BlueYoss
Norm Smith Medallist
From memory SOS signed a 2 year deal with St Kilda as a specialist defensive coach when his mate Ross Lyon got the coaching gig 2 years ago. He's said that he'll always be a Carlton man but having spent almost all his life at the club he needed some time away before coming back.
Premiership teams are usually built on a good defense and Gavin C is doing a fantastic job as our defensive coach and building a formiddable unit. The Geelong backline is made up of very versatile tall and medium defenders who can all play on talls or smalls, and all provide very good run out of defense when they get the ball in space.
Between Waite, Thornton, Jamison, Bower, Austin, Bannister & Anderson we definitely have the cattle to build a similar defensive unit (Jamo & Austin are sure that by next season Austin will handle the gorilla full forwards
) and throw in Carazzo, Armfield & Browne to handle the small forwards and our defense is ready for the tilt at #17.
With Ratts, Braddles and Deisel there assisting with the development of our mids, and Sticks always around the place to help in any way possible, SOS is the only missing ingredient, not in place of Gavin, but in addition to, possibly in a part time role working one on one with the above players to help them fine tune their skills.
The timing is perfect, as St Kilda's premiership window is effectively closing and ours is very much opening, there's an opportunity for SOS to yet again, play a valuable role in a Carlton premiership, how could he resist?
Premiership teams are usually built on a good defense and Gavin C is doing a fantastic job as our defensive coach and building a formiddable unit. The Geelong backline is made up of very versatile tall and medium defenders who can all play on talls or smalls, and all provide very good run out of defense when they get the ball in space.
Between Waite, Thornton, Jamison, Bower, Austin, Bannister & Anderson we definitely have the cattle to build a similar defensive unit (Jamo & Austin are sure that by next season Austin will handle the gorilla full forwards
) and throw in Carazzo, Armfield & Browne to handle the small forwards and our defense is ready for the tilt at #17.With Ratts, Braddles and Deisel there assisting with the development of our mids, and Sticks always around the place to help in any way possible, SOS is the only missing ingredient, not in place of Gavin, but in addition to, possibly in a part time role working one on one with the above players to help them fine tune their skills.
The timing is perfect, as St Kilda's premiership window is effectively closing and ours is very much opening, there's an opportunity for SOS to yet again, play a valuable role in a Carlton premiership, how could he resist?
