micks coaching

[SIDE BY SIDE]

Just wondering what people think about MM job as coach. It normally comes up after a loss but i thought i would bring it up after a win so on one can just go on the last game.

I think he is still the best coach in the AFL and we should be signing him up for a few more years. Like most coaches he makes mistakes but overall he is number one. Just wonder what people think.

 

[Optimax]

Best tactical coach in the league.

I rate ead just as high there but 2 weeks ago proved MM as a coach as he almost orcehstrated a win with a side decimated by injury against a siude running on all cylinders

 

[thatday]

I reckon Lethal is the best coach in the League but Mick is probably second. He is a bit stuborn (sp?) on occasion which has cost us games, but he has used those games as a learning tool which will help us later on.

 

[SIDE BY SIDE]

Just with the players we have had since he got to Collingwood he has got the most out of them and made them a good side.Lethal had a great side 2001-2004. Now we are getting some better players then when he first arrived MM and us might get the result we want.

 

[The Big League]

He is a great coach, but man does he infuriate me with match-ups during a game.

 

[MagpieGirl_13]

Mick is my favourite coach for obvious reasons, he coaches Collingwood.
He can take an ordinary player & turn them into very good player, only if the player is willing to get better, Medhurst comes to mind & even Bryan. Taken from other clubs, put under the guidance of MM, they have worked hard & now look what we have!
MM is very direct & to the point in interviews, handles him self very well.

He has made those decisions where you just wonder "WTF??" but he obviously sees another side of it that we don't.
I have enormous amounts of respect for MM & hopefully he can lead us to a flag one day!

As a coach, I don't mind Paul Roos, not 100% sure why, just think he is a very good coach, very cool, calm & collected.

 

[Shellz]

MM is very direct & to the point in interviews, handles him self very well.

I have to disagree there. Some of the shit he pulls out in interviews and what not.

 

[ralu]

i reckon he is the worst coach in the league when it comes to interviews, a journos nightmare. extremely stubborn.

having said that i hope he coaches our boys for the next 5 yrs at least

 

[MagpieGirl_13]

I have to disagree there. Some of the shit he pulls out in interviews and what not.

That's true. & sometimes he can, like ralu said, be a journos nightmare. Some of his interviews are alright but I think, having said what I said, some of them are a bit...... weird.....

 

[RRRooocccaaa]

That's true. & sometimes he can, like ralu said, be a journos nightmare. Some of his interviews are alright but I think, having said what I said, some of them are a bit...... weird.....

Surely that's more entertaining than a 10 minute interview about the mundane aspects of the game? I like it when Mick goes on a tangent... the wonderful, awkward sound of silence for a few seconds whilst the journos think where the hell will they start for the next question

 

[Shellz]

i reckon he is the worst coach in the league when it comes to interviews, a journos nightmare. extremely stubborn.

Is it weird to say that's one of the reasons I love him?

 

[Frederlick]

I'm massive fan of Mick. MM is about the journey, as much as the destination, sounds like sensitive new age sheizen but it is why he has kept this team as competetive as any on and off for the past 6 years. To be quite honest there are probably only about 5 naturally gifted footy players in that team and rather than argue who they are, I would say that it is a credit to Malthouse and his coaching team that the rest of them have worked their ring gear off to achieve what they have. He doesn't always worry about a players form, (unlike say, myself) but about if they are improving as person and improving the team as whole. The skills and fitness he leaves to his assistants, as far as I can tell. Anyway thats what I believe having watched him perservere with players like Leon and Rhyce Shaw to mention but 2 who have come good of late. Just hope that they have the toughness and depth to get over injury challenges which is about the only thing that will stop them when they are 100%.

 

[swiftdog]

Is it weird to say that's one of the reasons I love him?

no, i love the bs he comes up with. Very entertaining.

 

[Pie eyed]

no, i love the bs he comes up with. Very entertaining.

I agree.
His answers to question are sometimes extremely "obtuse".
I enjoy them a lot.
I also like his "gameday" face, the 1000 yard stare of the borderline genius/lunatic, it is priceless.
He did break it when Bucks asked him about a loss, Mick almost burst out laughing and Bucks did.


For all his foibles he is a great coach and I am very glad he is our coach.

 

[Godfrey Jones]

I agree.
His answers to question are sometimes extremely "obtuse".
I enjoy them a lot.
I also like his "gameday" face, the 1000 yard stare of the borderline genius/lunatic, it is priceless.
He did break it when Bucks asked him about a loss, Mick almost burst out laughing and Bucks did.


For all his foibles he is a great coach and I am very glad he is our coach.

i wish i can see when bucks interviewed him, i missed it

 

[Cyclops]

I think Malthouse is still improving which is a fair effort for a bloke with white hair.

