Wallis makes it official

[ImperialPurple]

Two new faces at Fremantle
8:05 PM Fri 5 October, 2007 | Back

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DUAL premiership player Dean Wallis has joined Fremantle as an assistant coach.

The former Essendon defender played 127 games from 1987-89 and 1991-2001, achieving premiership success in 1993 and 2000.

He moves west after a being an assistant coach with the Bombers and St Kilda.

“It is a very exciting period ahead for the Fremantle Football Club and they are on the verge of achieving something historic,” Wallis said.

“I look forward to being a part of Fremantle and working with Mark Harvey, the other members of the coaching team and the playing group to achieve something special for the club and the supporters”.

At the completion of his playing career with the Bombers in 2001 he spent two seasons as an assistant with St Kilda before returning to Essendon as an assistant coach in season 2004 where he was in charge of the defensive unit until 2006.

In 2007 he took charge of the team's forward line.

Meanwhile, the contract of career assistant coach Peter German has been renewed for another season.

German has more than a decade of coaching experience following assignments with WAFL clubs Subiaco and Peel Thunder, Tasmania club Burnie Dockers, and West Coast and Hawthorn.

A Life Member of the North Melbourne Football Club where he played 185 senior games from 1984-1994, German also represented Victoria in 1991 and Tasmania from 1995-97.

In 2006 he was the WAFL state coach.



Don't know about the headline with two "new" faces... but hey, it's all good.

 

[dominguez]

More good news.

 

[wehavethepassion]

What's happened to malaxos and O'donnnell? ie have they got other gigs?

 

[David_Brent]

Replaces Harvey as the most highly paid assistant in the game. Will get more than Laidley.

Bond also on huge money, although his role is vast.

 

[SM10]

You guys should be really happy with that.
Didnt want to see him go

 

[dominguez]

Replaces Harvey as the most highly paid assistant in the game. Will get more than Laidley.

Bond also on huge money, although his role is vast.

What difference does it make? The footy commission get most of the profits and it's not as if the money could be used to buy players like in soccer.

 

[The Night Shift]

We'll alot of us pay good money for memberships. I for one am happy the club is prepared to spend the big bucks to get the football department that will give us the biggest chance for success. I for one am liking the fact that a few of those players where known as hard bastards. Hopefully that mental and physical toughness rubs off on the enitre squad.
Whom is is our best tactician though in the football department???

 

[Plugga]

We have the tactician master in Robert Shaw in the cloak room somewhere...I'm sure he has a lot of input...probably even more so next season.

Wallis & Bond are magnificent signings off the field. Both very good motivators also, which I think is something we serverley lacked in last few years.....

Hopefully Wallis gets the forwards & starts Murphy on some angry pills

 

[boms]

Wallis gone?

GREAT NEWS

what is up with fremantle seriously? Always stealing our blokes. Shaw Harvey and now Wallis. Still stands 16 preimerships too 0

 

[The Night Shift]

we offer them money... the challenge to take on the enigma of our club, they come..

Whats up with Essendon anyways? Your always stealing our blokes McPhee and freo boys Jetta, Johns, Ryder...

 

[boms]

we offer them money... the challenge to take on the enigma of our club, they come..

Whats up with Essendon anyways? Your always stealing our blokes McPhee and freo boys Jetta, Johns, Ryder...

Lol also got Lucas and Lloydy from you blokes. You can take Bradley and Johns back though

 

[dominguez]

Always stealing our blokes. Shaw Harvey and now Wallis. Still stands 16 preimerships too 0

Only the one in 2000 counts to Freo supporters. It'll be 2-1 in 24 months time.

 

[Reveler]

Lol also got Lucas and Lloydy from you blokes. You can take Bradley and Johns back though

you never got Lloyd from us.

 

[dominguez]

you never got Lloyd from us.

Or Lucas.

 

[mathew20]

Or Lucas.

They used our draft picks to get them.

 

[Reveler]

They used our draft picks to get them.

we never had tha pick used to get Lloyd (not sure about Lucas)

 

[dominguez]

They used our draft picks to get them.

When a club released a player to Fremantle they were allowed to select a 16 year old in the draft, but if we hadn't picked up those players from Essendon (Delaney and Kickett IIRC) we wouldn't have been able to select the same player because we didn't have access to 16 year olds.

Essentially they got Lloyd and Lucas because we picked up a couple of bombers, but we wouldn't have been able to draft Lloyd or Lucas whether we recruited those players from Essendon or not.

 

[DOCKER MAN]

Good news especially about Germo

 

[Rubber Pants]

When a club released a player to Fremantle they were allowed to select a 16 year old in the draft, but if we hadn't picked up those players from Essendon (Delaney and Kickett IIRC) we wouldn't have been able to select the same player because we didn't have access to 16 year olds.

Essentially they got Lloyd and Lucas because we picked up a couple of bombers, but we wouldn't have been able to draft Lloyd or Lucas whether we recruited those players from Essendon or not.

Can we sticky this statement or put it as a disclaimer on the main boards. Sick of trolling idiots getting it wrong and saying we could have had Lloyd, Lucas, Wirrapanda etc.

Thank the AFL for those players, they f**ked up not us. WE NEVER HAD THE CHOICE OR OPTION TO PICK UP THESE PLAYERS..... morons