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Take your point. I guess it's where you draw the line as to watch a coach is. Mummy is on record as coaching the young rucks when he was out in 2015.
I would imagine when Lenny Hayes arrived and took over the midfield role formally this year it would have reduced the workload. Do coubs generally have a specialist full time ruck coach? If not then maybe it works. I know Brogans role was listed as Ruck/Midfield.
My head went more to Malcolm Blight coaching North in 1981 and Jezza for Carlton around the dame time as player coaches.
Or Dessie Tuddenham for the Bombers!
 

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Hahahaha every afternoon he tells me how good he was. He's a bloody ripper of a bloke.
Just the age. I probably remember Blight because of the SA link. Would be an interesting conversation though I'd imagine.
 
Just the age. I probably remember Blight because of the SA link. Would be an interesting conversation though I'd imagine.
He was telling me Sunday that himself, Knuckles, Blighty and Sheeds were catching up for lunch yesterday after the HOF.

To be a fly on the wall hearing their conversations after a couple of wines (Dessie loves his Sav Blanc)
 
Welcome Lael, I hope your time with is is productive for both parties.




Kassem Awarded Coaching Internship

GIANTS Media - @GWSGIANTS

6 July 2017 11:48 AM

Local female player and aspiring coach Lael Kassem has been awarded the Jesaulenko Internship and will be embedded in the GIANTS’ coaching department for the next 10 weeks.

A program piloted by the GIANTS last season, the Jesaulenko Internship seeks to enable people who have also migrated to Australia to follow his lead by becoming engaged in the country’s favourite sport: Australian Rules Football.

Kassem plays for the Auburn-Penrith GIANTS in the AFL Sydney Women’s Premier Division, works with the Under-18s Auburn GIANTS Youth Girls and is completing a PH.D with the GIANTS Academy.

“I started playing in 2011 with the establishment of the Auburn Tigers - now the Auburn GIANTS,” she said.

“All my brothers played footy growing up and I fell in love with the game at a young age with my brothers being my inspiration.

“My passion has always been within high performance and I'm always looking at ways to continue to learn and grow within the area.

“This is a fantastic opportunity to learn from the coaches of an elite sporting team.”

The internship is named after Alex Jesaulenko, who was born in Austria in late 1945 and after migrating to Canberra he played rugby and soccer before being asked to fill in for a friend’s AFL team.

That commenced an extraordinary AFL career which included playing 279 games for Carlton and St Kilda including the Blues’ three premierships in 1968, 1970 and 1972.

He also coaches both teams for 140 games, leading Carlton to another premiership in 1979. Jesaulenko is currently one of only 26 Legends in the AFL’s Hall of Fame.

Across the 10 weeks, Kassem will be part of the club’s coaching group one day a week, as well as at all home games; learning game analysis, recovery, diet, training planning, sports psychology, player leadership, feedback and much more.

“I think coaches have an important role to play in the development of the players both on and off the field,” Kassem said.

“As an AFL community coach I want to learn different styles of coaching, continue to grow in this area and look at areas I can improve on as a coach to bring that back to the community level and grow grassroots footy - after all this is where the next generation of players start.”

Kassem also aspires to play at the highest level and was a train-on player with the GIANTS’ AFL Women’s side last season.

“Having the knowledge of what coaches look at and how they see the game will give me an insight that as a player I would not encounter and I hope this will develop my game as an individual and also within an elite sporting team.”

Kassem is currently completing a PH.D in the field of visual search and decision making with John Quinn and the GIANTS Academy and will continue her three-year project whose purpose is talent identification in Australian Rules Football.
 

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