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Mega Thread The Next AFC Coach?

Who do you think will be the next coach

  • Stuart Dew

    Votes: 73 17.0%

  • Leigh Tudor

    Votes: 17 4.0%

  • Scott Burns

    Votes: 5 1.2%

  • Peter Sumich

    Votes: 14 3.3%

  • Nathan Bassett

    Votes: 145 33.7%

  • John Blakey

    Votes: 7 1.6%

  • Brendon Bolton

    Votes: 47 10.9%

  • Alastair Clarkson

    Votes: 85 19.8%

  • Brett Kirk

    Votes: 7 1.6%

  • OTHER

    Votes: 30 7.0%
  • Total voters
    430

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maccca23 said:
ok you say bassett to coach then who is going to be his senior assistant ?
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I reckon we get massively hung up on the new boy needing an older coach to hold his hand. Remind me who was the senior assistant for Leigh Matthews, Mick Malthouse, Alistair Clarkson and Ken Hinkley when these guys started as the head coach. If you can't do the job without having to refer everything to your (senior assistant) then perhaps you are not the right man for the job. Sando obviously was not the right man for the job. I think Bass will be a fine head coach.
 
maccca23 said:
ok you say bassett to coach then who is going to be his senior assistant ?
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Either Ratten or Tudor. Might depend on current contract.

I'd also call it "Director of Coaching" so if at least sounds like a promotion from assisting.
 
Guys - just because we don't know what is going on ... don't think that the club has been sitting on its hands waiting for Monday !!

Lots and lots of decisions are being made now and over the last few weeks ... we should be confident that the Roo-volution is in full swing.

Coaching team is being lined up - Trades and drafts are being planned for.

It's not like the club is going to appoint someone on Thursday as head coach, hand them a folder and say "good luck" :)
 

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OutofTownCrow said:
Guys - just because we don't know what is going on ... don't think that the club has been sitting on its hands waiting for Monday !!

Lots and lots of decisions are being made now and over the last few weeks ... we should be confident that the Roo-volution is in full swing.

Coaching team is being lined up - Trades and drafts are being planned for.

It's not like the club is going to appoint someone on Thursday as head coach, hand them a folder and say "good luck" :)
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They're so busy they forgot to stay in touch with their fan base they keep saying they can't do without......



Unless of course there's a very good reason for the secrecy.
 
maccca23 said:
ok you say bassett to coach then who is going to be his senior assistant ?
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I think peole get carried away with assistants. It doesn't have to be a guy with the best credentials. It doesn't have to be the guy with the biggest name in the game. It just needs to be someone who complements the had coach really well. He needs to be good at areas that the head coach is lacking in.

You look at late Dean Bailey. He was a very highly regarded assitant coach who got a coaching gig at a rabble club. Once he got sacked by MFC, his reputation was a bit tarnished but to us he was GOLD. He complemented Sanderson brilliantly. He was a great communicator whom players, coaches and staff at the club adored. He was very sound tactically but his biggest worth to us was to be that link between the head coach and the players.

Bassett's weaknesses might be somewhere esle, so you get a different type od coach to complement that. Not necessarily the great sounding name, but a great fit!
 
Bassett has never struck me as a member of the 'boys club' at the AFC. If you listened to him on 5AA on Sunday mornings a few years back, you what have gotten a clear sense of this.
 
Stiffy_18 said:
I think peole get carried away with assistants. It doesn't have to be a guy with the best credentials. It doesn't have to be the guy with the biggest name in the game. It just needs to be someone who complements the had coach really well. He needs to be good at areas that the head coach is lacking in.

You look at late Dean Bailey. He was a very highly regarded assitant coach who got a coaching gig at a rabble club. Once he got sacked by MFC, his reputation was a bit tarnished but to us he was GOLD. He complemented Sanderson brilliantly. He was a great communicator whom players, coaches and staff at the club adored. He was very sound tactically but his biggest worth to us was to be that link between the head coach and the players.

Bassett's weaknesses might be somewhere esle, so you get a different type od coach to complement that. Not necessarily the great sounding name, but a great fit!
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Spot on Stiffy. The repeated mantra from the club has been about the coaching TEAM they are looking at.
 
