To be pedantic Dyer was more of a ruck/rover, Percy Bently and then Bill Morris were the Tigers main ruckman during this era. Dyer actually played the last few years of his career in the forward line, sometimes at Full Forward...
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To be pedantic Dyer was more of a ruck/rover, Percy Bently and then Bill Morris were the Tigers main ruckman during this era. Dyer actually played the last few years of his career in the forward line, sometimes at Full Forward...
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I still don’t get why people look at Buckley’s coaching career as a failure coached for close to a decade got them to grand final they should have won and had a decent win percentage I hardly call that failing
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The biggest chunk of premiership coaches over the last 20 years played defence - at least for a significant time - but a good amount also played midfield.
Most of the were not champion players though. Very good players you want in your team but most of them were more intelligent than naturally talented
Most of the were not champion players though. Very good players you want in your team but most of them were more intelligent than naturally talented
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And reasonably articulate which rules out 90% of players
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They made a grand final in 2018 which they should have won and you could hardly blame Collingwoods current position on him
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I highly doubt it was his choice to trade trelor and Stevenson two of his best players was obviously orders from above he had to try and sell it to members after that
At the risk of protracting a debate, 4 or 5 (if you really want to include Hardwick, Springvale/Roos U-19's) of 18 coaches is a long way short of half...
Hahaha obviously I was hyperbolising. That's still a lot of coaches though
Wasnt his choice but he still lied to Treloar. First he told Treloar the playing group did not want him and then he used personal information about Treloar in the media by claiming they were trading him to help with his mental health battles, both complete lies and very personal lies too.
Interesting list of current coaches, as we have one who has played 383 games and one that never played a game - while your coach only played 2...!
I can't be faaaarked researching this, but is Fagan the only full time senior coach (let's disregard caretakers etc.) who didn't play a game of senior VFL/AFL footy..?
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I don't think Bolton did?
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Only personal opinion obviously, but back pockets and the like are often not the most gifted players. They often had to work smarter, as well as hard, on their game to maintain spots in the side. It might not be that the position makes the coach, but that some of the traits lead to a good coach also lead them to that type of role.
Its one reason Robert Harvey might make a good coach, even though he was talented. He wasn't the fastest player around, but could read the play better and get to the fall of the ball and create time for himself by being smarter. He had to find a way to make up for where others could beat him - pure speed - and did so with footy smarts.
Of course, that doesn't automatically translate to team tactics, teaching etc, but suggests an understanding of the game that might be transferrable.
That's why catchers yield a disproportionate number of managers in the MLB.
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