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You sure can. But unlike Nth Korea, you are still free to disagree with their disagreement. I respect you, personally, absolutely, yet I still find myself disagreeing with you... from time to time. 

I'm pretty sure I read Teague saying he did not want or need a mentor or additional support / development when he got the gig.

I'd be curious to know, whether in light of those comments above, Maclure thinks Teague should or should not keep his job.

Another bloke who gets written off as a dinosaur from a bygone era is Sellers Maclure.  Given his ongoing involvement in footy from playing days to media commentator, and his astute observations about the game as it is today, I generally value his contributions and yesterday's effort was pretty good.

When asked about the situation at Carlton, he slammed the club for appointing Teague then providing him with no development .  He contrasted Carlton treatment of Teague with the development offered to coaches by other clubs and other sports.  Clearly, Teague's spell as caretaker coach must have been more than enough to discard the training wheels and make him the equal of the League's veteran coaches 

Sellers also made the comment that the club does not like feedback, something that Robert Walls mentioned when declining to answer a question about our club 

we won't get anywhere until we start maximising peoples potential rather than expecting them to improve us. 

Since 1965 Carlton has had 19 coaches (includes two stints by Jeza and Parkin).  That is under three years a coach.

Barassi was appointed coach in 1965.  He lasted 7 years (to 1971).  Parkin in his second stint went from 91-00 - 10years.  That's 17 years for two coaches.    Take these off and we get 17 coaches in 39 years.  Less than 2.5 years per coach!  (Does include '78 where there were three coaches).  Got this from Blueseum.  A curiosity is it lists both Nicolls and McKenzie as coaches from 72-75.  40 coaches since 1902 - three years per coach.

I don't really know the history of the 60s and 70s, but the Carlton way that I grew up with was to buy success - particularly in the 80s and 90s.  There was the odd developed player, but not many.  We know how this ended in 2002.

Have we actually learnt anything from the draft era - that we actually have to work hard and invest in the coaches and development of players?  It is a whole of club approach needed, not an appoint one person who will fix it all.

(While I was typing - a couple of posts have covered some of this)

I'm pretty sure I read Teague saying he did not want or need a mentor or additional support / development when he got the gig.

I'd be curious to know, whether in light of those comments above, Maclure thinks Teague should or should not keep his job.

I guess there’s two things there, a young coach who isn’t sure enough of himself to say “I’d like a little help here please”
Possibly a club saying “You’re a big boy David, you don’t need help do you ?”
Maybe the club should have been saying “You’ve got a big job ahead mate, who would you like out of MrX, MrY or MrZ to work with you?”

Yes, I tend to agree. Especially when covid hit, it became even more important (I understand clubs had to reduce spending). If he did approach the club for help, and they told him they have no money, then sacking him becomes even more problematic IMO.

I'm pretty sure I read Teague saying he did not want or need a mentor or additional support / development when he got the gig.

I'd be curious to know, whether in light of those comments above, Maclure thinks Teague should or should not keep his job.

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