Assistant Coaches

[Grantysghost]

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Ive just received a missed call from a Chris Grant.

I'd vote for you to get the gig Doc.

[bulldogsthru&thru]

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Chris Grant reported as walking around Marvel Stadium asking anyone if they’d like to be an assistant coach next year for us.

I can picture him with his arm half around his face trying to mask himself as he mutters to passers-by "wannna be an assistant?". "What did you say?" "Do you wanna be an assistant at the dogs?"

[DOG GOD]

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Not suprised by any of this. This club is on the way down, in a big way.
Getting harmes and picking Watson with pick 4 will just cap it off nicely (roll eyes emoji )

[bulldogtragic]

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Starting to sound like Kim Jong Un saying north Korea is the best country to live. What's the actual reality here?

We think we are a top four side. The pick trade confirms we think what we are giving up next year is a later teens pick. The club backed their own jobs too so they must think they’re just unlucky the last while.

If assistants believed the same then surely they’d be lining up and putting in their resume they joined us and helped take us from finals to top 4.

I wonder if the sales pitch is that we are a top 4 team and assistants think we are deluded and don’t want to be associated with it. It would explain why we’ve apparently spoken to so many and been rejected. Maybe Grant & Bains aren’t closing the deal, maybe what they’re selling no one is buying. I don’t think we are a top 4 side. I think we will be around the same mark next year assuming Bevo doesn’t get sacked and blow the season up from within it. Which could happen.

It’s pretty confusing to have every single target not want to come here. There must be a very good reason. We should do a secret review to not find out why this is.

[hujsh]

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Josh Gabelich
@JoshGabelich
Matthew Egan is on the @westernbulldogs radar to join the football department. Currently head of development at Geelong, previously coached at Melbourne & Essendon

Is he a local? They tend not to leave.

Was senior coach at Essendon for 5 games during the supplements ban for Hird/Thompson which I'd forgotten entirely

[JanLorMill]

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Getting beyond funny now

[azabob]

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It is being reported we offered Leppitsch more money and he still turned us down.... grim indeed.

[bulldogtragic]

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Getting beyond funny now

The plan was to get Bevo the best assistants and back him in. Well, they’re not coming and the plan is shot to shit. So now what?

[jeemak]

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Pretty big ask to poach Leppitsch from the cashed up premiers....

[azabob]

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Pretty big ask to poach Leppitsch from the cashed up premiers....

It is being reported we offered more money.

[SquirrelGrip]

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Chris Grant reported as walking around Marvel Stadium asking anyone if they’d like to be an assistant coach next year for us.

It'll be just our luck he bumps into Dodoro. He's free next year...

[hujsh]

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It is being reported we offered more money.

And a promotion... only downside would be if he didn't want a promotion in the same way he supposedly doesn't want to be a head coach

[jazzadogs]

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By all reports Craig McRae is an incredible person to work with, so I can understand going for quality of life over cash/opportunity. And it's not like he has a bad role at the pies.

One of my mates has had a bit to do with McRae over the past few months, and said you just get sucked in to his "winning" aura. Super positive and engaging guy. Sounds like Bevo when he started with us.

[1eyedog]

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Are coaches cautious about working with Bevo?

[bulldogtragic]

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Are coaches cautious about working with Bevo?

Cautious or don’t want to even if offered promotion and more money? It has to be an issue to some degree.