News Coaching Thread: The Hardwick Era

[Happy Idiot]

We will suck if Dew is still at the helm.

That might be the best option, rather than the rinse-repeat cycle that we (and teams like Carlton) have been in with new coaches. Half a season, then we ready ourselves for the best coach in the land!

 

[Supersuns]

As expected Dew stays for 22

 

[Ben Drever]

Hawks and Sam Mitchell already adding to there assistant coaching ranks.

whilst the Suns twiddle there thumbs away in Quarantine asking each other.. what do we do now.

 

[Hawkboy62]

That might be the best option, rather than the rinse-repeat cycle that we (and teams like Carlton) have been in with new coaches. Half a season, then we ready ourselves for the best coach in the land!

Hopefully AFL will land you Clarko if he coaches in '23. Clarko or Chris Scott would help retain your promising youngsters.

Coch should be seeking soft cap exemptions for you to properly fund your academies and also beef up Dew's assistants. Hopefully you don't do any more Atkin's like deals to top up super for aging rejects. They are a real coach killler when a new coach comes in and has a large tail of mediocre players still contracted.

 

[Hawkboy62]

Hawks and Sam Mitchell already adding to there assistant coaching ranks.

whilst the Suns twiddle there thumbs away in Quarantine asking each other.. what do we do now.

Looks likely we are losing Macrae to Pies.

 

[RowellAnderson12]

Clarkson available 2023 but all our gun youth come out of contract 2022

Oh boy

 

[robo_1]

Coch should be seeking soft cap exemptions for you to properly fund your academies and also beef up Dew's assistants.

Man we are sick of handouts it’s about time the club got serious and found other ways to create revenue streams instead of continually begging on hands and knees from the afl

 

[SandyToes]

Clarko NOT going to anyone else is probably a decent-ish scenario for us. If Carlton and Collingwood both get new coaches now, we'll be the club most under the pump next year – if we suck again we get Clarko, if we don't suck then some might even be happy

If we need to replace Dew at the end of next year it means we are so bad that King Lukosius and the others are out the door
So bringing in Clarkson at that point just looks like another 4-5 year rebuild
I can't see him leaving Melbourne so the only possibility there I see end of next year would be Bulldogs, maybe St Kilda , just maybe Richmond

 

[Happy Idiot]

If we need to replace Dew at the end of next year it means we are so bad that King Lukosius and the others are out the door
So bringing in Clarkson at that point just looks like another 4-5 year rebuild
I can't see him leaving Melbourne so the only possibility there I see end of next year would be Bulldogs, maybe St Kilda , just maybe Richmond

I reckon next year is as good a year as ever to get him out of Melbourne. His youngest son will be finished high school and the AFL will be promising him the world.

Yep, King and Lukosius might go, but they might go anyway if you replace Dew now. The only payoff for another bad year — a rebuild under the master coach.

Then again, if it doesn't play out like that, it's possible Dew has lifted us up the ladder a bit.

 

[Suns of Anarchy]

Hopefully AFL will land you Clarko if he coaches in '23. Clarko or Chris Scott would help retain your promising youngsters.

Coch should be seeking soft cap exemptions for you to properly fund your academies and also beef up Dew's assistants. Hopefully you don't do any more Atkin's like deals to top up super for aging rejects. They are a real coach killler when a new coach comes in and has a large tail of mediocre players still contracted.

Clarko knocking back Carlton or Collingwood then brings St Kilda into play next year. 55 years without a flag could tempt him.
One thing is for sure Evans would know whether Clarko is a chance next year now.
Otherwise i think Chris Scott isn’t out of the running.

 

[Jen2310]

Meanwhile, Gold Coast is hunting for a replacement for Josh Francou

Josh Francou

Age

51

Ht

185cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

19.4

5star

K

10.7

4star

HB

8.6

5star

M

2.3

2star

T

2.9

4star

No current season stats available

D

14.2

4star

K

8.4

4star

HB

5.8

4star

M

2.0

3star

T

0.8

3star

as midfield coach.

The club has commenced its interview process and is also on the lookout for a new head of development.

