Joining an AFL club would be a step down in the career for someone involved in cycling at the top level, no?
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Wally Walpamur
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It depends. Shane's been in cycling his whole life. Pro cyclist to team coach to technical director of a National team. If he wants to return to Australia and a change of pace, and I can imagine the money would be about the same if not better from Freo, I'd consider it.
I was involved in cycling in Europe for a while and I think it has left me with some trust issues. Personally, I don't see how the culture has changed. The incentive to dope is still there, omerta is still strong and most drug tests are still too easily avoided or fooled. I like OBE, cheered for Haymann at Paris-Roubaix, but to be anyone of significance in that world, you have to be on a programme. At least in my view. I believe Vaughters is trying to run a clean ship, and it shows in his results.
Still rather White than anyone related to Sky or British Cycling, though.
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Yea kinda my thoughts as well in relation to the majority of the peloton abusing 'legal' doping (Tramadol and amphetamines/caffeine are rife) however I think an AFL environment is so different. There's no history of systematic doping (Essendon was an outlier) and outside of them, I think the last person to be banned for performance enhancing in the AFL was Justin Charles in 1997. Anyway it's just an idea of someone I think would thrive in a different environment.
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http://www.fremantlefc.com.au/news/2016-10-31/freos-new-coaching-role
" Tom Morris to the new position of high performance manager – coaching."
" Tom Morris to the new position of high performance manager – coaching."
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There you go then. Nice looking cv
Irrespective of which side of the doping fence you're on, there's no way cyclists would get caught if they were tested like AFL players
Arcassius
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We seem to like our coaches to have psych degrees. Really good to see the calibre of people we were looking at, and that they went wider than AFL circles
Just stay over at the team's welfare officer's house
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Arcassius
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I do like the overall rebalancing of the coaching duties. Mark Stone is back where he belongs with stoppages. David Hale has been promoted from development to forwards coach. Rock is now midfield coach. Eastaugh who went from ruck to midfield, stays as midfield coach (and is back with Stone). Guerra has been demoted from defensive to development coach. Webb looks like he's done a Sumich and has been shifted from midfield back to development, but promoted into a senior development role (still not sure what a senior development role means).
Simon Eastaugh (midfield coach),
David Hale (development/specialist coach -> forwards coach),
Michael Prior (defensive coach),
Anthony Rock (development coach -> midfield coach),
Mark Stone (forwards coach ->stoppages and training coordinator),
Marc Webb (midfield coach -> senior development coach),
Brent Guerra (defensive coach -> development coach)
Roger Hayden (development coach)
Simon Eastaugh (midfield coach),
David Hale (development/specialist coach -> forwards coach),
Michael Prior (defensive coach),
Anthony Rock (development coach -> midfield coach),
Mark Stone (forwards coach ->stoppages and training coordinator),
Marc Webb (midfield coach -> senior development coach),
Brent Guerra (defensive coach -> development coach)
Roger Hayden (development coach)
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Good to see our recruiting strategy isn't limited to players. WA boy and bleeds purple.... nnnniiiiiccccceeeeee
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Brady Grey on the left with Zarke behind
Giving great effort
Swap'em round Zarke's bludgin' and needs to beef up.
So what does a high performance manager – coaching do?
Tell RTB is drop Suban and Pearce-D?
Sounds like bullshit.
Tell RTB is drop Suban and Pearce-D?
Sounds like bullshit.
Arcassius
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I would guess that they work to help the coaches improve how they teach, communicate a message, implement effective training, as well as some level of mediation and management in people issues.
It's a coach to the coaches role that will help challenge them to improve how they carry out their roles.
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Does anyone know much about Prior as a coach? Seems fairly low profile and I know very little about him, but he seems to hang on every year so I suppose he must be doing something right.
