Two years ago If you had of asked me about Terry Wallace coaching us I would have said I don't want that *#@* anywhere near Punt Road. But since then and seeing how our side has been decimated both in skill and tactically by an utter novice I feel that Wallace is the correct choice for the job.
Both Harvey and O'Donnell may very well in the end, end up as good coaches, but the fact remains that both these guys are untried and unexperienced in the top level of coaching, therefore with that fact in mind it is a bit of a lottery of what we can expect from them. This might be fine in a stable environment where they have stable and confident leadership, but we have to look at the facts and be honest that our club administrativly speaking at this time is very far from stable and there is an enormous chance that our current board and president will not be in charge come years end and that we will have a new administration in it's infancy trying to establish its self let alone trying to support and establish a new young coach to the ranks of the top job.
What we need is a coach that knows the ropes, has been there and done that, that can get on with the job confidently at a moments notice, someone who can say, rightio, lets go, this is what we are doing, therefore taking the pressure off the new administration to some degree so that the administartion themselves can start to establish themselves in their new roles.
Wallace and Eade, both have experience, both have a very similar record winning wise, but Wallace has the experience with an unstable environment and also has a far greater public face than Eade, Wallace is a communicator. Wallace commands far greater respect with his comments than what Eade does, his public profile is far greater than Eades and that goes a far greater distance in inspiring support than being relatively introverted. Sheedy is a classic example and we need someone who can talk and put themselves out there as well as coach.
Wallace has an enormous ambition, he would love nothing more than to be compared to Matthews, Sheedy and Malthouse etc. But that means he has to win Grand Finals and if he coaches us that means we have to be the one's that win them. He has no allegience to any other club, no sentimental allegiance, not even to the Hawks and that is exactly the sort of person we need.
In the words of Morpheus: He is the one.
Both Harvey and O'Donnell may very well in the end, end up as good coaches, but the fact remains that both these guys are untried and unexperienced in the top level of coaching, therefore with that fact in mind it is a bit of a lottery of what we can expect from them. This might be fine in a stable environment where they have stable and confident leadership, but we have to look at the facts and be honest that our club administrativly speaking at this time is very far from stable and there is an enormous chance that our current board and president will not be in charge come years end and that we will have a new administration in it's infancy trying to establish its self let alone trying to support and establish a new young coach to the ranks of the top job.
What we need is a coach that knows the ropes, has been there and done that, that can get on with the job confidently at a moments notice, someone who can say, rightio, lets go, this is what we are doing, therefore taking the pressure off the new administration to some degree so that the administartion themselves can start to establish themselves in their new roles.
Wallace and Eade, both have experience, both have a very similar record winning wise, but Wallace has the experience with an unstable environment and also has a far greater public face than Eade, Wallace is a communicator. Wallace commands far greater respect with his comments than what Eade does, his public profile is far greater than Eades and that goes a far greater distance in inspiring support than being relatively introverted. Sheedy is a classic example and we need someone who can talk and put themselves out there as well as coach.
Wallace has an enormous ambition, he would love nothing more than to be compared to Matthews, Sheedy and Malthouse etc. But that means he has to win Grand Finals and if he coaches us that means we have to be the one's that win them. He has no allegience to any other club, no sentimental allegiance, not even to the Hawks and that is exactly the sort of person we need.
In the words of Morpheus: He is the one.
