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His time playing at the Hawks/Box Hill alignment should help the program function a lot better.
Who knows if he can coach though.
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Who knows if he can coach though.
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VFL 2019: Ben McGlynn appointed senior coach of Sandringham
The former Hawthorn and Sydney midfielder has replaced Aaron Hamill, who is taking on a bigger role at St Kilda.
Bayside Leader
September 13, 2019 9:00pm
Sandringham will go into 2020 with a new senior coach — former Hawthorn and Sydney Swans midfielder Ben McGlynn.
The Zebras announced at their best and fairest presentation tonight that McGlynn would be taking over from his fellow St Kilda assistant coach Aaron Hamill.
Hamill steered Sandy in 2018-19 and is expected to take up a key role with new Saints senior coach Brett Ratten.
McGlynn met Sandy president Nick Johnstone and chief executive David Cannizzo this morning to discuss his plans for next year.
McGlynn has been an assistant at Sandy for three seasons, under Lindsay Gilbee and then Hamill.
He already knew his way around VFL grounds — he was drafted from the Box Hill Hawks as a rookie in 2005.
ew Sandy coach Ben McGlynn.
The tenacious onballer went on to play 44 games with Hawthorn and another 127 with Sydney. He finished with the Swans at the end of 2016 (his last match was the grand final against the Western Bulldogs), hooking on to St Kilda’s coaching staff.
Cannizzo thanked Hamill for his service to the club and welcomed McGlynn to the position.
“I want to acknowledge Aaron for his work at a really important time for our club … new president, new CEO, new coach at the start of last year … and he helped galvanise the club with his professionalism,’’ he said.
“He’s taken on a position at St Kilda with the new AFL coach and as a result Ben will take over after three years of being involved with the VFL program as an assistant. He now gets to run it and help with his development. It’s fantastic for us … couldn’t be more delighted. He’s been a pleasure to work with.’’
Cannizzo said McGlynn understood how alignments worked, having emerged from the Hawthorn-affiliated Box Hill Hawks.
“He gets it, and he’s got some strong views on how we can integrate better,’’ he said.
“Without going into too much detail at this stage, some of that is a rotation of the AFL St Kilda coaches coming through and being involved in the Sandringham program throughout the year, in games and attending the president’s lunches, to demonstrate that greater level of co-operation.
“He’s really excited, really energetic. He’s already involved in the nitty-gritty of player discussions and recruitment and planning the pre-season.’’
The Zebras have missed the finals for the past three seasons but have already made a move on their recruiting, assigning football manager Josh Vella to oversee it.
Hamill back in our coaching squad?
I am not sure.
What is Hamill's new role, does anyone know?
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He's replacing the cigar store Indian at the entrance to RSEA Park and the Social Club. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank "Unmoving Warrior" for his tireless work standing totally still, sentinnel and keeping out the riff raff from the Social Club for the past 12 months.
While Danny Sexton will breathe a sigh of relief as his position seems safe for now, we can only hope Aaron shows the same discipline, resilience and commitment to the position that our wooden carving did.
Very well deserved win. Clearly the best Saints listed player all year, and by the length of Flemington straight!
Also worth noting that White played a few less games than the bloke he tied with too (who is a very good VFL footballer and was going for back to back awards). Wonder if the new coach will rate blokes that can actually hit a target?
Cheaper than hiring an actual coach I guess ...
Guess Craig Jennings wasn't worth the phone call.
