Assistant Coaches

[angelopetraglia]

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I already retracted my initial remark about slick careerist - it was an overreach in relation to Bains. And I never asserted he was some silver spoon son of a trust fund millionaire (not that that should matter in relation to Andrew Dillon either - he does a good job or he doesn't). However, it's not true that they are completely different. Both hail from the VAFA footy factory so beloved by the AFEL. Both have studied law at uni (I think this is where the "small target not rocking the boat" philosophy comes from - lawyers are by their very nature risk averse and are more comfortable in the background that front-facing). And Bains has also done a leadership program at the AFEL. There are clear cultural similarities (and also some differences as you pointed out).

I specifically referenced his performance at St Kilda, which is underwhelming. And I've also made mention of the lack of leadership displayed by both Bains and KW-W on occasions when I thought it was needed. It appears he has done a good job at the kennel on the off-field elements of his role - not sure he is as comfortable/competent with the on-field operations. And anecdotally at least, he has been a good communicator with some here on woof (thanks GG and BAD for confirming).

Yes. That is all fair. Accept that.

Bains also went to Melbourne Grammar. Dillon Xavier. So that there is also that similarity.

[angelopetraglia]

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Tom Morris. Marc Webb will leave the club.

[angelopetraglia]

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SEN.com.au understands Webb made the decision himself for family reasons.

Perth-based sources confirmed Webb is looking at returning to Western Australia, where his wife Lisa coaches Fremantle’s AFLW side.

Webb spent two seasons at the Dogs, first as midfield coach in 2022 then looking after stoppage work this year.

[G-Mo77]

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We kind of knew that but good to have it confirmed. 1 more assistant to go.

[GVGjr]

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Well if true that is a significant loss. Listened to Marc at the East West club dinner and and provided a terrific overview of his role at the club and seemed happy working with Bevo.

[Bornadog]

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Well if true that is a significant loss. Listened to Marc at the East West club dinner and and provided a terrific overview of his role at the club and seemed happy working with Bevo.

With his wife living in Perth, it was on the cards.

A lot of people haven't rated Webb, but he has good credentials having worked under Ross Lyon at Freo and before that coached Claremont.

[GVGjr]

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With his wife living in Perth, it was on the cards.

A lot of people haven't rated Webb, but he has good credentials having worked under Ross Lyon at Freo and before that coached Claremont.

In fairness to some of our supporters we haven't seen a lot of Webb a public profile isn't really in the role of many assistant coaches.
I got to see a lot of the assistant coaches at Skinner reserve and probably gained a more positive appreciation of what they bring to the playing group but for most supporters he would have remained out of sight.

[Sedat]

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In fairness to some of our supporters we haven't seen a lot of Webb a public profile isn't really in the role of many assistant coaches.

I guess this emphasizes the point that Bevo is doing too much of the heavy media lifting and needs to spread the load in 2024 to give himself the best chance to focus on core day-to-day coaching/match-day planning - the question is if Bevo was driving this or was it dictated from higher up the chain of command.

The assistants, the head of footy, and the CEO/president all need to ramp up their media in 2024.

[GVGjr]

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I guess this emphasizes the point that Bevo is doing too much of the heavy media lifting and needs to spread the load in 2024 to give himself the best chance to focus on core day-to-day coaching/match-day planning - the question is if Bevo was driving this or was it dictated from higher up the chain of command.

The assistants, the head of footy, and the CEO/president all need to ramp up their media in 2024.

Just on assistants in the media outside of the occasional cameo's it's normally the previous senior coaches that might get more exposure than the normal assistants. We need to a footy GM who's got a strong presence at the selection table and also got a bit of a profile within the media.

[Bornadog]

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I guess this emphasizes the point that Bevo is doing too much of the heavy media lifting and needs to spread the load in 2024 to give himself the best chance to focus on core day-to-day coaching/match-day planning - the question is if Bevo was driving this or was it dictated from higher up the chain of command.

The assistants, the head of footy, and the CEO/president all need to ramp up their media in 2024.

The Assistants of any team are hardly a public figure? Lade has been out there a few times, but he is the Senior ass.

[ledge]

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The Assistants of any team are hardly a public figure? Lade has been out there a few times, but he is the Senior ass.

What a job to get the “senior ass” keeping that in mind he should be first to go . :-)

[Testekill]

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We kinda knew that Webb was moving back to WA so that's not a shock at all.

[I'm Not Bitter Anymore!]

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Tom Morris. Marc Webb will leave the club.

How quickly Tom Morris has slid back into the media

[Grantysghost]

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We kinda knew that Webb was moving back to WA so that's not a shock at all.

Exactly, most on here could've broken that exclusive 2 months ago.

[angelopetraglia]

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How quickly Tom Morris has slid back into the media

mmmm it is a very good point, the AFL want to virtue signal their gender and sexual prefernce equality, but they ain't too good about actually living it. Much easier to virtue signal than actually have to do anything real.

"Unfornuately she is a Lesbian lads, Megan B f^&*^ hot as and a great bird, like good fun, good to talk too, my view the hottest girl at Fox by a long way, but unfornuately, yep, she has got her liqour licence and she is very, very good at it" - Tom Morris

Caroline Wilson is the first person to welcome him back into the fold. Thanks Caro, protector of all females and number one spokesperson and promoter of the AFLW.