The Western Bulldogs Next Coach

[GreatSouthWest]

Announcement:

Yebiga has the full support of the board. We are pleased with the direction he's taking the thread and note that he has a contract in place.

 

[yebiga]

If yebiga won't support the new coach (whoever it is) then he doesn't deserve my support. He will be officially ignored, and I'd encourage others to follow suit. Mindless, repetitive, anti-club madness.

Really
You put up with it for 3 years
You encourage it
You think I should stop after 2 weeks

What's your agenda?

I will be releasing the kraken up on all you traitorous vermin
Out damn spot

 

[Zgope1]

In 2011/12 choco was the heir apparent for the GWS job
Bomber coached this year

You'll just type any crap

And their are reasons why our club continuously fails as there are reasons for everything

I liked Macca I thought it was good decision bringing him on because we were at the beginning of a rebuild
We are now into the 4 th year - we need maturity and nous
And we desperately need to get a coach who can lead - Beveridge is not that man.

And you know it, everyone knows it - it s a wing and a prayer
I reckon the cleaner down at hawthorn has been considered for our coaching position

How dare you get all uppity
Our club 2 weeks ago displayed for all the world to see that it is largely run by fools asleep at the wheel
Why should I have any confidence in this likely decision when it makes no sense.

And what's the bet Monty stays too under Beveridge just to keep an eye on him, wink wink.

Many of us admit disappointment at the outcome with macca. There's no doubt questions should be asked of the club because we really are in the dark. This doesn't give us basis to abandon all diplomacy when assessing the clubs next decision.

How dare I get uppity? You're derailing the thread into something it shouldn't be. Take a step back and realise there's more to it and that if Chocco and mark Williams were no brainers then they'd be hired already. Chocco interviewed like dog shit for the saints job last year and the afl has had 3 bites at the cherry to put both of these men into positions at the healms of it's love children- gws, gc and melb and hasn't gone with them. In fact there's speculation (your best friend right now) that the afl veto'd bomber for the gc job.

We all have preferences, mines sumich, but there's no point in kicking and screaming. We don't we the presentations and history tells us whether you go experienced (rocket, roos, blight) or young and untried (Clarko, Lyon, Neeld) the outcome is very unpredictable

 

[yebiga]

For 3 long years I endured the inarticulate unreasoned farting and drivelling against my club and my coach

Now my club is beset by vipers hidden in. Corners spitting their poison from player to player, supporter to supporter

Thus my club staggers from error to error its vision impaired by poison, its heart and courage fatigued by failure and poverty

But no more
I make this stand that from this day forward this club will no longer accept 2 nd best , no more mr nice guy,

Players and supporters alike must fight and gnaw for every everything including decency

 

[DexterTan]

If yebiga won't support the new coach (whoever it is) then he doesn't deserve my support. He will be officially ignored, and I'd encourage others to follow suit. Mindless, repetitive, anti-club madness.

He's already on my ignored list from past indescretions.

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

For 3 long years I endured the inarticulate unreasoned farting and drivelling against my club and my coach

Now my club is beset by vipers hidden in. Corners spitting their poison from player to player, supporter to supporter

Thus my club staggers from error to error its vision impaired by poison, its heart and courage fatigued by failure and poverty

But no more
I make this stand that from this day forward this club will no longer accept 2 nd best , no more mr nice guy,

Players and supporters alike must fight and gnaw for every everything including decency

Yes but what do you plan to DO about it? Other than rant on here.

 

[Dogs Rule]

Wow, some of the stuff I've been reading on here puts Ken Bruce in the shade (look it up kids).

 

[fronkalicious]

Really
You put up with it for 3 years
You encourage it
You think I should stop after 2 weeks

What's your agenda?

I will be releasing the kraken up on all you traitorous vermin
Out damn spot

I have no agenda, other than to support the club. Oh, and to hit "ignore yebiga posts" as soon as I get in to work. Bye bye.

 

[cammo78]

Wow, some of the stuff I've been reading on here puts Ken Bruce in the shade (look it up kids).

Some could probably do with a spell out in Stan Cash's tin shed.

