New Adelaide Coach - Don Pyke

[brucetiki]

The Crows have named Don Pyke as their new coach

http://www.afc.com.au/news/2015-10-09/pyke-named-new-crows-coach

Pretty good choice, especially to continue the direction started by Walsh.

 

[kane249]

Disappointed to be losing him at the Eagles, but wish him well in his new role and hope he succeeds (except when playing West Coast )

 

[MKMatty]

Best of luck for Pykey. Just hope he loses his bundle everytime he has to play us

 

[Van_Dyke]

Best of luck to Don (I want the opposite to those two, I want him to smash WCE ).

 

[Quinz]

Well done Pykey!

 

[Galaxy]

The Crows have named Don Pyke as their new coach

http://www.afc.com.au/news/2015-10-09/pyke-named-new-crows-coach

Pretty good choice, especially to continue the direction started by Walsh.

Congrats to Don &

P.S
I like your AV. Helen & T.Douglas

 

[PK WCE]

Onya pykey! All the best for him and adelaide

 

[DapperJong]

cool process

 

[Mick39]

First ever American AFL coach.

 

[HairyO]

Love seeing serious coaches earn their stripes, rather than the rubbish Essendon have served up the last half dozen years or so.

 

[1990crow]

cool process

Better than Essendons

 

[RodneyMaynard]

love child of Don Scott and Mike Pyke?

 

[DapperJong]

Better than Essendons

less processy it seems

 

[1990crow]

less processy it seems

There's so many things wrong with this post.

 

[Falcon27]

Better than Essendons

How? Caro and Purple haven't confirmed that Adelaide have followed the correct process according to guidelines set out by the media fraternity!

 

[TedDougChris]

Better than Essendons

To be fair, it's not a hard standard to beat.....

 

[HBF]

Congrats Don.
Got his hands on a very good list there at the crows.

 

[TheFVK]

They kept that one under wraps. Good appointment.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Since he started coaching Claremont he seems to have spent as many years away from the coaching environment as he has being in the box in some capacity.

1999 – 2000 Claremont FC Senior Coach
****
2005 – 2006 Adelaide Assistant Coach
******
2014 – 2015 West Coast Eagles Stoppages and Structures Coach

2001 – 2004 West Coast Eagles Director - this is an admin role rather than coaching role

2007 Fremantle football department consultant - I assume this was part time and he wasnt in the box often
2009 – 2013 Claremont FC coaching mentor - this looks like some sort or part time role rather than being in the box game day

From the story "He then worked in the oil and gas industry while employed as a coaching consultant to the Fremantle and Claremont football clubs, before returning to West Coast to specialise in strategy, stoppages and structures. "

Its a very usual path in this last 15 years of full time professional footy. Doesnt mean he wont succeed but its very different. Sounds like he has plenty of life experience outside footy which is probably a good thing giving replacing Walsh wont be an easy thing both in terms of on and off the ground issues.

Congratulations to Don, good luck and was always a fan of Pyke the footballer.

 

[NikkiNoo]

Since he started coaching Claremont he seems to have spent as many years away from the coaching environment as he has being in the box in some capacity.

1999 – 2000 Claremont FC Senior Coach
****
2005 – 2006 Adelaide Assistant Coach
******
2014 – 2015 West Coast Eagles Stoppages and Structures Coach

2001 – 2004 West Coast Eagles Director - this is an admin role rather than coaching role

2007 Fremantle football department consultant - I assume this was part time and he wasnt in the box often
2009 – 2013 Claremont FC coaching mentor - this looks like some sort or part time role rather than being in the box game day

From the story "He then worked in the oil and gas industry while employed as a coaching consultant to the Fremantle and Claremont football clubs, before returning to West Coast to specialise in strategy, stoppages and structures. "

Its a very usual path in this last 15 years of full time professional footy. Doesnt mean he wont succeed but its very different. Sounds like he has plenty of life experience outside footy which is probably a good thing giving replacing Walsh wont be an easy thing both in terms of on and off the ground issues.

Congratulations to Don, good luck and was always a fan of Pyke the footballer.

He was also on the Board at the Eagles for four years as well. Definitely is a little different than many other candidates.

 

[Power Raid]

a great choice

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

He was also on the Board at the Eagles for four years as well. Definitely is a little different than many other candidates.

Yeah I included that in the first line under the current Eagles coaching experience.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

a great choice

Have you come across him in the resources industry work you do?

 

[ep2018]

Love seeing serious coaches earn their stripes

Stars and stripes?

 

[Belnakor]

From the story "He then worked in the oil and gas industry while employed as a coaching consultant to the Fremantle and Claremont football clubs, before returning to West Coast to specialise in strategy, stoppages and structures. "

Its a very usual path in this last 15 years of full time professional footy.

very interesting. he basically has one year of experience at AFL level in recent times.

Doesn't have a linkedin so can't even see what oil and gas company he worked for.