Brad Scott - New Essendon Coach

[StillAtLarge]

I heard he's bringing in Shaun Atley

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Shaun Atley

Age

31

Ht

189cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.3

4star

K

8.5

3star

HB

8.8

5star

M

3.3

3star

T

2.2

4star

MG

273.1

4star

D

15.0

4star

K

7.9

3star

HB

7.1

4star

M

3.1

3star

T

2.0

3star

MG

246.4

4star

D

13.6

4star

K

6.2

3star

HB

7.4

5star

M

1.6

2star

T

3.0

5star

as captain

 

[Blues_Man]

Ha ha ha This is awesome news

 

[largebus]

Similarly to Hinkley I think he's a decent coach without being great, and overstayed his welcome by a few years.
Essendon are still a bigger mess than North were so expect the rumblings to start the minute they hit a rough patch.

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

Essendon could have beaten my side twice this season so Scott certainly has some talent to work with.

Most likely he'll make them a more hardened and consistent group, lead them finally to a finals win and sell hope.

If he can do this I would be very happy

 

[windyhill]

That’d be right, one night I could stomach 360 with those two clowns particularly the buffoon and I miss out !!

 

[bomberlegend2007]

Hey come on now, I'm sure he'll be great! Say it with me, "I love my new coach Brad Scott!"

As long as you can say with me, “I love my new coach, ummm, …….”

 

[Dazb86]

Actually dont mind this appointment

 

[Engimal v3]

Every Essendon player will own a home, I guarantee you that.

 

[Unfazed]

A truly ridiculous statement

Agree. He's Amart Chris not Kmart.

 

[windyhill]

Don’t do it slobbo

 

[WN123]

Time will tell in Scott bur North have certainly gone rapidly backwards since he left.

 

[juss]

To me this seems a really uninspiring appointment.

I dont think he'll necessarily be a disaster, but it just seems a very mid table competitive appointment, but I don't see him redeeming the club and turning them around back to the promised land.

 

[Foxx]

I fear Hird will be an assistant.

 

[rumply]

Similarly to Hinkley I think he's a decent coach without being great, and overstayed his welcome by a few years.
Essendon are still a bigger mess than North were so expect the rumblings to start the minute they hit a rough patch.

Bombers hit a rough patch some time ago just in case you didn't notice. Only way is up...

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

Don’t do it slobbo

He'll be in mourning right now

 

[windyhill]

I fear Hird will be an assistant.

No chance Foxxy.

 

[awesome wells]

Lol feel for Essendon fans. I’m pretty sure most, if not all, north fans were happy to see him leave.
He never has a plan B on game day, always picks his favourites, never drops players that deserved it, hardly promotes youngsters. But good luck to them. Maybe he can be the messiah to lead them to that elusive finals win

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

Lol feel for Essendon fans. I’m pretty sure most, if not all, north fans were happy to see him leave.
He never has a plan B on game day, always picks his favourites, never drops players that deserved it, hardly promotes youngsters. But good luck to them. Maybe he can be the messiah to lead them to that elusive finals win

If he can win us a final thats a massive tick will be the first step in getting us to the promised land imo

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

Time will tell in Scott bur North have certainly gone rapidly backwards since he left.

Didnt Brad wanted to start a rebuild he removed Harvey which lead to his sacking?

 

[Cyber_punk]

At one point early on in his career his record was horrifically bad, something like 3 wins 20 losses in games decided by 2 goals or less. Pretty sure it improved significantly later in his time at North.

That would be 2013. Had a percentage of 122 or something crazy like that despite only winning 10 games.

It improved a little in 2014-15 but then 2017 was a constant string of close losses again. His record overall in these sorts of games is very poor.

 

[Cyber_punk]

Didnt Brad wanted to start a rebuild he removed Harvey which lead to his sacking?

The thing about wanting to fully rebuild was from 2019 I think.

2016 was a half arsed effort refresh. That's when he should have been let go. 7 years was long enough.

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

 

[mxett]

Lol feel for Essendon fans. I’m pretty sure most, if not all, north fans were happy to see him leave.
He never has a plan B on game day, always picks his favourites, never drops players that deserved it, hardly promotes youngsters. But good luck to them. Maybe he can be the messiah to lead them to that elusive finals win

you sure your issues were your coach? It isnt like you rocketed up the ladder when he left

 

[windyhill]

Lol feel for Essendon fans. I’m pretty sure most, if not all, north fans were happy to see him leave.
He never has a plan B on game day, always picks his favourites, never drops players that deserved it, hardly promotes youngsters. But good luck to them. Maybe he can be the messiah to lead them to that elusive finals win

Since getting rid of him n.Melb have gone from strength to strength yes ?

 

[Rod Stroker]

Why are you pretending like things got so much better once he left your joint, you’ve had two coaches go (soon to be 3) and appealed for a draft assistance package, which Scott himself decided your outcome funnily enough. Scott also had his hands tied with resources, with your recruiting team underperforming. At least you guys where competitive, when Scott got sacked, I’m sure he left you guys on a higher ladder position than what you guys have been the last three years.

No one is pretending. We've been the worst team over the last 3 years and we know it. What has happened at North after Scott left though, is not relevant to what happened while he was there as coach. Towards the end of his tenure, it is common knowledge that standards slipped, our results reflected that, so he had to go.

If he was any good, he would have been secured as a coach elsewhere over the last 3 years, and there have been ample opportunities. That didn't happen, because he just ain't that good.

If Essendon wanted an experienced coach, they should have gone after blokes like Williams or Leppa or Hinkley. Scott is an inferior choice. But I'm not complaining.