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Coach Welcome to Carlton Jacob Townsend - Development Coach

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The Carlton Football Club is excited to announce a further coaching appointment for the 2026 AFL season, with premiership player Jacob Townsend arriving at IKON Park as a development coach.

Townsend joins the Blues with a wealth of experience as a player and in recent years as a coach, having most recently worked as the Head of Development at the Box Hill Hawks, who finished second on the VFL ladder.
 

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FINALLY. Been a disaster for 30 years

It's great that GW and CD are doing a lot this off season to address a clear area of need, but it's pretty frustrating that it went untouched for so long.

Onwards and upwards from here!
 
Whether the names are the right ones is something on which I have no insight. But the intent is certainly something to applaud.

Likewise...but for the first time in a long while, I have more confidence that the people we have making these appointments know what they are doing. Fingers crossed that's actually the case.
 
I just love how much emphasis we are putting on player development. Whether the names are the right ones is something on which I have no insight. But the intent is certainly something to applaud.

Truslove's resume looks really good, Close seems to have plenty of experience with the junior pathways, and Townsend having recently been running Development at Box Hill seems like it would be a strong reference too. People also seems to have a lot of positive things to say about Torin Baker as well. On the whole, just looks like a really capable and varied group, which I reckon is what you want to be able to manage the growth and development of a variety of kids from different backgrounds.

Think there was some consternation about Russell being retained and moved to the Head of Development role, but I think with the group we've assembled here, Jordan is going to be there predominantly for administration and oversight rather than the actual day to day coaching.
 

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Welcome Jacob.

Loving the group of off Broadway appointments who have excellent resumes. Likely to be a great mix.

Agreed.

I'd like to imagine that, in their interviews, they all displayed a passion for what the decision makers believe we lack the most.

That or some common thread that unifies them.

Anything but, "I just love the club."
(I love chunky caramel Kit-Kat's.
Can't make one to save myself.)

Wasn't a fan of Townsend's when he was playing.

Didn't look footy enough in an odd way.

He had a habit of bobbing up, at THAT moment of the game with a play that would turn momentum in his teams direction.

Consistent in attitude to the point of lifeless at times.

An opposition player you'd forget, until they forced you to remember.

I loooove this appointment.

I didn't like him because he was no superstar, yet I rated him, but he didn't play for us.

He's with us now.

Show us yer skills Jacob. Get us a cup.
 
Sounds like an excellent addition, but more importantly, is he mates with Zak Butters?
 

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