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Interesting article in today's Age by Caroline Willson on Ratten's coaching. I was particularly interested to read their approach to Assistant Coaches this year , the following excerpts in particular :
''Ratts made the tough call at the end of last year on his assistants. He made changes and we agreed he should look at blokes with good experience which he's done. I (Kernahan), told him we'd worry about the cost.
David Teague, Matthew Lappin and Robert Harvey departed at the end of 2010 and Ratten secured the vastly more experienced Gavin Brown along with John Barker and Matthew Capuano. Luke Webster was recruited from Fremantle as a development coach and - most significantly - Richardson came on board in the new role of senior assistant, thus freeing Mark Riley to concentrate solely on the Blues' midfield.
It seems to me that more than ever before, top quality coaching assistants and structure have a huge impact on team performance. We lost a couple of good one's last year. Let's hope the new ones can turn things around>
Watching a lot of the games this season, our midfield ond onball work is waaay too defensive (or is trying to be), too much effort in trying to block the opposition from getting the ball, and as a result we are not winning clearances. Dunno if that's midfield coach problem or head coach issue.
White Winmar wrote:As I've said before, Leigh Tudor is almost as big a loss as Lenny. Abduct him from Sydney and bring him back!
+1
Get the helicopter from the great McCarthy
STRENGTH THROUGH LOYALTY.
''I still get really excited, and I've got the '66 thing up on the wall in a frame … You look at it and think: one day, we want to achieve that.''- Arryn Siposs
From a coaching point of view, all of our assistants are coaching the Saints for the first time
except for Harvey (once b4) and King (1 year as coach). Common sense suggests that they won't know our players as well as the departed and hence are behind the 8 ball.
SainterK wrote:That doesn't read well for Harvey though does it?
They needed to get in capable and experienced coaches to Carlton, and he was moved on?
Much as I love the great man, I don't think he's a line coach. Should be used more in a development role with the young players, as he did in his first year at Carlton.
defacto wrote:we went on the cheap with assistant coaches. just couldnt afford to keep tudor and silvagni
hell silvagni didnt even want to coach anymore.
we'll be loading up on quality assistant coaches in another 1-2 years time me thinks.
no doubt 1 or 2 quality assistants for 2012 should be high on our priority list.
especially in the recently retired category - banger aside we dont have any young coaches fresh off the field.