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It's unexpected, but Dal knows football very very well. He's spoken before about how much he enjoys teaching the Academy players and specifically developing skills. Given the age of the list, thats going to be a huge focus to get them to improve so he's a good fit on that front.What do ppl feel about this? Is he a genuinely good appointment? Has a jobs-for-the-boys feel.
Hopefully not just about saving money.
What do ppl feel about this? Is he a genuinely good appointment? Has a jobs-for-the-boys feel.
Hopefully not just about saving money.
Very intelligent, well spoken, amiable. Comes from the Grant Thomas school of development. Nothing like "jobs for the boys", he brings St Kilda culture and heart and a clear passion for the womens game. Was Searle a "jobs for the boys" appointment because she was a Saints supporter and involved with the club? It's nonsense. People getting upset because we didn't hire a woman for the sake of being a woman. If there's a better candidate out there and they happen to be a woman/non-binary/anything else but a man, then I'm sure they will be snapped up by one of the other 13+ clubs, or an AFL club! Far out, some people look for anything to be upset about these days.
Dal was one of my favourite players and I think he's a great guy. He may be a great coach, but how much coaching has he done up to now? I'm not sure this was the job for him.
This isn't just about Dal or St Kilda, it's a competition-wide problem. I read somewhere that AFLW now has zero women coaches. I don't believe that's merit. There is something structurally wrong.
That's my view
Don't think it's a stretch to say that at this point of AFLW, the men still have a lot more experience and knowledge required to be a coach of an AFL/AFLW team.Dal was one of my favourite players and I think he's a great guy. He may be a great coach, but how much coaching has he done up to now? I'm not sure this was the job for him.
This isn't just about Dal or St Kilda, it's a competition-wide problem. I read somewhere that AFLW now has zero women coaches. I don't believe that's merit. There is something structurally wrong.
That's my view
it's a competition-wide problem
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I want to believe, but I don't see how. We're coming up on season six and I don't think many clubs have hired retiring players into their coaching groups, even as assistants. There's only a handful of female line coaches, the only one that played (that I'm aware of) was Tesoriero. There's more current and ex-men's players with no previous coaching experience at all who have been hired to be line coaches. NAB League coaching roles are all men now, because the boys and girls get the same coach and nobody is hiring a woman to be senior coach of the boys.The women playing AFLW today will be the coaches of tomorrow.
Williamstown's VFLW coach.Played cricket with Penny C-R lol. We opened the batting together , hadn't seen or heard about her for years and then saw her playing AFLW. Wonder what she's doing now.
I want to believe, but I don't see how. We're coming up on season six and I don't think many clubs have hired retiring players into their coaching groups, even as assistants. There's only a handful of female line coaches, the only one that played (that I'm aware of) was Tesoriero. There's more current and ex-men's players with no previous coaching experience at all who have been hired to be line coaches. NAB League coaching roles are all men now, because the boys and girls get the same coach and nobody is hiring a woman to be senior coach of the boys.
The only places I can see female coaches go to get exposure is the VFLW and the Champs. Hickey coaching the Country team to an undefeated champs makes her about as qualified to coach as Burkie was when the Dogs hired him (probably more so when you consider the Falcons), but I haven't heard her linked to anything. The reigning VFLW premiership coach (Cula-Reid) is a woman and, if the Pies win this weekend, the next one (McMillan) will be too, but I've heard no mention of either in coaching searches. Goddard hasn't been able to get back in and Searle got two years with an expansion team before getting passed over by the Cats for a line coach on a 1-8 team (that only beat the 0-9 team).
Maybe it's a lack of foresight on my part, but I just don't see what's going to change between now and the future. As long as clubs value what players have done in the men's space over coaching in the women's, it's going to be extremely unlikely that any particular coaching hire is going to be a woman.
Played cricket with Penny C-R lol. We opened the batting together , hadn't seen or heard about her for years and then saw her playing AFLW. Wonder what she's doing now.
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