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[Aphrodite]

Senior Coach Selection Panel & Selection Process …

Blues round out selection process

The Carlton Football Club has further outlined the approach it will take to appoint its next AFL Senior Coach.

www.carltonfc.com.au

Chief Executive Officer Graham Wright and General Manager of Football Chris Davies will lead the process, alongside Blues President Rob Priestley serving as a conduit with the Board. Former Premiership coach Adam Simpson will round out the group, providing valuable external perspective into the contemporary demands of the senior coaching role.

The group will undertake a thorough assessment of all potential coaching candidates, and in consultation with Football Director Greg Williams, will identify a preferred candidate to take to the Board for approval.

 

[Stamos]

Please Wright get it right

 

[P_Crippy]

I have to put my faith in the selection process and hope Wright's methodolgy has the success of the Collingwood scenario.
If we are going untried senior coach, i'd be comfortable with a current assistant from a club with recent success and playing an adaptive, modern style of football. Who that might be, i don't have a preference.
If we go for second time senior coach, i'd only have Longmire due to his record (yes, could have had a better grand final record) in consistent finals appearances. Not sure if we'd even be looking at current senior coaches.

 

[Dramoth]

Why would any coach of any worth want to come to Carlton where the supporters are as toxic as **** and will bully and harass them. We whinge about the mental health issues of Lij, but pile on Voss. The media is just as bad. Brad Scott is in the same situation as Voss was, but did he get the same treatment as Vossy?

So honestly ask yourself. If you’re a top coach in the AFL, why would you kill your career coming to Carlton where, if you do win a flag in your first or second year at the club, you’re not going to last for much longer than that.

 

[Pablito]

New untested coach please.

Someone who's hungry for success.

Someone who's not stuck in the past.

This club is desperate for a modern gameplan and ethos.

 

[sparkybagger]

I'm hoping for a more cerebral, analytical type. It's essentially a prerequisite when you consider the coaching minds they will be up against every week and the way that coaching appointments are trending.

The ability to identify, analyse, and respond tactically in real-time along with instilling these cognitive abilities into the playing group are much needed.

 

[TheBlueCampaigner]

Whoever it is they’ll need to have a good stomach for it.

 

[Sqotty from office works]

One name we are chasing for coaching panel

Corey Enright

 

[blueboy25]

Corey Enright is my first choice but I would love Daisy Pearce to come on board as a full time assistant.

 

[Gokz]

A tactician and someone who is going to call out and rip players to shreds on field if they make mistakes

 

[bradfisher14]

All eyes will be firmly on this process.

The only people that should be making any decisions here should be GW/CD and anyone they ask to help out with the search.

Everyone else from above or below should be shown the door immediately if they attempt to exert their influence.

 

[Faucon Bleu]

Enright, Hickmott just off the top on my head.

 

[NavySteel]

Could we get a poll going on this thread? Would be interesting to know members thoughts

 

[Coona Blues]

There is a long list of very capable assistants on the “coach in waiting” list. I really want one of them. Has been a few believable reports Graham has been spoken to, would not be the only one.

Rest assured the search is well down the track. Signs are we are looking at the next, rather than recycling. One of the old blokes may be brought in for a “Director’s” role. There are a few likely to be on the market in the next 12 months. The guys being discussed for Tassie have to put themselves out there.

FWIW can’t see Horse coming unless it is senior coach. The Swans bounce after years of being close, but no cigar counts him out for mine. Similar with Hinkley, but he may be a candidate for right hand man if he misses Tassie. Not sure where Buckley sits with Wright, but think he likely would be an excellent sounding board. Simpson is loving being the “smartest man in the room” in his media gigs, but had plenty of down years that were way down at the end of his time at the Eagles despite his golden years.

Points to a clean skin for me.

Graham, Enright, Grigg, Kelly, Gia come quickly to mind, add Skipworth (sorry Agro) and a couple more and there is a decent market. Like Hickmott, but strikes me as the senior assistant sounding board, outside the square guy, rather than presiding over the whole shooting match.

 

[JimmyRabbit49]

Please Wright get it right

I am still scarred from the Ratten to Malthouse transition which saw us jettison players and go from an attacking style of fast football to an outdated soul destroying slow around the boundary style which has has be the cause of most of our problems since.

For all the problems this year there have been glimpses of a style that is effective against quality teams in modern football, we have introduced/developed some players suit this style (Carroll, Smith, Ainsworth) and have some promising young talent in the on the cusp of the AFL - I really hope we can get someone who can continue that growth and largely work with what we have (plus adding Cody and a free agent) rather than having to tear the whole place down again and start from scratch.

 

[chickendippas]

We have consistently chased the complete opposite of the outgoing coach with limited success.

