Prediction Brisbane Lions 2017 Coach is Chris Fagan

[luthor]

Vote now

 

[snooplions]

Would like thompson, but can't see it happening tbh. As soon as a vic side gets rid of their coach in the next 18 months they immediately become a more attractive proposition to coach than us. At this stage it could be North, Collingwood or Richmond.. Just a gut feeling as well that he wouldn't want to coach us.

 

[ZoBlitz]

Well it's not an operation thread so I guess I can't complain...

 

[luthor]

Well it's not an operation thread so I guess I can't complain...

My first attempt at a "poll" for a while.

Somehow, I don't Think I got it quite right.

Probably should have been "Who do you think???"

Oh well....carry on I suppose

 

[dlanod]

My first attempt at a "poll" for a while.

Somehow, I don't Think I got it quite right.

Probably should have been "Who do you think???"

Oh well....carry on I suppose

The big failure is that it's missing a Jack Watts option.

 

[winged1]

Jayden Post

 

[Schraderbrau]

i voted for terry wallace

 

[T Factor]

Bomber, he is just crazy enough to come in and make a difference.

 

[Nunez]

i voted for terry wallet

Fixed.

 

[WhiteLionFeva]

i voted for terry wallace

Ah, my favourite time of year is the lead in to the draft to hear the pontifications of The List Mangler.

 

[WhiteLionFeva]

Mark Harvey won't be encouraging Bomber you wouldn't think.

 

[lioninthesand]

Leppa will be coaching the Lions next year with a senior assistant IMO.

 

[royboys4eva]

I don't feel comfortable writing about who should take over from Leppa until he is officially gone but now that we have a thread up about it i guess its open slather.

So a name no one has mentioned as far as i am aware is John Blakey. Ex royboy who won Premierships with Nth Melb in 96 and 99. He coached at the Lions as one of Lethal's assistants from 2003 -2006. So he has tasted success at the club in 2003. He also coached the club for 1 home and away game when Lethal was unavailable. He joined the Swans at the end of 2006 and has been their ever since. From what i can find he has coached both the forward line and the back line and is now head of development. If one club can be praised for its development of players it is Sydney.

So here we have a guy who has a Lions background as a player with Fitzroy (135 games) spent 4 years with the club being an assistant including the 2003 Premiership. Has now had 10 years at the Swans doing almost every role. 14 years is a decent apprenticeship i would have thought? I reckon but can't be certain he may have coached the Swans in a pre season game or two.

Now the big questions are would he be interested? Would he be a good head coach or would he a better person to have as your main assistant coach to say a Stewie Dew?

For me John Blakey should be head hunted. He should be one of the first people we interview for the job if he is interested. Dew is another i think we need to look at closely. Comes with big wraps and has been a major player like Blakey in the Swans development and success.

 

[Lace Out]

Gerard Neesham

 

[bewsta]

Peter Sumich or Brett Montgomery.

 

[hench]

Wait, you mean there are other options than Brett Ratten?

 

[Cockliff38]

I don't feel comfortable writing about who should take over from Leppa until he is officially gone but now that we have a thread up about it i guess its open slather.

So a name no one has mentioned as far as i am aware is John Blakey. Ex royboy who won Premierships with Nth Melb in 96 and 99. He coached at the Lions as one of Lethal's assistants from 2003 -2006. So he has tasted success at the club in 2003. He also coached the club for 1 home and away game when Lethal was unavailable. He joined the Swans at the end of 2006 and has been their ever since. From what i can find he has coached both the forward line and the back line and is now head of development. If one club can be praised for its development of players it is Sydney.

So here we have a guy who has a Lions background as a player with Fitzroy (135 games) spent 4 years with the club being an assistant including the 2003 Premiership. Has now had 10 years at the Swans doing almost every role. 14 years is a decent apprenticeship i would have thought? I reckon but can't be certain he may have coached the Swans in a pre season game or two.

Now the big questions are would he be interested? Would he be a good head coach or would he a better person to have as your main assistant coach to say a Stewie Dew?

For me John Blakey should be head hunted. He should be one of the first people we interview for the job if he is interested. Dew is another i think we need to look at closely. Comes with big wraps and has been a major player like Blakey in the Swans development and success.

