Buck stops elsewhere in Pies' review
Nathan Buckley's re-appointment at Collingwood is not unexpected yet paradoxically it is extraordinary if not unique.
Michael Gleeson is a senior AFL football writer and Fairfax Media's athletics writer. He also covers tennis, cricket and other sports. He won the AFL Players Association Grant Hattam Trophy for excellence in journalism for the second time in 2014 and was a finalist in the 2014 Quill Awards for best sports feature writer. He was also a finalist in the 2014 Australian Sports Commission awards for his work on ‘Boots for Kids’. He is a winner of the AFL Media Association award for best news reporter and a two-time winner of Cricket Victoria’s cricket writer of the year award. Michael has covered multiple Olympics, Commonwealth Games and world championships and 15 seasons of AFL, He has also written seven books - five sports books and two true crime books.
Nathan Buckley's re-appointment at Collingwood is not unexpected yet paradoxically it is extraordinary if not unique.
What Richmond do well, they do very well. They're top four for tackling, hard to score against and have evolved a small but effective forward line.
The last man standing of the veterans, Shaun Burgoyne is hopeful and confident that he will be playing at Hawthorn next year.
Changes to Collingwood's coaching box have begun with Scott Burns laving to join Alastair Clarkson's coaching team at Hawthorn.
The pre-finals bye is likely to be too tantalising to push to have Josh Caddy return for the Tigers' critical final round clash with the Saints.
On the eve of the finals, star players are pushing for a return.
Nathan Buckley might survive as coach of Collingwood with a contract for another year or two, but if he does survive he is likely to be about the only one.
A question of Jobe for Bombers, Clawless Cats, Demon days a decade on, Blues not bothered.
Collingwood do not yet have a short-list, but the industry does. The Magpies parted ways with their long-term CEO Gary Pert on Monday by Tuesday names were being raised.
Richmond the real deal; Dons must lift; A hug for Buckley; Saints go marching out.
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