Fremantle player-coach

[Quokka]

I noticed during the week that Worsfold is about to become the longest serving coach for the Eagles and whatever you think of the guy or the team imo there's gotta be a lot of respect for what he's achieved as a player and then coach for one club.

Which of course got me thinking could Pav go the same route

I've no idea if he's got the skills or the interest but at this stage in his career I'd assume if he does he'd be starting to plan the first steps? Obviously it's a professional sport and there are as many disadvantages as advantages to having a player return as head coach but still anyone want to throw some names out for who our first full time player-coach will be?

Watters is now the first Freo player to be appointed head coach (Ben Allan as caretaker). Solomon is assistant at the Suns, neither of which I think of as Freo players first.

Who else is coaching now?

Paul Hasleby at South Fremantle
Justin Longmuir, forward coach for Eagles
Luke Webster, development at Carlton

Anyone else?

This has nothing to do with liking or not liking Lyons and I definitely wouldn't want to see a Buckley type scenario of not leaving to train with other clubs but longmuir heading over east for an assistance job or a few years heading up a state team would be a good start.

Anyway just curious if anyone knows if any players/ ex-players are likely to go down the coaching route or who would you like to see become our first player-coach?

 

[Memories]

Most of the successful coaches in the last decade used to be the "hardest" at it back in the day.

Worsfold, Scott, Thompson, Malthouse, Matthews, Lyon, Roos

Pavlich is far from "hard at it" but he could be like Hird I guess, though Hird is a bit of an unknown when it comes to coaching... Hird also has more leadership qualities than Pavlich. I don't think Pavlich has the passion for the game like he used to have, maybe some time in retirement will reignite it, maybe not.

Personally I don't think highly competitive people (usually the hardest guys going around) lose it , it's something you always have so I can't see Pavlich being a successful coach.

 

[Nickos66]

Adrian Fletcher has assistant coached around the traps for a while now too.

 

[mbudm]

Ballantyne?

 

[yakamoto]

MJ is already a playing coach.

 

[Big Animal]

Cal Bruton. The black pearl has success written all over him.

 

[Schauermann]

Pav an obvious choice and somehow it would be a faerytale story of a club champion becoming sucessfull coach at the same club.

Still I personally think not overly gifted but hard working men could be good very good coaches. And former onfield hardness helps, too. It is not going to help to motivate player when you were a ducker. This is where those backmen come into the game...

 

[Memories]

MJ is already a playing coach.

I laughed.

 

[imperial_oz]

MJ is already a playing coach.

He'd have to coach from the boundary. Can't see where he's pointing when he's in the coaching box.