What does Bali and Chapelle Corby have to do with Brendan McCartney's assistants or football in general?
What does Bali and Chapelle Corby have to do with Brendan McCartney's assistants or football in general?
My only concern with Laidley is that I dont see him as having a set philosophy on the game. At Collingwood he was the opposition analyst and when he was at North they would completely change styles in the space of 2 or 3 weeks to counter certain opponents. It got him some good wins but its not very sustainable (think Terry Wallace in his later stages with us). Its not as big an issue when he is an assistant but its a concern all the same. It could actually be a good thing to have someone so good at picking oppositions apart if McCartney can filter it well enough.
Not sure what this has to do with the thread title, but IMO we need to be careful not to tar an entire country with the "It's a hole" brush, nor infer that there's only one country in the world with suspect legal systems.
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Are we trying to corner the market for Bogan assistants?
Is Fev next?
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Not a fan of laidley. I never thought he was that tactically astute from his time at North. If anything I thought the opposite. He may be a good get as support for B-Mac, but I'd prefer someone like Ayres in that role.
Seems like Laidley has his choice of being the 2IC at St Kilda, or replacing Richardson or Watters at Carlton and Collingwood were they to be appointed head coach of the Saints
I agree. I think it is high time we started looking in our own kennel! The Bulldogs have been too quick to dismiss its own in the past for example, Royal, Cameron, Liberatore and Hawkins. Geelong and Collingwood set the example of how to develop their own. You only need to look at the Cats recent support staff to get a handle on their approach. Similarly Malthouse has encouraged the likes of Guy McKenna and now Scott Watters in their coaching development.
In the words of one of our former greats from the Bulldogs Team of the Century we should be looking at the likes of Scott West a 7 times best and fairest winner. We do not honor our former champions in the same way as a Buckley, Hird or Voss. West should be a great mentor and coach to the likes of our younger brigade such as Liberatore, Wallis, Tutt, Schofield and Veszpremi. Under the leadership of McCartney it should be a great combination.
I would be interested in your thoughts?
I've always rated Laidley. Thought he got a lot out of a pretty poor list to be honest.
I agree ^^. Lost a few senior players on his watch, badly burnt with the Hay Trade though.
Disagree Royal and Cameron have worked at the club and Doug's been a skills coach.
You pick the best man for the gig and not the most sentimental man for the job!
We treat our ex players as well as other clubs and the facts are some don't leave on their own terms