What is interesting from where I sit is how our new coaching additions salary be split, for example it looks like he will play a big role in the Carlton College and therefore does that mean a portion of his salary sits outside our soft cap? Me thinks yes and thus this very clever and astute appointment on a number of levels.
The other thing I found interesting (from a few posts above) was the seemly more mature coaching set up the lions go with from an age perspective. Whilst having people whom are recently out of the game has its advantages on a generational cohesiveness level I think that experience and life experience is hugely undervalued and it’s great to see the Lions and indeed AFL starting to come around to this way of thinking with appointments like Fagan and Noble. It’s common practice in overseas professional codes, but has only recently caught on here. And this is Possibly one of the reasons why Barker is retained, an older, more experienced and calmer head.
The other thing I found interesting (from a few posts above) was the seemly more mature coaching set up the lions go with from an age perspective. Whilst having people whom are recently out of the game has its advantages on a generational cohesiveness level I think that experience and life experience is hugely undervalued and it’s great to see the Lions and indeed AFL starting to come around to this way of thinking with appointments like Fagan and Noble. It’s common practice in overseas professional codes, but has only recently caught on here. And this is Possibly one of the reasons why Barker is retained, an older, more experienced and calmer head.
