If not Ross Lyon....then who?
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ross is contracted until the end of next season and i'd expect him to see out his contract.
however if it does become apparent that he is not the man to take us forward then i'd be looking at a passionate ST KILDA man.
nathan burke? aussie jones? grant thomas?
however if it does become apparent that he is not the man to take us forward then i'd be looking at a passionate ST KILDA man.
nathan burke? aussie jones? grant thomas?
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Thats all we need to untried coaches and one that has been sacked.bigcarl wrote:ross is contracted until the end of next season and i'd expect him to see out his contract.
however if it does become apparent that he is not the man to take us forward then i'd be looking at a passionate ST KILDA man.
nathan burke? aussie jones? grant thomas?
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all coaches are untried at some point and sacked at some point.plugger66 wrote:Thats all we need to untried coaches and one that has been sacked.bigcarl wrote:ross is contracted until the end of next season and i'd expect him to see out his contract.
however if it does become apparent that he is not the man to take us forward then i'd be looking at a passionate ST KILDA man.
nathan burke? aussie jones? grant thomas?
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True but as JD pointed out Burkie is a board member and also quit as an assistant so not sure his heart is in it. Aussie well he quit as a player because he was sick of the pressure, could you imagine the pressure as a Saints coach. Gt well he should still be coaching but he is gone.bigcarl wrote:all coaches are untried at some point and sacked at some point.plugger66 wrote:Thats all we need to untried coaches and one that has been sacked.bigcarl wrote:ross is contracted until the end of next season and i'd expect him to see out his contract.
however if it does become apparent that he is not the man to take us forward then i'd be looking at a passionate ST KILDA man.
nathan burke? aussie jones? grant thomas?
Surely we have history in sacking coaches. Then so has Richmond, and even Hawthorn had a few changes recently.
The question is - should a coach, who clearly has no motivation skills and a big question mark over his coaching ability, stay simply because we have a bad history with coaches. Is two years with little signs of improvement - actually more going backwards - long enough, or should he see out his contract? Shouldn’t the club keep searching for coaches until they find the right one?
IMO I think he’ll see out his contract, but how many more members can we lose (and lose we will) before the collection tins start rattling again? I think we were already the only club (not counting the ones who get hand-outs from the AFL)that posted a minor loss last year, and I’m not at all confident that we’ll be posting a profit this year
The question is - should a coach, who clearly has no motivation skills and a big question mark over his coaching ability, stay simply because we have a bad history with coaches. Is two years with little signs of improvement - actually more going backwards - long enough, or should he see out his contract? Shouldn’t the club keep searching for coaches until they find the right one?
IMO I think he’ll see out his contract, but how many more members can we lose (and lose we will) before the collection tins start rattling again? I think we were already the only club (not counting the ones who get hand-outs from the AFL)that posted a minor loss last year, and I’m not at all confident that we’ll be posting a profit this year
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maddern was a good ruckman he is doing a good job .plugger66 wrote:Also if Rix goes he could be the ruck coach.ralphysaints35 wrote:maxi wont retire this year though so yeah would be agood idea for year after nextbergsone wrote:N Daniher ?
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Dont you think it looks better than what we have nowplugger66 wrote:Also if Rix goes he could be the ruck coach.ralphysaints35 wrote:maxi wont retire this year though so yeah would be agood idea for year after nextbergsone wrote:N Daniher ?
Gehrig Hamill forward coach
Harvey Jones midfield
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Not if none of them want to coach.bergsone wrote:Dont you think it looks better than what we have nowplugger66 wrote:Also if Rix goes he could be the ruck coach.ralphysaints35 wrote:maxi wont retire this year though so yeah would be agood idea for year after nextbergsone wrote:N Daniher ?
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Doesnt cost anything to askplugger66 wrote:Not if none of them want to coach.bergsone wrote:Dont you think it looks better than what we have nowplugger66 wrote:Also if Rix goes he could be the ruck coach.ralphysaints35 wrote:maxi wont retire this year though so yeah would be agood idea for year after nextbergsone wrote:N Daniher ?
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GT couldn't coach and had no plan B. There was no way he would've taken us to the next level IMSASObigcarl wrote:course he should be. nice to see one honest man on the forumplugger66 wrote:Gt well he should still be coaching but he is gone.
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Never say never, my friend. Otherwise, why bother turning up?bigcarl wrote:i'm sure it would be a positive one, but can you see it happening?WayneJudson42 wrote:I'd love to see the reaction if we won the last 3 games convicingly...
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that's the problem, isn't it. too many games in which we haven't turned up.WayneJudson42 wrote:Never say never, my friend. Otherwise, why bother turning up?bigcarl wrote:i'm sure it would be a positive one, but can you see it happening?WayneJudson42 wrote:I'd love to see the reaction if we won the last 3 games convicingly...
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aussie jones . seriously great player but coaching a country team really doesnt mean squat when it comes to the big time
Burkie : yeah casue the last time a board member fired a bloke to take up the role went down really well
GT : god help us his ego was a proble at the staart could you imagine after we payed him out for us to crawl back ... it would be a cold day in hell befor that transpires
Hammil : good player but how do you know he can coach ? Watson was a good player also ...
seriously look at our history do we really think sacking the coach will put us ahead ??
aussie jones . seriously great player but coaching a country team really doesnt mean squat when it comes to the big time
Burkie : yeah casue the last time a board member fired a bloke to take up the role went down really well
GT : god help us his ego was a proble at the staart could you imagine after we payed him out for us to crawl back ... it would be a cold day in hell befor that transpires
Hammil : good player but how do you know he can coach ? Watson was a good player also ...
seriously look at our history do we really think sacking the coach will put us ahead ??
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