Speaker 1: Simon Goodwin. It's the big news yesterday morning. We went
Speaker 1: to wear with it. Just at the end of the
Speaker 1: show he is out of there, go on as.
Speaker 2: The coach of the Melbourne Football Club.
Speaker 3: I was disappointed, He's no doubt about that. But I'm
Speaker 3: disappointed because I think we're a hell of a lot
Speaker 3: closer to turning a club and team back into a
Speaker 3: contender again than what people think. And I'm disappointed that
Speaker 3: I'm not able to work with this great bunch of
Speaker 3: players that I know that we've developed and spent a
Speaker 3: lot of time developing over time, and I'm just going
Speaker 3: I'm not going to be a part of that. But
Speaker 3: ultimately that's the boys decision.
Speaker 4: That was a really proud and at times emotional Simon
Speaker 4: Goodwin speaking at his media conference alongside Brad Green, the
Speaker 4: president of the footy club yesterday. Former D's captain legend
Speaker 4: of the club, David Neats joins us for his reaction.
Speaker 2: Need a good morning, good morning.
Speaker 5: Good morning Clinton mate. Obviously a massive day yesterday with
Speaker 5: the announcements of Simon so but gee, what an amazing
Speaker 5: effort that he's actually contributed he's made at the Melbourne
Speaker 5: Footy Club. You know, my generation and many generations couldn't
Speaker 5: get the job done, and he and his boys done
Speaker 5: in twenty twenty one, which is just enormous. So because
Speaker 5: there's a.
Speaker 6: Huge amount of respect, were you surprised by his sacking Nada.
Speaker 5: I don't know whether I was absolutely gump smack by it.
Speaker 5: I think that they were in order to chatter around
Speaker 5: through Melbourne supporters and whatnot, just about the with the
Speaker 5: list and the inability to sort of make it in
Speaker 5: the finals. There's a bit of chatter around. But so
Speaker 5: it wasn't wasn't totally surprised. What would you have I
Speaker 5: have done that? I'm not sure, but well I suppose
Speaker 5: I guess there are arguments for keeping Simon around. I
Speaker 5: thought probably after round five this year our we changed
Speaker 5: the way we started to play a little bit and
Speaker 5: moved the ball bit cricket through the middle of the ground,
Speaker 5: so that could be an indication of keeping him. But
Speaker 5: then obviously when you look at the win loss as
Speaker 5: the performance sort of game, in the end you have
Speaker 5: the win loss sort of shows it down with tread
Speaker 5: so you can understand as a good emergency for success.
Speaker 1: So Dave Klink got quite emotional earlier this morning, just
Speaker 1: thanking him on behalf of being a fan of getting
Speaker 1: them a premiership. As a former player, obviously you would
Speaker 1: have felt very similar.
Speaker 2: But do you think the buck stops with the players.
Speaker 5: I think there's always a combination of things and when
Speaker 5: things don't go well with a footy club, and I
Speaker 5: think I think everyone has to probably have a bit
Speaker 5: of introspection about it, including you know, the board, the
Speaker 5: way they go about about things out the past few years.
Speaker 5: Simon will be doing that, I'm sure, and also some
Speaker 5: of the players. So it's a whole club scenario.
Speaker 2: I just feel the coach always seems to be the
Speaker 2: for guy.
Speaker 4: Yeah, Nita, you were speaking to that. You were I
Speaker 4: think you were captain when Neil Danaher was given the
Speaker 4: boot in his time. Well, paint a picture for us.
Speaker 4: How would those players be feeling today. What's it like
Speaker 4: being a player when your coach is given the flick?
Speaker 5: Yeah, it's really I was really flat and really low.
