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Norm Smith Medallist
- Sep 18, 2014
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Ok, so every team has had 1 senior coach since pretty much the start of the sport.
In more recent times assistant coaches were employed.
Then a full team of helpers.
A relatively recent trend is to have line coaches who take care of areas, such as backline, mids, & forwards.
Every team does it, but why? Has this led to the disconnection between the said lines? Freo's chemistry between the forwards & those delivering to them has been poor, so how does separating them help?
When we entered the competition, Gerard Neesham had a team of mostly also-rans, & our early drafting & trading left a lot to be desired, but he did have some success. Why? I reckon it was because he was an innovator. He didn't follow the pack mentality.
Our whole club started like that with the shipping container instead of banners, etc., but we seem to have moulded into a generic club.
In my opinion Alistair Clarkson stands head & shoulders, pardon the pun, above all other coaches for his innovation, & also for his ability to man-manage his team, but he is indeed a rare beast.
Some coaches are strong on strategy, but weaker managing the team, & vice versa.
I propose a new structure for our coaching group from 2019 onwards.
Senior coach to manage the team & oversee the whole structure, but the strategy is left to:
2 strategic coaches whose role is to work on game plan & training.
Those 3 people form the match committee & the Senior coach can even sit on the bench to interact with players with his 2 strategists reporting to him from the coaches box.
Kicking coach. 100% full-time role, as it is the most important skill in the game.
General skills coach.
From there the usual medical/regular assistants should be retained.
I don't know, but so far, what we have been doing has not worked.
Does anybody have any other suggestions to do with coaching?
In more recent times assistant coaches were employed.
Then a full team of helpers.
A relatively recent trend is to have line coaches who take care of areas, such as backline, mids, & forwards.
Every team does it, but why? Has this led to the disconnection between the said lines? Freo's chemistry between the forwards & those delivering to them has been poor, so how does separating them help?
When we entered the competition, Gerard Neesham had a team of mostly also-rans, & our early drafting & trading left a lot to be desired, but he did have some success. Why? I reckon it was because he was an innovator. He didn't follow the pack mentality.
Our whole club started like that with the shipping container instead of banners, etc., but we seem to have moulded into a generic club.
In my opinion Alistair Clarkson stands head & shoulders, pardon the pun, above all other coaches for his innovation, & also for his ability to man-manage his team, but he is indeed a rare beast.
Some coaches are strong on strategy, but weaker managing the team, & vice versa.
I propose a new structure for our coaching group from 2019 onwards.
Senior coach to manage the team & oversee the whole structure, but the strategy is left to:
2 strategic coaches whose role is to work on game plan & training.
Those 3 people form the match committee & the Senior coach can even sit on the bench to interact with players with his 2 strategists reporting to him from the coaches box.
Kicking coach. 100% full-time role, as it is the most important skill in the game.
General skills coach.
From there the usual medical/regular assistants should be retained.
I don't know, but so far, what we have been doing has not worked.
Does anybody have any other suggestions to do with coaching?
