Assistant Coaches?

[GVGjr]

If there was a spill of assistants coaches at the end of the season who from other clubs, state leagues, TAC and even footy commentators would you like to see the club try and attract?

Who are the standouts?

For the sake of the argument, lets assume Eade is still at the helm but we need to find a stronger support team of 3 to work with him. Ideally one of the assistant coaches needs to be capable of stepping up to the senior role in a couple of seasons?

(By the way, this is not a knee jerk thread in response to today's loss so lets not get caught up with that)

[ledge]

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Its hard to say because we the public arent in the box to see the coaches and what they say and who are the cluey ones.

[azabob]

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Could Gerard Fitzgerald from North Ballarat be an option?
Has had great success at VFL level. Unsure why he has not been given the opportunity and or had a go at AFL coaching circles.

[DOG GOD]

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I think Williams has certainly run his race. Our mids are as poor as any in the comp for accountability.

[Hotdog60]

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Wayne Carey
Robert Harvey
Stephen Silvagni

Just thoughts, although Carey would have to have no contact with players wives in his contract.

[Mantis]

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How much can we spend?

Pretty sure it's an important consideration at a club like ours.

[GVGjr]

Re: Assistant Coaches?

How much can we spend?

Pretty sure it's an important consideration at a club like ours.

Lets see who we rate and work out that from there. I'm more or less just interested in identifying the standouts.

A few that I would find interesting candidates are:

Alan Richardson
Nathan Bassett
Mark Neeld
Wayne Schwass
Matthew Lloyd

We may not be able to afford some of them but it's a starting point.

[ledge]

Re: Assistant Coaches?

Would Johnno be any good as an assistant coach or is it too early?

[GVGjr]

Re: Assistant Coaches?

Would Johnno be any good as an assistant coach or is it too early?

Too early I would have thought

[Remi Moses]

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Need to freshen up the box.
Heard good stuff about Bassett

[Go_Dogs]

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Need to freshen up the box.
Heard good stuff about Bassett

From what I can gather, Bassett already has a few offers on the table for roles at clubs outside of SA. I'd be very interested.

[LostDoggy]

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Lets see who we rate and work out that from there. I'm more or less just interested in identifying the standouts.

A few that I would find interesting candidates are:

Alan Richardson
Nathan Bassett
Mark Neeld
Wayne Schwass
Matthew Lloyd

We may not be able to afford some of them but it's a starting point.

Agree with Richardson, seems to be quite a tactical thinker. Probably would like to attract someone from Geelong or Collingwood to tap into their IP. They wouldn't come cheap or be happy to be second fiddle for long, so maybe as a senior assistant with match-day duties or something like that, but how that works out for Rocket is a whole other question.

[LostDoggy]

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What about someone like Gary Ayres?

[Rocco Jones]

Re: Assistant Coaches?

What about someone like Gary Ayres?

He has been out of the AFL system for a long time and it has changed a lot. I agree with Malthouse's call about if you're out for a bit, you're pretty much gone now.

[GVGjr]

Re: Assistant Coaches?

He has been out of the AFL system for a long time and it has changed a lot. I agree with Malthouse's call about if you're out for a bit, you're pretty much gone now.

As an Assistant coach though? I think that makes sense for the likes of Leigh Matthews going for a senior coaching role but I don't think it would necessarily apply to someone like Ayers for an assistant role