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Coaches locked in for 2020
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The Western Bulldogs have confirmed their AFL coaching structure for the 2020 season.
One personnel change has been made to the coaching team, while there have been multiple role changes.
Recently-retired premiership defender Dale Morris will make an immediate transition to coaching, becoming a development coach after calling time on his 253-game AFL career in August.
Jordan Russell will transition from a development coach to an assistant coach, taking charge of the midfield, while senior assistant coach Steven King will relinquish his defensive role for a portfolio including opposition, training and strategy.
After three years as development manager, Rohan Smith returns to the defensive coaching role he held from 2013 to 2016. Jamie Maddocks will move into the position of development manager after three years as opposition and development coach.
General Manager of Football, Chris Maple, said the addition of Morris would complement an established coaching panel.
“Dale has had a profound impact at the Western Bulldogs over the past 15 years, and we’re delighted to have him join our coaching team,” Maple said.
“As a player, he was smart, competitive and selfless, with a drive to make those around him better – traits which will serve him well as a coach.
“It’s also pleasing to have Jordan and Jamie taking the next steps in their coaching pathways after making strong contributions as development coaches, moving into the roles of midfield coach and development manager respectively.
“Rohan returns to a familiar role as our back-line coach, which will allow Steven to have a more overarching influence as senior assistant coach.”
Assistant coach Steve Grace, who guided the Bulldogs’ midfield group in 2019 after two seasons at the helm of Footscray, will explore other opportunities in the AFL industry.
“Steve has played an important role for our Club over the past three years,” Maple said.
“He helped fast-track the growth of our emerging players in two years as Footscray coach, before guiding our AFL midfield group this year, which continued to show promising signs.
“We wish Steve well for the future as he continues his coaching journey.”
Joel Corey, Ash Hansen and Daniel Giansiracusa will remain in their current positions, while senior coach Luke Beveridge is contracted until the end of 2023 after signing a three-year extension in July.
Western Bulldogs 2020 coaching team
Luke Beveridge – Senior Coach
Steven King – Senior Assistant Coach (Opposition, Training and Strategy)
Rohan Smith – Assistant Coach (Defensive Systems and Backs)
Jordan Russell – Assistant Coach (Midfield)
Joel Corey – Assistant Coach (Stoppages and Set Plays)
Ash Hansen – Assistant Coach (Offensive Systems and Forwards)
Daniel Giansiracusa – VFL Head Coach
Jamie Maddocks – Development Manager
Dale Morris – Development Coach
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No one new coming into the coaching panel. I suppose not a surprise.
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I like the moves of promoting Russell and bringing Rohan Smith back into defence.
Morris a no brainer really.
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The Doctor
I like the moves of promoting Russell and bringing Rohan Smith back into defence.
Morris a no brainer really.
Getting Rohan Smith back where he excelled in 2016 is a big positive for me.
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Dissapointed that yet again we are passing on an opportunity to change things up. Literally no fresh blood, no outside experience and nobody to offer alternative ideas. Looks like we have these guys till they decide to retire.
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We'll they have another season to get us moving. I think a pass mark for the assistant coaches will be finals and maybe more than one game in the finals.
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The Doctor
I like the moves of promoting Russell and bringing Rohan Smith back into defence.
Morris a no brainer really.
Same here, it's changed sufficiently enough and in fact I think the department has been beefed up
I would have liked someone coming in from another club because it would be a chance to hear some fresh ideas but I'm actually very positive about the changes detailed today
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These were the coaches going into 2016
BRETT MONTGOMERY - SNR ASSISTANT
ROHAN SMITH - BACKS
DANIEL GIANSIRACUSA - FORWARDS
STEVEN KING - MIDFIELD
JOEL COREY - STOPPAGES
CRAIG JENNINGS - OPPOSITION ANALYST
Chris Maple - Head of Development
Ashley Hansen - VFL
Stewart Edge - Development Coach
I think there has been a bit of movement since then
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bornadog
These were the coaches going into 2016
BRETT MONTGOMERY - SNR ASSISTANT
ROHAN SMITH - BACKS
DANIEL GIANSIRACUSA - FORWARDS
STEVEN KING - MIDFIELD
JOEL COREY - STOPPAGES
CRAIG JENNINGS - OPPOSITION ANALYST
Chris Maple - Head of Development
Ashley Hansen - VFL
Stewart Edge - Development Coach
I think there has been a bit of movement since then
Graham Lowe as GM of Football as well
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azabob
How underwhelming.