Speaker 5: I sort of reflect on Max a little bit because
Speaker 5: he's obviously at that stage. I was with Neil for
Speaker 5: probably eight years as captain and courchain probably a similar
Speaker 5: thing with Max, and you just go through the journey,
Speaker 5: You go through a lot, you understand what you try
Speaker 5: to shive towards, and then that's that gets taken away
Speaker 5: from you and it's it's a really flattening process. And
Speaker 5: I guess at the time with Neil, we knew there
Speaker 5: was there was he there was pressure on Neil. It's
Speaker 5: always disappointing when when it wasn't appointing when he got
Speaker 5: the flick, I was upset and angry, and I expect
Speaker 5: probably Max's really similar things.
Speaker 6: Yeah, all right, moving forward and looking forward, Dave needs,
Speaker 6: who would you like to see coaching the Mighty Demons?
Speaker 2: Any chance of you're getting out behind the bar and
Speaker 2: getting down.
Speaker 5: There's no behind the bar. There'd be a horrible story.
Speaker 5: But now I look as body of candidates, John Longmyer,
Speaker 5: Nathan Buckley, Kenny Hickleys available to come on.
Speaker 6: Seeing butts in the Red and Blue feels like.
Speaker 4: We agitate the Magpie fans.
Speaker 5: Probably if you were Calvin coaches still going around the worst.
Speaker 5: But yeah, look, yeah, someone like him will be fantastic,
Speaker 5: I'm sure. And and there's you know, there's always good
Speaker 5: up and coming coaching talent around. So as long as
Speaker 5: the club goes through a process and get that Royal shore. Brad.
Speaker 5: You know, Brad Green as the president's got a lot
Speaker 5: of care and Steve Smith coming in as a new president,
Speaker 5: got a care and a lot of care about the club.
Speaker 2: So money talks as well.
Speaker 6: Guys, I'd love to see Nathan Buckley coaching Melbourne fans.
Speaker 4: Just one last week and you mentioned Brad Green. He's
Speaker 4: one of our mates here on the show as well
Speaker 4: and a personal friend of Lauren and myself. I mean,
Speaker 4: he carried himself really well yesterday, but he did mention
Speaker 4: that the club needs a fresh voice, a new voice
Speaker 4: going forward. I mean, is this a change Melbourne needs?
Speaker 5: Nader? Oh look I can see that's been nine years
Speaker 5: and the performances sort of going in and downward trend.
Speaker 5: So so yeah, I can certainly see that. But look,
Speaker 5: as I say, Brad, I think he's done a really
Speaker 5: good job. His communication with the fans and the supporters
Speaker 5: has been but Zepplary and I know his heart's in
Speaker 5: the right place. So he would not have done made
Speaker 5: the move lightly. He would have considered it thoroughly and
Speaker 5: obviously he and the board believe that's the right way
Speaker 5: to go.
Speaker 2: Well, look, David Nates, Johnny us their former day's legend.
Speaker 6: A great part. He's still serving those amazing, those amazing
Speaker 6: dim sims down there.
Speaker 5: We've got those going new bruise happening as well. So
Speaker 5: get down there.
Speaker 4: You've been shouting the bar Nita bit raspy this morning.
Speaker 5: Very rasty this morning. I've just got a bit of
Speaker 5: a coffin cold going around.
Speaker 4: It's going to say, it's more a sexy voice that.
Speaker 1: Did you need me to come and take take the management
Speaker 1: shift for you? So you have a lie down.
Speaker 6: No, don't let face work there.
Speaker 4: He'll just need all the he'd be bleeding cash.
Speaker 1: Dave needs Johnny so the air always good to chat mate,
Speaker 1: Thanks your time.
Speaker 2: And Bri manded he cracked spot there in South Member,
Speaker 2: but I haven't been there. Get down there.
Speaker 6: He's a cracking bloke. Dave needs you know. He used
Speaker 6: to play now mixed netball team and then he got
Speaker 6: vertigo and he keeps pulling over to get him out
Speaker 6: of all attack.
Speaker 4: With the bib we played him center forward and a little.
Speaker 6: Bit the netball bibs were pretty Are.
Speaker 2: You still there, Dave?
Speaker 5: Still Lauren?
Speaker 4: Wake up feeling good?
Speaker 6: Following them on the socials,