JEFF ANDREWS GONE!

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Re: JEFF ANDREWS GONE!

Postby gazzamagoo » Thu Oct 01, 2020 8:12 pm

Not to mention the one and only Des Drogemuller.
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Re: JEFF ANDREWS GONE!

Postby Brodlach » Wed Oct 14, 2020 6:25 pm

Brodlach wrote:So reading this, Paul Thomas to be announced Friday :lol:

Wasn’t too far out ;)
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Re: JEFF ANDREWS GONE!

Postby Dutchy » Wed Oct 14, 2020 6:52 pm

Didnt Grant deny that Thomas was going to be appointed? Was it advertised?
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Re: JEFF ANDREWS GONE!

Postby Wedgie » Wed Oct 14, 2020 7:08 pm

Dutchy wrote:Didnt Grant deny that Thomas was going to be appointed? Was it advertised?


"Coach Jeff Andrews and the Club have parted ways and he will not be coaching the Central District Football Club in 2021 and beyond.

The Board and Management thank Jeff for his contribution to the Club and wish him every success in his next coaching endeavour.

Furthermore, contrary to any reports appearing in the media, the Club has not appointed Paul Thomas as Senior Coach and has not spoken to any other person in regard to the position at this stage.

No further comment will be made at this time.

Kris Grant, Chief Executive"
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Re: JEFF ANDREWS GONE!

Postby Eagles2014 » Wed Oct 14, 2020 7:12 pm

Wedgie wrote:
Dutchy wrote:Didnt Grant deny that Thomas was going to be appointed? Was it advertised?


"Coach Jeff Andrews and the Club have parted ways and he will not be coaching the Central District Football Club in 2021 and beyond.

The Board and Management thank Jeff for his contribution to the Club and wish him every success in his next coaching endeavour.

Furthermore, contrary to any reports appearing in the media, the Club has not appointed Paul Thomas as Senior Coach and has not spoken to any other person in regard to the position at this stage.

No further comment will be made at this time.

Kris Grant, Chief Executive"


Some people stay at a Club too long, and end up undoing all the good work they have done.

Think Kris Grant fits that category, this is dead set embarrassing for him!

Time to go Kris!!
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Re: JEFF ANDREWS GONE!

Postby gazzamagoo » Thu Oct 15, 2020 9:39 am

Eagles2014 wrote:
Wedgie wrote:
Dutchy wrote:Didnt Grant deny that Thomas was going to be appointed? Was it advertised?


"Coach Jeff Andrews and the Club have parted ways and he will not be coaching the Central District Football Club in 2021 and beyond.

The Board and Management thank Jeff for his contribution to the Club and wish him every success in his next coaching endeavour.

Furthermore, contrary to any reports appearing in the media, the Club has not appointed Paul Thomas as Senior Coach and has not spoken to any other person in regard to the position at this stage.

No further comment will be made at this time.

Kris Grant, Chief Executive"


Some people stay at a Club too long, and end up undoing all the good work they have done.

Think Kris Grant fits that category, this is dead set embarrassing for him!

Time to go Kris!!

apparently this is his last summer
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Re: JEFF ANDREWS GONE!

Postby gazzamagoo » Thu Oct 15, 2020 9:41 am

Eagles2014 wrote:
Wedgie wrote:
Dutchy wrote:Didnt Grant deny that Thomas was going to be appointed? Was it advertised?


"Coach Jeff Andrews and the Club have parted ways and he will not be coaching the Central District Football Club in 2021 and beyond.

The Board and Management thank Jeff for his contribution to the Club and wish him every success in his next coaching endeavour.

Furthermore, contrary to any reports appearing in the media, the Club has not appointed Paul Thomas as Senior Coach and has not spoken to any other person in regard to the position at this stage.

No further comment will be made at this time.

Kris Grant, Chief Executive"


Some people stay at a Club too long, and end up undoing all the good work they have done.

Think Kris Grant fits that category, this is dead set embarrassing for him!

why do you say that, he said at that time they hadn't appointed Paul, it didn't happen until monday night
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Re: JEFF ANDREWS GONE!

Postby whufc » Thu Oct 15, 2020 9:48 am

gazzamagoo wrote:
Eagles2014 wrote:
Wedgie wrote:
Dutchy wrote:Didnt Grant deny that Thomas was going to be appointed? Was it advertised?


"Coach Jeff Andrews and the Club have parted ways and he will not be coaching the Central District Football Club in 2021 and beyond.

The Board and Management thank Jeff for his contribution to the Club and wish him every success in his next coaching endeavour.

