Cameron Ling

[scooby1279]

Cameron Ling has apparently spoken to Melbourne, Richmond and Geelong about an assistant coaching role next year, surely north will be in talks with him since he is already doing part time with our leaderships team?
Apparently before the GC and cats game he told the players to be prepared in the first quarter as they would come out firing but that obviously didn't do much as we know the end result. Ling would bring so much to the coaching table and he would be a huge asset for any team.

 

[The Nostradamus]

Yep you would hope seeing as he already works with us that we would offer him an assistant role next year which would be an easy transition for him

 

[Lavy_Panther]

Hmmm with the surname Ling I'm a bit suss on it. Does he have a work visa which allows him to work in Australia? Lousy gummit letting all them cheap foreign workers in to steal all our jobs.

 

[Black Diamond]

Telling our guys to switched on from the start isn't really the stuff of a great coach. Particularly since we lost those games.

Did he say anything before the Hawthorn game, or at half-time of the Richmond game?

 

[scooby1279]

Telling our guys to switched on from the start isn't really the stuff of a great coach.

Did he say anything before the Hawthorn game, or at half-time of the Richmond game?

Every team should be switched on from the start but we have seen some teams come out flat so he was trying to emphaize to the leadership group in particular to make sure they were 100 percent switched on.

He doesn't talk to the players at half time or match day either. Talks to them in the lead up to the game.

 

[Black Diamond]

Every team should be switched on from the start but we have seen some teams come out flat so he was trying to emphaize to the leadership group in particular to make sure they were 100 percent switched on.

He doesn't talk to the players at half time or match day either. Talks to them in the lead up to the game.

His emphasis didn't work then so it isn't evidence of coaching aptitude. I'd like to know what he said in the lead up to the Hawthorn game.

 

[Jay-Z]

Really hope we can keep him. Is a gun IMO

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[scooby1279]

His emphasis didn't work then so it isn't evidence of coaching aptitude. I'd like to know what he said in the lead up to the Hawthorn game.

Evident? Have he heard him speak about the game? If you are basing that on the players performance what should we say about Brad since he is the senior coach?

 

[Black Diamond]

Evident? Have he heard him speak about the game? If you are basing that on the players performance what should we say about Brad since he is the senior coach?

Coaching is about saying the right things and getting the right response from the players. There are example of Brad doing, and failing to do both of those things.

You have given an example of Ling saying the right thing, which the players didn't respond to, and that makes him a good asset in your mind.

Maybe he is, maybe he isn't. We just need more than him telling the players to be switched on from the start, particularly given the players failed to respond.

 

[trooroo4life]

When Brad went on talking footy (could of been game day) didnt he say that he would love to have Ling in a bigger role.

He will choose Melbourne imo, assistant position that will turn into the head coach position after a year or two.

 

[Daz]

We might not be able to afford another assistant.

 

[Donkey Chop]

Anyone who tells Mick Malthouse to GAGF is keeper

 

[scooby1279]

Coaching is about saying the right things and getting the right response from the players. There are example of Brad doing, and failing to do both of those things.

You have given an example of Ling saying the right thing, which the players didn't respond to, and that makes him a good asset in your mind.

Maybe he is, maybe he isn't. We just need more than him telling the players to be switched on from the start, particularly given the players failed to respond.

I was just saying what he told the players during the week and then stated my opinion, i didn't link the two together. He isn't a senior coach or assistant he just gives advise to the leadership group, the players should respond to the senior coach not anyone else.

 

[Event Horizon]

We might not be able to afford another assistant.

Could be money related, yes. And the other factor would be his longevity. I reckon he'll be a senior coach within 2 years somewhere.

 

[scooby1279]

Either way i have heard he is close to signing with Melbourne depending what Paul Roos does.

 

[Tas]

When Brad went on talking footy (could of been game day) didnt he say that he would love to have Ling in a bigger role.

He will choose Melbourne imo, assistant position that will turn into the head coach position after a year or two.

That is a bit of a coach killer role though. If I was Lingy, I would stick to the cushy media gig.

 

[Only Forwards]

We might not be able to afford another assistant.

This was my thinking.

we went out last year and really bolstered what we have in the way of assistants.

 

[deano28]

Ill go out on a limb & say that Ling will be with us again next year , Roos loves everything Sydney that's why he grabbed Allison this year & I think Brett Kirk is the man he wants .

 

[Hearts to hearts]

It's interesting, everyone assumes he will be great. But if the only club where he's worked as an insider is not in the running to sign him up for an expanded role, maybe it's not as much a case of hitching your wagon to a star as we think.

And if money is an issue so North has to choose, then all of Tudor, Crocker and Brown have much more impressive credentials.

It's been nice to have him around but I'm not that fussed one way the other. And if he chooses Melbourne to be parachuted into a senior role, he's doing a Buckley/Voss/Hird - and good luck to them all, but it's not looking so far like a recipe for success.

 

[Mr. Blonde]

My belief is that Ling has a sort of mentoring role with the leadership group, helping to mould them into AFL leaders. I doubt he has anything to do with game day coaching, strategies, etc.

 

[Hearts to hearts]

Scott just on SEN saying North will make Ling an offer. So there you go.

 

[Kimbo]

Scott just on SEN saying North will make Ling an offer. So there you go.

Interesting to know what that role is though. Development coach?

I "liked" your earlier post though - not fussed either way.

 

[Saintly31]

I don't think there is any evidence of Ling being a good coach just yet. They have to do it first to be judged. Plenty of successful ex players and captains have not made it as a coach whether assistant or senior.

No doubt on his credentials he will get very likely be picked up by a club at some stage, and that's understandable. But he is not a "great asset" as a coach to any team until it is actually proven.

To be honest I don't care whether we get him or we don't. Would much prefer our assistants be picked on merit after a throrough selection process, rather than headhunt just because it's Cameron Ling. Melb can have him if that's the case.

 

[Twinkletoes]

Interesting to know what that role is though. Development coach?

IF Ling does head down the coaching path, and if we land him, I suspect his senior coaching role aspirations would see him bypass a development role (which Gav Brown fills by choice) for one of the assistant roles alongside Brad on match day.

 

[Kimbo]

IF Ling does head down the coaching path, and if we land him, I suspect his senior coaching role aspirations would see him bypass a development role (which Gav Brown fills by choice) for one of the assistant roles alongside Brad on match day.

... in place of? Or in addition to? And, if in addition to, how might that work?