Caesar - with Leppa and Macrae departing - do you know who is back & forward coach this year.
Also any info on the VFL and a list being built - news has been very quiet on that front.
Cheers
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Also any info on the VFL and a list being built - news has been very quiet on that front.
Cheers
These are the coaches we have left
- Damien Hardwick. Senior coach.
- Adam Kingsley. Assistant coach, midfield/stoppage.
- Andrew McQualter. Development coach Forwards
- Ivan Maric. Ruck coach but has a wider role now not exactly sure what.
Other coaches are :
- Sam Lonergan.
- Xavier Clarke.
Not sure what line they are covering but last year both they were also gong to be involved in the VFL programme as well as development coaches in AFL. I will pay more attention to the coaches to see if I can work it out.
As for VFL I have no idea on how they are constructing their list and where they are going to draw players from.
We will keep the ball forward, so no need wasting time or money on a defensive coach.
We lost Leppa and Fly , but Kingsley is so underrated transformed our midfield towards back of the year and finals we're we struggled big time in those areas .Clark and Lonergan both involved now with seniors both highly regarded.Good to freshen up the coaching group now and then even with success.
Spent ~1 hour with @Ceaser this morning watching through the fence.
Skills were on display as it was mostly non-contact. Dimma picking up the cones and hands-on with an individual group is a sign of the times.
Had a close-up to Soldo, Bachar and Cumberland who are in rehab and were in front of us. Soldo possibly the biggest man I have ever seen. Got a friendly hello and he said his knee is doing well. Cumberland is a nice size. Bachar is a phenomenal athlete and similar muscle tone to Ceaser....
My takeaways:
- Biggie is a fine specimen. Great trunk.
- Chol could easily be interpreted as the best player out there. In fine condition.
- Balta has an incredible presence about him. Booming voice. AA-lock.
- Grimes still looks like a skinny rookie pick.
- Had to confirm with Ceaser who was Will Martyn, as his body shape has changed dramatically.
- Titch was in the group in front of us. He just has that ability to do what no one else can do in tight situations.
- Miller has lost his awkward-gait. Looking forward to seeing how he develops this year.
- CCJ looked good and in one contest out marked Lynch very convincingly
- Good to see Junior out there. Not over-awed but a few years away.
- No Pickett. Hopefully he is not stuck over in WA.
- Baker his usual self. No sun-glasses or evidence of red-eyes...
Skills were on display as it was mostly non-contact. Dimma picking up the cones and hands-on with an individual group is a sign of the times.
Had a close-up to Soldo, Bachar and Cumberland who are in rehab and were in front of us. Soldo possibly the biggest man I have ever seen. Got a friendly hello and he said his knee is doing well. Cumberland is a nice size. Bachar is a phenomenal athlete and similar muscle tone to Ceaser....
My takeaways:
- Biggie is a fine specimen. Great trunk.
- Chol could easily be interpreted as the best player out there. In fine condition.
- Balta has an incredible presence about him. Booming voice. AA-lock.
- Grimes still looks like a skinny rookie pick.
- Had to confirm with Ceaser who was Will Martyn, as his body shape has changed dramatically.
- Titch was in the group in front of us. He just has that ability to do what no one else can do in tight situations.
- Miller has lost his awkward-gait. Looking forward to seeing how he develops this year.
- CCJ looked good and in one contest out marked Lynch very convincingly
- Good to see Junior out there. Not over-awed but a few years away.
- No Pickett. Hopefully he is not stuck over in WA.
- Baker his usual self. No sun-glasses or evidence of red-eyes...
nice report Thanks TF.
yeah he's a unit. its great having a bit of a birds-eye view perspective on training
yeah he's a unit. its great having a bit of a birds-eye view perspective on training
So good to have another set of eyes TF and not have to report for a change, they did step up the contested stuff after you departed though.
Just on Marlion he did not train on Saturday either, I understand his absence is NOT due to injury. He was training the house down so I hope whatever he is dealing with doesn't have a negative affect on his footy.
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Someone over at Bigfooty said Marlion has deleted all his instagram stuff....
Only down at pieland where their mea culpa is apparently great for the world.
