Coaching Staff Brendon Bolton - Senior Coach - Locked in until end of 2020 (23/5/18)

[BlueJet]

Was cited at our facilities after announcing he was coming home to VIC to get a new position.

Ah, the tweet that ODN quoted didn't load on my phone, my bad!

 

[Matty411]

Ah, the tweet that ODN quoted didn't load on my phone, my bad!

Ahh technology...

 

[kingkingston]

I wonder if we'll have a crack at poaching someone like John Longmire as a director of coaching type..

no no no no no, over rated, he was handed a pretty good list

 

[Jatz]

Don't know where else to put this:

 

[Blue__Balls]

Don't know where else to put this:

Was always going to happen. Our forward line needs a massive overhaul, and a quality, experienced forward coach should be first on the list.

Thanks to Brad for his efforts, it can't have been an easy gig with the huge turnover of players we've had.

 

[Paulski19]

Was always going to happen. Our forward line needs a massive overhaul, and a quality, experienced forward coach should be first on the list.

Thanks to Brad for his efforts, it can't have been an easy gig with the huge turnover of players we've had.

Someone who is a good leader would be nice too. Not someone who was about 2 steps ahead of Colin Sylvia for work rate when he played.

 

[Blue__Balls]

Wonder if Sav would be a) interested in increasing his responsibilities, and b) an effective line coach...?

 

[AndyLucimitis]

Wonder if Sav would be a) interested in increasing his responsibilities, and b) an effective line coach...?

Not sure about Sav. Great kick but the knock on him when he played for Collingwood was that he was an athlete first and footballer second.

From memory he was a very good schoolboy athlete (Shot put/Discus I think) and hadn't played a lot of junior footy so wasn't a natural at reading the play. If true, then don't think that would translate very well to a forward line coach.

 

[Blue Razor]

Definitely need a good forward line coach this year, Bring back skinny Lappin

Also Luke Mcpharlin announced his retirement today any chance bring down to be a development or defensive coach.

 

[Aphrodite]

Carlton looks to lure Tigers VFL coach Tim Clarke


http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-09-30/blues-look-to-lure-tigers-vfl-coach-as-assistant

THE FIRST piece of Brendon Bolton's new coaching puzzle is expected to be announced soon, with Richmond VFL coach Tim Clarke in the Blues' sights.


Clarke, who has been a highly rated coach at the second level, has been in discussions with the Blues for a number of weeks and is in line for an assistant coaching role alongside Bolton.

The 33-year-old, who played 96 games for Hawthorn, joined Richmond as a development coach in 2010 and was promoted to the coaching postion at VFL affiliate Coburg in 2013.


He stayed on as VFL coach when the Tigers created their own aligned team in 2014, and has been spoken of highly by Tigers coach Damien Hardwick.
The Blues have been interviewing assistant coach candidates for almost two weeks after a spill of all positions, with Dean Laidley and Robert Wiley departing.

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[El Topo]

Brad never recovered from that Bootsma hit

 

[Blugazi]

So what's our panel looking like for next year...

Brendon Bolton (Senior Coach)
Neil Craig (Director of Coaching)
Tim Clarke (Midfield)
John Barker (Backs)
Peter Sumich (Forwards)
Craig McRae (Head of Development)
Michael Osborne (Development)
Josh Fraser (Development)
Matthew Capuano (Development)
Kieran McGuinness (Development)
Sav Rocca (Development)

Not bad, plenty of experience there.

 

[BringBackSimmo]

Carlton looks to lure Tigers VFL coach Tim Clarke


http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-09-30/blues-look-to-lure-tigers-vfl-coach-as-assistant

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Seems so...

 

[Jatz]

I like the look of that Tim Clarke! Could work very well with Bolton!

 

[Matty411]

Bolton's team is starting to form... best of all, it's his. Will be very little of the former regime left over - truly a new start for us.

 

[Matty411]

Seems we might have a Brad Green replacement (or two) in a few days...

Fraser, now McRae - and possibly Clarke all set to leave their respective posts.

 

[Aphrodite]

Seems so...

It's the same article from the AFL website.

 

[TeeJay Blue]

According to this, John Barker is staying.

Great news. Having both him and Bolton makes me very happy.

http://www.smh.com.au/afl/afl-news/...l-remain-as-an-assistant-20150930-gjy0gb.html

 

[Matty411]

According to this, John Barker is staying.

Great news. Having both him and Bolton makes me very happy.

http://www.smh.com.au/afl/afl-news/...l-remain-as-an-assistant-20150930-gjy0gb.html

Good to hear... wonder if JB wants to stay around and mentor the new-look gun backline of JC, JW and Mr. Plow

 

[Keyza]

According to this, John Barker is staying.

Great news. Having both him and Bolton makes me very happy.

http://www.smh.com.au/afl/afl-news/...l-remain-as-an-assistant-20150930-gjy0gb.html

It mentions that the new coaching panel could be announced as soon as Wednesday afternoon, I assume this means today.

 

[choo]

VFL Coach?
The dude from Nth Ballarat?

 

[Jatz]

Anyone know anything about Amos?

 

[AceAndy]

Anyone know anything about Amos?

Why do we want Neil Craig at the club Very ordinary decision.

 

[Jatz]

Why do we want Neil Craig at the club Very ordinary decision.

Not so sure about that.

He's definitely not a head coach.

I had the opportunity to chat 1 on 1 with him when he was the Adelaide head coach and he's a very smart man. I'm not against him coming in to a position that doesn't have the media baring down on him and where we can utilize his best assets.

 

[AceAndy]

Not so sure about that.

He's definitely not a head coach.

I had the opportunity to chat 1 on 1 with him when he was the Adelaide head coach and he's a very smart man. I'm not against him coming in to a position that doesn't have the media baring down on him and where we can utilize his best assets.

So what exactly does a Coaching Director do ? What are his assets ?