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Re: Assistant Coaches
Hahahaha.
I love my dyslexia too, it speaks in tisted twongues DoTwogs.
Please forgive me woofers and mods:
Lawson for you, who knew Bont was coming:
The Men Who Sleep With Danger
Henry Lawson, 1912
The men who sleep with Danger
Are mostly quiet men;
And one may use a rifle,
And one may use a pen.
And some meet wrong with patience
And some arise and strike;
But in the big essentials
They're pretty much alike.
The men who go with Danger
Are mostly dreamy-eyed;
Upon the swooping fo'c's'le,
Or by the camp-fire side,
You'll find them grouped together;
And always where they are
You'll see a a pipe-bowl glowing,
And savour a cigar.
The men who camp with Danger
Have jests that are their own,
And songs that you've forgotten,
And yarns you've never known.
There's little you can tell them
Of deeds good, wicked, mean,
That men who've lived for danger
Have neither done nor seen.
The men who sleep with Danger
Sleep soundly while they may,
But always wake at midnight
Or just before the day.
A Something in the darkness
That shudders at the dawn —
A side-mate softly wakened,
A pistol swiftly drawn.
The men who sail with Danger,
As actors, at command —
They lightly laugh to fool you
When Terror is at hand.
The men who sail with Danger
A wondrous insight have;
They know if you are timid,
They know if you are brave.
The man who's lived with Danger
Has knowledge all his own;
The instinct of a woman —
Of men who fight alone.
He learns from peace and comfort,
He learns from care and strife;
He studies, night and morning,
The book that men call Life.
The men who live with Danger
See sermons in a log;
They have the horse's swiftness,
The instinct of the dog.
When illness comes to loved ones,
They know where'er they roam —
Have you seen, without for reason,
A bushman start for home?
They know and feel our "warnings"
As only Gipsies do.
They know the Norse Fore-Goer,
Have heard and seen it, too.
They know when Death has passed them,
And the Death Watch is at end.
And they know when he is coming —
The Unexpected Friend.
The men who live with Danger,
They take things as they go —
In seeming unpreparedness,
To those who do not know.
They sleep when work is over,
And mind and body ache;
But Danger whispers gently,
And they are wide awake!Footscray Football Republic.Comment
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Re: Assistant Coaches
Luckless ex-Swan returns to AFL footy with new Dogs role
SYDNEY premiership player Alex Johnson is returning to clubland after landing a new role at the Western Bulldogs.
The 31-year-old is the latest football department change at the Whitten Oval, returning to the AFL landscape as a development coach five years after leaving Sydney.
The Western Bulldogs have made a raft of changes to the football department since a disappointing 2023 campaign ended in August, with Stefan Martin the latest exit following a year as a development coach.
Johnson endured a nightmare injury run during his time at the Swans, suffering five anterior cruciate ligament tears in his left knee between the Grand Final win in 2012 and his return game 2136 days later in late 2018, before doing his right knee in his second game back.
The Victorian returned to Melbourne at the end of that season following 47 games across eight seasons in NSW, joining the Northern Blues as head of development and in a playing capacity, before requiring another knee reconstruction following an injury at training with Old Xaverians in the VAFA in 2020.
Alex Johnson endured six knee reconstructions across his eight year, 47 game career. He shares his story with Hamish McLachlan
Johnson has transitioned into coaching since leaving the Swans, working as an assistant coach with the First XVIII at Xavier College alongside former schoolmate and Adelaide Crows defender Sam Shaw and then at Old Xaverians in 2023.
New Western Bulldogs coaching and performance manager Matt Egan crossed paths with Johnson during his time as head of football at Xavier College.
Bulldogs CEO Ameet Bains and head of football Chris Grant have been busy making changes to the football department to support Luke Beveridge since the club missed out on playing finals this year, poaching Egan from Geelong where he was head of development.
Former St Kilda captain Jarryn Geary joined the club last week as a development and player leadership coach after spending 12 months away from the game.
Daniel Pratt has also moved to the Kennel as backline coach after spending the past decade at the West Coast Eagles in a range of roles.
Favourite son Rohan Smith departed after a long stint as backline coach, along with assistant coach Marc Webb, development coach Travis Varcoe and now Martin.FFC: Established 1883
Premierships: AFL 1954, 2016 VFA - 1898,99,1900, 1908, 1913, 1919-20, 1923-24, VFL: 2014, 2016 . Champions of Victoria 1924. AFLW - 2018.Comment
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We asked for change in the footy department and we now have itFFC: Established 1883
Premierships: AFL 1954, 2016 VFA - 1898,99,1900, 1908, 1913, 1919-20, 1923-24, VFL: 2014, 2016 . Champions of Victoria 1924. AFLW - 2018.Comment
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Re: Assistant Coaches
So is he the goal kicking coach?Comment
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Sounds like Egan has recruited Johnson as someone he clearly rates.
At least Johnson and Egan will be able to empathise with the rehab group being two of the unluckiest AFL players in recent history.Comment
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Gut feel only, the Alex Johnson appointment feels like a really really good appointment.More of an In Bruges guy?Comment
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It takes a lot of mental strength to keep on coming back after the injury setbacks that Johnson had, if he can teach the players that attitude then it can only be a great thing.Comment
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Re: Assistant Coaches
What’s the changes?
Maple for Egan
Webb for Pratt
Smith for ????
Developments/Specialists:
Varcoe for Geary
Martin for Johnson
A new part time goal kicking assistantRocket Science: the epitaph for the Beveridge era - whenever it ends - reading 'Here lies a team that could beat anyone on its day, but seldom did when it mattered most'. 15/7/2023Comment
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Re: Assistant Coaches
Yes and no the line coaches are mostly unchanged with the one person most supporters would probably expect to be gone being one of those remaining. Though looking at it as changes over 2 years helps put the pieces together to make it look more comprehensive
Going over 2 years:
Lade replaces Webb
Egan replaces Maple (/there is a new role added unless I'm forgetting something)
Pratt replaces Smith
Geary replaces Varcoe
Johnson replaces Martin
Webb had a role created for him when we got Lade as the midfield coach and leaves soon after. The space created gets filled by Egan's role instead.
Geary takes the role of Development coach+. Now that the radio has the dial turned to 107.1 JJJ (Jones, Jamarra and Jones being indigenous players in the team) it seems we're more comfortable with our ability to accommodate indigenous players and have turned our focus to a lack of leadership generally instead.
Johnson replaces Martin as someone with a bit more hands on coaching experience outside the AFL environment.
Then you have a goalkicking coach (maybe Dixon) and not announced but supposedly Maddocks was promoted to Head of Development which is probably a nice way of keeping him in the role of development manager while formalising him taking some duties over from Bevo.[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]Comment
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Re: Assistant Coaches
The current survivors:
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