McCartney to coach Bulldogs

[stefoid]

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From twitter Emma Quayle


Met some coaches from the New York Jets earlier this year and even they were raving about Brendon McCartney! Very pleased he has his chance.

the New York Jets? wtf???

[Mantis]

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Happy with this decision.

Seems to be humbled by our decision to appoint him coach and his background shows him to be a guy who gets results.

He has a massive job to get us going again so hopefully he surrounds himself with people who get us on the improve.

[BulldogBelle]

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Congrats to McCartney on his appointment. Looking forward to seeing our new coach in action.

[Mofra]

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During the presser McCartney was asked if he was approached by the club or applied. His response, 'I was approached & I'm so glad I was approached as I really wanted to coach the Western Bulldogs'.

Guess you wouldn't expect him to say anything other, but it was nice to hear.

In the video he seems to refer to "us" and "our" quite comfortably - that bit doesn't look coached. I guess it is easier to talk about "us" when you've been a supporter.

[LostDoggy]

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the New York Jets? wtf???

Really don't understand how they know him, but they are a very 'talkative' and aggressive coaching staff. Definitely not shy

[Bornadog]

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the New York Jets? wtf???

Really don't understand how they know him, but they are a very 'talkative' and aggressive coaching staff. Definitely not shy

A lot of coaches go overseas to see how coaching and sports departments are run. No doubt he has been over to see the Jets.

[Chicago1]

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Friendly with the New York Jets? Well, I guess I now have one thing against him.

[the banker]

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Now that its been made, I am excited about the appointment.

It will be very interesting to see what player assessments he makes and what he can get out out all the players that are confusing and frustrating us.... Higgins, Grant, Stack, Hill, Lake, Minson. How he sees Cross and Boyd.

Welcome and good luck Brendan, I hope you can build a strong support team that will get the dogs challenging again.

[Remi Moses]

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With Lennon and Harrison unavailable, maybe Starr as an assistant?
Like an apology for Mull of Kintyre McCartney!Hopefully Heather Mills isn't hanging around the club, good move dumping that crackpot.

[westdog54]

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Not unhappy with the call. Shows at least that the 'process' was followed and it wasn't a jobs for the boys scenario.

Not fazed in the slightest by the fact that he hasn't played football at the highest level.

Firstly, Matthew Primus, Michael Voss and Matthew Knights all played football at the highest level. Secondly, you look at the coaches of the top 4. With the exception of Chris Scott, they've all been out of the game as players for so long that its almost a completely different game now, particularly Malthouse. I really don't understand the fuss about having played the game.

I'm interested in his ability to coach, lead and motivate, not how well he can play the game.

[Evel]

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Quite happy with the appointment, his credentials seem to stack up. Hopefully he can get similar results with us.

The New York Jets connection may have come from his time at Geelong. Aren't they the team Ben Graham went to punt for?

Look forward to hearing Brendan's plans in greater detail in the not too distant future.

[Missing-Dog]

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It's about time we had a ranga take control.

Unlike the last ranga to be appointed to the top job (Julia), I'm sure Brendan will be brilliant in this role.

[Bornadog]

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[Greystache]

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[1eyedog]

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He looks like a pollie or a retired cop!

I don't know much about him but my only concern is his lack of diversity in his role as a assistant. While his affiliates have been very successful he has spent a long, long time with Bomber. Don't know if this is good or not?

I am impressed by his seemingly uncompromising attitude. I think this is what we need.

One thing I can say is that Ocean Grove were feared in the BFL. I played at Newcomb from the age of 16 to 21 and the Grubbers really dominated from U16s all the way through to Seniors for all those years. Looks like they continued after I moved away from Geelong. Very strong club albeit in a relatively weak competition (the GFL and GDFL are much stronger). .