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Andrew 'Mini' McQualter
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Anywhere, anytime but our game style is suited to a bigger ground where we can take territory and close down space.
We need to find a way to win.
We’ve never been great there
Tony Braxton-Hicks
There are no stupid ideas, just stupid people
Jack said on Thursday that mini hadn't changed much. Maybe the structure of some of the meetings. He felt the boys had been freed up a bit and that Dimma said that he couldn't motivate us anymore and that he felt someone else could. A new voice and all.
If Jack is being straight then is this free and easy feeling the players have sustainable? History says no. Ask any of the players who played under Jeff Gieschen. I vividly remember the Flea explaining how it started off great but by the end the players called him the quiche because "he was light and fluffy but if you had too much of him he made you sick."
Rhyce Shaw did the classic interim coach thing at North. As interim coach he freed them up, don't be afraid to take risks, no recriminations, back to basics footy and the players loved him. He gets appointed senior coach and the players turn up to pre-season with the whiteboard filled with new rules and gameplans which he was going to implement. Turns out his gameplan or his ability to teach it or both weren't up to it and it fell apart pretty quickly.
This is my fear with Mini. I would much rather he came in and changed things up a bit. Introduced a few of his own philosophies so we could see what he has actually got, what his footy philosophies are. I'd love the players to be talking about the things he's introduced rather than saying nothing has changed.
All the feel good stuff is great in the short term but what happens long term?
Tony Braxton-Hicks
There are no stupid ideas, just stupid people
What we don't know is what ideas Mini has brought in strategy meetings, and which ones Dimma adopted and which ones he didn't.
One thing Dimma stuffed each year was positional decisions. This year it was Cotch and Dusty as forwards. We left some wins on the table. Mini has corrected that, not that you needed to be a genius to do that.
Perhaps it's wise for our players not to tell everyone what strategy changes Mini has introduced. Let others judge for themselves by the way we play, such as the way we beat Sydney. For me, he's doing very well given the number of inexperienced players taking the field.
Main difference of course is that Mini has spent years at the club wtiting on the whiteboard. Yes he'll tweaking down the dimmerisms and maxing the minis.
But mostly he'd have had plenty of time over the years to actually implement his plans and structures.
He is miles ahead of Rhyce Shaw
Plus Richmond as a club are miles ahead of where North were at the time of appointing Shaw so that's a major positive.
There was no chance of a new game plan mid season. You’re stretching things here. It was only small tweaks possible and getting players to suggest only promotes buy in and ownership.
But I get you. Mini needs to go through the process and I’d be setting some key criteria for assessment across all prospects such as list structure, future strategy, game plan adaptation etc. As mini is custodian of a functioning game plan he’d have to *smile* the bed or else there’s bloody excellent candidate out there.
It’s a good point but we also have no idea what the parameters he has to work within. I think one of the more credentialed assistants would’ve got the interim gig if the org wanted change. The club believes the current plan works so his tenure shouldn’t be assessed on his game plan innovation. His tweaks have worked and game day has seen improvements.
Mini not previously coached a team outright is however an area for genuine concern. It isn’t a deal breaker but there’d need to be focus to develop and contingency put in place to ensure he has every support.
The fill in coach I hope will NOT be appointed as the RFC senior coach by the end of this season.
He’s a product of the Hardwick legacy which, if you haven’t noticed, has left a list full of holes. A non existent development side to the club and a culture where the players elect their captains (that’s worked well), and are publicly airing their preferences for who should be coach.
A fresh start, is just that, and the club would be delinquent in their duty of finding the best senior coach and assistants outside of the scraps left on the table by Hardwick.
In fact the club needs to look at the recruiting and development side of things with the same ruthless and laser like attention to finding the best senior coach available.
And he is not the current coach. That much is certain
He’s a product of the Hardwick legacy which, if you haven’t noticed, has left a list full of holes. A non existent development side to the club and a culture where the players elect their captains (that’s worked well), and are publicly airing their preferences for who should be coach.
A fresh start, is just that, and the club would be delinquent in their duty of finding the best senior coach and assistants outside of the scraps left on the table by Hardwick.
In fact the club needs to look at the recruiting and development side of things with the same ruthless and laser like attention to finding the best senior coach available.
And he is not the current coach. That much is certain
I hope this is a reality check today. The players have constantly pushed for him but I think we need a new voice.
Matt Clarke was promoted from within. He has proven to be no Francis Jackson. Meehan was promoted to replace Burge and we
have had more soft tissue injuries than anyone except the Eagles.
There is a good chance Mini is no Dimma.
It's not always best to promote from within.
Matt Clarke was promoted from within. He has proven to be no Francis Jackson. Meehan was promoted to replace Burge and we
have had more soft tissue injuries than anyone except the Eagles.
There is a good chance Mini is no Dimma.
It's not always best to promote from within.
Whoever gets the job needs to work on and out a premium on skills. McQualter does not seem to be that man. Was he ever under serious consideration for other senior roles? If not, we’re finding out why.
It was definitely Weightman who told the story and whilst he may not have been playing he was still heavily involved with the club.
