Coach Men's Coaches 2024 - Ringing in the changes for next year

[eth-dog]

AFL Senior Coach: Brad Scott (thread)
reports to the Chief Executive Officer

• Ben Jacobs – Assistant Coach (Defence)
• Daniel Giansiracusa
  Daniel Giansiracusa

  Age

  42

  Ht

  182cm

  Wt

  81kg

  Pos.

  Fwd

  Career

  Season

  Last 5

  D

  17.6

  4star

  K

  11.0

  4star

  HB

  6.6

  4star

  M

  5.1

  5star

  T

  2.4

  4star

  G

  1.2

  4star

  No current season stats available

  D

  10.2

  3star

  K

  7.4

  3star

  HB

  2.8

  3star

  M

  5.2

  5star

  T

  2.0

  4star

  G

  1.0

  4star

  – Assistant Coach (Midfield)
• Brent Stanton – Assistant Coach (Midfield)
• Dale Tapping – Assistant Coach (Forwards)

Head of Development: Cam Roberts
reports to the General Manager, AFL

• Travis Cloke
  Travis Cloke

  Age

  37

  Ht

  196cm

  Wt

  105kg

  Pos.

  Fwd

  Career

  Season

  Last 5

  D

  13.6

  3star

  K

  10.6

  4star

  HB

  2.9

  3star

  M

  6.7

  5star

  T

  1.9

  4star

  G

  1.8

  5star

  No current season stats available

  D

  12.6

  4star

  K

  9.8

  4star

  HB

  2.8

  3star

  M

  3.6

  4star

  T

  1.0

  3star

  G

  1.0

  4star

  – Development Coach (Forwards) & VFLW Head Coach (VFLW thread)
• Michael Hurley
  18

  Michael Hurley

  Age

  33

  Ht

  193cm

  Wt

  94kg

  Pos.

  Def

  Career

  Season

  Last 5

  D

  18.3

  5star

  K

  12.1

  4star

  HB

  6.2

  4star

  M

  6.4

  5star

  T

  0.9

  3star

  MG

  389.3

  5star

  D

  16.5

  4star

  K

  11.8

  5star

  HB

  4.7

  3star

  M

  6.3

  5star

  T

  0.3

  1star

  MG

  301.2

  4star

  D

  15.0

  4star

  K

  7.6

  3star

  HB

  7.4

  5star

  M

  5.0

  5star

  T

  2.0

  4star

  – Development Coach (Backline), Jack Jones Academy & Player Welfare
• Natalie Wood – Development Coach (Teaching & Education) & AFLW Senior Coach (Coach thread)

VFL Senior Coach: Blake Caracella

Blake Caracella

Age

47

Ht

186cm

Wt

85kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.5

4star

K

10.1

4star

HB

6.4

4star

M

4.7

4star

T

1.4

3star

No current season stats available

D

13.2

4star

K

8.8

4star

HB

4.4

4star

M

4.0

4star

T

0.6

3star

(VFL thread)

• Adam Potter – VFL Assistant Coach

 

[Zach Package]

Tudor out, football coaching structure to be finalised ‘shortly’

 

[mike ross]

 

[andleanback]

Good call to move on Tudor. Well past it

 

[Getratugolea]

GO Scotty..... its started

 

[andleanback]

Now bring in someone new to run the program . Don’t just handball it off to a guy like Stanton again

 

[citizen-erased]

Now bring in someone new to run the program . Don’t just handball it off to a guy like Stanton again

Wood? not sure how much the AFLW overlaps with the VFL season, but Cloke is also there to support.

 

[Zach Package]

Wood? not sure how much the AFLW overlaps with the VFL season, but Cloke is also there to support.

If we are going external then Michael Barlow is the guy, money should be no object

 

[boncer34]

If we are going external then Michael Barlow is the guy, money should be no object

Why?

 

[ant555]

Why?

Doing a good job at Werribee.

 

[Lore]

Wood? not sure how much the AFLW overlaps with the VFL season, but Cloke is also there to support.

AFLW starts this week and VFL ended a couple weeks ago, but if there was VFL finals there'd be a clash

VFLW and AFLW are more compatible which is where Cloke is working across both and doing a specialist dev role for the AFL team.

