Had a long chat to an old Westies premiership player today. He's convinced that Pyke can't coach. Also had a gut full of Campo, Hart and Burton. I generally catch up with him every 4-8 weeks. In the past he's mentioned frustration at the game plan etc, but this is the first time I've heard him openly express the level of criticism directly at individuals coaching.
Pyke strikes me as the perfect guy to put in a head assistant role who worries about structures and setups and things of that regard. As a head coach though? Don't think he has the personality or game day nous to get us going, which is why he hasn't been able to turn around the slow descent over the last two years.
Either that, or perhaps as a football department head. I'm prepared to stay open minded though, at least until we start seeing the result of the review trickle down. A lot of people were surprised that both Buckley and Hardwick came out their clubs respective reviews relatively unscathed.
Being a westies premiership player makes him qualified, given that he has never been coached by Pyke
Need something.
Won’t happen
Ex Crows player from Westies ? .......Birch ? Porps
Old .. played with some deadset legends
Could be.
Older .. think 1983
Fielke
.. I won't be outing him
Lol. That explains alot
I w oknder if their review said to remove Hart or it was just coincidental timing
That's what I mean. If the review came out and said "They struggle with X, Y and Z and this will prevent them doing their job to an acceptable level" we'd say "let's work on X, Y, Z" instead of finding someone who can do those things.
Agreed, thats a loss for mine.
Or the reviewers aren't real reviewers and shouldn't review our club anymore
Paul Patterson
lol .. no
