Experienced Senior Assistant Coach to help Bevo - Who?

[Grantysghost]

He only moved because he lost his role at the club.

He moved off his own bat Bullies.

[azabob]

He only moved because he lost his role at the club.

He moved off his own bat Bullies.

GG, you would know more. But didn't Morris at first have an on-field role at the club and then COVID got him into the back office?

[jazzadogs]

Sad to think that such quality people and 2016 Premiership players in Morris and Matthew Boyd at Fremantle have been lost to the WB.

Pretty emotive post. The football industry doesn't work like 'champion player is only ever connected with our club'.

Club legends tend to find their way home, but I think it's good for them to get experience elsewhere. Joel Corey coached with us after ?3 flags at the cats, Jimmy Bartel is a GWS director, Robert Harvey had coached away from the Saints for the last 15 years, the list goes on.

I don't think they're 'lost' to the club.

[josie]

Initially my reaction is yuk. Then I think this is testimony to our club. These RWB legends deserve opportunities to learn and grow and prosper and realistically this will include time at other clubs or at head office. Looking outward is a good thing. Let’s just make sure our club culture is one that beckons them back to help once they are amongst the best in the business. Surely it makes behind the scenes negotiations between clubs less antagonistic too.

[josie]

Apparently HS (dreadful paper I know) saying Bevo soon to be offered a new deal beyond next year with us. Although I’m not against it I hope it has some appropriate performance clauses in it. Also I hope more support other than Lade is imminent.

[Grantysghost]

Pretty emotive post. The football industry doesn't work like 'champion player is only ever connected with our club'.

Club legends tend to find their way home, but I think it's good for them to get experience elsewhere. Joel Corey coached with us after ?3 flags at the cats, Jimmy Bartel is a GWS director, Robert Harvey had coached away from the Saints for the last 15 years, the list goes on.

I don't think they're 'lost' to the club.

Dale would be absolutely rapt. He wanted to move his family to Qld and now he's probably landed a dream role.
Can't be anything but happy surely.

[Grantysghost]

GG, you would know more. But didn't Morris at first have an on-field role at the club and then COVID got him into the back office?

Sounds right but it's not why he relocated is my understanding.
He went straight into the same role he has at the Lions with us in 2020.
We did everything we could to keep him around by the sounds of it.

[azabob]

Apparently HS (dreadful paper I know) saying Bevo soon to be offered a new deal beyond next year with us. Although I’m not against it I hope it has some appropriate performance clauses in it. Also I hope more support other than Lade is imminent.

I wouldn’t hold your breath. It seems we may have cut st.kilda off at the pass and said to Bevos management we will extend prior to the season starting?

[josie]

I wouldn’t hold your breath. It seems we may have cut st.kilda off at the pass and said to Bevos management we will extend prior to the season starting?

With Saints signing Lyon I doubt this is the reason.

[bornadog]

Apparently HS (dreadful paper I know) saying Bevo soon to be offered a new deal beyond next year with us. Although I’m not against it I hope it has some appropriate performance clauses in it. Also I hope more support other than Lade is imminent.

I wouldn’t hold your breath. It seems we may have cut st.kilda off at the pass and said to Bevos management we will extend prior to the season starting?

With Saints signing Lyon I doubt this is the reason.

I read the same thing a few weeks ago. I wonder how many years we would give him

[GVGjr]

GG, you would know more. But didn't Morris at first have an on-field role at the club and then COVID got him into the back office?

He landed a development role but never really started that due to the footy department cuts. He then did the player sponsors coterie managers role before moving the family to QLD. This role with the Lions has just happened.

[azabob]

He landed a development role but never really started that due to the footy department cuts. He then did the player sponsors coterie managers role before moving the family to QLD. This role with the Lions has just happened.

I know the Brisbane role has just happened as I posted about it following our ex players thread. Not in this thread which makes no sense.

GG suggested Morris left for QLD on his own accord, which is true but my point was if he was still part of our development team would have he left Melbourne?

[azabob]

With Saints signing Lyon I doubt this is the reason.

Josie, st.kilda would’ve approached both Lyon and Beveridge. I would be staggered if they did not.

[GVGjr]

I know the Brisbane role has just happened as I posted about it following our ex players thread. Not in this thread which makes no sense.

GG suggested Morris left for QLD on his own accord, which is true but my point was if he was still part of our development team would have he left Melbourne?

I doubt he would have left us in a development role for another development role.
He had a genuine desire to work with some select players on how to train and improve and while he did a great job as a coterie manager his passion was to get back into a footy department.

[Grantysghost]

I know the Brisbane role has just happened as I posted about it following our ex players thread. Not in this thread which makes no sense.

GG suggested Morris left for QLD on his own accord, which is true but my point was if he was still part of our development team would have he left Melbourne?

Probably if no Covid he'd be here.

Only Melburnians can empathise with that decision.