Micks a footballer and football coach all his career. Doesnt know anything else.
He is old school and never going to have professionalism. The guy is 60, so he wont change.
Just accept it and move on.

Judge him on his performances. Right now he is doing an exceptional job and l already have him ranked above pagan. He is a great coach

Amazing how Mick's demeanour changes when journos ask decent questions. Love his 5AA segments.

Can't be true, Malthouse bullies people.

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Get a grip... clearly you haven't heard a Belichick or Popovich interview!!

Finished your homework have you!

I have, how does that make it right?

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#NewBlues beginning 25th August 2015

I listen to them every Tuesday, but unfortunately they do not suit certain peoples agendas!!

Malthouse doesn't tolerate fools, and treats them (Stevens etc) accordingly... I don't have a problem with that, clearly you do... he's dealing with incompetent, unprofessional reporters (professionals ??) with agendas who are performing poorly in their roles... and Mick reacts accordingly (just like Popovich etc)... provide MM with challenging, thoughtful questions and he will respond differently (just like Popovich etc)...

Grown a brain yet trigwit?

sports would be dull without personalities like Pop and belichick and malthouse.

who wants vanilla and boring? the best bit of the nba is watching Pop hose down a reporter for being deliberately dumb. same with mick.

That's the crux of it right there. The 'journos' at the pressers deliberately lob stupid questions at Malthouse for him to smash.

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"One of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if they already agree with you. You do not change people's minds." - Frank Zappa

You would have to be a real a$%hole to be a journo wouldn't you? How do they live with themselves?

They pretty much spend their time manipulating and belittling people they don't really know as well as constantly lying and pathetically attempting to climb some sort of 'journo ladder' to get the approval of their fellow scum of the earth competitors.

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Koperek.

I love it, been hanging out for a coach with a bit of cauliflower, that reads it as it is and demands from and still retains respect from the players.

If Stevens wants to continue his shit then he's going to come off looking like a dick, it's already started and unless he starts asking questions that elicit respectable responses then he'll get what's coming to him.

I've heard enough of Malthouse on other radio stations to understand he'll answers questions that elicit out of the box thought in responses and respect

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We are Carlton, @#$%&! the rest !!!!!!

DEspite my support for MM I am not happy with his comments about free agency.

He's happy to let go Waite as he did for Betts because we scored an injured FA who wasnt valued by his previous club.

Bettsy had a much bigger year than Thomas. We lost there in 2014.

MM can leave those sort of comments back in the pits of Ballarat where he came from.

Waite is a son of Carlton and he should be encouraged to stay given we get SFA if he leaves.

What's there to gain by those comments MM? Dont you realise the resurgence of Carlton is something to do with Waite's form not your masterstroke?

I am furious about his nonchalant attitude towards Carltonians.

Waite isnt going to win us a flag next year, but then again we might...if we can get a fit FA who will make a difference and a couple of good trades.

I'm not happy. MM better have something big up his sleeve if Waitey goes for zilch because he doesnt suck up....what did he do with Thomas? Everitt? MM has lways sucked up to his players.

Im hoping MM knows Waite's mind is made up, and then I wonder why play him in that case.
I hope MM is right on this because he is making just as big a fool of me as he is of himself if he isnt.

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The whole MM and Stevens thing is a waste of space and can easily be shut down if Mick is mature enough to just answer his questions reasonably and non-comittally. It doesn't matter what sort of bloke Stevens is or what sort of questions journos ask. Yes they might be annoying but part of Micks massive salary is for him to represent us well off the filed. Coaches need to be smart enough to answer silly or pointed questions, and shut them down without fuelling any controversy.

It doesn't matter whether poor Mick is a 'victim' here. He is on a $1m to get the best out of the team (that's not going well) and represent us well off the field. We don't need or want every show to be harping on about Stevens and Mick. He can shut it all down by answering like most of the coaches do. If he can't do that then he is allowing a situation to exist that does the club no good. Part of his role is to promote the club off field and part of the measurement for that is the membership numbers where our fall this year has been the highest in the AFL and that's after a finals win, imagine how they will look next season.

I don't care if Mick is old school or Stevens is a prat, be mature enough to not let it be an issue, answer any question in a polite non committal voice, you get the message across, no controversy, issue goes away, off field ceases to be about Mick and the press.

Membership is poor and falling, side has had a dreadful season onfield, discipline problems off field. He wasn't signed up to deliver any of this.

http://www.afl.com.au/video/2014-08-30/postmatch-blues


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This coach does not know his team.

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THEY LIKE TO SEND UP!!!!!!!!

Until each team plays each other the same number of times, the AFL, as a fair dinkum competition, cannot be taken seriously.

He (Mr Swann) said the honour and pride associated with the club's traditional navy blue jumper was priceless.

A journalist do some research?



You're a flower mick.

Once you are over 60, you tend to forget the difference between bells.

Love it, he now recognises the game plan needed....didn't shy away from the fact it's taken a while.

His legacy is the first half of next season, as it should be

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"I will rejoice in their anguish, delight in their failure and revel in our success"

We are Carlton, @#$%&! the rest !!!!!!