Furthermore, contrary to any reports appearing in the media, the Club has not appointed Paul Thomas as Senior Coach and has not spoken to any other person in regard to the position at this stage.

No further comment will be made at this time.

Kris Grant, Chief Executive"


Some people stay at a Club too long, and end up undoing all the good work they have done.

Think Kris Grant fits that category, this is dead set embarrassing for him!

ps. I don't think anything Granty could do though could 'undo' the decade of dominance he gave us.

Time to go Kris!!

apparently this is his last summer


I don't think that is a bad thing for anyone.

A fresh set of eyes and ideas over things should be welcomed with open arms.

Granty is an all time legend of the club but surely he cant be as proactive, innovative or motivated as he once was.
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Re: JEFF ANDREWS GONE!

Postby StrayDog » Thu Oct 15, 2020 9:58 am

Dutchy wrote:Didnt Grant deny that Thomas was going to be appointed? Was it advertised?

No. ;)
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Re: JEFF ANDREWS GONE!

Postby JK » Thu Oct 15, 2020 10:00 am

Eagles2014 wrote:
Wedgie wrote:
Dutchy wrote:Didnt Grant deny that Thomas was going to be appointed? Was it advertised?


"Coach Jeff Andrews and the Club have parted ways and he will not be coaching the Central District Football Club in 2021 and beyond.

The Board and Management thank Jeff for his contribution to the Club and wish him every success in his next coaching endeavour.

Furthermore, contrary to any reports appearing in the media, the Club has not appointed Paul Thomas as Senior Coach and has not spoken to any other person in regard to the position at this stage.

No further comment will be made at this time.

Kris Grant, Chief Executive"


Some people stay at a Club too long, and end up undoing all the good work they have done.

Think Kris Grant fits that category, this is dead set embarrassing for him!

Time to go Kris!!


I don’t think he could ever undo ALL the great stuff he’s overseen. People demand answers from a club at times (like this one) but at the end of the day Dogs fans will move on real quick with a favourite son at the helm, and rightly the club wouldnt give a rats what non-CDFC people think, nor would they owe them an explanation
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Re: JEFF ANDREWS GONE!

Postby StrayDog » Thu Oct 15, 2020 10:06 am

gazzamagoo wrote:Not to mention the one and only Des Drogemuller.

I think this might have be been lost on a few, Gazza. :)
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Re: JEFF ANDREWS GONE!

Postby gazzamagoo » Thu Oct 15, 2020 10:10 am

The club's stand on this issue is simple,
We're a different club at Centrals,
it's a different environment than the other clubs & we need to stick to what's best for us,
don't appoint from outside the club because they wouldn't understand how we operate & our culture,
it didn't work with Cowboy,
it didn't work with Kerley,
it didn't really work with Clarko,
success came from the hard work of people like Alan Stewart, Kris Grant, Bill Cochrane & Roy Laird & all the die-hard volunteers who bleed for the club,,
You couldn't get a better Red, White & Blue pedigree than Paul Thomas,
his old man is a legend of the club, as is Paul too & now we have a female Thommo running around,
Port stuck with this principle for years & look where that got them in the SANFL,
we've copied them before & it worked,
time to get back to basics, back to our roots & start to rebuild the winning culture.
At least we'll now have the 100% support of all the players.
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Re: JEFF ANDREWS GONE!

Postby StrayDog » Thu Oct 15, 2020 10:32 am

Wedgie wrote:
whufc wrote:
JK wrote:
whufc wrote:Kris is a living legend of our football club and imo either number 1 or 2 if you were to rank our clubs greatest servants. Laird being the other person.


You guys would know better than me but I would have thought Stewy (Alan variety) might be in that conversation too?


If I was top 5'ing keeping in mind I was born in 83 so my knowledge / understanding of the impacts of the pioneers is a little understated.

1, Roy Laird
2. Kris Grant
3. Danny Hulm
4. Alan Stewart
5. James & Chris Gowans

unlucky Peter Jonas, John Platten Gary Window, Wilbur Wilson

I'd have Ken Eustice up there somewhere, probably 3rd.

Mightn't be too far off the mark for the early years.

Charlie Pyatt might be worth a mention in a broad discussion, too. Important player in a very good Torrens side mid century, came to Centrals as the Club's first coach (reserves), went onto Chair the CDFC from league entry up to 1974.

I'm sure names like Bowey, Heidenreich, Casserly and Jones would also be in the mix for some very good work in the early years, too (among others), bearing in mind that the Club finished top three in its eighth league season and was a straight kick off challenging for a flag the year after.
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Re: JEFF ANDREWS GONE!

