We have Voss, now we have the Assistants...

[tyron164]

Don't underestimate how close to Teague Eddie was. Might not have been stoked with how he felt he was treated so thought it was time to make a fresh start.

That's pure conjecture on my part though.

This is my feeling too. It was my understanding bringing him back to the club was with a plan for him once he retires.

 

[Bobmonkey]

Rendell just said on TWR that indigenous coaches wages are outside the soft cap...
Betts, Jetta & Mark Williams are free from the soft cap then...

Good initiative from the AFL

Not indigenous...

 

[Bokan]

It really isn't. Just another step in the long line of division by race masquerading as cultural diversity and inclusion. Reverse that policy and tell me if you still think it's a good one.

I mean tbf, if you reverse the policy it's no longer the same thing....

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[blues4flag]

Completely and utterly irrelevant to their abilities to do the required job.

A bit more nuanced than that but agree for the most part.

 

[swuzzlebubble]

My guess would be there's one or more people they're interested in, who probably aren't available until next year. So they're prepared to go in short for 2022 rather than bring people in who they'd likely want to move on after 12 months.

Maybe a Joel Selwood type?

 

[Choc Milk]

can we give this “Betts is our Aboriginal player super mentor” BS a spell?

he’s been a wonderful player abd a good role model, but he’s just a man. Let him go learn his trade.

It's reverse racism ! It's like saying lets get a rabbi in at North Melbourne to look after Goldstein lol.

I cringe when I hear it

It's basically saying Eddie can only coach Aboriginal players and nothing else. What a crock of s**t, he's the best small forward of all time anyone could learn from him

 

[Revenant1965]

So now that the assistants are finalised, who is the tactician in our recruits?

The way I see it, they all will be involved in 'tactics', each having coached for a while in various capacities. Voss would have had to speak of how he would approach the game as part of his interview, and undoubtedly Ash Hansen is passionate about this. But I see this (all the coaches) as a good team of coaches. "As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another”.

I also suspect we will be adding more support with some specialist coaches, and other support.

 

[Jimmyonesix]

It's reverse racism ! It's like saying lets get a rabbi in at North Melbourne to look after Goldstein lol.

I cringe when I hear it

It's basically saying Eddie can only coach Aboriginal players and nothing else. What a crock of sh*t, he's the best small forward of all time anyone could learn from him

Yes all this is so true and just because was is a great player doesn't mean he is a great coach .. time will tell as a lot of what he did was intuitive ..
Im not really sure he helped progress our own small forward or the forward line while he was playing - as someone on the outside we wouldn't know .. but he was a highlight reel

 

[FitzroyBlueBagger]

Thats cos we've drafted a midfield full of players comprising the body size of primary school kids.

That doesn’t wash with me, yes most kids come in underdeveloped a bit light on in all heights and sizes, during their first few seasons size, strength and weight are a justifiable excuse going up against much more mature footballers…

That’s fair enough as long as they try, but an unwillingness in players to tackle contest chase harass bump block 1%’s there’s no excuse for the lack of efforts for any player who pulls on a jumper no matter who they are or play for…

It’s a mindset thing, some players are born with it, others are taught along the way within great teams with good cultures and leaders, lack of team ethics & substandard efforts are not tolerated…

 

[MrsEddieBetts]

We will take good care of Eddie. I promise!

You’d better

 

[TENACIOUS]

It really isn't. Just another step in the long line of division by race masquerading as cultural diversity and inclusion. Reverse that policy and tell me if you still think it's a good one.

Unsure how to respond...
IMO if it sees more indigenous people among our coaching ranks I'm all for it...

 

[myblueroan]

You’d better

You'd better you better you'd Betts?

 

[Heres Waite]

We will take good care of Eddie. I promise!

I’m surprised you didn’t pick Eddie up as a player. Would fit your age profile perfectly.

 

[JoeyPBLUES]

I’m surprised you didn’t pick Eddie up as a player. Would fit your age profile perfectly.

Rookie listed him

 

[Dramoth]

[

Voss on the boundary
Hansen in the box

Sounds like a plan. Voss was a genius at running the players on the ground when he was captain at the paddlepops.

 

[MrsEddieBetts]

You'd better you better you'd Betts?

I’ve had that song in my head since I posted it

 

[AceAndy]

Does Ash Hansen complete the assistant coaching line up for 2022 ? Or are there more announcements to come from the club.

 

[Blugazi]

Might be an extra development coach or two.

 

[katmanblue]

Save Rocca please.

Edit: Sav*

 

[gandaal]

Does Ash Hansen complete the assistant coaching line up for 2022 ? Or are there more announcements to come from the club.

Thats it. We're short one because we're still paying Teague for 6 months.

 

[Bokan]

Thats it. We're short one because we're still paying Teague for 6 months.

We aren't paying Teague for 6 months, he accepted an offer at Richmond therefore he isn't paid out anything

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[marcmurphy3]

Thats it. We're short one because we're still paying Teague for 6 months.

I doubt we would go one coach short because of a Teague payout. If we were willing to blow the softcap for 5+ years to accomodate Clarkson we would be willing to do it for teagues 6 month payout.

 

[Gethelred]

We have Voss, now we have the assistants...

But can we rebuild him? Do we have the technology?

 

[agro]

Save Rocca please.

Casboult’s gone we don’t need a kicking coach

 

[swuzzlebubble]

We have Voss, now we have the assistants...

But can we rebuild him? Do we have the technology?

Michael Voss will be that man
Better than he was before
Better, Stronger, Faster