Assistant Coaches

[MrMahatma]

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Gee… some harsh hate for a club legend.

[Axe Man]

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To avoid confusion here is the article:

Dogs hoping club great will Bob up again at the Kennel

After three years at Fremantle Bob Murphy is returning to Melbourne, with the Western Bulldogs keen to lure him home

THE WESTERN Bulldogs have approached club great Bob Murphy to return to the Whitten Oval, following his departure from Fremantle.

Murphy resigned as the Dockers? head of leadership last month after spending three seasons in Perth in a variety of roles under Justin Longmuir.

The 42-year-old has since returned to Melbourne with his family and is exploring opportunities to resume his media career, appearing on Triple M and ABC in September.

Before Murphy moved to Fremantle, the dual All-Australian combined his radio commitments at SEN with multiple roles at his old club, including in the W program, the media department and as a club ambassador.

The Bulldogs would like Murphy to return in a similar capacity around his media commitments in 2025.

Murphy is one of the club?s favourite sons after playing 312 games across 18 seasons in red, white and blue before he retired in 2017.

After widespread change and two different reviews, the Dogs aren?t expected to make many, if any, changes to the football department this off-season.

This time last year they poached Matt Egan from Geelong and promoted him to GM over the pre-season, also adding Daniel Pratt from West Coast, who was voted assistant coach of the year by the AFL Coaches Association earlier this month.

Former St Kilda captain Jarryn Geary joined the club as development and leadership coach and will continue to run the leadership program at the kennel.

Premiership Sydney defender Alex Johnson also returned to clubland as a development coach, where he spent 2024 working closely with the young key position players at the Whitten Oval.

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Gee… some harsh hate for a club legend.

Not at all. One can be a club legend and unworthy of a coaching role. As it happens he’s not been looked at so that’s that.

[Rocket Science]

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[Sedat]

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Not at all. One can be a club legend and unworthy of a coaching role. As it happens he?s not been looked at so that?s that.

Doug Hawkins was a club legend - may as well get him into the coaches box to provide some technical/gameday analysis.

Coaching is all consuming - Bob had a taste and realised it wasn't for him. Good on him getting out of his comfort zone and having a crack but he's seemingly worked out his strengths and coaching isn't it. The mooted media relations/ambassadorial role definitely is though.

[Pleather Sole]

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I think our very talented and developing forwards deserve a very talented forwards coach. An average one and a casual goalkicking coach isn't adequate, or doing them justice. I have no candidates but I'm sure there's coaches around who are a tier above the current guy. Thats the weak line for me.

[Bornadog]

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I think our very talented and developing forwards deserve a very talented forwards coach. An average one and a casual goalkicking coach isn't adequate, or doing them justice. I have no candidates but I'm sure there's coaches around who are a tier above the current guy. Thats the weak line for me.

We were the second highest scoring team - surely he gets some credit

[Bornadog]

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Not assistant -

Melbourne and Collingwood are chasing Jimmy Bartel for a role within their clubs.

He was previously on GWS' board.

Aza has been on to this for years

[ledge]

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Doug Hawkins was a club legend - may as well get him into the coaches box to provide some technical/gameday analysis.

Coaching is all consuming - Bob had a taste and realised it wasn't for him. Good on him getting out of his comfort zone and having a crack but he's seemingly worked out his strengths and coaching isn't it. The mooted media relations/ambassadorial role definitely is though.

Doug Hawkins and Bob Murphy are two completely different personalities .
I think it’s great Bob went off and did some work at other clubs . He gets an idea of how they work and can bring that into our club if it’s an improvement. I like we are asking him , I think it might be a mentor role of some sort , he had that image of being looked up to and obviously a leader . He thinks outside the box which would also fit with Bevo who does the same . Remember he was under Bevo as captain and look how that turned out.

[Bornadog]

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Cats sign new fitness boss, two other clubs still on the hunt

GEELONG has signed experienced strength and conditioning coach Desmond O?Sullivan as the club?s new high performance manager ahead of the start of the pre-season.

O?Sullivan will join the Cats after more than a decade working at the Western Bulldogs and Essendon.

After starting in the Bombers? VFL program in 2012, O?Sullivan spent nine years at Essendon before moving to the Whitten Oval at the end of 2021.

[Axe Man]

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Cats sign new fitness boss, two other clubs still on the hunt

GEELONG has signed experienced strength and conditioning coach Desmond O?Sullivan as the club?s new high performance manager ahead of the start of the pre-season.

O?Sullivan will join the Cats after more than a decade working at the Western Bulldogs and Essendon.

After starting in the Bombers? VFL program in 2012, O?Sullivan spent nine years at Essendon before moving to the Whitten Oval at the end of 2021.

He's stepping up to the top job so can't blame him. From the outside it seemed like Duvnjak-Zaknich did a great job this season with fitness improving and soft tissue injuries limited. I'm sure we can find a suitable replacement for O'Sullivan.

[GVGjr]

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That's a great pick up by them.
He's been great with the playing group.

[jazzadogs]

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Wait so having the best facilities/gym in the comp wasn't even enough to keep the strength and conditioning coach?? Am I missing something or is this a problem?

[Rocco Jones]

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Wait so having the best facilities/gym in the comp wasn't even enough to keep the strength and conditioning coach?? Am I missing something or is this a problem?

I read it as a promotion. High performance manager > Strength and conditioning coach.

[comrade]

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Has he been seen wearing Cotton On recently?