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CibbuanoContract talk wearing thin: Malthouse
July 23rd 2009 09:16
COLLINGWOOD coach Mick Malthouse says the protracted talks of his contract negotiations is 'starting to wear thin' with figures at the club.
Malthouse is out of contract at the end of the season while former club champion Nathan Buckley who is in the running for a senior coaching role at North Melbourne and Richmond has been linked with a move back to the Magpies as an assistant.
Speaking at a press conference at the Lexus Centre on Friday, Malthouse revealed he recently had talks with Buckley but refused to elaborate on what the pair dicussed.
Malthouse admitted the ongoing saga is starting to take its toll on some of his staff but said he didn't want the issue to distract the football department and the players from helping the club win games of football.
"I suppose it's probably starting to wear thin on a few blokes," Malthouse said.
"But the last thing I want to do is have any conjecture about the coaching thing disrupt the football club and, in particular, the football division - that's first and foremost in my mind."
"We mustn't allow anything from outside distract the playing group of the staff from getting the best out of this group on a week-to-week basis, so the last thing I'm going ... to appear to be concerned about is the conjecture about the coaching."
Malthouse, who has been coaching on a year-to-year basis for some time now, said he felt at the top of his game and declined to nominate when his time would be up at the Magpies.
"I feel very, very good - I feel very comfortable in my job, I know I'm getting the best out of my players, I'm getting the best out of myself," he said.
"I'm not about to declare that it's going to be one or two years when it could be five or six years, or it could be six months, too."
Malthouse is out of contract at the end of the season while former club champion Nathan Buckley who is in the running for a senior coaching role at North Melbourne and Richmond has been linked with a move back to the Magpies as an assistant.
Speaking at a press conference at the Lexus Centre on Friday, Malthouse revealed he recently had talks with Buckley but refused to elaborate on what the pair dicussed.
Malthouse admitted the ongoing saga is starting to take its toll on some of his staff but said he didn't want the issue to distract the football department and the players from helping the club win games of football.
"I suppose it's probably starting to wear thin on a few blokes," Malthouse said.
"But the last thing I want to do is have any conjecture about the coaching thing disrupt the football club and, in particular, the football division - that's first and foremost in my mind."
"We mustn't allow anything from outside distract the playing group of the staff from getting the best out of this group on a week-to-week basis, so the last thing I'm going ... to appear to be concerned about is the conjecture about the coaching."
Malthouse, who has been coaching on a year-to-year basis for some time now, said he felt at the top of his game and declined to nominate when his time would be up at the Magpies.
"I feel very, very good - I feel very comfortable in my job, I know I'm getting the best out of my players, I'm getting the best out of myself," he said.
"I'm not about to declare that it's going to be one or two years when it could be five or six years, or it could be six months, too."
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