Rumour North make/made Steve Johnson offer to join coaches rank post retirement

[Twinkletoes]

Not if his son goes on to be an awesome father/son pick up for the Hawks. Sure, he sired the kid, but who taught him to kick? That's right, TT! Just another way NMFC gets shafted.

#inb4wtfwasnthecoachingourkidstokickFFS?

 

[SpiderBurton22]

No doubting his footy credentials, but has always seemed selfish, self-centred and ill disciplined, which are not good attributes for a coach.

Sounds a little bit like Boomer.

 

[Twinkletoes]

Not if his son goes on to be an awesome father/son pick up for the Hawks. Sure, he sired the kid, but who taught him to kick? That's right, TT! Just another way NMFC gets shafted.

The thought did cross my mind, as young Hodge fresh aired an attempted kick back to me, "I guess even the best footballers had to start somewhere."

 

[archereleven]

What sort of rascal could Jy become being mentored by Boomer and SJ?

You can only be a rascal if Sir Bob anoints you...

 

[Saintly2]

Doesn't strike me as intelligent or a team player.

No thanks.

Get Brady Rawlings back instead.

 

[The Filth Wizard]

You can only be a rascal if Sir Bob anoints you...

Bob Murphy VFL coach?

 

[SpiderBurton22]

Doesn't strike me as intelligent or a team player.

No thanks.

Get Brady Rawlings back instead.

Brady Rawlings isn't involved in coaching anymore. He's the list manager at the Eagles, that's were he sees his future.

 

[archereleven]

Bob Murphy VFL coach?

Would instantly become the bravest VFL team in the comp, so brave in fact, they might elevate them to the AFL and we'd have 2 teams running around...

Good thinking there FW... A double chance each year...

 

[Saintly2]

Brady Rawlings isn't involved in coaching anymore. He's the list manager at the Eagles, that's were he sees his future.

Ok thanks. Guess my suggestion has no chance then. Be good if he came back in some capacity maybe, top bloke is Brady.

 

[ozzyoslo]

Just a couple of AFL articles mentioning us and a facebook page thats usually pretty spot on so far.

Our FB page?

 

[DarkPhoenix]

Our FB page?

Fan run page, not the North FB page.

 

[ferball]

Interested in the thinking behind this one TPA.

Regardless of Johnson's perceived rep around the AFL, the man has an almost peerless career as a midsized forward.

He's kicked over 500 goals and is one of only 56~ people to do that, ever

He's played in multiple premierships and has proven big game experience

He was thought of highly enough by GWS that they poached him to come up and has arguably played a hand in turning Toby Greene into a smaller version of himself and probably the best mid-sized forward in the competition

By all reports he's a pretty good influence on a very young side and has contributed strongly to keeping them in the hunt for their first flag just 5 years after their inception

If Jy, Wags, Garns, Wood, Turner etc etc had five years of specialist coaching from Johnson I fail to see how that's a bad thing. At all

He was Norm Smith Medalist in the 2007 GF and it was obvious from quarter time, pretty much won the game himself imo. 10 years later he's basically assistant coaching one of the most successful teams in the league from their half forward line.

I think he'd have alot to offer any footy side in terms of experience and footy smarts.

 

[koshari]

Iam happy for steevie to come aboard as long as he aint a snake oil salesman like that lingy flog with his leading teams snake oil.

 

[ferball]

This, more than his playing career by itself, is what is appealing if the rumour is true.

Yep.

 

[utility]

More importantly, does he have a dog?

 

[NM_Mitchell]

Iam happy for steevie to come aboard as long as he aint a snake oil salesman like that lingy flog with his leading teams snake oil.

Can tell you first hand leading teams works if the people involved embrace it.
If he's tried to bring leading teams into the club and it hasn't worked for us, that's because the players haven't taken it seriously enough.