There was some speculation a few weeks back that there would be 2 changes to the coaching so it was never going to be wholesale changes
Getting Smith back is a positive as he built a strong rapport with the defensive players before he moved into other roles
I would have preferred at least one other change but lets now see how the team performs
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GVGjr
Graham Lowe as GM of Football as well
The list is just the coaches
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GVGjr
There was some speculation a few weeks back that there would be 2 changes to the coaching so it was never going to be wholesale changes
Getting Smith back is a positive as he built a strong rapport with the defensive players before he moved into other roles
I would have preferred at least one other change but lets now see how the team performs
I also was hoping for an addition that was outside of the club.
I wonder if the strong end to the home and away season put a stop to bringing in an assistant from outside the club?
The other unknown is we may have targeted someone and it fell through, they may have got a senior job.
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azabob
I also was hoping for an addition that was outside of the club.
I wonder if the strong end to the home and away season put a stop to bringing in an assistant from outside the club?
The other unknown is we may have targeted someone and it fell through, they may have got a senior job.
You have probably hit the nail on the head but I would imagine that when Bevo signed the extension he already had strong ideas of the coaches he wanted around him. If no one poaches our coaches they might all get long service with us :)
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GVGjr
You have probably hit the nail on the head but I would imagine that when Bevo signed the extension he already had strong ideas of the coaches he wanted around him. If no one poaches our coaches they might all get long service with us :)
Since the premiership we have had 4 changes out of 9. The other 5 have moved around including stints as VFL coach.
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Just on Graham Lowe, Beveridge is on record how much he helped him during 2015/16. Hopefully Bevo and Mae continue to develop the same chemistry.
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bornadog
Since the premiership we have had 4 changes out of 9. The other 5 have moved around including stints as VFL coach.
Monty went before we won the flag and I think Jennings work with the coaches and not directly with the players
Essentially the players have been listening to the same voices for many years (Smith, Gia, King, Hansen and Corey) albeit with some shuffling of the roles the coaches perform. I'd probably lean to the notion that this isn't ideal and that the occasional new direction could prove invigorating for some of the players
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GVGjr
Monty went before we won the flag and I think Jennings work with the coaches and not directly with the players
Essentially the players have been listening to the same voices for many years (Smith, Gia, King, Hansen and Corey) albeit with some shuffling of the roles the coaches perform. I'd probably lean to the notion that this isn't ideal and that the occasional new direction could prove invigorating for some of the players
A couple more changes would have been good.
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Would love one outside voice in , but let’s see how it evolves
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I’m OK with these. I like Morris in and Smith back to the role he knows. Without any newbies coming in I think it’s the best fit for ours and their needs.
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bornadog
A couple more changes would have been good.
I think one of the real successes of the club over the last 6 years or so is way we have brought in various experts into our board members especially when we have needed to add some skills and expertise in certain area's.
Why we have felt the need to maintain a very settled coaching group especially when we haven't quite been performing as I think we should have been is more than a little perplexing.
Getting someone in to challenge the status quo in a positive manner could be just what we needed
Lets hope or patience is rewarded in a big way
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It would be interesting to know the length of each assistant's contract.
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Dale Morris - fantastic.
Why do we believe we don't need any new IP from any other clubs? Disappointing that we not been more ambitious in securing some new assistant coach talent.
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angelopetraglia
Dale Morris - fantastic.
Why do we believe we don't need any new IP from any other clubs? Disappointing that we not been more ambitious in securing some new assistant coach talent.
And our coaches aren’t getting poached?!
Who of our assistants would be putting their hand up for a top gig in the coming years? King?
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MrMahatma
And our coaches aren’t getting poached?!
Who of our assistants would be putting their hand up for a top gig in the coming years? King?
Gia is pretty good
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We've got quite the little coaching cult going there, Moz makes a logical addition.
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If any have an ambition for a top job surely they would want to ply their trade elsewhere.
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strebla
If any have an ambition for a top job surely they would want to ply their trade elsewhere.
That’s what Rocket told Leon Cameron. Was good advice.
