Brian Royal on Saints Coaching Panel

Bono · Post: # 865760Post **Bono** » Mon 14 Dec 2009 6:41pm

Saw him coming out of the social club this afternoon decked out in all his StKFC gear. Nothing mentioned anywhere else. Anyone know anything about it? Maybe a development coach?

saint66au · Post: # 865768Post **saint66au** » Mon 14 Dec 2009 7:56pm

Brings many many years of experience to the table if true.

Would be a good get

saintly · Post: # 865771Post **saintly** » Mon 14 Dec 2009 8:23pm

nothing anywhere.

Eastern · Post: # 865772Post **Eastern** » Mon 14 Dec 2009 8:26pm

Should we expect an announcement on it some time soon? Like tomorrow? !!

ausfatcat · Post: # 865773Post **ausfatcat** » Mon 14 Dec 2009 8:30pm

wasn't he already a assistant with us years ago?

Royston · Post: # 865780Post **Royston** » Mon 14 Dec 2009 9:22pm

"Chocolate" Royal is the Saints development coach - specifically looking after the 2nd year players.

Great experience and a wealth of knowledge....super appointment for us.

Milan Faletic · Mon 14 Dec 2009 9:58pm

Royston wrote:"Chocolate" Royal is the Saints development coach - specifically looking after the 2nd year players.

Great experience and a wealth of knowledge....super appointment for us.

Agree. Good part of the coaching team.

Post: # 865796Post **n1ck** » Mon 14 Dec 2009 10:01pm

Fantastic appointment. Years of experience and highly regarded in the footy industry.

bobmurray · Post: # 865803Post **bobmurray** » Mon 14 Dec 2009 10:45pm

He spent 5 years at Richmond with Terry Wallace as the development coach....

maybe he had nothing to work with in the first place, but gee,hard to find
even one player that they developed in those 5 years...

good luck to him.....

does that mean one of the Danny's (Sexton or Ryan)have left the club...

saintly · Post: # 865806Post **saintly** » Mon 14 Dec 2009 11:00pm

Royston wrote:"Chocolate" Royal is the Saints development coach - specifically looking after the 2nd year players.

Great experience and a wealth of knowledge....super appointment for us.

when did that happen?

and isn't danny sexton development coach?

Batnoe · Post: # 865856Post **Batnoe** » Tue 15 Dec 2009 10:49am

http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/ ... fault.aspx

ace · Post: # 865863Post **ace** » Tue 15 Dec 2009 10:58am

A right royal ......... up!

He was an assistant coach at Richmond and Melbourne - does the club really need to teach St Kilda's young kids how to tank?

matrix · Post: # 865941Post **matrix** » Tue 15 Dec 2009 1:15pm

http://www.saints.com.au/season2009/new ... fault.aspx

chook23 · Post: # 865942Post **chook23** » Tue 15 Dec 2009 1:17pm

Is Sexton gone??

borderbarry · Tue 15 Dec 2009 1:19pm

Are there no ex Sainters out there?

Spinner · Post: # 865951Post **Spinner** » Tue 15 Dec 2009 1:36pm

Development at Richmond has me worried.

Some have said over recent time that the problem with Richmond wasn't drafting, it was development.

saintlee · Post: # 865959Post **saintlee** » Tue 15 Dec 2009 1:56pm

Spinner wrote:Development at Richmond has me worried.

Some have said over recent time that the problem with Richmond wasn't drafting, it was development.

I wouldn't be too worried, Richmond and St Kilda have totally different cultures and systems in place.

Plus, lets be honest, what haven't Richmond f*cked up in recent times!

All of St Kilda's recent coaching appointments have been great (with the possible exception of Barker), so I have full confidence in their appointment process.

Sunday Red · Post: # 865984Post **Sunday Red** » Tue 15 Dec 2009 2:51pm

saintlee wrote:
Spinner wrote:I wouldn't be too worried, Richmond and St Kilda have totally different cultures and systems in place.

Yep. The interesting part of the article IMO is this quote:

He comes to the Saints with a wealth of off-field experience; 15 years in fact.

â€œThe first thing I noticed was how professional this Club is,â€

saintly · Post: # 866002Post **saintly** » Tue 15 Dec 2009 3:37pm

Sunday Red wrote:
saintlee wrote:
Spinner wrote:I wouldn't be too worried, Richmond and St Kilda have totally different cultures and systems in place.

Yep. The interesting part of the article IMO is this quote:

He comes to the Saints with a wealth of off-field experience; 15 years in fact.

â€œThe first thing I noticed was how professional this Club is,â€

Saints94 · Post: # 866004Post **Saints94** » Tue 15 Dec 2009 3:38pm

Welcome aboard Brian

CeilidhSaint · Tue 15 Dec 2009 9:42pm

Better than saying "all clubs are pretty much the same, I just hope I can contribute a little bit bit of what I have learnt at all the hugely successful other franchises I have been involved with". "Going forward".

Teflon · Post: # 866101Post **Teflon** » Tue 15 Dec 2009 11:26pm

Great get - Little surprised by some of the negative comments - Royal is highly respected in football circles.......I certainly think branding him causeof his time at Richmond is a narrow view.

Mr Magic · Post: # 866114Post **Mr Magic** » Wed 16 Dec 2009 12:35am

Teflon wrote:Great get - Little surprised by some of the negative comments - Royal is highly respected in football circles.......I certainly think branding him cause of his time at Richmond is a narrow view.

Yes, highly credentialled and thought of in football circles.
Considered by many to have been unlucky not to land a senior coaching role in the AFL.

We are assembling a very experienced coaching panel.

Who has gone or is this appointment and additional position?

saint66au · Post: # 866125Post **saint66au** » Wed 16 Dec 2009 7:20am

borderbarry wrote:Are there no ex Sainters out there?

So you'd rather a less-credentialled ex-Saint take the job rather than the absolute best candidate out there???

The days of prodigal sons being automatically welcomed back on sentiment rather than qualifications are gone...welcome to AFL footy in the 21st Century

ace · Post: # 866150Post **ace** » Wed 16 Dec 2009 11:12am

Sunday Red wrote:
saintlee wrote:
Spinner wrote:I wouldn't be too worried, Richmond and St Kilda have totally different cultures and systems in place.

Yep. The interesting part of the article IMO is this quote:

He comes to the Saints with a wealth of off-field experience; 15 years in fact.

â€œThe first thing I noticed was how professional this Club is,â€