Mega Thread The Next AFC Coach?

[lunacy]

Roo wrote of how you look for a new coach in a sequence:
1. Current coaches
2. Past coaches
3. Assistant coaches

Pretty clear to me that if we find the right man in step 1, the rest doesn't happen. Regarding step 1, he wrote:

The first place you look is at the current senior coaches of AFL clubs to see who is available. But what you typically find is that the good ones are usually contracted and sewn up for the next few years and only in extreme circumstances can those contracts be broken.​

This is very hypothetical. He says it is unusual, but in no way suggests it won't happen this time. Or hasn't happened already. The article is quite generic -- a public-domain outline of a general process for finding a new coach, including all the steps you don't bother with if the right answer comes out early.

Wow you sound very optimistic and wishful. I can't say I interpreted the article the same as you.

 

[PrideofSA]

and that there were extreme circumstances to why Clarkson was able to exit his current agreement

While we don't know the details of any supposed exist clause, citing the health scare might be a good angle to spin on it. Having said that the whole Clarkson rumour could be a load of s**t.

 

[Bacon8]

Did anyone else pick up Roo referred to Andrew Payze as Head of List Management?

He's Chairman of the List Management Committee.

ANDREW PAYZE
Appointed: 30 January 2001; current term expires 2015
Current Position: Director & AFC Life Member
Current Committees: List Management (Chairman), Integrity & Compliance

 

[The Karma Bus]

Twenty pages in 12 hours? What did I miss? I don't have time to catch up. I assume there was some massive rumour or something?

Go to page 72 and read the next 2 or so pages, gives the main info on it..

 

[DJ75]

All that would suggest is that they went through step 1 by looking at the existing coaches and one accepted. All he has to say is that the process was followed so it would only confirm what he wrote.

Could be right there. I hope you are right!

 

[DroppingTheBall]

Fagan said on 5AA he was part of the panel.

Maybe the 6th member of the panel will be the new head coach or director of coaching, once announced next week, joining the panel to fill the rest of the coaching vacancies at AFC?

Gawd, I'm turning into a stirrer!

 

[DroppingTheBall]

But my second point being, the panel might be looking at more than one position. Head coach first. Once (if) that is locked away, the panel might have more work to do.

 

[JP Sauce]

I don't trust Bolton.

 

[Bay62]

But my second point being, the panel might be looking at more than one position. Head coach first. Once (if) that is locked away, the panel might have more work to do.

Yep Roo has clearly said it's about getting the coaching team right, not just the one person

More than one announcement to come

 

[Bay62]

Nah, we're getting Clarkson.

We're a happy team at Adelaide,
We're the mighty fighting Crows..

 

[crows dude]

My latest info is due to Clarksons health. After the Grand Final he will be announced our Senior Assistant with Dew, Sumich or Bassett as head coach

 

[little graham]

Hopefully his kids get into ballet or somfin other than footy.

 

[Vooligan]

My latest info is due to Clarksons health. After the Grand Final he will be announced our Senior Assistant with Dew, Sumich or Bassett as head coach

Clarko with Bassett.

I would forgive the AFC for their incompentance over the past half decade.

 

[Vooligan]

My latest info is due to Clarksons health. After the Grand Final he will be announced our Senior Assistant with Dew, Sumich or Bassett as head coach

Clarko with Bassett.

I would forgive the AFC for their incompentance over the past half decade.

 

[Vooligan]

My latest info is due to Clarksons health. After the Grand Final he will be announced our Senior Assistant with Dew, Sumich or Bassett as head coach

Clarko with Bassett.

I would forgive the AFC for their incompentance over the past half decade.

 

[Draft Bored]

My latest info is due to Clarksons health. After the Grand Final he will be announced our Senior Assistant with Dew, Sumich or Bassett as head coach

Would prefer Clarko to lead for a year or two with a successor coach named.

EDIT: Premiership year post count (1997). It's a sign.

 

[The Karma Bus]

Clarko with Bassett.. of joy..

 

[adelcrows]

My latest info is due to Clarksons health. After the Grand Final he will be announced our Senior Assistant with Dew, Sumich or Bassett as head coach

source within AFC or outside??

 

[Tex200]

You'd imagine Clarko would want to work with Dew

 

[Doc_]

My latest info is due to Clarksons health. After the Grand Final he will be announced our Senior Assistant with Dew, Sumich or Bassett as head coach

There is nothing wrong with his health.
I had a slightly worse case of Guillain Barre and I am fine now.
Unless he has other health issues, its not a factor.

 

[Danoz]

You'd imagine Clarko would want to work with Dew

TBH if we get Clarko as DoC/SA, it wouldn't matter to me who we made head coach.

Just been looking up Guillain–Barré syndrome. Most people recover fully from it, but there are cases where people can have long term disability as a result.

 

[The Karma Bus]

You'd imagine Clarko would want to work with Dew

Possibly so if it's the Clarko as an assistant situation..

It was also said that there are a number of coaches we will be probably hiring that are involved in the GF..
I'd guess that means Dew if that's correct..

 

[Vooligan]

I wish people would stop speculating on Clarko's health - it's disrespectful. Think we should leave it at that.

 

[ThaMuffinMan]

If it's someone involved in the grand final imagine the chaos when we announce John Longmire as our coach

 

[Tex Danger]

There is nothing wrong with his health.
I had a slightly worse case of Guillain Barre and I am fine now.
Unless he has other health issues, its not a factor.

could be more the fright it gave him made him re-evaluate his life during that period.

Perhaps less stress and more family time are more important than they were because it showed to him how quickly things can change. Does he still have family here too, maybe he wants to also be closer to them as part of this.