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Clarkson's legacy

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Hafey coached at least 13 players who later went on to become senior VFL/AFL coaches. God knows how many assistants. Of course, some of them (Stewart, Sproule, Erwin, Malthouse) all also played inder other coaches.

Northey
Jewell
Patterson
Sproule
Bartlett
Hart
Balme
Bourke
Richardson
Sheedy
Stewart
Malthouse
Erwin

It goes with the territory of being the 'successful era' coach. No doubt McHale, Smith, Jeans, Barassi and probably Malthouse did the same. Now it's Clarkson.
 
Hafey coached at least 13 players who later went on to become senior VFL/AFL coaches. God knows how many assistants. Of course, some of them (Stewart, Sproule, Erwin, Malthouse) all also played inder other coaches.

Northey
Jewell
Patterson
Sproule
Bartlett
Hart
Balme
Bourke
Richardson
Sheedy
Stewart
Malthouse
Erwin

It goes with the territory of being the 'successful era' coach. No doubt McHale, Smith, Jeans, Barassi and probably Malthouse did the same. Now it's Clarkson.

Not really talking about the players that go on to coach other sides, more the assistants that are brought in.

It seems a lot of other clubs bring in coaches who don't have senior coaching aspirations, where Hawthorn target assistants with senior coaching aspirations and do what they can to get them there.
 

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Good point about Hafey and he’s the closet example to Clarkson in a lot of ways.

Malthouse. Who?

Jeans sadly coached many future coaches but like Leigh Matthews they were mostly busts

Worsfold and Buckley. Did any of his Footscray players become senior coaches?

EDIT: Laidley also.
 
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Worsfold and Buckley. Did any of his Footscray players become senior coaches?

EDIT: Laidley also.

Terry Wallace played at Footscray under Malthouse. Nearly man for every second coaching job for a while there Brian Royal also did.
 
Worsfold and Buckley. Did any of his Footscray players become senior coaches?

EDIT: Laidley also.
McKenna and possibly Burns to Adelaide if the rumours are correct
Of course that will also mean another Clarkson assistant in the coaching ranks
 
Honestly if I wasn't reminded in 400 threads on Bigfooty I swear I would forget Clarkson is a good coach

He's no Adam Gase.
 
McKenna and possibly Burns to Adelaide if the rumours are correct
Of course that will also mean another Clarkson assistant in the coaching ranks

How could I remember Worsfold but forget McKenna?
 

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Should be about Denis Pagan’s legacy. Clarkson, Longmire, Simpson and Hardwicke were all coached by Denis, and Mark Thompson was an Assistant coach at NMFC during Pagan’s tenure.
That’s 9 of the last 12 Premierships all have direct links to the legend.
Did David Teague play under pagan at one point?
 

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Should be about Denis Pagan’s legacy. Clarkson, Longmire, Simpson and Hardwicke were all coached by Denis, and Mark Thompson was an Assistant coach at NMFC during Pagan’s tenure.
That’s 9 of the last 12 Premierships all have direct links to the legend.

Hardwick played for Essendon and Port. When was he coached by Pagan?
 

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