Guy McKenna Coach?

[len_jet]

Rumour mills are running, apparently it is a done deal that Guy McKenna will be the coach the Cats next year. Any one care to add to/confirm/deny this?

 

[grantyc77]

I would be very happy with that, Any change would be a good change.

 

[Mooney_d'King]

Rumour mills are running, apparently it is a done deal that Guy McKenna will be the coach the Cats next year. Any one care to add to/confirm/deny this?

A quick question - are you pedalling this rumour mill?

 

[darren forssman]

where's derryn??

and channel 9??

 

[len_jet]

A quick question - are you pedalling this rumour mill?

I have no reason to pedal the mill, I stand to gain nothing. I barrack for Carlton, McKenna currently coaches at collingwood and the club in question is Geelong.

 

[Mooney_d'King]

I have no reason to pedal the mill, I stand to gain nothing. I barrack for Carlton, McKenna currently coaches at collingwood and the club in question is Geelong.

Fair enough. All the outward signs indicate that Bomber will keep coaching. I pretty much never hear any insider stuff, but I think this rumour his highly doubtful.

 

[Oscarlett]

Now, from all reports he would be a great AC, to then take over in 08

 

[Scarlett30]

I herd this one early in the week. I would like it to happen as I think the club needs a change. There could possibly be a connection with Brian Cook?

Having said that I highly doubt the deal is already done, and I personally think Thompson will coach next year with a few new assistants

 

[thegerman]

I herd this one early in the week. I would like it to happen as I think the club needs a change. There could possibly be a connection with Brian Cook?

Having said that I highly doubt the deal is already done, and I personally think Thompson will coach next year with a few new assistants

The obvious thing is that if I were an assistant coach at Geelong now, I would be packing my bags. It is that obvious that those are the heads that will roll.

Bomber has at least one more year to prove himself, even if he does or doesn't perform he'd probably walk anyway, pretty much stated that fact during the year.

We need better skills coaches to assist the gameday prep of the team, it is so far below standard we have lost ground on the league.

 

[TheTimeCometh]

as long as guy gets off the fizz and the fagz and isn't out @ 4am i am cool with him taking the AC possie.

 

[Rosella]

as long as guy gets off the fizz and the fagz and isn't out @ 4am i am cool with him taking the AC possie.

Does he do this? Bloody hell! and the other stuff some one mentioned. Not sure if we want to go down that track.

 

[Rosella]

We need better skills coaches to assist the gameday prep of the team, it is so far below standard we have lost ground on the league.

I can think of a recently retired, highly skilled player, great playmaker, that could be used in this capacity.

 

[Sando]

Another hard working nice guy.........doesn't this sound alot like Bomber??

Time to go for a coach that'll put the wind up some of our players.

Someone they will be scared of......look at the Dockers since M Harvey has been there

 

[Oscarlett]

Chopper, or maybe Aussie Guss?

 

[catempire]

I'd take just about anyone over Bomber. Gary Ayres excluded.

McKenna would be good in the sense that he is from the Malthouse premiership era and has assistant coached under Malthouse. This is what we need - premiership know-how and hard-arsededness (yes, it's a word).

 

[Rosella]

I'd take just about anyone over Bomber. Gary Ayres excluded.

McKenna would be good in the sense that he is from the Malthouse premiership era and has assistant coached under Malthouse. This is what we need - premiership know-how and hard-arsededness (yes, it's a word).

So - someone who played in premiership sides and was assistant coach under a premiership coach - isn't that what we've got now?

 

[catempire]

So - someone who played in premiership sides and was assistant coach under a premiership coach - isn't that what we've got now?

Rosella, don't make me open a can of whoop-ass on yo.

Read it. Then re-read it:

This is what we need - premiership know-how and hard-arsededness (yes, it's a word).

Bomber's lacking the critical key ingredient.

 

[Unwritten_Law]

Bomber's playing career was a little bit before my time but my impression was that as a player he was a hard, tough, back pocket player which appealed to the fans and hence the moniker "Bomber". McKenna was similiar as a player but you don't know if the "hard-arsededness" will carry over to coaching.

 

[catempire]

Bomber was a hard back pocket player. It clearly hasn't translated into the way he coaches. He is renowned for being a great communicator with younger players. He has proven to be clearly deficient in terms of instilling discipline into the team. This takes hardness as a coach. He lacks it.

 

[Rosella]

Rosella, don't make me open a can of whoop-ass on yo.

Read it. Then re-read it:



Bomber's lacking the critical key ingredient.

Just pointing out that the features you stated may not necessarily be a recipe for success - in fact, some of those could be said of Ayres, heaven forbid.