New coaches - Skrobalak and Batchelor from Dolphins VFL

[shrodes]

[Teflon]

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[degruch]

Wow...we're re-recruiting our ruck coach...now there's a coup!

[saintsRrising]

Well clearly our rucks have been out strength........

[skeptic]

Well in Fairness, he did ok with Pierce

[Verdun66]

He was part time I think. Now full-time.

[WellardSaint]

Batchelor is a nobody.
Played 84 games for Tigers over 7 years, got delisted at end of 2017.

Still young, 26 years old.
Why give him a gig on the coaching panel?
What the hell has he done?

[supersaints2]

Tells me that Pierce is staying Skrobalak rates him and rightly so.
I like the look of Pierce and Marshall together

[kosifantutti]

Batchelor is a nobody.
Played 84 games for Tigers over 7 years, got delisted at end of 2017.

Still young, 26 years old.
Why give him a gig on the coaching panel?
What the hell has he done?

Imagine employing a 26 year old with an average playing record on your coaching panel.

https://afltables.com/afl/stats/players ... Jeans.html

[SaintPav]

Interesting. Skrobalak must be highly regarded.

Looks like Sexton is staying on.

[SaintPav]

Batchelor is a nobody.
Played 84 games for Tigers over 7 years, got delisted at end of 2017.

Still young, 26 years old.
Why give him a gig on the coaching panel?
What the hell has he done?

Those guys sometimes make the best kind of coaches.

[whiskers3614]

Batchelor is a nobody.
Played 84 games for Tigers over 7 years, got delisted at end of 2017.

Still young, 26 years old.
Why give him a gig on the coaching panel?
What the hell has he done?

Playing record similar to Alan Jeans when he first got the job!

[chico2001]

Batchelor is a nobody.
Played 84 games for Tigers over 7 years, got delisted at end of 2017.

Still young, 26 years old.
Why give him a gig on the coaching panel?
What the hell has he done?

Playing record similar to Alan Jeans when he first got the job!

FFS do you guys know anything about football at all? Now you are justifying the employment of coaches by comparing them to Allan Jeans. Would Skrobalac get a job at another AFL club? We have already heard about the amount of coaches St Kilda has employed, at last count about 12 inc B.Dixon and this is from a club with a deplorable coaching record and hasnt made finals for years. Why dont you start discussing that with something meaningful to hang your hat on instead of dragging up stats about allan jeans..WTF.

[saint6709]

Batchelor is a nobody.
Played 84 games for Tigers over 7 years, got delisted at end of 2017.

Still young, 26 years old.
Why give him a gig on the coaching panel?
What the hell has he done?

Those guys sometimes make the best kind of coaches.

So he was on the list in tigers premiership year ? Brings some IP I should imagine

[Joffa Burns]

Batchelor is a nobody.
Played 84 games for Tigers over 7 years, got delisted at end of 2017.

Still young, 26 years old.
Why give him a gig on the coaching panel?
What the hell has he done?

Playing record similar to Alan Jeans when he first got the job!

FFS do you guys know anything about football at all? Now you are justifying the employment of coaches by comparing them to Allan Jeans. Would Skrobalac get a job at another AFL club? We have already heard about the amount of coaches St Kilda has employed, at last count about 12 inc B.Dixon and this is from a club with a deplorable coaching record and hasnt made finals for years. Why dont you start discussing that with something meaningful to hang your hat on instead of dragging up stats about allan jeans..WTF.

Fact is none of us have any idea of his credentials or on what basis he has been employed.

Let’s hope he is intelligent and passionate about the games and brings new ideas and logic to the table.

[Wayne42]

Here is a less hysterical take on these 2 coaching appointments.

After seven years and 84 senior games with Richmond, Jake Batchelor joined the Frankston Dolphins in 2018 as a playing assistant coach.
The 26-year-old impressed in his role, developing the Dolphins’ young defenders and also spent time at the Saints in a part-time capacity in the second half of the season.

Talented part-time assistant coach Adam Skrobalak will also step up his involvement through a full-time development role with St Kilda in 2019.

[saint6709]

Batchelor is a nobody.
Played 84 games for Tigers over 7 years, got delisted at end of 2017.

