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- Oct 26, 2012
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That's why AFL clubs need to be dynamic, and Melbourne is one of those. Cowan has coached our female side every season, and has plenty of experience in woman's footy. Her CV is as good as it possibly could be considering the fact that she's a woman, and the club is giving her a go accordingly. I'm not quite as offended as autocol or MWNN, I just don't see why gender has to be brought into it when there's literally nothing else she could have done.
Who's bringing gender into it? I believe that'd be the people celebrating hiring a female coach. The flip-side is to that is we've hired an inexperienced, part-time FIFO consultant. If the backslappers aren't celebrating her gender, what are they celebrating?
She could have been an assistant at an AFL club, coached a VFL team, or led a semi-professional team to multiple Premierships. Nothing stopping her from doing that, so there are literally plenty of other things she could've done. There are certainly far more tested, proven candidates out there, probably plenty with just as much "quality" as individuals.