 

[ant555]

AFLW starts this week and VFL ended a couple weeks ago, but if there was VFL finals there'd be a clash

VFLW and AFLW are more compatible which is where Cloke is working across both and doing a specialist dev role for the AFL team.

Maybe Trav is helping Weideman with his goal kicking

 

[boncer34]

Doing a good job at Werribee.

I'm hoping for a little more. There's plenty of football people doing good jobs, I'm curious what makes Barlow the guy compared to others.

 

[ant555]

I'm hoping for a little more. There's plenty of football people doing good jobs, I'm curious what makes Barlow the guy compared to others.

Plenty of people around the traps rate him . Speaks well when he has been on radio. There are plenty who say he is doing as good a job as Williams and he was very highly rated for his footy IQ at the Giants.

 

[Pweter]

Maybe Trav is helping Weideman with his goal kicking

Just make him contested marking coach for the AFL side, get him out there for an hour or 2 each week. Even being retired for 6 seasons he'd probably still out-position and out-muscle most of our list.

 

[andleanback]

Why?

Because he’s a gun. Should be in the afl system
Very high footy iq and has excellent rapport with players

Don’t think he’ll jump back into afl yet, he himself has said he like being able to do media/ podcasts alongside coaching werribee.
And he hasn’t just done a good job, he’s turned werribee into a power house.

 

[Zach Package]

Why?

Not only is he doing a good job at Werribee as mentioned above but he's doing it without stacking the deck with ex AFL players like the other standalones are and getting better results.

From the outside he's managed to get consistent buy in from everyone from grizzled veterans that have been plugging away for a decade all the way through to players just out of the TAC cup, bringing all different cultures together and getting the best out of them.

No better candidates on paper IMO.

 

[Shanghaistu]

Not only is he doing a good job at Werribee as mentioned above but he's doing it without stacking the deck with ex AFL players like the other standalones are and getting better results.

From the outside he's managed to get consistent buy in from everyone from grizzled veterans that have been plugging away for a decade all the way through to players just out of the TAC cup, bringing all different cultures together and getting the best out of them.

No better candidates on paper IMO.

that second paragraph all but rules him out of contention then. Don’t need any upstarts with radical ideas and abilities like that entering our entrenched boys-club ecosystem

 

[MiguelM]

Forward coach - delist

No skills coach?

 

[thebigboy]

Forward coach - delist

No skills coach?

Forwards coach did miss a large chunk of the year with cancer.

Skills could would be an obvious fit - Mark Williams would be perfect but he’s been burnt by us a few times over the years

 

[The Airing of Grievances]

Maybe Trav is helping Weideman with his goal kicking

That would work well if Weed was able to kick goals from 60m+

 

[eth-dog]

I'd be going hard at Shannon Hurn

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Shannon Hurn

Age

36

Ht

187cm

Wt

95kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

20.9

5star

K

15.7

5star

HB

5.2

4star

M

7.0

5star

T

1.6

4star

MG

389.5

5star

D

16.1

4star

K

12.1

5star

HB

4.0

3star

M

5.3

5star

T

1.0

2star

MG

271.6

4star

D

19.0

5star

K

11.6

4star

HB

7.4

5star

M

6.8

5star

T

1.6

4star

if we could get him to move to Melbourne. Jack Riewoldt would be a great forwards coach too imo

 

[mcgrath_truther]

maybe i'm losing my mind but having travis cloke being our forward coach is insane to think about considering towards the end of his career he could barely hit the side of a barn within 40 meters.

surely that's not a permanent position, right?

 

[brain taylor]

maybe i'm losing my mind but having travis cloke being our forward coach is insane to think about considering towards the end of his career he could barely hit the side of a barn within 40 meters.

surely that's not a permanent position, right?

that part is a worry, but he was great at all the wrestling/bodywork/pack crashing and general big guy stuff that our big guys cannot do

 

[dank420_]

maybe i'm losing my mind but having travis cloke being our forward coach is insane to think about considering towards the end of his career he could barely hit the side of a barn within 40 meters.

surely that's not a permanent position, right?

I would think a forward coach would be more interested in the forwardline as a unit and prioritise creating set shots at goal over how to actually kick a ball.