Our next coach?

[ledge]

Re: Our next coach?

Must say when MM was coaching us i had contact with him once a week and he was quite distant and abrupt to me, and he is a great coach as we know.
In saying that I dont think it was meant that way its just the way he is.

[Maddog37]

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There is something about picking up a discard from Norf that just doesn't sit well with me. He would not be my first choice.

[ledge]

Re: Our next coach?

In all this speculation I think the number 1 criteria should be he keeps WOOF informed and takes advice from us know alls!

[azabob]

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Reported in the AGE today that Adelaide are already starting interviewing potential candidates this weekend!

As I said yesterday I hope we sort out stuff sooner rather than later so we don't get left behind.

[boydogs]

Re: Our next coach?

Thoughts on Brenton Sanderson?

Geelong's performance this year under a rookie coach makes me think they are coaching themselves, which perhaps means the performance of the assistants is being overvalued.

Alternately, Sanderson has been the constant in the transition from Thompson to Scott - is he the one keeping them up there?

[Mofra]

Re: Our next coach?

Geelong's performance this year under a rookie coach makes me think they are coaching themselves, which perhaps means the performance of the assistants is being overvalued.

I would have thought it indicates the opposite - a rookie coach who has strong, experienced assistants around him.

I really have no idea what assistants are like on and off the field, how much responsibility each has at their respective clubs, or what sort of coach our playing group responds best to - voting on the best candidate is largely pissing into the wind.

I would vote for anyone but Malthouse if it were an option, as we'd stuff ourselves up financially for decades if we were to meet the financial demands of getting Malthouse (including payout to Collingwood) in 2012

[LostDoggy]

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I would vote for anyone but Malthouse if it were an option, as we'd stuff ourselves up financially for decades if we were to meet the financial demands of getting Malthouse (including payout to Collingwood) in 2012

I'm no expert in these things, but wouldn't having a coach like Malthouse generate financial benefits? In sponsors, increased membership etc???

[1eyedog]

Re: Our next coach?

Don't think Laidley would be a good option, would prefer to see a Grand final winning coach.
Not to sure when (thinking Joyce then back to Charlie) we had a coach with a flag under his belt pass his knowledge and experience onto our players and club.
Although I am not sure we have the budget for it.

Join the club.

But seriously, who is there that fits this category? Malthouse is not coming over can everyone get it? As an aside he had 10 years at the richest club in Australia prior to winning a flag. He does not have the Midas touch.

So who else is there? Thompson? Forget it, what about Roos? I seriously doubt it, Pagan maybe?

Who else could you possibly be thinking about to fill this role?

[LostDoggy]

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Scott West really wants this job. Was wearing a pair of glasses today to look smarter.

[Bornadog]

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Interesting to see Simon Garlick in the coaches box today to get a first hand view on Williams coaching.

[azabob]

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Interesting to see Simon Garlick in the coaches box today to get a first hand view on Williams coaching.

I think Fantasia was also next to Garlick.

Perhaps Fantasia could do a Grant Thomas and higher himself!

[I'm Not Bitter Anymore!]

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Scott West really wants this job. Was wearing a pair of glasses today to look smarter.

I noticed that too. Brian Royal take note.

[Mofra]

Re: Our next coach?

I'm no expert in these things, but wouldn't having a coach like Malthouse generate financial benefits? In sponsors, increased membership etc???

In year one (rumoured) we'd match a $900k+ salary plus payout his first year position at Collingwood of $1m-$1.1m.

Is Malthouse worth that much in additional sponsership & revenue, considering we had 6,000 members not renew this year after 3 consecutive prelims, and we missed the finals this year? I would think we'd be crazy to mortgage the club for a coach who left us previously in acrimonious circumstances.

[LostDoggy]

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In year one (rumoured) we'd match a $900k+ salary plus payout his first year position at Collingwood of $1m-$1.1m.

Is Malthouse worth that much in additional sponsership & revenue, considering we had 6,000 members not renew this year after 3 consecutive prelims, and we missed the finals this year? I would think we'd be crazy to mortgage the club for a coach who left us previously in acrimonious circumstances.

True, it is a massive deficit to make up. But I think 1ED sums it up below.

Malthouse is not coming over can everyone get it?

[LostDoggy]

Re: Our next coach?

According to Gerard Whateley, our coaching subcommittee began its final interviews yesterday and shall conclude them on Saturday.

The committee should make its recommendation to the Board on Saturday night.

It shouldn't take too much longer for the Board to approve the decision.

It's hard to speculate on our next coach as we don't know what's being said in the interview process, but the likes of Cameron, Sanderson, Neeld and Burns all appeal to me.

The mistake would be signing Bomber Thompson's pet, Brendan McCartney. No, more than a mistake. It would be an absolute disaster.

He's too old, he's never played the game at senior level and his rise through the assistant ranks has been too heavily influenced by one man. He may well be a great assistant coach, but that's as high as his career can take him.

Mark Robinson keeps hinting that McCartney's name is in contention for a senior coaching role and, frankly, it scares the shit out of me that it could be us.

Chris Scott had the respect of his players on day one because he'd been there and done it, not because he'd spent time in Mark Harvey's coaching box at Fremantle.

To suggest that a guy whose playing career peaked while farting around in the Geelong Football League in the late 1980s could be a senior AFL coach in 2012 is beyond a joke.

Surely our club isn't that stupid?