Coach Welcome to West Coast: Andrew McQualter

[JackOutback]

West Perth have a bunch of assistants available if we're interested.

 

[FKASC]

Shuey as captain and now coach has coincided with us being the worst we’ve ever been.

Might not have anything to do with Shuey at all, but people are within their rights to question his ability.

 

[Chris_6678]

With the talk of Mini possibly adding some players to the senior group this year with Allen, Gov and Waterman all out for the year, who would we add? Hough, Ginbey? cant think of too many others

 

[Boohemian]

With the talk of Mini possibly adding some players to the senior group this year with Allen, Gov and Waterman all out for the year, who would we add? Hough, Ginbey? cant think of too many others

At this junction, it's over to the players to step up and claim it for themselves.

 

[Cuzz09]

With the talk of Mini possibly adding some players to the senior group this year with Allen, Gov and Waterman all out for the year, who would we add? Hough, Ginbey? cant think of too many others

maybe Darcy Cameron captain

 

[RustyShacklefordFalcon]

Vossy as an assistant in 2026...doable? Is he what we need? I wonder how hard he could throw a Gatorade bottle...

 

[Bender_]

Vossy as an assistant in 2026...doable? Is he what we need? I wonder how hard he could throw a Gatorade bottle...

Think I'd rather have Jacob Brennan.

 

[RustyShacklefordFalcon]

Think I'd rather have Jacob Brennan.

Yeah but he has puny weak arms

 

[amazingjoshy]

Reckon we've got the right bloke. This team doesn't turn up their toes ever which is a stark difference to last year (and the last few years)

He has the players buying in. Good times ahead imo

 

[Bluke]

Called out some of the questionable umpiring calls in his presser too which should please a few on here…

 

[PremiershipNo4]

No more 100 point thrashings as was the case with Simmo, what’s even more impressive is that we are showing genuine improvement, whilst missing some pretty important players, Gov, Yeo, Oscar, Waterman, and Barrass gone. That’s an entire spine and we still playing better than last year.
Really good signs moving forward, onwards and upwards from here, I believe we have bottomed out and are climbing, a bit like investing in shares after a stock market crash, it’s a good time to get on board WC, by 2030 we’ll be in contention again.

 

[Keys]

I like that we’re playing some of our best footy against the best sides :

Brisbane - we trailed by just 4 points at the 12min mark of the last quarter before conceding 3 of the last 4 goals to lose by 19. Led by 3 points at 3/4 time

Geelong - we trailed by just 6 points at the 6min mark of the last quarter before conceding 7 of the last 8 goals to lose by 43. Trailed by 11 points at 3/4 time

Collingwood - we trailed by just 4 points inside the last minute of the third quarter before conceding the last 4 goals. Trailed by 10 points at 3/4 time

To be in a competitive position inside the last quarter against the three best sides, two away from home, is a sign the game plan stacks up against the best. At times in all three games we’ve had patches of control where we’ve looked the better side

Yes, we’ve fallen away in all three as they hit another gear we couldn’t match - part of that is a lack of fitness that only comes with banking cumulative preseasons that as a young side we don’t yet have

The signs are there that something is building and we’re on the right track under McQualter

 

[WCE777]

I like that we’re playing some of our best footy against the best sides :

Brisbane - we trailed by just 4 points at the 12min mark of the last quarter before conceding 3 of the last 4 goals to lose by 19. Led by 3 points at 3/4 time

Geelong - we trailed by just 6 points at the 6min mark of the last quarter before conceding 7 of the last 8 goals to lose by 43. Trailed by 11 points at 3/4 time

Collingwood - we trailed by just 4 points inside the last minute of the third quarter before conceding the last 4 goals. Trailed by 10 points at 3/4 time

To be in a competitive position inside the last quarter against the three best sides, two away from home, is a sign the game plan stacks up against the best. At times in all three games we’ve had patches of control where we’ve looked the better side

Yes, we’ve fallen away in all three as they hit another gear we couldn’t match - part of that is a lack of fitness that only comes with banking cumulative preseasons that as a young side we don’t yet have

The signs are there that something is building and we’re on the right track under McQualter

agree, think we have got a ripper in McQualter

 

[Elite Pete]

Great player, but based on form literally anyone else would be a better stoppage coach.

Seems to have turned it around a lot? That’s what a coach is suppose to do. If that’s him or Mini who knows.

Really only one bad game in there in the last 7 games (vs North) and was probably the game we should’ve won by a fair bit.

Pretty much a CBA group of 22yo and under and a ruck not really in the top 15.

