Can anyone inform me as to whether Andrew McKay has had any coaching, football department or management roles at other clubs prior to becoming our GM of footy operations?
The Football Manager plays a critical role within a club.
A job that oversees the coaching, recruiting, list management, procurement, strategy and high-performance departments.
From my limited research, aside from working as a Veterinarian, McKay has been involved in the AFL match review panel and the AFL laws of the game committee - two non-club roles.
It is staggering to think that someone with no football department experience has been given such an important position.
Below is a list of a handful of existing club GM's of footy operations, with a snippet of respective past roles:
Marcus Wagner (Collingwood) - Spent three years as the senior football analyst at the pies;
Neil Balme (Geelong) - Coached Melbourne, two SANFL clubs and was the GM of footy operations at the pies;
Chris Bond (Freo) - Assistant coach at the bulldogs and senior coach of Werribee in the VFL;
Peter Rhode (Port) - Senior coach at the dogs;
Chris Fagan (Hawks) - Assistant coach at the dees;
Neale Daniher (West Coast) - Senior coach at Melbourne;
This is by no means a "fire McKay" thread - I'm just intrigued as to what else McKay has been up to since hanging up the boots, given his important club role.
It is frightening to think that someone with no prior club football department experience may now be the head of our football department.
The Football Manager plays a critical role within a club.
A job that oversees the coaching, recruiting, list management, procurement, strategy and high-performance departments.
From my limited research, aside from working as a Veterinarian, McKay has been involved in the AFL match review panel and the AFL laws of the game committee - two non-club roles.
It is staggering to think that someone with no football department experience has been given such an important position.
Below is a list of a handful of existing club GM's of footy operations, with a snippet of respective past roles:
Marcus Wagner (Collingwood) - Spent three years as the senior football analyst at the pies;
Neil Balme (Geelong) - Coached Melbourne, two SANFL clubs and was the GM of footy operations at the pies;
Chris Bond (Freo) - Assistant coach at the bulldogs and senior coach of Werribee in the VFL;
Peter Rhode (Port) - Senior coach at the dogs;
Chris Fagan (Hawks) - Assistant coach at the dees;
Neale Daniher (West Coast) - Senior coach at Melbourne;
This is by no means a "fire McKay" thread - I'm just intrigued as to what else McKay has been up to since hanging up the boots, given his important club role.
It is frightening to think that someone with no prior club football department experience may now be the head of our football department.