Still young, 26 years old.
Why give him a gig on the coaching panel?
What the hell has he done?

Those guys sometimes make the best kind of coaches.

So he was on the list in tigers premiership year ? Brings some IP I should imagine

So this has me thinking that Caracella is not coming - so Batchelor is the IP from Richmond - if I can go out on a limb and assume Harvey is coming - that means this off season we have picked up IP from Richmond, Port Adelaide, Hawthorn and Collingwood - last year we added Swans - not a bad result I would think ---- looks to me like the only guy not adding anything new is Richardson ....maybe I'll start a thread that perhaps he needs to be replaced??

[Faulky63]

Here is a less hysterical take on these 2 coaching appointments.

After seven years and 84 senior games with Richmond, Jake Batchelor joined the Frankston Dolphins in 2018 as a playing assistant coach.
The 26-year-old impressed in his role, developing the Dolphins’ young defenders and also spent time at the Saints in a part-time capacity in the second half of the season.

Talented part-time assistant coach Adam Skrobalak will also step up his involvement through a full-time development role with St Kilda in 2019.

GREAT to see some positive added instead of all negative all the time.
Well done Wayne42!

[Linton Street Saint]

if I can go out on a limb and assume Harvey is coming

Um where did this come from ?

[Junior]

If we are going to go by playing records then what were Richmond doing giving McQulater a gig?

Playing record of very little little if any relevance.

[Beno88]

Here is a less hysterical take on these 2 coaching appointments.

After seven years and 84 senior games with Richmond, Jake Batchelor joined the Frankston Dolphins in 2018 as a playing assistant coach.
The 26-year-old impressed in his role, developing the Dolphins’ young defenders and also spent time at the Saints in a part-time capacity in the second half of the season.

Talented part-time assistant coach Adam Skrobalak will also step up his involvement through a full-time development role with St Kilda in 2019.

GREAT to see some positive added instead of all negative all the time.
Well done Wayne42!

+1

I don't know if it's just the impact barracking for St Kilda has on the brain, but some of the reactions to these appointments are just bizarre.

[WellardSaint]

if I can go out on a limb and assume Harvey is coming

Um where did this come from ?

you have edited the post WRONGLY. The 'Harvey not coming' is from saint6709, replying to my post.
You make it look like I said it, which I certainly did not.

[chico2001]

Here is a less hysterical take on these 2 coaching appointments.

After seven years and 84 senior games with Richmond, Jake Batchelor joined the Frankston Dolphins in 2018 as a playing assistant coach.
The 26-year-old impressed in his role, developing the Dolphins’ young defenders and also spent time at the Saints in a part-time capacity in the second half of the season.

Talented part-time assistant coach Adam Skrobalak will also step up his involvement through a full-time development role with St Kilda in 2019.

GREAT to see some positive added instead of all negative all the time.
Well done Wayne42!

+1

I don't know if it's just the impact barracking for St Kilda has on the brain, but some of the reactions to these appointments are just bizarre.

Need to show how good these blokes are first, not patting them on the back for being appointed at a lowly club. Of course people are going to ask questions and query appointments especially on a forum. Give us some evidence of these blokes coaching records as to why they were appointed.

[takeaway]

Batchelor is a nobody.
Played 84 games for Tigers over 7 years, got delisted at end of 2017.

Still young, 26 years old.
Why give him a gig on the coaching panel?
What the hell has he done?

Playing record similar to Alan Jeans when he first got the job!

FFS do you guys know anything about football at all? Now you are justifying the employment of coaches by comparing them to Allan Jeans. Would Skrobalac get a job at another AFL club? We have already heard about the amount of coaches St Kilda has employed, at last count about 12 inc B.Dixon and this is from a club with a deplorable coaching record and hasnt made finals for years. Why dont you start discussing that with something meaningful to hang your hat on instead of dragging up stats about allan jeans..WTF.

Totally valid point from Whiskers. Did you not understand it Chico? Just saying that you don't have to be a gun player to be a successful coach. Jeans was a GOP as is Batchelor. I bet there were a few murmurings in 1961 when Jeans was appointed Coach at age 28.

[Peanut Farm]

The biggest flop at the Saints second to Richo has (was) been Peta Searle - absolutely horrendous development of players.