Eagles chasing highly-rated Port assistant as Tapping weighs up options

Rival chasing highly-rated Port assistant as Tapping weighs up options

www.foxsports.com.au

 

[Hawkboy62]

Saints are 13 million in debt without this years figures. No way could or should they go for a saviour coach like Clarko as they would have to skimp on other soft cap areas. If we ever recover from Covid then there could be a NT team and they mighy be a prime candidate for re-location. Tassie won't accept a re-located team.

In the AFL's view the investment in Gold Coast has made you too big to fail. If Dew can't cut it then I expect them to try and send in a big gun, either Clarko or Chris Scott

Chris Scott

Age

50

Ht

182cm

Wt

89kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.6

4star

K

11.2

4star

HB

5.4

4star

M

5.1

5star

T

1.6

4star

G

0.4

3star

No current season stats available

D

13.2

4star

K

10.2

4star

HB

3.0

3star

M

2.2

3star

T

2.8

5star

G

0.4

3star

if Cats win the premiership. Ambassadorial payments outside your soft cap. Gill's legacy is at stake.

In a lot of areas Gold Coast seem to have staff who are not top shelf. IMO whomever recommended and signed off on the Atkins contract shouldn't be employed by GC. Now apparently you are tight on cap space, with big re-signings next year. Hawks only offer 3 years max, and one year only for over 30's. You may offer an extra year but 4 years for a player not best 22 seems crazy.

For some reason GC always drop off at the end of the season. You had a couple very good wins late, but also some shockers. You need some way to avoid the blowouts. Perhaps a better coaching panel. Amazing year by Touk!

 

[Supersuns]

 

[RowellAnderson12]

The dream is still alive, didn’t say no to coaching us

 

[SandyToes]

The dream is still alive, didn’t say no to coaching us

 

[The Victorian]

Meanwhile, Gold Coast is hunting for a replacement for Josh Francou as midfield coach.

The club has commenced its interview process and is also on the lookout for a new head of development.

Eagles chasing highly-rated Port assistant as Tapping weighs up options

Rival chasing highly-rated Port assistant as Tapping weighs up options

www.foxsports.com.au

Not Head of Development- that is Rhyce Shaw.. Head of Academy

 

[GCS in 11]

I see this as a win-win keeping Dew now for 2022. Either he pulls out a miracle and gets us into our first ever final series, or he’s sacked 2/3 of the way through the season with Clarko ready to come in for 2023.

Clarko that way can have a year off, doesn’t need to stab Dew in the back, and we starve off a player exodus.

 

[Iva Bigun]

I see this as a win-win keeping Dew now for 2022. Either he pulls out a miracle and gets us into our first ever final series, or he’s sacked 2/3 of the way through the season with Clarko ready to come in for 2023.

Clarko that way can have a year off, doesn’t need to stab Dew in the back, and we starve off a player exodus.

The only issue i see with this is the players that are looking to go will have is set up well before Dew gets booted

 

[Mini GF]

This thread is far too quiet

 

[Ben Drever]

This thread is far too quiet

Just means there’s a lot being played out behind the scenes

 

[Iva Bigun]

This thread is far too quiet

Agree, I assume it’s because they are in quarantine but surely some of the player EOY sessions could of been done via Zoom so why no departures?

 

[The Victorian]

Exclusive: Highly-rated assistant Craig McRae set to be announced as next Collingwood coach

Exclusive: Highly-rated assistant set to be announced as next Collingwood coach

www.foxsports.com.au

Voss out of Collingwood race. Opens the opportunity for Voss to come to the Suns as midfield coach

 

[SandyToes]

Exclusive: Highly-rated assistant Craig McRae set to be announced as next Collingwood coach

Exclusive: Highly-rated assistant set to be announced as next Collingwood coach

www.foxsports.com.au

Voss out of Collingwood race. Opens the opportunity for Voss to come to the Suns as midfield coach

If we're 3 and 8 midseason then Dew out Voss in as caretaker to show us his chops with Clarkson in the wings

 

[Damo T]

If we're we're 3 and 8 midseason Dew out, Voss in as caretaker to show us his chops with Clarkson in the wings

I'd prefer 8 and 3 midseason for 2022

 

[Happy Idiot]

If we're we're 3 and 8 midseason Dew out, Voss in as caretaker to show us his chops with Clarkson in the wings

I was thinking the same. That's about as good a 'plan' as we can put together I reckon.

If Dew improves, great, if not we have one last crack at keeping some players with a decent coach switch.