Who's our Coach for 2014?

Which Coach do you prefer?

  • Paul Roos

    Votes: 139 48.9%
  • Adrian Fletcher

    Votes: 1 0.4%
  • Mark Harvey

    Votes: 22 7.7%
  • Justin Leppitch

    Votes: 38 13.4%
  • Nigel Lappin

    Votes: 4 1.4%
  • Alan Richardson

    Votes: 12 4.2%
  • Brent Ratten

    Votes: 14 4.9%
  • Mark Williams

    Votes: 24 8.5%
  • Other (please specify)

    Votes: 30 10.6%

  • Total voters
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The person that I have been led to believe will be the coach is still not currently in the finals

However...IF and it is a big IF

It all goes pear shaped for one of the top 4 teams in an ugly way

Don't be surprised if a 'Ross Lyon-Fremantle' style godfather offer is launched
So Leppitsch is the current front runner but we are watching what happens with Clarkson very carefully? ;)

If I had to take a gut feel punt tonight, I reckon it will be Leppa by himself.
 

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The person that I have been led to believe will be the coach is still not currently in the finals

However...IF and it is a big IF

It all goes pear shaped for one of the top 4 teams in an ugly way

Don't be surprised if a 'Ross Lyon-Fremantle' style godfather offer is launched
Richardson? For the first one?

Godfather offer = Clarkson?
 

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The person that I have been led to believe will be the coach is still not currently in the finals

However...IF and it is a big IF

It all goes pear shaped for one of the top 4 teams in an ugly way

Don't be surprised if a 'Ross Lyon-Fremantle' style godfather offer is launched

Well could it be Al Clarkson??? Watch out any journos who ask a silly question or umpires at his kids AusKick.
 
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I'm happy for it to be Leppa but after the Vossy gate I would have liked to have seen a coach with no ties to the club.
Is the issue with Voss the fact that we appointed a favourite son, or, the fact that we appointed a favourite son without an apprenticeship?

The downside with the favourite son thing is that pretty much every coaching role is terminal and it means there will be some heartbreak at the end of it. But at least with Leppa we would have followed a full traditional process.
 

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Is the issue with Voss the fact that we appointed a favourite son, or, the fact that we appointed a favourite son without an apprenticeship?

The downside with the favourite son thing is that pretty much every coaching role is terminal and it means there will be some heartbreak at the end of it. But at least with Leppa we would have followed a full traditional process.

I would just have preferred to not go down the favourite son path this time around. At least this time if Leppa gets the gig he has done his apprenticeship and should be up to the task. I'd be much more in the Leppa camp if he had been involved in a premiership or many finals campaigns as an Assistant coach.
 

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Our club simply has NFI what is going on and the fact Neil Craig is even in contention goes to show what a joke we are; its just amateur hour up there at the moment and people actually expect us to retain any of these kids.

Who can honestly blame them with the shit that is going on up there.
 
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Leigh Matthews is a great judge and I would back him in - these guys have done the hard yards and if he backs Craig in I would trust his judgement. He would know his own players better than anyone(Leppitsch) and he also understands what is required better than anyone in the AFL. Why would he back Craig in if he did not have a very good reason! it is his backside and credibility on the line - people have very short memories re Neil Craig - there seems to be a lot of his backers in the AFL.
As an Adelaide supporter he provided us with an enormous base for the future and was one very average free kick from
Having his team in a Grand Final!!
 

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Jeez that has got to sting. the lions wins the NAB cup and the list looks promising heading into 2014. but the board sacks Voss and Harvey jumps off the ship.

edit: who would you guys like to see as coach? Choco Williams?
have Dean Bailey and Neil Craig as assistants perhaps?
 

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Jeez that has got to sting. the lions wins the NAB cup and the list looks promising heading into 2014. but the board sacks Voss and Harvey jumps off the ship.

edit: who would you guys like to see as coach? Choco Williams?
have Dean Bailey and Neil Craig as assistants perhaps?
Trolling much?
 

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Lethal Leigh is on the board that picks the new coach right?

I'm sure he will pick the right man. He would know a lot about Choco since they have had a lot of high quality battles about a decade ago when Port and Brissy were up top.
 
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Lethal Leigh is on the board that picks the new coach right?

I'm sure he will pick the right man. He would know a lot about Choco since they have had a lot of high quality battles about a decade ago when Port and Brissy were up top.
Choco isn't a candidate. Shush now.
 

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So, should we expect player departures to Essendon too now :confused:
Yeah, then the sky will fall and Armageddon will follow quickly afterwards.

Harvey was never realistically going to stay on as an assistant coach after Voss was sacked. Essendon is the perfect job opportunity for him. It should be high paying with no expectations or pressure on him because Hird will take back the mantle on 12 months.

I wish Mark all the best at Essendon or whatever he decides to do with his life.
 

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The knock on Tudor is that he is not the type to rally a group behind him and lead them into war. Fantastic footy smarts and knowledge of the game but does not have that steel needed for senior coaching. This is second hand information though so can't say if it's 100% accurate for sure.[/

Wasn't the leader type when he played either. My concern with him is that he was a less than ferocious outside the play type of player. Traditionally not many of these become inspirational, or for that matter successful coaches. ( queue/cue the list to prove otherwise) Personal view is that if we go down the path of one of the assistants, I would like Simpson.
 

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Our club simply has NFI what is going on and the fact Neil Craig is even in contention goes to show what a joke we are; its just amateur hour up there at the moment and people actually expect us to retain any of these kids.

Who can honestly blame them with the shit that is going on up there.

What a seriously ridiculous statement. How do you know that Craig is such a bad coach ??? His results on the surface seem to be quite good. Who cares about his Melbourne record. Even Barassi, Roos cannot/could not make that work without massive AFL intervention. Did Craig destroy the Adelaide Football Club ?

If Lyon gets Freo in the Grand Final this year & they lose, will he be considered a failure of a coach in years to come, assuming that he never wins a flag. Two runner ups at St Kilda. It is just hard to win a flag.

The hysteria against Craig on our forum is just bewildering. I don't get it. Craig was not my choice, but if he gets the job, let's give him a go.
 

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Is the issue with Voss the fact that we appointed a favourite son, or, the fact that we appointed a favourite son without an apprenticeship?

The downside with the favourite son thing is that pretty much every coaching role is terminal and it means there will be some heartbreak at the end of it. But at least with Leppa we would have followed a full traditional process.
Yeah I personally want somebody to be appointed with no strings attached to the club however I think Leppa has been away from the club long enough now to come in and not have much of an emotional attachment to the playing list. I am also glad that he has been an asistant coach for several years now at two separate clubs and he has been at Richmond as they have developed into a finals side. I think he will make a good senior coach.

It would be nice for a red headed former Lions player to replace another red headed former Lions player I guess.
 
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