Summers is a major obstacle to change. As soon as he is gone the real work can begin. Summers and Wasteaway both just back and waited for success. We need people on the board who have a hunger to chase success and to be ruthless about it. We need like minds on the board who can pull together. It is...

Thomas made us relevant. Whether or not he could coach was meaningless given where we were between 1998 and 2002. He made us relevant again. He's not the man to coach football in 2019, he's been out of coaching footy for a long time and his business is in an exciting phase. Coaching is in many ways...

Following a miserable year where St Kilda has regressed to the bottom of the ladder - as noted in the media "the most disappointing team in 2018", it is time to move on from the despondency expressed on this forum and consider what the future holds. The catalyst for a positive 2019 will b...

If it's Chris Scott I'm done. lol I don't care if its Count Dracula, as long as the guy can coach and build the right culture at the club. Both the Scott brothers are very good coaches, miles ahead of our spud, and would transform the club in a positive way. Would much rather have a coach with some...

Simplifying it down- we don't have any A grade players with elite skills on our list. Not one. It basically boils down to that. Therein lies the problem - including game plan (you may have the best game plan going around, but you need talent plus kicking skills to make it work), and why we don't ap...

Roo and Monty coached us from the field, it is as simple as that. Now they're gone we are finding that the Emporer has no clothes. Pretty much true.... Roo & Monty came from a culture of hard work, game plans, and 'non-negotiables' in your performance and attitude on the field. They, along with...

https://afltables.com/afl/stats/coaches/stkilda.html Home & Away Finals Total Coach Seas W D L T % W D L T % W D L T % PR GF Jeans, Allan 1961-1976 185 1 128 314 59.08 8 10 18 44.44 193 1 138 332 58.28 1 3 Thomas, Grant 2001-2006 61 1 55 117 52.56 2 4 6 33.33 63 1 59 123 51.63 Lyon, Ross 2007-2...

Lethlean: Inconsistency not good enough http://m.saints.com.au/news/2018-08-06/lethlean-were-all-in.mobileapp I know people on here will think he's full of s***, but he wants to repay the Saints after being given a second chance. At least he's in it for the long haul...so it seems. Maybe he is pass...

Well as you know I have been a harsh critic of Richo's outdated Gameplan for a long time. This post by one of the well regarded Club Insiders that posts on BF is damning stuff and shows why we are rooted if Richo stays. I’ve tried to bite my tongue on this topic for 2 years now but I honestly think...

Our players may not be up to it.... we need everything to go right and it hasn’t this year. Bontompelli would be just as developed (mentally) if he was playing for us - no matter who’s coaching him - he’s a credit to himself. The coach may be more frustrated than we are. Even with their injuries - ...

Our players may not be up to it.... we need everything to go right and it hasn’t this year. Bontompelli would be just as developed (mentally) if he was playing for us - no matter who’s coaching him - he’s a credit to himself. The coach may be more frustrated than we are. Even with their injuries - ...

We need to start nailing our recruiting - recruit according to our team’s needs and to a plan - with team balance and skill in mind. If your team needs outside midfielders - and is screaming out for them, you don’t recruit dour inside midfielders instead. If we recruit right, everything else will f...

We have had terrible coaches and administration in the past, BUT in old days we came from a low base: Clubs were not run like a professional organisation in general, and we were one of the worst at it. We gradually got better at it. We still had issues, but from the late 80s we gradually built a bet...

If we don't get rid of this inept idiot this year, we won't win a game next year. Tonight is as insipid a performance as I've seen for the last thirty five years. Our best player misses a goal from directly in front. The rest of the team are just ball watchers - no accountability and no skill. It m...

SaintPav wrote: ↑Sat 04 Aug 2018 11:40pm We were tanking.

Get lower draft picks.

It's that simple.

What use are draft picks with the rabble of a coaching and administration department running our club? Whoever the player is, he will lose his abilities and sink into mediocrity., along with the rest of the team.

The OP got me thinking. I am starting to think our malaise started with the school girl and the dwarf burning incident. Now I dont want to re-hash these two things in any detail. The details are not important. Both were over-blown by the media. The relevant issue is they were used by our enemies/ri...

I am a passionate supporter of the club, BUT I am NOT a supporter of the destruction of this club! I've been a member for 25yr and had a reserve seat for 15. For first time, I'm seriously considering not renewing next year. I do not want to support those that don't deeply care about making this club...

Agree Jaxons clean out all levels needed Yep 5-6 years we've stayed the course with these turkeys with zip That's not old st Kilda - that's reality Time to change , get in quality and be genuinely ruthless as an administration and footy team again 'Pleasing days of SUmmers' surely over I just think...

about the jump on the headline media? after yesterday hearing a question posed by a journalist- used as a St Kilda excuse..... by the 3rd station to discuss it. Over the course of one swift, unbelievable whitewash, Marc Murphy screaming in the face of an injured player never happened. No spitting. ...

Do you remember the last time we were "not in a hurry to extend a contract"??? Bloke by the name of Lyon. Could coach a bit. Walked out the door if I remember correctly?? Richo's contract is inconsequential - the guy will walk if he doesn't think he can turn things around. You can't compa...

Absolutely not. They’re all in it together. And they all know what they have to do. It’s bleeding obvious. But for some unknown reason we’ve not been able to do it. But it ain’t lack of effort or desire. Actually Tony it is a lack of effort, skill and desire. The facts, those things in black and wh...

The coach needs to be sacked. If the club thinks that we can continue playing this way, it will cost the club and the AFL a lot more than the payout to Richo. Attendance will drop. Memebrships will drop. Marketing $$ lost. Merchandise revenue for the club and the AFL lost The board made an error re...

The players have ability, most try hard, but we are a bottom team.

5 years is enough time to tell if a guy can coach and develop players....

Good post. One thing though - The Admin themselves have to go. We need regime change from the top or expect years of this pitiful performance. Yes... The question is are there people in charge with this club that are driven to make st.kilda succeed, or are there people in charge at this club that c...

I've always tended to support the coaches even in difficult times. Often, I think its too easy to blame the coach as a simplistic cop out... I supported GT in the early days, when many thought he couldn't coach. I supported RL in his early days when he got canned by many supporters. BUT both of thes...