Assistant Coaches

[Bornadog]

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Dew maybe is in the Richmond senior picture so makes sense he wouldn't be singing anywhere yet.

I read somewhere that Gia is down to the last few for the Richmond role.

[GVGjr]

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There have been plenty of comments that Bains and Grant haven't been standing up to Beveridge but it appears to me that this sort of shake-up proves we have a new vision for the footy department and we are re-shaping it now in a big way.

The next few weeks are going to be an interesting ride.

[G-Mo77]

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Spangher staying is laughable.

BAD you got me on that print screen. The X on the pop up is not working, took me a while to work that out it'sa screen shot. Hahaha.

[GVGjr]

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I read somewhere that Gia is down to the last few for the Richmond roll.

He is ready to take on a senior coaching roll. He's done plenty of additional work to prepare himself.

[angelopetraglia]

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SEISMIC CHANGE CONTINUES WITH VARCOE SET TO DEPART WESTERN BULLDOGS Tom Morris

summer of seismic change will continue at the Western Bulldogs, with development coach Travis Varcoe set to depart the club.

Varcoe, who has been at Whitten Oval for three years, will part ways with the club in the coming weeks.

He will be the third coach to leave, with more football department staff expected to follow him as the Dogs re-shape the team underneath Chris Grant and Luke Beveridge.

Varcoe, a two-time premiership player with Geelong who also played for Collingwood, arrived at the end of 2020 and worked mostly with the VFL program in his stint.

In addition to coaching responsibilities, his role included acting as a mentor for Indigenous players Jamarra Ugle-Hagan, Arthur Jones, and involved in the club?s Reconciliation Action Plan.

Varcoe joins assistant coaches Marc Webb and Rohan Smith to depart the club in the off-season.

As reported by SEN.com.au, Webb made the call to return home to Perth, while club great Smith was told his time was up, despite strong support from coach Luke Beveridge.

It?s understood forwards coach Matt Spangher is likely to stay, as is midfield coach Brendon Lade.

Stef Martin and Jamie Maddocks are the two other development coaches, while Stewart Edge has coached Footscray, whose season came to an end on Saturday.

Despite reports of interest in Stuart Dew, the club has not signed the former Gold Coast Suns coach as a replacement.

Many clubs are waiting on the coaching appointment at Richmond, as the outcome will determine the availability of key candidates.

From a player perspective, premiership player Toby McLean, plus veterans Taylor Duryea and Tim O?Brien are without contracts.

The Western Bulldogs have traditionally waited until after the best and fairest to make most list changes, which is due to be held on October 4 this year.

Exit meetings for VFL players on the Dogs senior list will be held early this week.

[azabob]

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Spangher staying is laughable.

BAD you got me on that print screen. The X on the pop up is not working, took me a while to work that out it'sa screen shot. Hahaha.

Maybe no laughable.

I can't recall this, but I was talking to a mate a while back and he said Spangher was first hired as a development coach and with the departure of King and Hansen was thrown into a line coaching role.
In 2024 he will return back to the a development focused role.

Honestly so much speculation and hearsay going on, we might as well lock this thread and open it up once announcements are made!

[Bornadog]

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Honestly so much speculation and hearsay going on, we might as well lock this thread and open it up once announcements are made!

Nah, fun reading what posters opinions are.

On Varcoe, he was brought in to look after JUH and other indigenous players that we bring in. Maybe he is looking for a more serious role now. I think I read that he does coach his own team in one of the suburban leagues.

[GVGjr]

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Spangher staying is laughable.

So why don't you rate Spangher?

[MrMahatma]

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It's hard for me to draw the conclusion that bringing in more experienced assistant coaches is in some way putting Beveridge on notice.

I see it more simply that we've identified the need to add more experienced coaches around Beveridge to help this team fulfill it's potential and to give the players more support so we are looking far and wide to achieve that.

Lets see who we land before getting too excited.

I agree with this. Like the book - Good to great. Get the best people you can on the bus. Tell them where you need to go, and let them figure out how to get you there.

Egos can be a bad thing. I'd hope we're taking a "hire the best we can get..." approach.

[Mofra]

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We were 16th for defensive transition from our D50 to F50, even with supposed stars in Richards and Dale.
An experienced defensive line coach should be the priority among our assistants.

And spend the cash and get a specialist goal-kicking coach. If we can't pry Sav Rocca out, get one. The number of games we lost by less than two kicks was frustrating, and our two KPF pillars went at below average set shot accuracy. It's a no-brainer.

[Grantysghost]

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We were 16th for defensive transition from our D50 to F50, even with supposed stars in Richards and Dale.
An experienced defensive line coach should be the priority among our assistants.

And spend the cash and get a specialist goal-kicking coach. If we can't pry Sav Rocca out, get one. The number of games we lost by less than two kicks was frustrating, and our two KPF pillars went at below average set shot accuracy. It's a no-brainer.

Yes re defensive.

Goal kicking, nobody does that it's a relic of the past.

[ReLoad]

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So why don't you rate Spangher?

You Canna’ hand a man a granda’ Spangher.

[kruder]

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Blakey left norrrffffff today...

Grant and Bains have basically said assistant coaches and the list is to blame it's going to be fascinating who they bring in. If it's underwhelming again this joint is going to go mad. And rightly so.

[Rocco Jones]

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Goal kicking, nobody does that it's a relic of the past.

David Wheadon was a specialist goal kicking coach at St.Kilda this season.

I get what you are saying but I am not into writing things off because no one else does it. I think it's no chance under Bevo as he seems to think concentrating on it puts it into your head and makes things worse. I think it's something that should be player by player rather than having a specialist coach or basically not working on it at all.

[jeemak]

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David Wheadon was a specialist goal kicking coach at St.Kilda this season.

I get what you are saying but I am not into writing things off because no one else does it. I think it's no chance under Bevo as he seems to think concentrating on it puts it into your head and makes things worse. I think it's something that should be player by player rather than having a specialist coach or basically not working on it at all.

Or just maybe, something the players might do in their spare time........