Assistant Coaches

[Grantysghost]

Re: Assistant Coaches

Maybe Donald R is interviewing for our Director of Coaching role?

“There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we don't know we don't know.”

Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.

[Topdog]

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Rocket science on absolute fire today

[GVGjr]

Re: Assistant Coaches

From AFL.com



THE WESTERN Bulldogs are interested in adding Matthew Egan to the football department at the Whitten Oval after missing out on securing the services of Justin Leppitsch.

Leppitsch informed the Bulldogs on Monday night that he will remain at the AIA Centre as Collingwood's head of strategy after being pursued to join Luke Beveridge's coaching team.

After losing the race to Melbourne to sign Andrew McQualter as an assistant coach after he missed out on securing the top job at Richmond, the Bulldogs had turned their attention to prying Leppitsch out of the reigning premier.
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But after considering the opportunity to head to the kennel as the director of coaching, the 48-year-old has recommitted to help the Magpies try to go back-to-back in 2024.

Leppitsch won three premierships playing alongside Craig McRae at Brisbane, adding three as an assistant at Richmond before banking a seventh when Collingwood defeated Brisbane in last month's Grand Final.

All of Collingwood's assistant coaches are understood to have attracted varying degrees of interest from rivals.

Egan is currently Geelong's head of development after returning to Kardinia Park at the end of 2021 to join Chris Scott's football department.

The 40-year-old was forced to retire prematurely due to the serious foot injury he suffered on the eve of the 2007 finals series, which prevented him from playing again and forced him to retire in 2010 after 59 games.

Since then, the Victorian has built an impressive coaching resume as a development coach, starting at Essendon where he stepped up to coach the final game of 2015 after James Hird departed.

Egan also spent time working alongside Simon Goodwin at Melbourne before returning to Geelong just under two years ago.

The Dogs have been searching for a range of coaches as they look to revamp the coaching panel in Footscray following a disappointing 2023 campaign, with Egan now a target.

Backline coach Rohan Smith, stoppages coach Marc Webb and development coach Stefan Martin have all departed the Bulldogs since the club missed out on playing in September by half a game to Sydney.

The club is also in the market for a new high performance manager after long-time fitness boss Mat Inness was poached by West Coast to replace Warren Koefed at the Eagles.

[MrMahatma]

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If we miss out on Egan, well, it’ll start to look a bit desperate. Need to close a deal here.

[Danny Delre]

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We are desperate unfortunately

[SonofScray]

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We’ve pulled the wrong levers.

[SquirrelGrip]

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Interesting to see Clay Smith in the background of Harmes? welcome tour of Whitten Oval: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CyP7h...RlODBiNWFlZA==

Wonder why we don?t just announce him?

[SlimPickens]

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Interesting to see Clay Smith in the background of Harmes? welcome tour of Whitten Oval: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CyP7h...RlODBiNWFlZA==

Wonder why we don?t just announce him?

Couldn’t spot him. Brent Prismall definitely. Not Smithy

[Grantysghost]

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Interesting to see Clay Smith in the background of Harmes? welcome tour of Whitten Oval: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CyP7h...RlODBiNWFlZA==

Wonder why we don?t just announce him?

I've watched this 5 times there's no Clay Smith.

Why would he be a candidate? Coaching in local footy he's got some work to do before he's in the big leagues.

[hujsh]

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I've watched this 5 times there's no Clay Smith.

Why would he be a candidate? Coaching in local footy he's got some work to do before he's in the big leagues.

Ex players move into development roles all the time and I'd imagine that's what we've have in mind for Smith

[GVGjr]

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Interesting to see Clay Smith in the background of Harmes? welcome tour of Whitten Oval: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CyP7h...RlODBiNWFlZA==

Wonder why we don?t just announce him?

I've looked 3 times but didn't see him.

[Grantysghost]

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Ex players move into development roles all the time and I'd imagine that's what we've have in mind for Smith

Not sure Clay is the man to be honest.

[choconmientay]

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I think most of us would have a soft spot for Clay S and would recognize him from miles away False alarm so back to work all.

[Rocco Jones]

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With the assistants we've gone after, are they for the same/similar roles?

I've liked what I have heard from Leppitsch, Dew, McQualter and Egan but for different reasons.

I'll preface this with wtf would I know about how good an assistant they are, but my feels:

- Dew and Lepitsch really come across as strategic guys who maybe are not the greatest at dealing with players. Leppitsch was Head of Strategy or whatever it was called and has been kinda promoted/job created/give a more appealing name. So basically we targeted him for Director of Footy. I imagine Dew would have been similar.

- Egan I like but he seems a bit the opposite. Really more with the human skills. He is in a development role at the Cats I believe.

- McQualter seems a bit more all-rounderish.


If we get Egan, will he fill the same role as we intended for Leppitsch?

[anfo27]

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I'd like to see Clay at the kennel as the hardness development coach!