Opinion Who should be the North coach?

[muttley45]

. If players constantly play within themselves through fear of making a mistake, they never expand their skillset, and often become worse.

That statement kind of rings a bell with me in regard to a large proportion of our list imo.

 

[Billy Not Really]

That statement kind of rings a bell with me in regard to a large proportion of our list imo.

That, and we play so inconsistently it rivals Melbournes level of hot and cold.

 

[Samsquanch]

That would be nice.

We need a coach with self discipline who will expect the highest levels of it from his players ...

Fine them if you need to. $100 bucks a miss/drop into next years Good Friday kitty.

No expectations of them ever being able to afford to buy a house then?

 

[discodaddy]

A couple of years ago Horse was interviewed and asked if he'd consider coaching on after the completion of his Sydney gig and he said he would not, instead saying he and the family would return to the family farm near Wagga Wagga.

Has a house/land in Yarrawonga I believe. Maybe his sights are set on coaching the Mulwala lions.

I have question marks about Longmire.

He inherited a good side that has been artificially propped up and hasn't shown me enough to convince me he has the capabilities to drag a side up the ladder. His game style is hardly breathtaking viewing either.

Game style has been awful, but well geared to the confines of the SCG. You’d have to think it would change to suit a different home ground.

 

[Dirty_11]

I'm not convinced on him either but the bloke isn't even 50 and has the following CV:

• Premiership player
• Premiership assistant coach
• Premiership senior coach
• 2x grand final coach
• 7x consecutive finals series under his senior coaching

He clearly has some idea how to get a side into contention and win the whole thing.

He didn’t walk into a ready made side as some suggest on here ala Chris Scott. His role under Roos was important in building the side that he came to inherit.


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[Snake_Baker]

Game style has been awful, but well geared to the confines of the SCG. You’d have to think it would change to suit a different home ground.

Why would we invest in someone based upon the premise he could achieve that mate?

 

[Roo-Boy]

Adam Simpson

 

[Mordecai]

Simon Goodwin

 

[Billy Not Really]

Simon Goodwin

Finally we'll jump up the ladder with that appointment....

by 1 spot.

 

[sbdan]

We will be fighting with Melbourne for a new midseason coach.

They would love to have longmire

 

[the flying ham]

Hard no on Longmire. Might be struggĺing with tactical changes forced by 666.

Get an assistant coach, not too long out of the game who has worked and played under different systems, get a senior mentor, and develop a game plan to suit the list. Mitchell, Shaw, Longmuir, Nicks, Caracella and possibly Kingsley. Important that the coàch has come from a strong performing side in 2018.

Probably Caracella and Mitchell the top picks.

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[Howard Littlejohn]

Hard no on Longmire. Might be struggĺing with tactical changes forced by 666.

Get an assistant coach, not too long out of the game who has worked and played under different systems, get a senior mentor, and develop a game plan to suit the list. Mitchell, Shaw, Longmuir, Nicks, Caracella and possibly Kingsley. Important that the coàch has come from a strong performing side in 2018.

Probably Caracella and Mitchell the top picks.

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if going for a new coach, I'd like to see someone who has been "the man" at state league level and assistant as AFL level. Knowledge of what it takes at an AFL club, but also has had the responsibility of leading a coaching team at a decent level. Being an assistant and being the coach are different things, ideally to hit the ground running a new coach should have both in their background.
I'm not up to speed on who has been successful at state league level (in the big the SANFL/WAF/VFL and with non-aligned sides - running what usually amounts to a reserves team is not the same as being responsible for the club). That would be the ideal, playing history doesn't enter into it for coaching (IMO), utterly different skillsets.
edit: Well, playing does enter a little, someone who succeeded because they had to work hard and smart as a player has an edge over someone who was just naturally talented.

 

[Thndr]

always thought Jimmy Bartel had a great footy brain, his comments during the call today have shown that as well. Would cost a packet of life savers as well.

 

[Le Grille]

Brad Sewell? As an assistant


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[Roo-Boy]

What about Nick Maxwell?

 

[Waussie]

Simpson VERY settled in WA along with his crew of North alumni. No chance.

But I reckon Sumich could be gettable.

 

[Waussie]

Just a suggestion, go to mister Google and get as much info. as you can on Peter Sumich. Watch the last couple of years of WA 18's games. He fits what this club needs. And he's not part of the current boys club at North. I'd like your opinions.

 

[Uber Roo]

Just a suggestion, go to mister Google and get as much info. as you can on Peter Sumich. Watch the last couple of years of WA 18's games. He fits what this club needs. And he's not part of the current boys club at North. I'd like your opinions.

He spoke very well on sen , on the eve of sydney stack’s debut
A lot of tough love with wayward stack last year, and look at the return, so far
Has a burning desire to coach, even said if you can’t win a flag within 6/7 years, you should walk away with dignity
Must be given an interview, surely


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[goalieboy82]

bumping this to the First Page.

 

[SpiderBurton22]

Don't listen to me. I had a Facebook memory from 10 years ago pop up yesterday, saying that we should replace Laidley with Terry Wallace.

 

[Roosurgence]

The drunk from the local pub. Even if he was passed out and forgot to turn up at all it would be an improvement on the dickhead we currently have.

 

[Contra Mundum]

Can't do it mate.

We'd have to sack the General Managers for Consumer, People & Culture, Community Engagement and Dolphins & Unicorns, in order to pay for him.

Of course radical feminism and IDPOL are the reason our forward line is dysfunctional. You have greater one note myopia than Clem Ford


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[Reagan Smash]

I'm scratching my head because 6 people voted for Scott

 

[The acurate one]

Waitey...

https://www.sen.com.au/news/2019/04/26/waites-advice-for-under-fire-brad-scott/



Former North Melbourne key forward Jarrad Waite has some advice for Brad Scott, suggesting a few positional changes to get the team firing again.

The Roos currently sit 18th on the ladder with one win from five games and the forward line has stuttered since Waite’s retirement.




The 36-year-old feels the club needs to play two key forwards and relocate Mason Wood.

“What worked for us (Waite and Ben Brown) was I was the agility guy, I was working around him and staying out of his way because I knew where he was leading,” Waite told SEN’s The Curtain Raiser.

“If I saw the ball coming down and I wasn’t hitting up at the ball, I would know Brown was hitting up at the ball and I went around the back of him.

“It’s just working together. I think Nick Larkey is that player for North. His agility is very good. He can come at the ball, but his ability to run the arc, same with Mason Wood.

“I feel like they’re playing him in the wrong position, I’d be playing him across half back because he has elite endurance, he’s got a great kicking style, but he’s not a key forward. He’s a third forward and that’s why I think it’s not working at the moment.

“They need to get that forward line gelling and if I was in Brad Scott’s position, I would put Larkey in and play him the whole year.”


No wonder we get narky around here.

 

[bennymate]

**** I miss Waitey

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