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Chris Fagan

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768 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Whateley
Whateley - Tuesday | Full Show (26.05.26)

But as a collective, they don't play for one another.

Whateley
Whateley - Tuesday | Full Show (26.05.26)

As a collective, they're out there trying to make sure that they do enough to get a game the next week.

Whateley
Whateley - Tuesday | Full Show (26.05.26)

And in an AFL environment, that just doesn't succeed these days.

Whateley
Whateley - Tuesday | Full Show (26.05.26)

You need 23 players all pulling in the same direction and especially leaders pulling in the same direction.

Whateley
Whateley - Tuesday | Full Show (26.05.26)

I've heard a lot of feedback that they weren't happy with how he communicated to the players, how open he was to play.

Whateley
Whateley - Tuesday | Full Show (26.05.26)

He coached at North Melbourne for how long?

Whateley
Whateley - Tuesday | Full Show (26.05.26)

If you haven't done enough research to go back and say, well, how does he coach in tough times?

Whateley
Whateley - Tuesday | Full Show (26.05.26)

When North Melbourne, prior to him finishing up at North Melbourne, they went through a number of years where they really struggled.

Whateley
Whateley - Tuesday | Full Show (26.05.26)

Surely you go back and ask the people in charge then, you go and ask the players, what was he like as a coach?

Whateley
Whateley - Tuesday | Full Show (26.05.26)

So it shouldn't be any surprises.

Whateley
Whateley - Tuesday | Full Show (26.05.26)

If he's not the best communicator to players in a tough time, and I'm not saying he is or he isn't, this is the feedback we're getting.

Whateley
Whateley - Tuesday | Full Show (26.05.26)

Surely the research and those questions have been asked prior to you employing this bloke, considering you knew how tough the next few years were going to be, considering the shape of the list when he come across.

Whateley
Whateley - Tuesday | Full Show (26.05.26)

Yeah, but how long does a sugar hit last for?

Whateley
Whateley - Tuesday | Full Show (26.05.26)

That's my biggest thing.

Whateley
Whateley - Tuesday | Full Show (26.05.26)

You talk about... And I'm sort of looking across at the North Melbourne side of things.

Whateley
Whateley - Tuesday | Full Show (26.05.26)

If Clarkson was at Essendon or Carlton, would he have been sacked last year because of the media hype, the uproar, the performances that weren't put out?

Whateley
Whateley - Tuesday | Full Show (26.05.26)

And he's still not out of trouble.

Whateley
Whateley - Tuesday | Full Show (26.05.26)

They've still got another 18 months of him.

Whateley
Whateley - Tuesday | Full Show (26.05.26)

But what you're seeing from...

Whateley
Whateley - Tuesday | Full Show (26.05.26)

a team that the board are stuck by is a bit of consistency you talk about their game on the weekend that they looked a totally different team when their backs were against the wall though they were fighting as one in that last quarter and some of their goals that they the transition the teamwork that they did in that last quarter to get up over Gold Coast