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No, he resigned from the board last year.Is Wakelin still on the board? .....
Mark Harvey?
Lol!
Good assistant but will never return again at senior level. Lacks tactics, leadership and the general aura a HC should have.
Not to mention he is an embarrassment in press conferences, struggles to string a sentence together and I generally think that the elevator doesn't arrive to the top floor.
I once heard him being interviewed some years ago (in capacity of the Bombers assistant coach I think) saying that Adelaide teams had an unfair advantage at AAMI Stadium because of the dew on the oval. He went on to say that the AFL needs to do something about it.
No thanks.
The guy had been with a brain tumor, probably a little inconsiderate.
Love this sentiment. It's easy to forget in all the rivalry between the clubs that both clubs aren't just our worst supporters. Cheers.Ignore the idiots from other clubs that believe Port will/should fold while their clubs get propped up year after year by the AFL. You guys have had more success in your short history in the AFL than many of these clubs have in the last 50 year - only 5 clubs have won a flag since you guys last did so if anyone thinks you should fold then there's another 10 clubs out there that need to have a good hard look at themselves.
I think you could add "Bomber" Thompson to the list of possibles. Looking at his body language last night on AFL360, especially when Eade mentions they were discussing it out the back before they came on.
To be honest I'm surprised at the number of people (idiots on 5aa included) who think that Port must get a guy who is an experienced previous head coach - getting a Malthouse/Roos type is a nice pipe dream but the reality is that since the Brisbane threepeat - only 1 flag has been won by a previously experienced Head Coach - Malthouse at the Pies in 2010, and it took the guy 10 years to deliver that flag.
04 - Port - Williams
05 - Sydney - Roos
06 - West Coast - Worsfold
07/09 - Thompson - Cats
08 - Clarkson - Hawks
11 - Scott - Cats
Of the current top 8 clubs - all are coached by previously untried coaches.
Has Paul Roos come out said he's not interested? It's funny how bucketloads of cash can easily change a persons decision.
Absolutely agree with this. I'm highly dubious of people like Eade and the people who just assume he has what it takes to get things right at Port because he's been around a while.
If people want Williams back they have a very short memory.
AFL 360 were pumping up choco for a return. They feel that Port will at the very least talk to him.
It's a bit romantic don't you think? Massive stretch to think he would come back, let alone our board wanting him back. GWS could have got him some excellent perspective though.
Absolutely agree with this. I'm highly dubious of people like Eade and the people who just assume he has what it takes to get things right at Port because he's been around a while.
The Sanderson/Bailey type combo is my ideal choice, perhaps in the form of Burns/Walsh. People seem wary of the whole "untried coach" thing because the Primus experiment was a failure. But Primus was always the wrong kind of untried coach because his credentials were at best unknown and at worst poor.
A highly regarded, ambitious young current assistant from a successful system and without baggage is my preference.