Strategy Back of House Discussion: Targets, Changes, Appointments & Facilities

[woosha24]

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Bell can also get in the bin.

So is this an official "has the full backing of the board" comment? Because we know how those go.

 

[Jumpoff Joey]

After todays presser I want Paul Fitzpatrick gone.

He has been hiding in the shadows for the last couple of years, sitting on the sidelines. Simmo has taken every hit and been the face of failing club while guys like him hid behind Simpson.

 

[flamingEMBERS]

After todays presser I want Paul Fitzpatrick gone.

He has been hiding in the shadows for the last couple of years, sitting on the sidelines. Simmo has taken every hit and been the face of failing club while guys like him hid behind Simpson.

He’s tenure is up this year, but as chair he removed the unremovable CEO and overseen the removal of a coach both within 9 months.

Not sure you need a vocal chair? Seems that’s more the CEOs role.

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

He’s tenure is up this year, but as chair he removed the unremovable CEO and overseen the removal of a coach both within 9 months.

Not sure you need a vocal chair? Seems that’s more the CEOs role.

His tenure is up this year because he’s been on the board 9 years. It’s not like he’s come in with a broom and sacked the blokes that got us into the doldrums. He’s been a part of the board that oversaw the entire descent.

 

[CountryLad]

Time to clean the house now at the end of the season. GM should go as should the coaching staff behind Simmo.

Start fresh next year with a new coach, GM of Footy and new assistants and development coaches.

 

[the harry]

Confirmation the rebuild will take years now. New coach won't be able to have a game plan over one pre season, new assistance and dev coaches similar.

Put a broom through and start fresh.

 

[Wooshaaaa]

Time to clean the house now at the end of the season. GM should go as should the coaching staff behind Simmo.

Start fresh next year with a new coach, GM of Footy and new assistants and development coaches.

100%

This will take the best in business from GM of footy down to development.

Club should ask Graham wright if he wants in as GM footy. He seems to be on the way out at the pies.

We need some well known names in the development space. Ex players/wanna be coaches who the current daftees/players watched as kids and idolised. My preferences would be Joel Selwood, scott Pendlebury,

And then who ever the new senior coach is, will likely want a say into his assistants.

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[Goroyals22]

After todays presser I want Paul Fitzpatrick gone.

He has been hiding in the shadows for the last couple of years, sitting on the sidelines. Simmo has taken every hit and been the face of failing club while guys like him hid behind Simpson.

It’s alright, he has enough years clocked up to get life membership and not pay for anything at the footy again.




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[DanWCE]

If we do go searching for a new GM of Footy I wonder if someone like Beau Waters

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would be interested and suitably skilled for the role?

Barra is already campaigning for Cuzzy to come back to the club in an assistant coaching capacity but I think it's a bit soon for that. It did get me thinking about past players with an edge who know about standards and have that real hunger for success and winning.

 

[squashface]

If we do go searching for a new GM of Footy I wonder if someone like Beau Waters would be interested and suitably skilled for the role?

Barra is already campaigning for Cuzzy to come back to the club in an assistant coaching capacity but I think it's a bit soon for that. It did get me thinking about past players with an edge who know about standards and have that real hunger for success and winning.

Waters would be perfect for that role imo

 

[Broken_Chairs]

Thoughts on offering Simmo a position on the board after a break (eg 12 months out of the game)?

He knows footy, he knows the club, good communicator - there's been a fair bit of concen around the composition of the board and balancing the needs of business and football.

There's other options out there ofc, but I think he'd be suitable for it.

 

[Ghossein]

Thoughts on offering Simmo a position on the board after a break (eg 12 months out of the game)?

He knows footy, he knows the club, good communicator - there's been a fair bit of concen around the composition of the board and balancing the needs of business and football.

There's other options out there ofc, but I think he'd be suitable for it.

get Woosh in there too

 

[Rowan18]

Thoughts on offering Simmo a position on the board after a break (eg 12 months out of the game)?

He knows footy, he knows the club, good communicator - there's been a fair bit of concen around the composition of the board and balancing the needs of business and football.

There's other options out there ofc, but I think he'd be suitable for it.

Nah, you'd grab Woosha before you'd do that. Simmo is going to need several years away from the club before he could come back, needs to give the new coach clean air.

Woosha would absolutely crush the GM role though.

 

[ziad]

Thoughts on offering Simmo a position on the board after a break (eg 12 months out of the game)?

He knows footy, he knows the club, good communicator - there's been a fair bit of concen around the composition of the board and balancing the needs of business and football.

