Daniel McPherson now a devolopment coach

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Daniel McPherson is take on a role with the club as another development coach.

http://sydneyswans.com.au/Season2007/News/NewsArticle/tabid/7106/Default.aspx?newsId=54558

While I confess to have no first hand understanding of McPherson coaching ability the way he played football would be the perfect example for young players. Not a superstar but an effective member of the team who contributed the teams performance well through hard work. Someone the whole club respected for his effort and his on field football brain. It's also great to have someone like MCpherson back at the club.

Brett Allison is to stay in the role as well leaving 2 coaches to look after the 1st and 2nd year players. Its interesting to see as this is a strong indication the club are preparing for a playing list renewal.

I certainly belive this is a positive move for the forthcoming 3-4 years.
 

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no disputing macca was a hard working utility,but when are we we going to get some fresh blood behind the scenes.
do we try to get fresh ideas from other clubs,maybe it would be good to have a hird,voss or buckley which we are not,but surely there are others who could contribute in some way.
we seem to keep ordinary players at sydney,namely allison,taubert,holden,berbacov and now mcpherson,its like jobs for the mates.
look at geelong they brought in new people and won the flag,every other club is doing the same thing,an exception would be maxfield who was a champion and probably in the clubs top five leaders ever.
this is not a dig at roosy as we love what he's done for the club,but we don't want to stagnate like we did with eade,who became so set in his ways he wouldn't bring any fresh blood in the side.the only one who wanted him in the finish was cresswell who has turned into a very unpopular and ordinary bloke and coach.
 

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Not entirely sure what your beef is.

Longmire, Blakey and Berbakov - the three senior assistant coaches all played their entire careers at other clubs.

Allison spent one (or was it two?) years on the Swans' list but for all intensive purposes his career was at North.

McPherson has been away from the club for a few years and I am pretty sure that for the last year or so has been working as a coach with the NSW/ACT development team.

I challenge anyone to find any clear correlation between quality as a player and success as a coach. There are some very good AFL players who have achieved success as a coach and there are plenty of GOPs who have too. And plenty of highly successful and lauded players who have been dud coaches.

That aside, Allison was a more than handy player, Longmire was a very very good forward (sadly with a career cut short by injury) while Berbakov was a solid, no-frills defender who was certainly no dud.

And in terms of what they've achieved, the jury is out on Blakey given our forward line wasn't as productive or fluent last year as in recent ones. But given the most important part of that forward line was either down or out, it is a little unfair to draw definite conclusions. Longmire's work with the midfield, too, has question marks over it but he certainly created a pretty potent forward line in previous years.

Berbakov's only had the one year with our defence but it was by far and away the best performed unit of the team in 2007 and was also the most injury hit in terms of the number of important players who missed significant football.

It is also hard to fault Allison's work thus far. His team is undefeated for 3 years (not sure he's been entirely in charge of them for that whole period) and of those players who have gained the chance to play senior football, only Phillips has really looked a little out of his depth. And that can almost certainly be put down to physique - skill wise he was crying out to be picked. Since so few youngsters have been given the chance to play regular football, we don't yet know if he's developing them to the extent they can take on important roles in the senior side. We'll find out sooner or later.
 

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no disputing macca was a hard working utility,but when are we we going to get some fresh blood behind the scenes.
do we try to get fresh ideas from other clubs,maybe it would be good to have a hird,voss or buckley which we are not,but surely there are others who could contribute in some way.
we seem to keep ordinary players at sydney,namely allison,taubert,holden,berbacov and now mcpherson,its like jobs for the mates.
look at geelong they brought in new people and won the flag,every other club is doing the same thing,an exception would be maxfield who was a champion and probably in the clubs top five leaders ever.
this is not a dig at roosy as we love what he's done for the club,but we don't want to stagnate like we did with eade,who became so set in his ways he wouldn't bring any fresh blood in the side.the only one who wanted him in the finish was cresswell who has turned into a very unpopular and ordinary bloke and coach.
Maxfield was a good player at best,not even close to a champion.A champion clubman yes.Does this make him a good recruiting manager ? Dont try to compare Mc Phersons playing ability to what he may have to offer as a development coach.George Stone never played leauge football and is widely regarded as one of the best development coaches to have been involved with an AFL club.He is the reason Kenelley is the player he is today.Mc Pherson was no star but he obviously has qualities that the Club find conducive to developing young players.I think its a positive move.:thumbsu:
 

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points taken,i'm not saying ordinary players carnt make good coaches,but it has been proven that you must freshen up your list as well as the coaching staff.
kevin sheedy would constantly change his staff,which gave him and his players a freshenup.
liz, i didn't mention longmire who i admire,but when roosy retires will he be the right person to take over?
on to allison,anybody could coach the reserves in the act league,see how he would go coaching in the vfl.
i also didn't mention blakey who has come from a succesful playing and coaching background with north and the lions.
my beef is that it's always roosys mates getting jobs.

to the natural,i never said anything about playing at the highest level,stone is a great operator who must take credit for taigh,he was a great vfa player who with a bit of luck could have played at the top.
maxfield is a champion of this club and after kelly and kirk he's the one i'd want in the heat of battle.
please understand what i'm saying is at some stage in the near future we will need change.
the last few years have been so good and i just want it to continue,we don't want to end up like the st.kilda scum.
 

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I dont know that dumb footballers make good coaches. I wonder what Frosty's theories are on 2nd efforts and chasing and whether they have changed? They would want to have.
 

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nico I think your remebering the second phase of his career. He had slowed down and was carrying a few injuries.

He was never the greatest player but he had a big year in 96 and I still count the moment we lost the 96 grand final was when he had been staying fresh on the bench and had barly been on the ground when was knocked out of the match with a bump to the head.

the effort he made and contributed in the mid 90s as a player was something I remeber and respect him for. He is not going to be a senior coach, more of a mentor to help adjust the young players to AFL football.
 

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no disputing macca was a hard working utility,but when are we we going to get some fresh blood behind the scenes.
do we try to get fresh ideas from other clubs,maybe it would be good to have a hird,voss or buckley which we are not,but surely there are others who could contribute in some way.
we seem to keep ordinary players at sydney,namely allison,taubert,holden,berbacov and now mcpherson,its like jobs for the mates.
look at geelong they brought in new people and won the flag,every other club is doing the same thing,an exception would be maxfield who was a champion and probably in the clubs top five leaders ever.
this is not a dig at roosy as we love what he's done for the club,but we don't want to stagnate like we did with eade,who became so set in his ways he wouldn't bring any fresh blood in the side.the only one who wanted him in the finish was cresswell who has turned into a very unpopular and ordinary bloke and coach.
Agreed, or we will run the risk of becoming one dimensional (if we havent already)
 
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