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Send him backI believe Hart's family still live in Melbourne.
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Send him backI believe Hart's family still live in Melbourne.
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Not particularly no, but then again I'm not all about running around looking for opportunities to sink the slipper into the club off the back of no concrete evidence to support my assumptions.Read into it? Isn't that exactly what assuming Francou left to be friends with Dew is? There is no information whatsoever to support that assumption
The facts are he had the opportunity to join Dew at the Gold Coast instead of taking up a contract at the Crows. He did not. That suggests his friendship with Dew is not the reason he chose to break a contract with us, because he could have done it a year earlier.
Francou even quit, citing a loss of passion and wanting to become a teacher. Then he joined Gold Coast much later. You don't think that's suspicious at all?
David Teague came and left when opportunity opened up. Used us a vehicle to gain a greater job in Melbourne
Darren Milburn was the same.
Money doesn’t work as they just leave at first chance.
I'd rather have Milburn and Teague for a few seasons than have Hart or Campo on the panel at all
David Teague came and left when opportunity opened up. Used us a vehicle to gain a greater job in Melbourne
Darren Milburn was the same.
Money doesn’t work as they just leave at first chance.
It's funny how all the non-SA and/or non-Crows-affiliated coaches have generally been pretty good.
Isn't Teague still the forward line coach at Carlton as he was at the Crows.
That doesn't sound like a better job
Never gonna happen.And as usual you read into it something you have absolutely no information to support. Never change mate.
Maybe just one day you will give the club the benefit of the doubt.
That's how it's supposed to work with assistants. It's not supposed to be a job for life.David Teague came and left when opportunity opened up. Used us a vehicle to gain a greater job in Melbourne
Darren Milburn was the same.
Money doesn’t work as they just leave at first chance.
Bolton will be a good assistantIt might in 10 days when Carlton lose again and are looking for a replacement for Bolton.
Why would you come to Adelaide as assistant when you have the permanent road block to your coaching advancement that is Campo.
You wont be able to get past being just a line coach at AFC
I was having a discussion earlier today with someone about the Assistant Coaches. Not just at our club but as Port as well.
This is the collective list of Assistant/Development Coaches at both clubs.
Vossy
Chad Cornes
Nathan Basset
Dean Brogan
Scott Thompson
Stuart Cochrane
Paul Stewart
Ben Hart
Campo
Mick Godden
Marty Mattner
Trent Hentchel
Brett Montgomery
Jarrod Schoefield
Heath Younie,
Brent Reily,
Paul Thomas
Matthew Wright
Matthew Lokan
One thing that really stands out is that all but Vossy either played for one of the two AFL clubs or played/coached in the SANFL.
There are calls for "Jobs for the Boys" on here often in regards to our coaching group. And yes this is often correct.
However what concerns me is the ability to lure decent assistants to SA and more importantly us, when there are 10 AFL clubs in Victoria. It seems both clubs can only attract Assistant Coaches who have lived here before.
I feel this is starting to become an issue. Especially after seeing Teague leave us to go home to Carlton and us replace him with Francou and then Ben Hart.
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I agreeTo get coaches on an upward trajectory here there needs to be a perceived career path or experience dividend. We offer neither of those things. “Worked under Pyke”, “worked alongside Campo”, “highly regarded in a Brett Burton led footy dept” are all meaningless to a coach who wants to develop into a senior role and is looking for a gig that helps him get there.
I agree
And two of the three South Aussies with Pyke being at our club in the early 2000s under Craigy.
All of them had lived in SA before their current them.
As had Sando, as had Walshy.....
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I understand with what you are saying.It’s not that, put another way. 2 things entice quality coaches, the challenge or the program. We provide neither. Our program is stale, mediocre and unimaginative. There’s no challenge because we don’t bottom out and we don’t allow senior coaches to start from scratch which allows assistant to ride the wave. It’s not an SA thing, it’s an AFC thing.
Bolton will be a good assistant
I understand with what you are saying.
It is part of the AFC culture to pretty much recruit South Aussies or people who have lived here before.
That means you are not getting the best people in the industry and as we are seeing now, we are falling behind.
Coincidentally Port have a similar history.
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Why didn’t he go there last year before he signed in adelside?Francou leaving to work with a lifelong best mate in Dew?
And again he was another South Aussie.
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