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LostDoggy
26-04-2018, 05:33 PM
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-04-26/aflw-dogs-lock-up-leader-for-two-years

As above, our AFLW Premiership Winning Coach has been rewarded with a contract extension until the end of 2020. Congratulations to him.
Twodogs
26-04-2018, 07:08 PM
Great stuff. When I read tgat he was coming out of contract I did wonder.
bornadog
26-04-2018, 08:41 PM
He deserves it after reinventing the team with a new game plan and winning a premiership
SlimPickens
29-04-2018, 01:52 PM
He was terrible in the first season, trying to implement a game plan not suited to women’s football at that stage. Turning it around and making the girls all the better for it, was truly remarkable and he certainly deserves his contract extension.
Twodogs
29-04-2018, 04:44 PM
Where did the AFLW team finish last year? It was like second or third last wasn't it?
ledge
29-04-2018, 04:58 PM
Where did the AFLW team finish last year? It was like second or third last wasn't it?

Think it was 3rd last but in that season we only had one forward who was injured .
All clubs learnt quickly you need two forwards and even though we lost one we had a couple of backs who could move forward.
I have found the women's sides tend to play the same as the men AFL side structurally.
LostDoggy
30-04-2018, 08:50 AM
Where did the AFLW team finish last year? It was like second or third last wasn't it?

We finished 1st in 2018, hence the home GF. There were no preliminary or semi finals.
bornadog
30-04-2018, 10:08 AM
We finished 1st in 2018, hence the home GF. There were no preliminary or semi finals.

PP, Twodogs was talking about 2017.
Twodogs
30-04-2018, 11:17 AM
PP, Twodogs was talking about 2017.

I should have said first year, that would have been better.
LostDoggy
30-04-2018, 11:22 AM
I should have said first year, that would have been better.

My mistake. Misread your post, somehow didn't read the word 'last' which completely altered the impression.
Ozza
30-04-2018, 11:44 AM
He was terrible in the first season, trying to implement a game plan not suited to women’s football at that stage. Turning it around and making the girls all the better for it, was truly remarkable and he certainly deserves his contract extension.

My mail is that he wasn't given the autonomy he should have in his first year, and was pushed to implement that game plan. Second year was able to just focus on getting the basics/skills right and it paid dividends.