Embattled Melbourne coach Simon Goodwin is adamant he feels \u201cincredibly supported\u201d by the club\u2019s board in the wake of his team\u2019s history-making loss to St Kilda and was unmoved by a social media threat. <\/p>\n
While admitting his players \u201cgot it wrong\u201d in the panicked final few moments, Goodwin said there was no breakdown in trust and the lessons would help them \u201cgrow\u201d. <\/p>\n
The Demons coughed up a 46-point three-quarter-time lead to lose to the Saints after the siren, conceding two goals in the last 10 seconds of the game due to a 6-6-6 violation at the final centre bounce.<\/p>\n
On Monday, Goodwin made a scheduled appearance before the club\u2019s board but downplayed his presentation, calling it \u201ca standard board meeting around strategy\u201d, before vowing he has the full support of the club\u2019s powerbrokers.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re all very aligned about the process of where we need to go to, what we need to create success,\u201d Goodwin said.<\/p>\n
Simon Goodwin (right) is feeling fully supported by Melbourne\u2019s board. Picture: Michael KleinSource: News Corp Australia<\/p>\n
\u201cWe always knew that in this transition period that there would be challenges, our job is not to get consumed with the noise.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur job is to go about the process \u2026 these conversations are ongoing and we\u2019re really clear about the strategy. I feel incredibly supported by the board, I have for nine years.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been able to go through these challenges before with clarity and strength and stability to create success; 2019 we finished second last, two years later we won the flag.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can\u2019t get consumed in noise, all you can do is be clear with your strategy, clear with your process, understand challenge, be clear about it and go about the process to build the next great team \u2013 I feel incredibly supported by the board.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the aftermath of the loss, Goodwin was subjected to a hoax threat made against him by a troll account on X that was investigated by the AFL\u2019s Integrity Unit and remains in the hands of Victoria Police.<\/p>\n
But it\u2019s not something he wanted to concern himself with, instead focusing on his team\u2019s challenges. <\/p>\n
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\u201cYou clearly hear about it \u2026 your family hears about it, that\u2019s for sure,\u201d Goodwin said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s in the hands of the AFL and the police \u2026 clearly, we don\u2019t want to see that in our game, but I don\u2019t want to make that the focus of today.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey have been (Victoria Police has been investigating), I think that\u2019s under control, so there\u2019s no issues from my end.\u201d<\/p>\n
Melbourne is ninth with just six wins despite boasting one of the most decorated midfield lines in the competition.<\/p>\n
The Demons have a chance to improve to seven wins against cellar-dweller West Coast Eagles at Marvel Stadium on Saturday.<\/p>\n
A loss would eclipse the cosmic disaster of last weekend, but Goodwin denied the commentary that he was coaching for his future.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat would be me getting consumed in noise and that\u2019s not what I am about,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s not what we\u2019re about; we\u2019re about the consistency of what\u2019s going to create success.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe get another opportunity against a football club this week to show \u2013 not talk \u2013 show what we\u2019re about and that\u2019s the focus this week.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Melbourne coach fended off talk he is coaching for his job. Picture: Robert Cianflone\/Getty ImagesSource: Getty Images<\/p>\n
Melbourne forwent its first-round pick this year to bring in both Harvey Langford and Xavier Lindsay.<\/p>\n
Essendon is now tied with the Demons\u2019 first selection at the national draft.<\/p>\n
While Goodwin insists the Demons are trending in the right direction, he concedes the step backwards to move forward has been larger than anticipated.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur fans, our supporters and our players are hurting because of the results, but if you purely look at results, you probably get consumed in the wrong things,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you look deeper into some of the transition that is taking place, there is a lot of positive that\u2019s going on as well.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe all get consumed in results and I\u2019m sure our fans do and our supporters do; our job is to coach the process, coach the strategy and know the results will come.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re really clear and really confident about the build and where we\u2019re going with that, those results will turn.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Embattled Melbourne coach Simon Goodwin is adamant he feels \u201cincredibly supported\u201d by the club\u2019s board in the wake…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33878,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[1146,638,64,63,689,55,639,31097,31103,30904,31104,2105,31102,31099,30905,7804,677,30405,30401,3247,31101,30902,8014,31098,85,1122,31100,31096,660,7067],"class_list":["post-33877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-adam-simpson","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-board-meeting","tag-board-meeting-details","tag-breakdown-momentum","tag-final-centre-bounce","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-history-making-loss","tag-hoax-threat","tag-justin-longmire","tag-melbourne-demons","tag-oceania","tag-quarter-comeback","tag-real-desire","tag-robert-cianflone","tag-shares-board-meeting","tag-simmo-ampampamp-horse","tag-simon-goodwin","tag-social-media-threat","tag-sports","tag-st-kilda","tag-standard-board-meeting","tag-troll-account","tag-victoria","tag-west-coast-eagles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33877\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}