Excellent!
Personally, I'm not a Dew fan so the one thing I fear is that Worsfold apparently already has a mentoring relationship set up with Dew. I really don't want a Swans game plan and who knows if Dew can successfully instigate and manage his own plans. He's been in one system for a long time.
I still believe Pyke's football and life experience stacks up better, especially when topped off by the fact the Eagles are flying and he is roundly considered a great tactician. Eagles footy is far closer to Walsh's vision and style than Swans footy imo.
Pyke, Worsfold, Glass, Teague have a fair bit of shared heritage/relationships…that added to the fact most are here already could really help for a great transition.
I too don't want to go down that road of a Swans game plan.
I was a big fan of getting Bassett because he was in my eyes a defensive coach and good defence wins 'titles'.
Walsh comes along and brought in a game plan that although it relied on team defence it also preached be brave and attack.
We are playing some of the most attractive football I've seen us play in a long while. Our transition game can be exhilarating at times and it's the sort of game plan that will put Hawthorn on it's heels.
You give the Hawks time to set up and thread the needle, they'll cut you up.
I came away from our match against Hawthorn thinking 'sign this coach up for ten years.'
He was onto something but we were missing a few key parts. Our disposal was not up to standard and we didn't quite have the personnel to match it with them.
We are now the fourth most attacking team( Roo on the TV) but our defence still needs work.
If we keep this game style and add a few key players to our squad we could be a very accomplished outfit.
I'm really hoping we go for a coach whose been exposed to these philosophies and will embrace this style of football.
Bassett is no longer my first choice but a bloke like Pyke is an intriguing proposition if Woosha isn't available.
I'm sure that the panel will be looking at a candidate who isn't going to come in and re-brand the team style. They found in their previous coach a man whose set some foundation structures which the hierarchy agreed with. I guessing they'll go down that same path and appoint a coach who is willing to coach with a similar mindset. The interview process would be great to see this time.