Toast Adam Simpson

[HoneyBadger35]

 

[Brave Sir Robin]

Awesome news. Means he is guaranteed to be around for the development of the young guys coming through this year - Rioli, Ryan, Waterman, Allen, Ainsworth, Brander etc.

Made finals every year but one under him, made a GF and a great shot to make another one this year. Some coaches have been backed for a lot less.

ISWT.

 

[mad_eagle]

Happy he will sticking around for another 4 years. This bloke has got us to finals ever year he has been at the club. Congrats Simmo!!!

...minus 2014, but 9th is pretty close

 

[DanWCE]

Stoked. Good on ya Simmo! Take us to the promised land

 

[FatPizza]

Awesome news. Means he is guaranteed to be around for the development of the young guys coming through this year - Rioli, Ryan, Waterman, Allen, Ainsworth, Brander etc.

Made finals every year but one under him, made a GF and a great shot to make another one this year. Some coaches have been backed for a lot less.

ISWT.

Such as a round 1 win over a mentally ****ed Adelaide.

 

[jesterwester]

Listening to ABC sportstalk last weekend they were discussing the values that Simmo has brought into the club in comparison to Lyon- he really values skills. It shows in how much that has developed. I didn’t know this, but we used to mark circles as to where the kick needed to reach the player in- it may not have been marked, but it set a real emphasis as to how much we value footskills. As a result, when a kick needs to be hit, we hit it more often than not. We are so much more skilful now than we ever were under Worsfold.

They compared that to Freo training, where established players were regularly missing targets by foot in the short kick warmups. Ross Lyon wasn’t there; he was working somewhere else, and players weren’t being held accountable for basic skill mistakes. I just don’t think he values footskills the same way & it really shows.

This team is his now- it’s been 5 years- I think we have some challenges ahead as we transition Post JK & NN in a couple of years, but I have no doubt we are headed in the right direction, regardless of what happens in the next 4 weeks.

 

[Crimson King]

Is this now the thread for 'Gentlemanly discussion on the coaching future of Adam Simpson'?

 

[Dazzler9]

Awesome news. He has a clear love for the players and has developed nicely over the past 5 years. It would've been terrible had he been poached by another club.

 

[kerrazy]

This blokes coaching win/loss record is incredible.
2014: 9th : 11W 11L
2015: 2nd : 16W 5L 1D
2016: 6th : 16W 6L
2017: 8th : 12W 10L
2018: 2nd : 16W 6L
Average finishing position: 5th
Coaching W/L Record: 71 W 38L 1D : 65%

He has had an influence on Ryan, Venables, Rioli, Cole and Duggan (drafted from 2014-2018) making our current best 22.

He has assisted the club in making trades for Redden, Jetta and Vardy.

He is responsible for telling gov he is too fat.

What can this guy do?

 

[jdisc]

He is responsible for telling gov he is too fat.

tbh anyone could've noticed that gov's skinfolds were too high

 

[Wosh]

Really happy to hear this, he’s a gem and we go into the next few seasons with some fantastic rookies and stabilty and confidence in the club and coach.
Go Eagles!

 

[Here2tellyouwhy]

Simmo comes in and goes bang

 

[CM9000]

This blokes coaching win/loss record is incredible.
2014: 9th : 11W 11L
2015: 2nd : 16W 5L 1D
2016: 6th : 16W 6L
2017: 8th : 12W 10L
2018: 2nd : 16W 6L
Average finishing position: 5th
Coaching W/L Record: 71 W 38L 1D : 65%

He has had an influence on Ryan, Venables, Rioli, Cole and Duggan (drafted from 2014-2018) making our current best 22.

He has assisted the club in making trades for Redden, Jetta and Vardy.

He is responsible for telling gov he is too fat.

What can this guy do?

He also had a part in making JK a dual Coleman medallist, 3x AA and our all time leading goal kicker.

I don't think it's a coincidence JK became elite once Simmo started coaching.

 

[wirra44]

Yeah simmo

 

[Chris_6678]

Loved the way he was able to blood players who deserved it and for that the team has looked so much more refreshed.

 

[The Dodger]

tbh anyone could've noticed that gov's skinfolds were too high

I know you probably say this in jest but the ability to point that out and get a positive response is the good part of this.
Some people require a stick some people a carrot others just need the truth told and I think Simmo’s Biggest skill is navigating this player by player to get results. Still has the group but has made difficult decisions with this list since he got here.

 

[Biggie]

Wow

Fantastic news!!

 

[WCErevival]

ndot on suicide watch

 

[Falco]

I reckon him and Rawlings have been awesome in the last couple of years. They've been great additions to the club.

 

[bombard]

HNNNNNNNNNNNNNNG

 

[Crimson King]

Can't wait to see Simmo get up to the podium to hold the premiership cup and say 'UP THE ****ING COASTERS!'.

 

[ChampRevesby]

Well deserved. Good job Simmo!

 

[Avalor]

Stoked. Good on ya Simmo! Take us to the promised land

Simmo is the man!

 

[FKASC]

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[FKASC]

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