Toast All things Paul Roos + Coaching: McCartney joins coaches

[Devastating Boris]

I personally don't mind if Roos takes a year with minimal staff and then next year has a real crack at people he genuinely wants. This way he has a full year to scope and recruit.

 

[Deefolt]

Why is it bollocks? Just Roos setting up his preferred structures.

we have assistant coaches to our assistant coaches.. seemed odd

 

[ThePuppetMaster]

we have assistant coaches to our assistant coaches.. seemed odd

Development coaches under Roos are not development coaches under Neeld....

 

[dee_mac]

Bassett with Essendon
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-10-17/bassett-joins-the-bombers

 

[RandB]

Bassett with Essendon
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-10-17/bassett-joins-the-bombers

Yep, they've done well.

Not to say our approach has been wrong, I'm sure they know what they're doing but we honestly could have done with Bassett.

 

[stretcharmstrong]

Aargh, ffs...

 

[Demon JP]

George stone appointed midfield and strategy coach !!

http://www.melbournefc.com.au/melbourne/news/2013-10-17/stone-joins-melbourne-coaching-staff

 

[DeeWong6996]

George stone appointed midfield and strategy coach !!

http://www.melbournefc.com.au/melbourne/news/2013-10-17/stone-joins-melbourne-coaching-staff

Loving it!

 

[Deefolt]

wtf is a strategy coach and coould our shitness with the midfield be a reason for this confusion?

 

[Theseventhhamster]

Hell of a resume.

 

[Viney]

Hell of a resume.

Massive resume

 

[CM Sean]

Very happy with that appointment. Confidence in our midfield is growing!

 

[Sylvia Saint]

Yep, they've done well.

Not to say our approach has been wrong, I'm sure they know what they're doing but we honestly could have done with Bassett.

SANFL is very different to an AFL environment though.

Take this with a grain of salt but I've heard from someone that knew him well when he was playing with Melbourne (so yes, around the time when the pyramids were being built)... and this person was adament that they had never met a more arrogant, vain self-centred w***er than Nathan Bassett.

Now, it's highly likely he's matured since then and could be a reasonable bloke now, but I also read on Demonland recently that Bassett is very much considered a "my way or the highway" type coach and that doesn't translate well into AFL circles normally. Can work well at lower levels but when you have a fully-loaded football department there's no room for that method.

Peter Jackson and Paul Roos are human and prone to errors in judgement like the rest of us but I'm very very confident they'll get the right man for the job and clearly Bassett in their opinion wasn't it. Good enough for me.

 

[d33my]

is very much considered a "my way or the highway" type coach and that doesn't translate well into AFL circles normally. Can work well at lower levels but when you have a fully-loaded football department there's no room for that method.

Hmm, where have I heard that before?

 

[Sylvia Saint]

Hmm, where have I heard that before?

It didn't work well for Neeld and it's not appearing to work out for Buckley either.

 

[CWaffles]

So happy we got our man in Stone...Hope he lends a hand with young Hogan after the work he did with Dunstall and Plugger.

 

[Theseventhhamster]

Hogan only needs a goal kicking coach and a pen to sign a lifetime contract extension.

 

[CTHORANGE]

Hogan only needs a goal kicking coach and a pen to sign a lifetime contract extension.

Plus a midfield to kick it to him, enter George Stone.

 

[Viney]

It didn't work well for Neeld and it's not appearing to work out for Buckley either.

Or Watters

 

[Deefolt]

Reckon we will go after Simon? Rumours were going before he even retired

 

[Punchy Demons]

I hope we ask Black at the very least.
From his comments though it appears he wants to stay in Brisbane as an assistant coach

 

[ponsdale]

I think Black would be an excellent addition. He's so close to the Brisbane list that coming to Melbourne could be a good thing. A bit of distance as he transitions from senior player to assistant coach. That and learning the caper from Roos, rather than a first time coach in Leppitsch.

 

[Bluelegs]

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/a...-coaching-career/story-fni5f4q3-1226743022229

Listen to Leigh, Simon

 

[youngbear]

http://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/2013-10-25/mcpherson-completes-coaching-staff

Couple of appointments. Backline Dev. coach moved to Development manager. Still no news on Snr. Assistant

 

[bloodpumpsRnB]

http://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/2013-10-25/mcpherson-completes-coaching-staff

Couple of appointments. Backline Dev. coach moved to Development manager. Still no news on Snr. Assistant

It confuses me when Mahoney says that this completes our coaching group for 2014. Surely the senior assistant is part of the coaching group?