Round 18 - Carlton coaching race, Essendon, Clarkson and more (11.07.26)
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We're crunching this morning. Tom Morris, Ken Hinkley, Mark Bickley and Adam Simpson. You can jump on the podcast if you want to listen to our discussions of the game so far. Thursday night, Friday night, technology taunting, everything in between. Jack Crisp as well under the MRO microscope. This is the Bunnings build-up on crunch time. Bunnings trade, get tax time sorted. with big deals. Before I get your thoughts, Kenny and Bix and Adam Simpson on some of the coaching moves so far, I want to play some audio last night from 3AW where Sam McClure discussed the Carlton coaching process.
And Carlton won't say this publicly, and I don't expect him to, but it's very clear to me, speaking to people in and around the club, if they beat Hawthorne tomorrow night and then they beat Collingwood next Saturday night, I think Josh Fraser would put himself in the box seat for that job. He would be conducting the interview without having to do it on paper, essentially. If he doesn't, I'd still have Corey Enright as the hot favourite for the Carlton job. Highly regarded, everyone you speak to. At St Kilda, loves him. Everyone you speak to as a former teammate thinks that he was always going to be a good coach.
So that's courtesy of 3AW last night. Simmo, you're part of this coaching panel. What are your thoughts?
Well, it's interesting how I've actually been really pleased about this process so far from a Carlton point of view. Nothing's got out. And something might get out at some stage. The more you talk to you, the more it gets revealed. But none of that was true. No. I love that. That's so good. And I know, Tom, you've done this before too, Tom.
What rumours are swirling about Carlton's coaching race and Josh Fraser's chances?
It's like, well, no, I've got my sources and I know. And it's like, and you just don't listen when you're not right.
How am I involved in this?
You're just going to cop the drive by. All journalists coming in. And Ken, you've done this before, and Bix, I'm not sure of your space back as a leader, is when someone's just not right, but they don't listen. They go, well, that's not what I've been told. And you go, I can't tell you anymore how wrong you are. And they just go down swinging. And Ken, I'm sure you've gone through that before, and we'll probably go through it again, Bix.
Yeah, well, people don't, you know, as a rule, don't like admitting they're wrong. It's simple as that. And I guess when you're a journalist, it speaks to your credibility. So you're hardly going to do it publicly. But anyway, if it turns out it is.
Look, I've got no visibility of the situation at all. And Sam has a very reputable reputation across breaking stories on a number of different sports, not just footy. So you're just saying he's got that badly wrong simmer. It's as simple as that. Well, it's not badly. It's just made up.
Well, whoever told him didn't get it from the right sources. There you go. How's that sound? All right. The sources probably doesn't reflect reality. And that's not a criticism of Sam. It might sound like it, but it's just not right. I don't know what else to say. I mean, I could say nothing, I suppose, and that's probably what we'll do going forward. But in that particular instance, what's the point of – like, I haven't even started. So let alone the favourite. I think they're having conversations with everyone. They've met no one twice. Yeah. Yeah, that was the other report last night from Fox. They met Corey Enright twice this week. I'm actually pleased it's getting misrepresented because it means we're tight.
It's a tight group. But it might get out things as it progresses. I'm sure it will, as these processes do, Ken. But this one's probably not on the money.
I love it. I love that, Simo. You've gone and said it.
How do the hosts evaluate media reporting accuracy on coaching appointments?
It's just totally inaccurate.
Have you had that before, Ken?
Oh, mate, how many times?
See, I just dangled the hook with no bait on it. How many times? Yeah, and they get a lot of things right too, you know. Yeah, they do. A lot of things are like, how did you find that out? But sometimes it's, no, that's not right.
Jason Cripps used to say to me, he's the list manager, he said, mate, if you've read it in the media, it's probably true when it comes to list management.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:07–1:39
2
What rumours are swirling about Carlton's coaching race and Josh Fraser's chances?
1:39–3:35
3
How do the hosts evaluate media reporting accuracy on coaching appointments?
3:35–16:46
4
Should Carlton seriously consider Josh Fraser as a permanent senior coach after his interim stint?
16:46–24:26
5
What responsibilities might an interim coach be missing compared with a full-time hire?
24:26–26:02
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