The Malthouse Assistant Coach Empire: Over?

[Remi Moses]

And Tony Macguiness, Murray Rance and Max Crow. Gepp came to us because he was delisted by Richmond but he was a mate of Malthouse-no other club would have bothered with him-Michael Rolfe joined from Richmond that year under the same rule.



Malthouse did more than most to help get the club into the financial position it was in. He cant break something then complain because or point to the fact it was broken as a reason he didnt succeed.


Malthouse is the luckiest and most overrated coach in VFL/AFL history. He put himself ahead of the club on several occasions.

Surely you couldn't be going into bat for Hardie?
Not sure what you're implying that Malthouse was overpaid?

[Twodogs]

No. I'm saying we payed insane amounts of money we didn't have in transfer fees and contracts for players in Malthouse's time. We unearthed a few gems but there were lots of duds on good money to go with them.

[LongWait]

He may be a prick of a bloke but he is a good coach. Man management he may be terrible in, he didnt fail at the Kangas though IMO

He quit the team midway through his seventh season with a 48% win/loss record over his senior coaching career. Under Laidley, North played in 5 finals, winning only one of them.

Laidley is a very ordinary to poor coach, whose tactical nouse couldn't make up for the serious deficiencies in most other areas.

If Laidley was any good at all, he would have been appointed to another gig during an era when many clubs have struggled to find a suitably qualified and experienced coach.

[Sedat]

If Laidley was any good at all, he would have been appointed to another gig during an era when many clubs have struggled to find a suitably qualified and experienced coach.

Don't disagree with your comments on Laidley but to be fair to him, it has been all the rage in the last few years for clubs to appoint young unproven rookie coaches to the senior gig, leaving the likes of Laidley to be pigeon-holed into that senior assistant role, and he's had no trouble securing those types of gigs since he left Norf.

[LongWait]

Don't disagree with your comments on Laidley but to be fair to him, it has been all the rage in the last few years for clubs to appoint young unproven rookie coaches to the senior gig, leaving the likes of Laidley to be pigeon-holed into that senior assistant role, and he's had no trouble securing those types of gigs since he left Norf.

Was he considered for our job? What about at Carlton? Melbourne? Brisbane? Fremantle? There are at least five recent coaching appointments where a young coach was not the first/preferred option. Will he be considered seriously by St.Kilda?

Could it be that young coaches are being appointed because the available older coaches are not that good. The better older coaches always seem to get at least one more crack at it, if not more.