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markie
27 Aug 2010, 19:23
Sick of this Knights crap. Have been thinking about Why TF a young man would put his hand up to be employed doing something he loves and is well remunirated for, only to have to go through the life-sucking experience of being a coach of a struggling AFL team. Boards , sponsors, players, suporters, media , all having their opinion. As it stands ,this is all part of the territory and has been happening for as long as there has been footy clubs.
Whats the thoughts on the AFL making it a rule, and enforcing a law that >every new coach at a club (be it a rookie or an experienced bloke) be given a manditory 4 year contract<
Any subsiquent contract to be negotiable.
Please dont laugh or hang s#*t on me, but most clubs are seeking a new coach because the previous coach has failed to deliver or meet the clubs KPIs. This in turn means a new coach will have to turn over considerable personel and develop young talent as well as introduce new practices etc'.
If he were assured a 4 year term without having to answer to media and suporter speculation, it would mean at the end of his term he would have more idea than most, if he has been a success or a dud and duely go about the next phase of his life .
I am well aware of numerous flaws in this suggestion but think, somethink along these lines may work.(clubs would have to show due dilligance for starters).
Attack.
Ethernia
27 Aug 2010, 19:29
I think you are forgetting that its a job, sure, a very public job, but in the end, it is still a job.

4 years of not having to answer to anyone for your performance in a presumably well payed job? sign me up!
markie
27 Aug 2010, 19:41
I think you are forgetting that its a job, sure, a very public job, but in the end, it is still a job.

4 years of not having to answer to anyone for your performance in a presumably well payed job? sign me up!
Fair enough, but if you are employed to change the direction of an organisation, a minimun time frame is required and unless gross negligence or criminal activity or similar is proven ? yea well just throwing one out there. Now see this as a lame irrelavent thread, please forgive me.Only new to posting and could even be sillier (hope not), keep an eye on me mods.
Shane Hird
28 Aug 2010, 16:37
At the end of 2007, there were just 316 blokes who had coached at least one of the 13,207 H&A games played since the VFL was formed in 1897.

Bailey and Knights joined that group in 2008.

Of those 316, only 47 -less that 15%- has led their clubs to at least one of the 111 premierships.

This coaching caper is a good way to make yourself feel like a loser...
carmi99
28 Aug 2010, 16:54
The 350k-500k per year must be hell.