Terry Wallace could do a whole lot worse than convincing the Richmond board to approach Nathan Buckley for an assistant coaching role at Tigerland starting in 2008. As a player, Buckley's days are very numbered, if not already at an end, and he seems to have all of the attributes required to be a very useful person in the coaches box and around the club.
Collingwood would be loathe to see him go (which would make it all the more sweet to nab him
) and I believe they see him as a future coach of their club. They'd be mad not to. I also question whether Buckley himself would benefit from simply progressing into the Collingwood coaches box in 2008 as an offsider to Malthouse, and might need to have this spelt out to him by some convincing people from Punt Road.
For us, its win-win. A great footy brain to add to the club's football department, and one very fresh from the game untainted by the ideas already present at Tigerland. It would also be a clever gesture to that baying mob who are not overly-satisfied by the current coaching structure - it would throw them something of a bone, without throwing the baby out with the bath water (amongst other "throwing" cliches!). And if somehow Plough doesn't cut the mustard by the end of his contract in 2009, Bucks would have had a two year apprenticeship to maybe step into the head coaching role.
I reckon Bucks would be ideal. He's a born winner with an incredibly strong competitive streak. He will leave the game without a Premiership as a player through no fault of his own, but will be dead set on achieving this in his next role in football.
Collingwood would be loathe to see him go (which would make it all the more sweet to nab him
) and I believe they see him as a future coach of their club. They'd be mad not to. I also question whether Buckley himself would benefit from simply progressing into the Collingwood coaches box in 2008 as an offsider to Malthouse, and might need to have this spelt out to him by some convincing people from Punt Road.For us, its win-win. A great footy brain to add to the club's football department, and one very fresh from the game untainted by the ideas already present at Tigerland. It would also be a clever gesture to that baying mob who are not overly-satisfied by the current coaching structure - it would throw them something of a bone, without throwing the baby out with the bath water (amongst other "throwing" cliches!). And if somehow Plough doesn't cut the mustard by the end of his contract in 2009, Bucks would have had a two year apprenticeship to maybe step into the head coaching role.
I reckon Bucks would be ideal. He's a born winner with an incredibly strong competitive streak. He will leave the game without a Premiership as a player through no fault of his own, but will be dead set on achieving this in his next role in football.