Postby bulldogproud » Thu Oct 15, 2020 10:57 am

Dutchy wrote:Didnt Grant deny that Thomas was going to be appointed? Was it advertised?


He stated that Paul Thomas had not been appointed, and that was correct at that stage.
There were a number of interviews held for the position and Thommo's application and interview were most impressive.
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Re: JEFF ANDREWS GONE!

Postby bulldogproud » Thu Oct 15, 2020 11:01 am

Eagles2014 wrote:
Wedgie wrote:
Dutchy wrote:Didnt Grant deny that Thomas was going to be appointed? Was it advertised?


"Coach Jeff Andrews and the Club have parted ways and he will not be coaching the Central District Football Club in 2021 and beyond.

The Board and Management thank Jeff for his contribution to the Club and wish him every success in his next coaching endeavour.

Furthermore, contrary to any reports appearing in the media, the Club has not appointed Paul Thomas as Senior Coach and has not spoken to any other person in regard to the position at this stage.

No further comment will be made at this time.

Kris Grant, Chief Executive"


Some people stay at a Club too long, and end up undoing all the good work they have done.

Think Kris Grant fits that category, this is dead set embarrassing for him!

Time to go Kris!!


Why is it in the least embarrassing for him? He stated that Paul Thomas HAD NOT been appointed and that was the truth. Paul was later appointed but he had not been appointed at the time of Kris' comment. When one of your Chief Executive's leads a club to 9 premierships during his stint, come and talk to us then ;)
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Re: JEFF ANDREWS GONE!

Postby whufc » Thu Oct 15, 2020 11:02 am

gazzamagoo wrote:The club's stand on this issue is simple,
We're a different club at Centrals,
it's a different environment than the other clubs & we need to stick to what's best for us,
don't appoint from outside the club because they wouldn't understand how we operate & our culture,
it didn't work with Cowboy,
it didn't work with Kerley,
it didn't really work with Clarko,
success came from the hard work of people like Alan Stewart, Kris Grant, Bill Cochrane & Roy Laird & all the die-hard volunteers who bleed for the club,,
You couldn't get a better Red, White & Blue pedigree than Paul Thomas,
his old man is a legend of the club, as is Paul too & now we have a female Thommo running around,
Port stuck with this principle for years & look where that got them in the SANFL,
we've copied them before & it worked,
time to get back to basics, back to our roots & start to rebuild the winning culture.
At least we'll now have the 100% support of all the players.


See if Granty/the board came out and said that and admitted he made a mistake in hiring an outsider I think the club would have handled it very well.

The running from media, that blatant disregard he/they held the members and fans in when literally the whole state knew what he/they had planned was very poor in my opinion.

To me the fact that they couldn't even come out and be proud of the moves they have made screams that they are not even confident in the recent decisions they have made.

In the 70-90's you could get away with stuff like that, we wouldn't have even known the coach had been sacked lol, this is 2020 and people live in a fast food society, we hear everything right now, news moves right now, people/fans have more power/knowledge/facts/stats than ever before.
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Re: JEFF ANDREWS GONE!

Postby whufc » Thu Oct 15, 2020 11:09 am

bulldogproud wrote:
Eagles2014 wrote:
Wedgie wrote:
Dutchy wrote:Didnt Grant deny that Thomas was going to be appointed? Was it advertised?


"Coach Jeff Andrews and the Club have parted ways and he will not be coaching the Central District Football Club in 2021 and beyond.

The Board and Management thank Jeff for his contribution to the Club and wish him every success in his next coaching endeavour.

Furthermore, contrary to any reports appearing in the media, the Club has not appointed Paul Thomas as Senior Coach and has not spoken to any other person in regard to the position at this stage.

No further comment will be made at this time.

Kris Grant, Chief Executive"


Some people stay at a Club too long, and end up undoing all the good work they have done.

Think Kris Grant fits that category, this is dead set embarrassing for him!

Time to go Kris!!


Why is it in the least embarrassing for him? He stated that Paul Thomas HAD NOT been appointed and that was the truth. Paul was later appointed but he had not been appointed at the time of Kris' comment. When one of your Chief Executive's leads a club to 9 premierships during his stint, come and talk to us then ;)
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Come on mate! There were legit people with anyomous usernames on a football website that knew exactly what was going on. There was obviously a leak at the club.

Took the club what 4 months to hire Andrews, yet they hired Thomas in 3 weeks at most (did anyone see the advert placed this time), I would question them harder about how extensive of a search they completed if they genuinely hadn't planned to have Thomas in place.

