt and I just dont have the time to go trawling for stuff that will wind up on here.

I think there is a universal truth when it comes to a player and fitness.

Its up to the player to rule themselves out of selection, and not the fitness and conditioning staff.  They are simply there to provide opinions because like health care, everyone is different and only you really know your own body. 

And can I also add this, another reason why I reckon he wont be the coach of Carlton is because of the way we treated his great mate Bolts. We here will all have our opinions of Bolts, many will also say he cant coach and that's fine. I'll lay London to a brick Clarko will have a very different option of him and how he was treated by us.

Hard to find excuses for Russell regardless of reputation. A guy like McGovern - he has clearly been mismanaged. Curnow, Marchbank, Silvagni, Cunningham, Kreuzer, etc.

Its a long long list of players he hasn't been able to keep on the park.

The bloke has been involved with 6 premierships at different clubs and then winds up at a 3rd World organisation like Carlton, think he has the runs and credits on the board and its a bit rough to be expecting him to be performing medical miracles with some of our players.

If Russell was told to compromise his program, he would walk. It would be professionally damaging to him and not worth staying around. I call BS on BF!

If Russell was told to compromise his program, he would walk. It would be professionally damaging to him and not worth staying around. I call BS on BF!

Could be that Russell was promised all manner of more responsibility to coax him away from the Dawks? Could be the review discovers that he should refocus on what he's best at and take his fingers out of other pies (which may be distracting/watering down his undoubted expertise & skills).

Yes quite possibly, that comment from Leigh Matthews in the coach discussion video you linked makes the statement, paraphrasing he said "Let's admit it we are all control freaks!", from time to time they may need rescuing from themselves! I dare say in hindsight both Ratten and BB needed that, but our club was too weak and it didn't come in time if at all!

I do not believe the role Russell is in at Carlton is the same as the role he held at the Dawks, based on what we saw in the AFL documentary he's moved into more of a supervisory / managerial role with us from more of a hands on at the Dawks.

I'm not even sure the role he finished in at the Dawks was the same role he held during their period of success.

There are rumours around that those players are being rushed back at Teague's insistence, because he desperately needs wins, going against Russell's advice.

Yes I agree, it would be no different to the bust up between Ratten and Cordy.

But I'm still not sure his role is the same at Carlton as it was at the Dawks.