Great post - not sure why he's not rated higher.

And his boy is a good prospect too! Can also be picked up by Sydney and North through FS and academy bidding, so having him coach would definitely be a deal sweetner

 

[jackess]

The problem is we can't head hunt with Leppa still our coach. Doesn't look like any other clubs are going to sack their coach at the moment so we can probably wait.

 

[3KZ is Football]

Matthew Knights or Peter Sumich.

 

[Bucking Beads]

I'd really like someone like Bomber Thompson minus the straight jacket but I can't think of any coaches like that who are available. I think Stuart Dew might be the guy. He's been coaching at a non-Victorian Club which also makes him a guy who I think suits us a bit better.

 

[a mayes ing]

We can't have another coach who has been involved with the club. We need to have one that has no ties with the club. Would also prefer a coach that isn't a newbie either, we need an experienced coach. Brett Ratten is my pick, didn't do too bad in Carlton plus has been assistant for the Hawks for a while. We need a coach who knows what it takes to rise the ladder and most of them come from assistants/coaches from successful clubs.

 

[SRH17]

We can't have another coach who has been involved with the club. We need to have one that has no ties with the club. Would also prefer a coach that isn't a newbie either, we need an experienced coach. Brett Ratten is my pick, didn't do too bad in Carlton plus has been assistant for the Hawks for a while. We need a coach who knows what it takes to rise the ladder and most of them come from assistants/coaches from successful clubs.

Wont be Brad Scott. Spoke to my mate who is a mad Roos supporter and provides $$$ to the club. States the club is more than happy with him.

 

[SizeMatters]

Rattan with Thompson as senior assistant. Thompson, while he may have the runs on the board, just hasn't been in a successful team for a while now. I really want to grab someone from the Hawks as they really are head and shoulders above anyone else when it comes to off field work and what i takes to stay one step ahead of the rest. Although for obvious reasons this would never happen

 

[notliondown]

Question - Why can't we have another Lion as head coach? This gets trotted out a lot and I'm curious as to why?

Do people perceive that we are too soft on ex players? Based on merits if it came down to it, I would have a coach who understands our landscape because of experience, and who will settle in and adapt far quicker to our circumstances than a Victorian who's never seen a rugby league game before.

Given what we did to Voss and may do to Leppa I can't see much evidence we're too easy on ex's...

 

[lioninthesand]

Question - Why can't we have another Lion as head coach? This gets trotted out a lot and I'm curious as to why?

Do people perceive that we are too soft on ex players? Based on merits if it came down to it, I would have a coach who understands our landscape because of experience, and who will settle in and adapt far quicker to our circumstances than a Victorian who's never seen a rugby league game before.

Given what we did to Voss and may do to Leppa I can't see much evidence we're too easy on ex's...

If you are strictly talking about ex 3peat candidates, my opinion is this, and I actually said it around the time of Leppa taking over.

When you step into a role formally filled by a very close associate who you shared the ultimate success with, at a club headed up by the person who coached you to those grand finals, there would (IMO) be a subtle tendency to 'honour' the people and their program. Yes Leppa has changed up a lot of stuff, but is there still a Brisbane Lions of yesteryear feel about he place? was it maybe, in some ways, a subtle continuation of the Voss Program? Did it allow a full reset of the player psyche?.. I personally never felt that moment where you said 'WOW things are different' between Leppa and Voss.

Leppa referred to being lucky that Voss was a close Friend who could fast track him with info on the group and be an invaluable resource, I never liked that, I wanted a total break away to give Leppa his best shot at a clean slate.

We are tangled up with a certain air about trying to replicate the early 2000's and it hasn't worked. Leigh is such a big personality that commands so much respect, that I can't see another ex 3peat player not, even if slightly, continuing the current tradition, which doesn't work apparently.

We NEED a fresh breeze through the hall IMO, someone to come in and actually tear up what ever mandate we are currently using (it might only be a subconscious position on football) and to say the board and key personal 'Stuff you Guys this is the way we are doing things from now on'.. and actually be able to do it. It might work with another ex 3peat club legend, but I would worry it would just be a continuation of the current trend, they would be too bound to honouring a certain way of operating.