Stiffy_18 said:
I think peole get carried away with assistants. It doesn't have to be a guy with the best credentials. It doesn't have to be the guy with the biggest name in the game. It just needs to be someone who complements the had coach really well. He needs to be good at areas that the head coach is lacking in.

You look at late Dean Bailey. He was a very highly regarded assitant coach who got a coaching gig at a rabble club. Once he got sacked by MFC, his reputation was a bit tarnished but to us he was GOLD. He complemented Sanderson brilliantly. He was a great communicator whom players, coaches and staff at the club adored. He was very sound tactically but his biggest worth to us was to be that link between the head coach and the players.

Bassett's weaknesses might be somewhere esle, so you get a different type od coach to complement that. Not necessarily the great sounding name, but a great fit!
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Bailey was our best recruit in 10 years
 

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crow4life said:
We quite possibly could have 4 flags by now if we had of got Pavlich instead of old man Carey. We would of also had Kane Cornes instead of Lawrence Angwin.
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Woulda, coulda', shoulda'... Every club has draft and trade sob stories. And, by the way, Pavlich was drafted in 1999 and Carey was traded in 2002. Daniel Wells is always regarded as the one that got away with the Carey trade. Yes, Cornes instead of Angwin would have been nice!! But, remember, 12 other clubs passed on Cornes before he got to Port at 20.
 
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Woulda, coulda', shoulda'... Every club has draft and trade sob stories. And, by the way, Pavlich was drafted in 1999 and Carey was traded in 2002. Daniel Wells is always regarded as the one that got away with the Carey trade. Yes, Cornes instead of Angwin would have been nice!! But, remember, 12 other clubs passed on Cornes before he got to Port at 20.
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Pav wanted to come home the year we foolishly decided to give a 32 year old former champion preference.
 

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footy4ever said:
The only trick he needs up his sleeve is a huge wad of money.
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Money is a factor but this alone won't convince any quality coach to uproot and start all over.
So what is unique to our club that would compel a successful coach to make the move?

AO.........probably our greatest bargaining chip.

A fanatical and strong supporter base

Financially stable.......well give us a couple of years.

A new administration under a new constitution.

Several very marketable top tier players.

Several future top tier players including a set of brothers.

A distinct lack of success in the past 5 years with only a "spike" to wet the supporters appetites.

A very strong cross town rivalry with 2 guaranteed showdowns a year.

A local media devoted to reporting the ups and many downs of the club.

The need to address the past mistakes leading to many lost opportunities and very poor judgement calls from our previous administration.

The additions to the new look board including a past club legend.

The general change in direction and attitude since the appointment of the new CEO.

Andrew Fagan a very respected former admin from Rugby Union who by all accounts was next in line to run the competition. Also has a reputation for strategic decisions and certainly capable of making brave long term decisions. Also has a media savvy and glamorous partner making them marketable in their own rights with many connections on the East Coast. Something our club has sadly lacked in the past.

Overall one might add that the AFC are coming off one of their least successful and darkest periods in our history and considering the scope for improvement and the desire to arrest our slide and join our cross town rivals in their success.............. how could any coach not want to take up that challenge??
 
ATsince1973 said:
If we think Bass is "maybe 12-24 months off ready" we'll miss out on him.

Even better than Clarko now would be to land the next Clarko.

We want a 10-year coach to build a dynasty. Bass is the man, and build around him all he needs. Get the off-field employees elite & stable, and increasingly players will see that we're an exciting destination.

But even if we get Clarkson (ha!), how long would we have him?

We should not settle for a spike, we want to build an Everest!
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That's the point though.

The system is brutal. You get only one chance as a senior coach.

Starting off early just because we sacked our coach and don't have anyone to take over is poor reasoning on his part and ours. We've seen with Hinkley and Sanderson the difference between a coach learning the AFL caper and one who has been in the system long enough to know exactly how they will approach a senior coaching role. Learning on the job is disaster.

Our timeline and Bassett's timeline are different.
 
Darren Berry just weighed in on the debate. Interesting perspective. Gave us very big credit for the Fagan appointment and how it was kept quiet..Thinks there's another coming.
 
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