Dogs Shuffle Assistant Coaches
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REIGNING premiers, the Western Bulldogs, have revitalised their successful coaching panel in their quest to maintain a competitive edge.
In another sign that the Dogs won't be satisfied with breaking their 62-year drought, Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge has reassigned the responsibilities among his assistants.
Steven King has moved from midfield to defensive coach, Joel Corey has stepped up from stoppages to midfield, forward coach Daniel Giansiracusa has taken over stoppages, reigning VFL premiership coach Ashley Hansen is now in charge of the Dogs attack, and defensive coach Rohan Smith has become the head of development.
Chris Maple has relinquished the development role to take up the post of coaching performance manager.
"'Bevo' just wants everyone to keep developing, which is a great thing, and for us, it is good to keep us on our toes," King told News Corporation.
King was enthused by his new backline portfolio after five seasons in charge of the Dogs' talented running brigade.
"I've loved being a part of the mids, but I am looking forward to working with the backs now," he said.
"Rohan Smith has done an amazing job in defence. The way they play for each other, not only the way they defend, but the way they bounce off and start attacking, has certainly been a springboard for the way we play.
"I walk into the most mature group in the club, with (Matthew) Boyd, (Dale) Morris, (Bob) Murphy, (Matt) Suckling, (Easton) Wood and (Jason) Johannisen."
The Bulldogs' full squad trained together for the first time on Monday, with most eyes on skipper Murphy, who is on the comeback trail from a knee reconstruction, and Collingwood recruit Travis Cloke.
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Rucks?
No mention. If the midfield coach has responsibility, then Joel Corey is the quasi ruck coach.
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No mention. If the midfield coach has responsibility, then Joel Corey is the quasi ruck coach.
No good being a ruck coach if you are all hunched over.:D
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No good being a ruck coach if you are all hunched over.:D
Do as I say not as I do.
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Wow our Lukey baby is an interesting cat.. but I will be backing him all the way. His versatility Mantra extending to coaches, expect T Boyd at full back and Aker to public relations!
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REIGNING premiers
Need every Dogs article to start in this fashion
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Need every Dogs article to start in this fashion
Yes until next Grand Final.
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Yes until next Grand Final.
Then they can write ' The Back to Back REIGNING Premiers.':)
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Then they can write ' The Back to Back REIGNING Premiers.':)
On fire today KT.
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No good being a ruck coach if you are all hunched over.:D
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Do as I say not as I do.
She gave me water! :p
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REIGNING premiers, the Western Bulldogs, have revitalised their successful coaching panel in their quest to maintain a competitive edge.
In another sign that the Dogs won't be satisfied with breaking their 62-year drought, Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge has reassigned the responsibilities among his assistants.
Steven King has moved from midfield to defensive coach, Joel Corey has stepped up from stoppages to midfield, forward coach Daniel Giansiracusa has taken over stoppages, reigning VFL premiership coach Ashley Hansen is now in charge of the Dogs attack, and defensive coach Rohan Smith has become the head of development.
Chris Maple has relinquished the development role to take up the post of coaching performance manager.
"'Bevo' just wants everyone to keep developing, which is a great thing, and for us, it is good to keep us on our toes," King told News Corporation.
King was enthused by his new backline portfolio after five seasons in charge of the Dogs' talented running brigade.
"I've loved being a part of the mids, but I am looking forward to working with the backs now," he said.
"Rohan Smith has done an amazing job in defence. The way they play for each other, not only the way they defend, but the way they bounce off and start attacking, has certainly been a springboard for the way we play.
"I walk into the most mature group in the club, with (Matthew) Boyd, (Dale) Morris, (Bob) Murphy, (Matt) Suckling, (Easton) Wood and (Jason) Johannisen."
The Bulldogs' full squad trained together for the first time on Monday, with most eyes on skipper Murphy, who is on the comeback trail from a knee reconstruction, and Collingwood recruit Travis Cloke.
Any thoughts half way through the year?
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Any thoughts half way through the year?
The shuffle hasn't worked.
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Any thoughts half way through the year?
If it aint broken don't fix it
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Any thoughts half way through the year?
This year is going really, really quickly?
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I'm not sure the coaching panel changing could be attributed to some of our players attitude or inconsistent output
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The article shows the shuffle of the job titles. I've heard that Brett Montgomery played the 'bad cop' assistant coach and had no problem with it, to the good cop assistants and head coach around him. Obviously Monty went chasing a job and is no longer with us. I'd love to know if we have replaced his unofficial role or whether we decided we didn't need a forceful, direct and honest 'bad cop' to contrast the the great 'good cops' still there?
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I think we can pretty much blame Gia. He's been an escape goat (sic) for his entire career much like he was for our forward issues last year until we started being efficient, so let's just lose our optimism as a supporter group and revert to type! :)
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Seriously though, all support coaches don't work autonomously.
Each would have set training and guidance schedules approved by Bevo, it's the basic governance each AFL club coach implements to allow them to be higher level but in contact rather than micro-managing which the modern game forbids.
It's where the good communicator/good person attributes come into it, you only need your communicator or receiver to be not in line with your values in those areas and things can fall apart. If we have the same group as last year communicating the message, then it's likely the issue is on the receiver side........that's if there's an issue at all.
