Coaching Group - Under Pressure?

[Ghost Dog]

They are?

I'm the same as Anfo right now. I don't want to make the effort to go and watch, only reason I'll go is to get out of the house and do something else, have some me time. I'll probably go on Saturday but I can imagine I'll leave around half time, early 3rd and go and do something else. All respect we gained from 2016 is all but gone, we're a laughing stock, a joke and I'm embarrassed to be a supporter.

Really? I'm not embarrassed about Bont, Moz, Wally, Luke D, Cordy, Billy G, Pickers, Jack M. They represent us as fans. We Have a good core. I feel proud when Jongy gets on the park. As much as people want to make fun of some of our lesser skilled players, they really try their guts out. Mitch H, R. Smith, to name a few. They want to be the players you want, and try hard even if they fall short

[azabob]

Really? I'm not embarrassed about Bont, Moz, Wally, Luke D, Cordy, Billy G, Pickers, Jack M. They represent us as fans. We Have a good core. I feel proud when Jongy gets on the park. As much as people want to make fun of some of our lesser skilled players, they really try their guts out. Mitch H, R. Smith, to name a few. They want to be the players you want, and try hard even if they fall short

Quoting G-Mo from May probably isn’t fair.

Even so Picken isn’t in the conversation as he hasn’t played this year and Dahlhaus has been extremely extremely underwhelming the last 2 years.

[bulldogsthru&thru]

Brett Ratten has joined St Kilda

[bornadog]

Brett Ratten has joined St Kilda

Big changes at the Saints. We may even see Brett takeover mid next year.

[DOG GOD]

Big changes at the Saints. We may even see Brett takeover mid next year.

I think that’s the whole idea regarding the appt.

[bornadog]

Footscray Bulldogs looks set to have a new head coach next season with rumors saying Daniel Giansiracusa will take over Steve Grace role.


Steve Grace likely to replace Gia as the stoppages coach

[azabob]

Appears no changes to the group just a couple of role changes.

Disappointing, but not surprising.

[lemmon]

Appears no changes to the group just a couple of role changes.

Disappointing, but not surprising.

I don't get it from the coach's point of view either. Surely a guy like Gia, with aspirations to one day be a head coach, would be better off broadening his own experience by going elsewhere. He's been at the club for two decades now without having seen how other sides operate

[azabob]

I don't get it from the coach's point of view either. Surely a guy like Gia, with aspirations to one day be a head coach, would be better off broadening his own experience by going elsewhere. He's been at the club for two decades now without having seen how other sides operate

Really good point. This way Gia does tick the box of coaching your own team and still within an AFL club.

But as you say he needs to go and experience another environment.

[Mantis]

I don't get it from the coach's point of view either. Surely a guy like Gia, with aspirations to one day be a head coach, would be better off broadening his own experience by going elsewhere. He's been at the club for two decades now without having seen how other sides operate

Maybe he sounded out going to another club and there was no option to do so??

[Rocket Science]

Chris Bond's just walked out of Freo.

Should we sound him out for an encore with us?

[azabob]

Chris Bond's just walked out of Freo.

Should we sound him out for an encore with us?

Or moved on? Apparently their CEO is handling list management!

[Nuggety Back Pocket]

Or moved on? Apparently their CEO is handling list management!

Chris Bond was highly regarded by the senior players during his time at the WB. Would be an ideal Football Manager or similar and provide badly needed support to Bevo.

[jeemak]

Maybe he sounded out going to another club and there was no option to do so??

Irrespective of what some supporters think of Gia, there's no doubt that he's a very smart football person and what he was able to do with our forward set up in the 2016 finals series would hold him in high regard within the industry. We went from not being able to kick a score throughout the season, to being extremely difficult to defend against as a forward group under the high pressure of finals.

His performance in stoppages has been hampered by poor ruck stocks, a lack of in form or available midfielders and a change in rules surrounding third man up post that finals series.

If he was sounding out opportunities elsewhere, being contracted notwithstanding, I'm sure he'd find a pretty good gig.