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Very interesting discussion topic.
For what it's worth my take is they are very different coaches in style so it is a really difficult comparison.
Scott B is very much influenced by Malthouse. He is of the Clarkson/Hardwick type, strong system, strong relationships and heavy on education, knowing your role, team over individual.
Scott C is more your Kevin Sheedy/Leigh Matthews type operator. Have a basic structure but always looking for advantage with change and unpredictability. Dynamic coaching. Utilise individual ability and use foot soldiers to assist your best players to shine.
Very hard to say how interchangeable they would be, personally I think Chris Scott is a better than excellent coach and Brad a very good coach. Ultimately it probably depends on how well they interact with a specific group of players and what traits those players have.
The answer is unequivocally,
Yes.
The cleverer Charlatans, despots, conmen, carpetbaggers, crooks, thieves, pimps, politicians, and AFL old boys
Have been shooting through suddenly after decades
Forever.
And they will continue to do so,
forever.
Some get found cowering in a drain, by angry mobs with pointy things: most dont.
The headline on the afl's channel
'Dons poach AFL GM' with a grinning Scott,
Demonstrates the organisation is near peak deluded, and will fail soon.
If The ABC ran a headline
'Rio Tinto poach Minister for Resources' with a grinning Minister for Resources,
There would be a royal commission and a change of goverment.
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Maybe he can devote his time to that World Cup of Tennis idea he once floated.
Very interesting discussion topic.
For what it's worth my take is they are very different coaches in style so it is a really difficult comparison.
Scott B is very much influenced by Malthouse. He is of the Clarkson/Hardwick type, strong system, strong relationships and heavy on education, knowing your role, team over individual.
Scott C is more your Kevin Sheedy/Leigh Matthews type operator. Have a basic structure but always looking for advantage with change and unpredictability. Dynamic coaching. Utilise individual ability and use foot soldiers to assist your best players to shine.
Very hard to say how interchangeable they would be, personally I think Chris Scott is a better than excellent coach and Brad a very good coach. Ultimately it probably depends on how well they interact with a specific group of players and what traits those players have.
Good observations and generally agree.
Although I feel Chris pivoted his coaching style and game plan a bit this year which brought them closer together.
FWIW I can't stand either of them and hope they both fail!!
That's a good idea, he's a real ideas man, he could call it the Laver Cup.
I am very unconvinced that Brad Scott is a great coach and I reckon Essendon's list is nowhere near climbing up the ladder.
But, I reckon it is a good appointment.
Why?
Don't think he is a great coach.
Do know he is a surly bastard.
A surly bastard is just what Essendon need. Someone who will just walk in the room and point out the list deficiencies. Someone who will tell the coteries to pull their heads in, fund the club and keep out of what they shouldn't be poking their noses in. Someone who will question the hierarchy.
Maybe Brad Scott is a better coach than I have seen, North Melbourne is not exactly an easy gig. We'll see. But if he kicks heads and tells the truth to power at Essendon he will likely do the club a lot of good. They are delusional out at Tulla and appointing someone from outside who is unlikely to suffer fools at all is a wise move. Has someone out there grown some brains? Be a pity if they have, want to see Essendon go way more than 37 years without a flag.
DS
But, I reckon it is a good appointment.
Why?
Don't think he is a great coach.
Do know he is a surly bastard.
A surly bastard is just what Essendon need. Someone who will just walk in the room and point out the list deficiencies. Someone who will tell the coteries to pull their heads in, fund the club and keep out of what they shouldn't be poking their noses in. Someone who will question the hierarchy.
Maybe Brad Scott is a better coach than I have seen, North Melbourne is not exactly an easy gig. We'll see. But if he kicks heads and tells the truth to power at Essendon he will likely do the club a lot of good. They are delusional out at Tulla and appointing someone from outside who is unlikely to suffer fools at all is a wise move. Has someone out there grown some brains? Be a pity if they have, want to see Essendon go way more than 37 years without a flag.
DS
Don't agree with everyone cutting Scott slack because he coached North. North were better when he too took over than we were when Hardwick took over. The AFL equalisation policies mean all clubs and coaches have the means to succeed.
He got them to consecutive prelims before his Dad’s Army approach failed and then he cut his losses leaving them in way worse shape then when he arrived. He’s the architect of where #lolnorf currently are. Hopefully he can do something similar to the Bombres.
Sounds like his brother.
Just needed someone working inside the AFL to help him out
Bombers have a much younger list. It’s prime for a coach like him. I hate to say it because I dislike both the bombers and the Scotts but this has got a good chance of working out despite their best efforts to f it up
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I bet Hird ends up there as some sort of assistant or development coach