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bulldogtragic
That’s what Rocket told Leon Cameron. Was good advice.
Just makes sense to me I want to sell my wares I want them displayed to as many clubs as possible.
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Couldn’t be less worried about getting people in from outside. I would say the group we have is more than innovative enough and Bevo is clearly working to a plan. I like that we don’t just follow the leader and stick to our plans.
In my experience coaches from outside are not always a good thing especially when you have a unique style which we do. Happy to take someone new in but I’m not losing sleep over it.
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dog town
Couldn’t be less worried about getting people in from outside. I would say the group we have is more than innovative enough and Bevo is clearly working to a plan. I like that we don’t just follow the leader and stick to our plans.
In my experience coaches from outside are not always a good thing especially when you have a unique style which we do. Happy to take someone new in but I’m not losing sleep over it.
The problem is that over the last 3 years I don't believe we have got the best out of the playing group so we are backing the same coaches that haven't been as successful as we would have all hoped for
The stability we have displayed has typically been a trademark of teams performing at a higher level.
If we can improve a bit on our 2019 season then it's obviously worked out well for us, if we slip back then there will be a need to review this approach.
I remain positive about the changes we have made but in 12 months we will have a better idea if it's actually worked
We need to see steady improvement across many of the players in 2020
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bulldogtragic
That’s what Rocket told Leon Cameron. Was good advice.
It's what Clarkson espouses too. Obviously Bevo has different view to his former Mentor.
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GVGjr
The problem is that over the last 3 years I don't believe we have got the best out of the playing group so we are backing the same coaches that haven't been as successful as we would have all hoped for
The stability we have displayed has typically been a trademark of teams performing at a higher level.
If we can improve a bit on our 2019 season then it's obviously worked out well for us, if we slip back then there will be a need to review this approach.
I remain positive about the changes we have made but in 12 months we will have a better idea if it's actually worked
We need to see steady improvement across many of the players in 2020
On ability and experience 7th is a good result. I want more but I don’t think we can mount a case for under achieving.
I’m not against new blood I just don’t think there is much evidence to support the amount of angst it causes our supporters. Opposition coaches throughout the finals made mention of our unique style of play so I don’t think we are bereft of ideas.
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dog town
On ability and experience 7th is a good result. I want more but I don’t think we can mount a case for under achieving.
I’m not against new blood I just don’t think there is much evidence to support the amount of angst it causes our supporters. Opposition coaches throughout the finals made mention of our unique style of play so I don’t think we are bereft of ideas.
On ability we should have finished around 9th to 7th so that really isn't the issue. We also had a very good draw
Where I don't think we are performing that well is the development of some of the players. Lynch for example had some promising performances in 2018 but couldn't crack it for a game in 2019. Lewis Young laboured throughout the year in a variety of roles before getting a couple of games later in the season.
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Player development is probably one of, if not the most important factor in a clubs on field success. I find it odd that the player development coaches are often fresh out of the game and only learning the coaching caper themselves. Wouldn’t a more experienced coach be better at this role?
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Chris Grant on SEN has said three of 9 assistants have been let go at this stage. Not sure who they are.
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bornadog
Chris Grant on SEN has said three of 9 assistants have been let go at this stage. Not sure who they are.
Bevo mentioned yesterday it's been the most difficult time for him at the club.
Letting go of coaches (and players) isn't an easy task for him
I know this sounds harsh but it's not meant to be but he can still restructure the remaining coaches and run it efficiently
I would imagine Jordan Russell might be an unlucky one and Giansiracusa has no VFL side. Perhaps Dale Morris as well
Or could a hard call be made on one of Hansen, Smith or Corey?
All of our guys are quality coaches and footy people
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My guess would be Gia, Morris and either Jordan Russell or Jamie Maddocks (development manager).
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Axe Man
My guess would be Gia, Morris and either Jordan Russell or Jamie Maddocks (development manager).
Going to be hard on those guys isn't it?
Gia and Maddocks have done a power of work with our younger guys and Morris and Russell are well respected.
Not easy to lose any of them
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GVGjr
Bevo mentioned yesterday it's been the most difficult time for him at the club.
It absolutely would be - we tend not to have a high turnover of assistants so that team would have worked together for years, and planned to work together for the whole of this year too.