Rightly or wrongly the club had planned to sack Andrews and replace him with Paul Thomas months ago. I'm not 100% confident in the decision but I get why they may think its the best move forward and ill give Thommo my full support, it would be amazing to see another club legend coach us to glory.

Treating the fans like we are idiots is the quickest we to see a further drop off.

Be proud of the decision if its what is best for the club. IMO the club have showed very poor management through this situation which also imo is about the standard over the last few years. Off-field we have been horrible in recent times imo. Ever since we lost the no AFL in SANFL fight it seems the club has fought an us against them attitude including their own fans.
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Re: JEFF ANDREWS GONE!

Postby gazzamagoo » Thu Oct 15, 2020 11:15 am

whufc wrote:
gazzamagoo wrote:The club's stand on this issue is simple,
We're a different club at Centrals,
it's a different environment than the other clubs & we need to stick to what's best for us,
don't appoint from outside the club because they wouldn't understand how we operate & our culture,
it didn't work with Cowboy,
it didn't work with Kerley,
it didn't really work with Clarko,
success came from the hard work of people like Alan Stewart, Kris Grant, Bill Cochrane & Roy Laird & all the die-hard volunteers who bleed for the club,,
You couldn't get a better Red, White & Blue pedigree than Paul Thomas,
his old man is a legend of the club, as is Paul too & now we have a female Thommo running around,
Port stuck with this principle for years & look where that got them in the SANFL,
we've copied them before & it worked,
time to get back to basics, back to our roots & start to rebuild the winning culture.
At least we'll now have the 100% support of all the players.


See if Granty/the board came out and said that and admitted he made a mistake in hiring an outsider I think the club would have handled it very well.

The running from media, that blatant disregard he/they held the members and fans in when literally the whole state knew what he/they had planned was very poor in my opinion.

To me the fact that they couldn't even come out and be proud of the moves they have made screams that they are not even confident in the recent decisions they have made.

In the 70-90's you could get away with stuff like that, we wouldn't have even known the coach had been sacked lol, this is 2020 and people live in a fast food society, we hear everything right now, news moves right now, people/fans have more power/knowledge/facts/stats than ever before.


Initially I don't think they had made a mistake, they just didn't get who they wanted.
But in the end, when half the squad & the coaching staff tell the club that they won't be back next year unless the current coach goes, something very drastic has to happen,
and it did.
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Re: JEFF ANDREWS GONE!

Postby Dutchy » Thu Oct 15, 2020 11:25 am

gazzamagoo wrote:The club's stand on this issue is simple,
We're a different club at Centrals,
it's a different environment than the other clubs & we need to stick to what's best for us,
don't appoint from outside the club because they wouldn't understand how we operate & our culture,
it didn't work with Cowboy,
it didn't work with Kerley,
it didn't really work with Clarko,
success came from the hard work of people like Alan Stewart, Kris Grant, Bill Cochrane & Roy Laird & all the die-hard volunteers who bleed for the club,,
You couldn't get a better Red, White & Blue pedigree than Paul Thomas,
his old man is a legend of the club, as is Paul too & now we have a female Thommo running around,
Port stuck with this principle for years & look where that got them in the SANFL,
we've copied them before & it worked,
time to get back to basics, back to our roots & start to rebuild the winning culture.
At least we'll now have the 100% support of all the players.


Then why did they appoint an outsider for 3 years? Who is taking accountability for that decision?
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Re: JEFF ANDREWS GONE!

Postby gazzamagoo » Thu Oct 15, 2020 11:31 am

Dutchy wrote:
gazzamagoo wrote:The club's stand on this issue is simple,
We're a different club at Centrals,
it's a different environment than the other clubs & we need to stick to what's best for us,
don't appoint from outside the club because they wouldn't understand how we operate & our culture,
it didn't work with Cowboy,
it didn't work with Kerley,
it didn't really work with Clarko,
success came from the hard work of people like Alan Stewart, Kris Grant, Bill Cochrane & Roy Laird & all the die-hard volunteers who bleed for the club,,
You couldn't get a better Red, White & Blue pedigree than Paul Thomas,
his old man is a legend of the club, as is Paul too & now we have a female Thommo running around,
Port stuck with this principle for years & look where that got them in the SANFL,
we've copied them before & it worked,
time to get back to basics, back to our roots & start to rebuild the winning culture.
At least we'll now have the 100% support of all the players.


Then why did they appoint an outsider for 3 years? Who is taking accountability for that decision?

I think we ran out of time,
rushed or panicked maybe?
Granty will take responsibility.
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