Shannon Grant announced as assistant

[Grantysghost]

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I thought it would be expected for a new coach to bring in people he knows. Hird's coaching team is full of people he or Bomber has worked with. I'm totally fine with it as long as they aren't yes men.

Looking at Neeld, the only logical link to him from the new appointments is Leigh Brown. He has Neil Craig (Crows) director of sports performance, Jade Rawlings (Lions), Paul Satterly (Werribee) assistants and Dave Mission (Saints) as fitness coach.

Video message from Grant to fans Link

[Cyberdoggie]

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With Egan and Grant the only two i've seen mentioned its a logical assumption....Were other candidates interviewed? Peter German or Gary Ayres should be considered in my opinion.

Egan just signed with Essendon.

Either they offered a better deal or they poached from our grasp.

[Rocco Jones]

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Looking at Neeld, the only logical link to him from the new appointments is Leigh Brown. He has Neil Craig (Crows) director of sports performance, Jade Rawlings (Lions), Paul Satterly (Werribee) assistants and Dave Mission (Saints) as fitness coach.

Not sure Melbourne are the benchmark for excellence quite yet.

Look at Collingwood and Geelong over the last few years.

Collingwood have recently had Buckley, Watters, Gavin Brown, Caracella and Lockyer who played under Malthouse in their coaching team.

Geelong had Bomber Thompson/ex-Cats links in Hinkley, Sanderson, Egan, Caracella and Rahilly.

[Bornadog]

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You can hear him here

[ledge]

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Arent the media getting a lot wrong with us lately.
Seems we are keeping a lot in house and not being led by them.
All the speculative talk about us appointing certain ones has been so far all wrong.
Cameron, Egan even Eade going was a shock to them.
The Dimattina thing has died off also.

[Desipura]

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With Egan and Grant the only two i've seen mentioned its a logical assumption....Were other candidates interviewed? Peter German or Gary Ayres should be considered in my opinion.

We supposedly got rid of Eade as he game plan may have been a little outdated, I believe Ayres would be similar.

[Grantysghost]

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Not sure Melbourne are the benchmark for excellence quite yet.

Fair call on the dees, agreed! I figured they're a comparable team in terms of financial situation, membership, long term coach departing etc... Point taken on Pies and Cats.

Be interested to see what role Grant plays in the new coaching panel, you'd guess forward/midfield would be his strength.

[KT31]

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We supposedly got rid of Eade as he game plan may have been a little outdated, I believe Ayres would be similar.

Agree Desi.

[Remi Moses]

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Are we hoping to obtain a Strategy and innovation Coach?
Dean Bailey's abject failure to beat the press would say Strategy wasn't a strong suite!

[Bulldog Revolution]

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Very good player, excellent left boot

Look forward to seeing what he can add to the mix for us

[The Coon Dog]

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Lets be honest, most of us don't really know what the assistants strengths/weaknesses are. We go in most cases by gut feel.

Will 'Shagger' work out? I have no idea & though my initial 'get feel' was not overly positive I guess I have to give him the benefit of the doubt & hope Brendan McCartney gets it right. He'd know better than me, that's for sure.

[Mantis]

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As with TCD I have no idea if he is any good.... like all assistant coaches he will be judged on how the team performs.

I'm just hoping he can forge strong relationships within the club.

[Maddog37]

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I might be misinterpreting alot of the posts surrounding the coaching appointments but I feel that even if we appointed Malthouse, Lethal and Roos as assistant coaches, people would still find a reason to bitch and moan about it.

[Bulldog4life]

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I might be misinterpreting alot of the posts surrounding the coaching appointments but I feel that even if we appointed Malthouse, Lethal and Roos as assistant coaches, people would still find a reason to bitch and moan about it.

You are spot on unfortunately.

[1eyedog]

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I might be misinterpreting alot of the posts surrounding the coaching appointments but I feel that even if we appointed Malthouse, Lethal and Roos as assistant coaches, people would still find a reason to bitch and moan about it.

You are spot on unfortunately.

Big deal!

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