He has built a side that worries the last 3 premiers (West Coast, Sydney and Geelong). When Port were finishing top we were their bogey side too. We deliver in finals more often than not: the 2003 GF and 2006 Dogs final were the exception.

He wasn't known for having a gun forward line at West coast but he has developed a sophisticated forward structure at the Pies making use of diverse types such as Tarrant, Rocca, Thomas, Cloke and Medhurst, and finding scroring roles for a host of other players. We used to be a tight defensive unit (as were his Eagles) but we've become higher-scoring.

Likewise he wasn't known for developing effective ruckmen (he has in some ways misused Fraser IMHO) but I think we're seeing an improvement in that area with the changes in Bryan and the selection and use of Wood.

He's also allowed a little more flair: at the Bulldogs he was very harsh and disciplined, at the Eagles Matera was given a bit of free rein but the rest were notorious robots, but these days we're seeing a mix of lairs with their heads pulled in (eg Thomas, Medhurst) as well as disciplined types given a bit more creativity (eg Lockyer, Swan).

He's not perfect but he has worked on his weaknesses and makes good sides respect us.

 

[Pie Legend]

Does his best stuff when are backs are up againest the walls and the big game days (minus Carlton).

 

[Snag Breac]

i reckon he is the worst coach in the league when it comes to interviews, a journos nightmare. extremely stubborn.

having said that i hope he coaches our boys for the next 5 yrs at least

His interviews should be a journo's dream - always unpredictable, interesting, and invariably a touch of controversy. As for his coaching, I suspect he's a flawed genius - inspirational, demanding, creative. But it is very frustrating the way he sticks to his guns even after the post has been taken by the enemy. And he hasn't managed to get up past Carlton this year. Still, I choose to imagine that he has a grand vision that will eventually come to pass. If he could just speed things up a bit......

 

[popathon]

I love him, but he does shit me up the wall sometimes. Mainly due to his stubborness but i can forgive him for this.
I love his interviews. Even though i cringe sometimes i love the lack of respect he gives journos who've never played the game and only talk about bullshit politics and nothing about gameday (caro). I wouldn't mind it if he kept his whinging to a minimum though.

 

[Pie eyed]

i wish i can see when bucks interviewed him, i missed it

Apparently "Favorites" the great maker of youtube video is away at the moment.
When he gets back maybe he can post a snippet.
It was funny...both looked like they were about to piss themselves laughing...

The Collingwood Geelong game.
He asked about the acid being put on Rocca and then whether he had mentioned last years prelim in the build up.

 

[tess]

The proof is in the Pudding, we haven't had any pudding since 1990.

Sure MM's been a good coach for us, but he has failed in getting us to win a Premiership simple as that. Ultimately he is a failure, last year he failed against Geelong the two Grand Finals he failed to get that X factor Premiership teams need.

If your happy with Collingwood being a Bridesmaid then I'm sure your all happy with him, I'm not happy with just being Another top side. I wanna see Collingwood feared and so far MM hasn't got the team to that stage. We need a Coach that is able to get us to the next Level, MM's done well be he hasn't been that great for us.

 

[Chase the Ace]

Its no coincidence that most of the current coaches and many of the ex-coaches rate MM extremely highly.
If you listen to some players they say, they have never played under a coach who knows so much about the game as he does.
He is an unqualified success as a coach and history will view him as one of the AFL's greatest.

 

[macleodboy07]

i recon when MM is switched on he has all the boys up and going (as he was against geelong and sydney) and u can just tell by looking at him. his like a man on a mission. when his like this MM and collingwood are unstopable as we proved against geelong.
but then he has his bad days where he is just sitting back and watching. like against carlton. TWICE

 

[Nardz]

i recon when MM is switched on he has all the boys up and going (as he was against geelong and sydney) and u can just tell by looking at him. his like a man on a mission. when his like this MM and collingwood are unstopable as we proved against geelong.
but then he has his bad days where he is just sitting back and watching. like against carlton. TWICE

tactically Very stubborn, and not versatile enough. When plan A doesnt work, he usually keeps it in hope that it just starts working.

his philosophical approach to coaching sometimes pisses me off. sometimes I'd much rather you do what you need to do to win us the game, rather than go for the short term pain long term gain idealogy. we missed the top 4 on percentage last year, and the same is likely to happen this year after we've dropped games we should have won.

 

[lyfsux]

i recon when MM is switched on he has all the boys up and going (as he was against geelong and sydney) and u can just tell by looking at him. his like a man on a mission. when his like this MM and collingwood are unstopable as we proved against geelong.
but then he has his bad days where he is just sitting back and watching. like against carlton. TWICE

I dont think he rates the rivalry between them like Eddie and us supporters do
so until he does I cant see us beating carlton while he is still here