 

[TempleKelvington]

Gut feels?

The only coach I wouldn't want is Ayres, hasn't been in an AFL system for a while now

just wouldn't make sense to me if we made him the head coach, another role
definitely

Why would you want him in another role. If based on him not being in an AFL system is reason enough not to make him coach (I have posted why this is not logical earlier) then why would you put him into a role he's never performed let alone at AFL level?

BTW I would love Ayres at the club in some capacity. But I don't understand your logic here.

 

[TempleKelvington]

His CV is basically 'excellence'
He took over our development in 2009.
Jagged a premiership in 2010.
He then went back to his ATO job in 2011.
Then he returned to Hawthorn in 2012 to become an assistant and a development coach.
Every year he has been involved with the AFL, his team has at least reached a GF.

Yeah.....but if we choose him, Eddie will surely want some compensation.

 

[cammo78]

Thanks for that Dex.

I have highlighted the character assessments of him.

Seems like he (a) cares for the players (b) is a student of the game (c) and is a real competitor

Peter Ryan's article from October 2013.

HAWTHORN football manager Chris Fagan doesn't mind praising Luke Beveridge and Brendon Bolton, assistant coaches in the club's 2013 premiership triumph.

Both are great examples of what happens when opportunity meets persistence, and another reminder that you don't need a big name to become a big-time coach.

As a player with three clubs in 11 seasons at AFL level, Beveridge signed 11 one-year contracts.

As a young coach, he became the first person in VAFA history to coach a team from C-Grade to A-Grade premiership in three seasons, when he took St Bede's Mentone on an unprecedented path of success between 2006 and 2008.

As a development coach at Collingwood he was involved in 2009 and 2010 when the club reached a preliminary final before winning a premiership. After one year working in 'the real world' he came to Hawthorn in 2012, to be part of a coaching staff that has since been to consecutive Grand Finals and won one premiership.

It's a resume that any prospective senior coach would like to bring to the table.

"His enthusiasm is outstanding. He is a deep thinker on the game so he offers a lot up at match committee, not just with the defensive group he looks after," Fagan told AFL.com.au.

"What I really love about him is he is strong on his opinions. He doesn't always offer up what the group-think is. He sometimes thinks in an alternative manner and that is good for the group."

The little-known part of the Beveridge tale is that he stared down the barrel of defeat in his first Grand Final as a playing coach, moving himself into defence as his team trailed Ajax by 48 points midway through the second quarter of the 2006 VAFA C-Grade Grand Final played at Trevor Barker Oval.

With two minutes left and the sun's spark dimming as the game heated up, Paul Groves kicked a goal to put St Bede’s in front. It won the high scoring game by one point: 21.12 (138) to Ajax 21.11 (137).

St Bede's Mentone took that form into B-Grade in 2007 and were hot all year under Beveridge, defeating University Blacks by 38 points in the Grand Final.

Suddenly the team was in the unfamiliar territory of A-Grade.

No one has a bad word to say about Beveridge and the environment he, his assistants (one of whom was Tim Lamb who is now in Melbourne's recruiting department), and senior players created.

Former committee member Blair Hutchinson sums up what many at that club think of Beveridge: "He is a good man and has a good feel for people and was very inclusive."

He is also a competitor.

After finishing the home and away season second on the ladder to Collegians, most expected St Bede's to drop off in the finals. However it won the second semi-final in a shock result, then had the Grand Final as good as won at half-time.

It was a fine effort with half a dozen players playing in all three flags.

"He is a wonderful teacher of people," former club president Matt Beasley said. "He does not discriminate against anyone. In his mind the least skilled player is as important to his team structure as the talented match winners are."

The club remains in A-Grade, losing the 2013 Grand Final to Old Xaverians, testament to the legacy Beveridge left.

A strong sense of perspective has stood Beveridge in good stead but it also nearly took him away from football.

In 2011, with a young family and football such a huge commitment, he returned to his secure job with Austrac, a Federal Government department that works to identify and prevent money laundering.

