Brett Montgomery

[Raw Toast]

Re: Brett Montgomery

Happy for the club to go through due process, but think the calls for a complete clean-out are a bit premature - perhaps Monty saw that the senior coach was struggling and was honest about that. Arguably better than staying silent in that case.

Wallace might have done a bit of back-stabbing back in 96, but he was clearly an ok appointment given when happened in the next few years of his tenure! The advantage of someone from the inside like Montgomery is that they know the list, know what was working and what wasn't, and can hopefully take the club forward immediately. The disadvantages are that they were part of the problem and might not be part of the solution.

I'm going to trust the club to do their due diligence, assess the situation correctly, and make the right call.

[Bulldog Joe]

Re: Brett Montgomery

Why is bomber clearly not available ?
He wants to coach and not be an assistant.. There is only one job available for senior coach in Melbourne and its us, also add we are a mirror image of where Geelong were at when they came good, a load of young kids about to come good

I don't believe he would step into McCartney's shoes
His price would be beyond our available spend
He is also facing an AFL deregistration over his refusal to pay the fine for his part in the Essendon Saga.
He may also still be further sanctioned around the Essendon Saga

[Go_Dogs]

Re: Brett Montgomery

I'm going to trust the club to do their due diligence, assess the situation correctly, and make the right call.

I'm probably being unfair, but that is the largest concern for me. I'm not confident in those who will make the decision.

They couldn't identify an issue earlier than Griff advising of one at the B&F
They couldn't fix that issue, despite believing they had (not all their fault)
They couldn't hold firm on Macca
They reappointed Macca early which in hindsight was a poor decision
One candidate is someone the President has a vested interest in (not saying there's a conflict, but it's a concern)

We have a history of poor decisions over the last 10 years from senior level. It's going to be imperative we get this one right. I hope we look for someone who doesn't claim a short term fix based on PG's comments we're now out of our development phase and should play finals for the next 10 years, but feel we will.

[GVGjr]

Re: Brett Montgomery

My biggest question about a potential Montgomery appointment is that being regarded as a players coach this probably raises the question about why Peter Gordon first really heard officially about some communication issues with the coach and some of the players at the B&F?

While it's difficult to raise some issues with the senior management about your direct boss, at the very least I would have thought Montgomery would raise this a couple of times with McCartney and if there wasn't improvement then he should have raised this with Lowe and Garlick.

I'm speculating here but as the senior assistant coach if he was aware of issues that were causing instability within the playing group then he needed elevate this with the clubs management regardless of the reporting lines. Did he do it? I don't know but if he is seen as a players coach then I'm not sure why this got to the point that it did.

[LostDoggy]

Re: Brett Montgomery

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-05-24/the-new-crop-of-senior-coaches

AFL assistant coaches (as at mid this year)

Some of these are gone, and some clearly too inexperienced.

[GVGjr]

Re: Brett Montgomery

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-05-2...senior-coaches

AFL assistant coaches (as at mid this year)

Some of these are gone, and some clearly too inexperienced.

I keep going back to Kingsley as someone I hope we interview. From memory he has worked under Williams and Lyon which would be a good experience.

[Bornadog]

Re: Brett Montgomery

My biggest question about a potential Montgomery appointment is that being regarded as a players coach this probably raises the question about why Peter Gordon first really heard officially about some communication issues with the coach and some of the players at the B&F?

While it's difficult to raise some issues with the senior management about your direct boss, at the very least I would have thought Montgomery would raise this a couple of times with McCartney and if there wasn't improvement then he should have raised this with Lowe and Garlick.

I'm speculating here but as the senior assistant coach if he was aware of issues that were causing instability within the playing group then he needed elevate this with the clubs management regardless of the reporting lines. Did he do it? I don't know but if he is seen as a players coach then I'm not sure why this got to the point that it did.

Personally, I am still wondering what the hell happened and we ended up like this ie Macca having to leave. Surely there is a lot more to this that we don't know.