We removed Malthouse in favour of the new/untried Bolton who couldn’t get us to score and was an abrasive type. Sacked him for Teague who had us playing attacking footy and was liked by the players. Sacked him as we leaked goals and needed a coach with more experience and leadership. Cornered ourselves by saying ‘no training wheels’ and brought in a coach known for leadership with previous coaching experience in Voss.

Now we have Voss who no doubt has technical flaws so the call goes out for a strong strategic coach. What I would like to see is an exhaustive search without the blinkers on finding just the best strategic coach if they don’t have all of the other prerequisites to be successful. I don’t care if it’s a name or not, we need to cast the net wide and ensure the coach has the right mix of skills AND a vision for their coaching team where delegation is needed.

Have full faith in GW and CD getting this right. It may very well be a name we haven’t discussed yet or don’t expect.

 

[Stamos]

I'm hoping for a more cerebral, analytical type. It's essentially a prerequisite when you consider the coaching minds they will be up against every week and the way that coaching appointments are trending.

The ability to identify, analyse, and respond tactically in real-time along with instilling these cognitive abilities into the playing group are much needed.

Would love a Mitchell, that would be ideal, but honestly, I would settle for a Fly.

A coach who absolutely drills footy fundamentals, demands high standards of "winners", and enforces a sound structure and system.

 

[teddy-hopkins]

Graham, Enright, Grigg, Kelly, Gia come quickly to mind, add Skipworth (sorry Agra) and a couple more and there is a decent market. Like Hickmott, but strikes me as the senior assistant sounding board, outside the square guy, rather than presiding over the whole shooting match.

If you took all of those guys together how many words combined have you heard them speak? For me it's between zero and 10.

 

[yibbida]

remind me in 4 years.

 

[ajs071]

Important to get the right coach yes, however more important for me is the coaches we will get to support the new coach. IMO we have not done this well in the past. THis group of assistants has to be the worst in the AFL of any club

 

[Jatz]

I sincerely hope it's someone who's technically minded.

We tried Michael as the 'man manager' and that didn't really work. We need the modern gameplan.

 

[Jatz]

Important to get the right coach yes, however more important for me is the coaches we will get to support the new coach. IMO we have not done this well in the past. THis group of assistants has to be the worst in the AFL of any club

Essendon's aren't much chop but your point is still valid.

 

[RAPPA]

Won’t mean much if we retain the same assistants.

 

[reubsblues]

A tactician and someone who is going to call out and rip players to shreds on field if they make mistakes

Yep a Sam Mitchell type

 

[agro]

There is a long list of very capable assistants on the “coach in waiting” list. I really want one of them. Has been a few believable reports Graham has been spoken to, would not be the only one.

Rest assured the search is well down the track. Signs are we are looking at the next, rather than recycling. One of the old blokes may be brought in for a “Director’s” role. There are a few likely to be on the market in the next 12 months. The guys being discussed for Tassie have to put themselves out there.

FWIW can’t see Horse coming unless it is senior coach. The Swans bounce after years of being close, but no cigar counts him out for mine. Similar with Hinkley, but he may be a candidate for right hand man if he misses Tassie. Not sure where Buckley sits with Wright, but think he likely would be an excellent sounding board. Simpson is loving being the “smartest man in the room” in his media gigs, but had plenty of down years that were way down at the end of his time at the Eagles despite his golden years.

Points to a clean skin for me.

Graham, Enright, Grigg, Kelly, Gia come quickly to mind, add Skipworth (sorry Agra) and a couple more and there is a decent market. Like Hickmott, but strikes me as the senior assistant sounding board, outside the square guy, rather than presiding over the whole shooting match.

For the same re

There is a long list of very capable assistants on the “coach in waiting” list. I really want one of them. Has been a few believable reports Graham has been spoken to, would not be the only one.

Rest assured the search is well down the track. Signs are we are looking at the next, rather than recycling. One of the old blokes may be brought in for a “Director’s” role. There are a few likely to be on the market in the next 12 months. The guys being discussed for Tassie have to put themselves out there.

FWIW can’t see Horse coming unless it is senior coach. The Swans bounce after years of being close, but no cigar counts him out for mine. Similar with Hinkley, but he may be a candidate for right hand man if he misses Tassie. Not sure where Buckley sits with Wright, but think he likely would be an excellent sounding board. Simpson is loving being the “smartest man in the room” in his media gigs, but had plenty of down years that were way down at the end of his time at the Eagles despite his golden years.

Points to a clean skin for me.

Graham, Enright, Grigg, Kelly, Gia come quickly to mind, add Skipworth (sorry Agra) and a couple more and there is a decent market. Like Hickmott, but strikes me as the senior assistant sounding board, outside the square guy, rather than presiding over the whole shooting match.

For the same reason I forecast Josh Fraser as interim coach (quite a while ago) is the same reason we won’t consider or appoint Skipworth.

 

[reubsblues]

I just want the next Sam Mitchell Craig McCrae
Is that so ****ing hard to do