However the game came calling again and Beveridge realised his family missed his involvement in football as much as he did. So he accepted a job with Hawthorn at the end of 2011 as a defensive coach.

This year, his backline charges not only won a flag but took out a Norm Smith Medal (Brian Lake) and the club best and fairest (Josh Gibson) with Ben Stratton fourth in the club count.

"He genuinely cares for his players and they know that and that is a big thing," Fagan said. "I think he understands the grind. I think he understands the challenges."

Why do I feel like I have heard all those things before...?

 

[lachy]

Why would you want him in another role. If based on him not being in an AFL system is reason enough not to make him coach (I have posted why this is not logical earlier) then why would you put him into a role he's never performed let alone at AFL level?

BTW I would love Ayres at the club in some capacity. But I don't understand your logic here.

Fully agree KT only thing is using the term logic and this thread is interesting, not sure there has been a lot only personal preferences.

Will a a divisive decision early no matter who is picked

 

[Norm De Guerre]

Mate I'm insulted by that

I may indeed talk cr&p but yebiga has lost his marbles

At least my complaining had an end game in Maccas leaving

Where he is heading I have no idea

Wasn't intended to be an insult at all. I was suggesting that Yebiga was taking your posting style and turning the shrillness up to 11. The only thing that has changed is I don't think its designed as a parody anymore, its evolved into something else entirely.

 

[fronkalicious]

I hope lukey beveridge can crack a smile when addressing the media if/when he's appointed. Gotta lighten up and engage the fan base publicly.

 

[Yojimbo]

Wow, some of the stuff I've been reading on here puts Ken Bruce in the shade (look it up kids).

One of my favorite commercials of all time thanks for the trip down
memory lane certainly brought a smile to my face.

 

[igloo dweller]

tried to read back through the past 5 pages, only got to three...anyone seen yebiga's meds?

 

[doggies ftw]

Okay really liking Beveridge now tbh. I know it's hard for anyone to really know but any idea whatsoever what type of style he will try to implement? That's all I really care about to be honest.

 

[yebiga]

No doubt I am using a little hyperbole

But if you guys are living in wonderland
There need to be some more purging and some serious healing done

I see business as usual

The vipers were in the melbourne fc
They are in ours - we are just a few years behind - senior players treated poorly coaches changed - just like melbourne
We got our Boyd they got their hogan and Clark and Dawes
But the poison remained

 

[Pannalstaroz]

Both names I'm hearing are Sumich and Beveridge. Top two candidates with Luke the preferred by Grant and the board, while Worsfold backed Sumich. For what it's worth, Darcy picked Tudor as his preferred candidate. The consensus from the guys I'm talking to is now Luke Beveridge though.

We didn't interview Williams and Ratten, nor did we ask Bomber. It was a 'you come to us' type scenario, and none of them did. Well played tbh. Why go begging?

We referenced Ratten and it wasn't fantastic so he was never going to get an interview even if he applied.

 

[TempleKelvington]

Fully agree KT only thing is using the term logic and this thread is interesting, not sure there has been a lot only personal preferences.

Will a a divisive decision early no matter who is picked

Yes....seems to be that there is no consensus at all. Must be one of the hardest coaching decisions the club has had to make. I keep feeling that there will be someone from left field in the end. Things are way too quite.

 

[TempleKelvington]

Okay really liking Beveridge now tbh. I know it's hard for anyone to really know but any idea whatsoever what type of style he will try to implement? That's all I really care about to be honest.

I'm not sure about Beverage, I'm not sure he's my cup of tea.

 

[GreatSouthWest]

tried to read back through the past 5 pages, only got to three...anyone seen yebiga's meds?

I think he swallowed them all concurrently

 

[TempleKelvington]

Sumich will get the nod and be named by Tuesday.

I don't think it be him, there is too much go home factor.

 

[#1 Dogs Fan]

Going by Luke Beveridge's interview on youtube, he comes across as a very laidback sort of guy, hopefully someone the plsyers can communicate with if he was elected.
In the interview he mentioned if he gets a head cosch somewhere that brent guara will tag a long as an assistant interesting.