There's other options out there ofc, but I think he'd be suitable for it.

I think he is smart enough to make a strong contribution.

 

[DanWCE]

Nah, you'd grab Woosha before you'd do that. Simmo is going to need several years away from the club before he could come back, needs to give the new coach clean air.

Woosha would absolutely crush the GM role though.

Woosh could also step into a Director of Coaching role to assist with any young coach we might bring in.

 

[Keys]

If we do go searching for a new GM of Footy I wonder if someone like Beau Waters would be interested and suitably skilled for the role?

Barra is already campaigning for Cuzzy to come back to the club in an assistant coaching capacity but I think it's a bit soon for that. It did get me thinking about past players with an edge who know about standards and have that real hunger for success and winning.

Beau Waters is doing very well in the business world from what I understand so I’m not sure taking a pay cut to be a GM of football would interest him

I think he’d be a very good board member though and potential a future chairman

If we’re looking for a new GM, I wouldn’t be opposed to giving Darren Glass a look in

Whether or not Bell actually needs replacing I’m not sure - it’s a difficult role to judge performance in from outside the club

 

[eaglevision]

Beau Waters is doing very well in the business world from what I understand so I’m not sure taking a pay cut to be a GM of football would interest him

I think he’d be a very good board member though and potential a future chairman

If we’re looking for a new GM, I wouldn’t be opposed to giving Darren Glass a look in

Whether or not Bell actually needs replacing I’m not sure - it’s a difficult role to judge performance in from outside the club

Beau is an outstanding person and outside of family, WCE is the best thing that’s ever happened to him. Any kind of role within the club would be a fantastic acquisition.

The direct feedback on Bell I’ve had from players and coaches both past and present had not been favourable but as you say, hard to judge looking in.

 

[Astro7]

Barra is already campaigning for Cuzzy to come back to the club in an assistant coaching capacity but I think it's a bit soon for that. It did get me thinking about past players with an edge who know about standards and have that real hunger for success and winning.

I reckon it's great Cuzz has turned his life around and enjoying newfound success in the media/celebrity biz, but I feel if we're having a clean-slate start towards a new future we need to distance ourselves from Cuzz in any official capacity.

Mind you there is some twisted irony in that he was partly responsible for a club culture collapse, then is reappointed in some capacity to assist with a new culture?
But yeh, nah from me...

 

[Jumpoff Joey]

Beau Waters is doing very well in the business world from what I understand so I’m not sure taking a pay cut to be a GM of football would interest him

I think he’d be a very good board member though and potential a future chairman

If we’re looking for a new GM, I wouldn’t be opposed to giving Darren Glass a look in

Whether or not Bell actually needs replacing I’m not sure - it’s a difficult role to judge performance in from outside the club

What is Waters/Glass doing these days?

 

[RanaNaved]

Waters could be the WC Pat Riley, got that look about him

 

[Bender_]

What is Waters/Glass doing these days?

Funnily enough Glass is directly working with Waters.

 

[plays tall 1]

Harry Taylor’s in a leadership consulting role at the moment. I’d like to see someone like him move into the development coaching area. He’s been in an elite environment at Geelong and he got to the AFL the hard way as a WAFL player.

 

[ROYAL EAGLE]

Beau is an outstanding person and outside of family, WCE is the best thing that’s ever happened to him. Any kind of role within the club would be a fantastic acquisition.

The direct feedback on Bell I’ve had from players and coaches both past and present had not been favourable but as you say, hard to judge looking in.

I have spoken about this before but i have heard the exact opposite on Bell
Been told he was the only one to constantly challenge Simpson during his reign
As for former players never heard them say a bad thing about him, he was considered the best development coach
in the league when he had that role

 

[eaglevision]

I have spoken about this before but i have heard the exact opposite on Bell
Been told he was the only one to constantly challenge Simpson during his reign
As for former players never heard them say a bad thing about him, he was considered the best development coach
in the league when he had that role

Perhaps a double edged sword, prickly/micromanager or driving standards? I’ve had two non football related conversations with him and seemed like a decent bloke but the guys that have spent a fair bit of time with him thought differently.

Really the main question that needs answering is all things considered, are we satisfied with the performance of our football department and the direction it’s heading in since he assumed the role of Football manager/general manager of football?

 

[larrikin]

The interesting thing on Bell, across the league I can't think of many other GM of footy type guys that have come from Development. That being said his predecessor came from a Commercial role so WTF do I know?