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

I like that we’re playing some of our best footy against the best sides :

Brisbane - we trailed by just 4 points at the 12min mark of the last quarter before conceding 3 of the last 4 goals to lose by 19. Led by 3 points at 3/4 time

Geelong - we trailed by just 6 points at the 6min mark of the last quarter before conceding 7 of the last 8 goals to lose by 43. Trailed by 11 points at 3/4 time

Collingwood - we trailed by just 4 points inside the last minute of the third quarter before conceding the last 4 goals. Trailed by 10 points at 3/4 time

To be in a competitive position inside the last quarter against the three best sides, two away from home, is a sign the game plan stacks up against the best. At times in all three games we’ve had patches of control where we’ve looked the better side

Yes, we’ve fallen away in all three as they hit another gear we couldn’t match - part of that is a lack of fitness that only comes with banking cumulative preseasons that as a young side we don’t yet have

The signs are there that something is building and we’re on the right track under McQualter

Last month or so reminds me of 2010. Competitive for a half to three quarters, then fade.

Keen to smash the shit out of this year's draft so next year can be like 2011

 

[WCE777]

Last month or so reminds me of 2010. Competitive for a half to three quarters, then fade.

Keen to smash the shit out of this year's draft so next year can be like 2011

2010 draft

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

2010 draft

Yes

 

[BSD]

Pick the carcass of the blues and chase ash Hanson or luke power.

Stuff Hansen, he wasn't interested in the coaches job, so we shouldn't be interested in him.
Hansen wanted to stay at that steaming pile of dogshit called Carlton rather than apply for our job.
If they sack Michael Voss a lot of the assistants will be gone as well. Hansen can join the queue at Centrelink.

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

That steaming pile of dogshit will finish one or two places either side of the unstoppable Hawks I'll have you know

 

[bzparkes]

Stuff Hansen, he wasn't interested in the coaches job, so we shouldn't be interested in him.
Hansen wanted to stay at that steaming pile of dogshit called Carlton rather than apply for our job.
If they sack Michael Voss a lot of the assistants will be gone as well. Hansen can join the queue at Centrelink.

Hansen stayed because his wife's Victorian and she didn't want to move.

 

[BSD]

Always really hard to judge the impact of assistant coaches from outside the club. So much of what they do is done away from the public gaze and building relationships with players is a massive part of what they do. Essentially, we have no idea

We could do with a further refresh of our coaching staff and, in the case of someone like Shuey who may get poached by another club, that refresh might be forced rather than by design

There’s also Jarrad Schofield who may decide to move on a year after being overlooked for the senior position

Marco Bello has only been at the club this year as forwards coach and it’d be unlikely he gets moved on after a solitary year

Leaves Luke Webster, our current backline coach and longest serving member of the coaching panel, as the most vulnerable looking from the outside. Particularly with Hurn in the wings as the backline development coach who would appear an almost ready made replacement

Now McQualter has the job he will also have had time to sound out previous assistants he’s worked with to gauge any interest in coming across to join him

Would love to poach someone from Collingwood, Geelong or Brisbane to bring across some much needed IP and experience- someone like Scott Selwood would be sensational

Scott Selwood would be a sensational replacement for both Shuey and Schofield. Not giving the senior role to Schofield and appointing Mini was the correct decision.
Hurn, Gov and Harry Taylor would do a better job as backline / assistant coaches as they played over 800 games at the highest level.
Webster played about 30 games at the Dockers and none of them in the backline at a time when the Dockers were really crap.

 

[BSD]

Hansen stayed because his wife's Victorian and she didn't want to move.

They had no problem living here when Hansen played for the Eagles.
She can join him in the Centrelink queue along with Voss.

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

Scott Selwood would be a sensational replacement for both Shuey and Schofield. Not giving the senior role to Schofield and appointing Mini was the correct decision.
Hurn, Gov and Harry Taylor would do a better job as backline / assistant coaches as they played over 800 games at the highest level.
Webster played about 30 games at the Dockers and none of them in the backline at a time when the Dockers were really crap.

What was McQualter's playing career like?

 

[FKASC]

Last month or so reminds me of 2010. Competitive for a half to three quarters, then fade.

Keen to smash the shit out of this year's draft so next year can be like 2011

Very dry sheets post from you here

 

[bzparkes]

They had no problem living here when Hansen played for the Eagles.
She can join him in the Centrelink queue along with Voss.

He last played for west coast 15 years ago.

They probably weren't even together then.

Unhinged take.