Bevo signs to 2020

[Go_Dogs]

Re: Bevo signs to 2020

Great news to give us some momentum after a tough couple of weeks.

[westdog54]

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Titus O'Reilly:

Luke Beveridge has signed an extension until the end of the 2020 season. They should be getting a few players back from injury by then.

Come on, that's funny.

Oh yeah, great news BTW.

[jeemak]

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I personally think an extension of this length is too much and not required. Jumping in the deep end early is jumping in the deep end early, the longer you commit the greater the risk profile and while I'd be happy with an extension of some sort - or options to extend based on performance - four years (from now) is a long time in coaching.

This is a coach who is yet to actually have to deal with expectation of the levels that will be presented to him after this year (internally and externally), and whilst that's not to diminish what he's already achieved it's still very early days in his career and he's still an unknown in that respect.

We're also a team that is great in two thirds of the ground, but seemingly in all sorts of difficulty in the remaining third. It could be a personnel issue, it could be a systems issue, it could be an existing player development and experience issue, it could be a line coaching issue, it could be a senior coaching issue or it could be a mixture of all of these factors. My concern is we won't know what it is until we get the personnel back, experience into the team or have a change in line coaches (forward and midfield - they are complementary positions, afterall) , and even after then there's a significant chance that none of it will make a difference and we'll find out Bev is limited like a number of very good coaches are.

With these concerns set aside, I'm extremely happy and proud to see the club become what it has in such a short time since Shoctober, and Bev has been the biggest part of that in a group of large contributors. If going hard on his contract is another act of boldness that will make or break the club and designed to quash the status quo, then perhaps this is a risk we need to take.

[ledge]

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Our forward issue has been a problem since Hall left, but I do remember our previous coach saying the forward line would be the last to progress.
With great talent but just young on our list, in that department I do believe it will be a very good forward line once Boyd, stringer and a couple of other experienced heads come in , Crameri being one and maybe another experienced one we get in the trade period. Get the delivery right and this side had the makings of a generation of success

[KT31]

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Good news, normally would be apprehensive about an extension with a Coach so early into his contract but with the vultures circling and Bevo seeming to be the right fit for us I'm pretty happy.

[Throughandthrough]

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definitely a good idea in my opinion. Hos price would be high. he's basically done nothing wrong since he started and his stocks are high. Richmond, etc etc would love to grab him if they had a chance.