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

[Farang83150]

Can't stand the mini nickname

 

[ziad]

Woosha won’t do that, he will respect the coach and not do anything to undermine anyone imo. It all would have been laid out before they even considered bringing him in.

That will be a measure of his ability as a manager and leader - I have no doubts he will do well.

 

[HurleyHepsHird]

Woosha won’t do that, he will respect the coach and not do anything to undermine anyone imo. It all would have been laid out before they even considered bringing him in.

Absolutely. He's a pro.

 

[Sammy J]

Woosha back is a big surprise.

 

[Bay62]

May I intrude

As a Crows fan, we were very grateful for the role that Worsfold played at the club supporting our coaches after the passing of Phil Walsh, and Pyke did an excellent job as coach until the wheels fell off.

Both excellent gets for your club imho. All the best for next year, very keen to see the Eagles rise up the ladder again

 

[ghostbat12]

Next minute, we bring back Nisbett.

But seriously woosha is the perfect leader for new coach to navigate through the times. He will be a calming voice.

 

[Crimson King]

Absolutely elated that Woosh is back at the club. Even moreso that he has been chosen for the football director role. Couldn't have picked a more appropriate person for the position.

 

[Keys]

Interview on 6PR

Really interesting and Woosh speaks at length about the role and what it involves

As he talks, it becomes clear just how good a fit he is for the position

Pyke has done really well getting himself acclimatised to the club and identifying where/what we need to improve.

Has taken his time but is now putting his plan into action

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

May I intrude

As a Crows fan, we were very grateful for the role that Worsfold played at the club supporting our coaches after the passing of Phil Walsh, and Pyke did an excellent job as coach until the wheels fell off.

Both excellent gets for your club imho. All the best for next year, very keen to see the Eagles rise up the ladder again

Thanks man, we were unfamiliar with both of them so this insight is appreciated

 

[sharps24]

As a close non-West Coast mate of mine said, is this not a bit undermining for Andrew McQualter? Casts somewhat of a large shadow over him if the old champion coach is there looming over him does it not?

Or hopefully it's more a "here's everything I know kinda mentorship, go knock em dead approach".

The main criticism from the players at Essendon was that Woosh was coaching too much like a director of coaching and not spending enough time investing in personal relationships with players the way modern senior coaches are expected to.

He is all about empowering others within leadership roles to own their positions. This is the literal opposite of a micro-manager. Was he formerly a senior coach at West Coast and elsewhere? Yes. Will he try to do McQualters job for him, covet the senior coach role, or undermine him in any way? Absolutely not.

This role is something he has been preparing for for at least a decade and in many ways a role and space he has almost defined for the industry in order for himself to one day step into. Others have done it but I doubt any will have done it to the level of excellence he will.

He will excel in the role, it will allow the coaching groups across all the programs and other teams within the organisation to maximise their potential, and he's probably in a space of his own in the AFL world in terms of fitting this role perfectly. This appointment is probably the single biggest thing that we have done in this entire rebuild, and ensures our system gets back toward being the best system in football- which is the environment that tends to get the best results out of draftee's. Its now hopefully going to be less about needing to nail that player who will make it no matter what because they are just gun players with high footy iq, as opposed to being able to turn out a future best 22 player from anywhere in the draft because being here actually makes people better.

 

[Wedgetailed Westerner]

Didn’t Sumich pull out of the South Freo coaching job a few weeks ago?

Maybe he is in the mix for the Head of Development role…

To be fair to Suma, he would be good in this role, I think. Did well with the WA 18s when he coached them

 

[BSD]

To be fair to Suma, he would be good in this role, I think. Did well with the WA 18s when he coached them

I'd rather have Suma in the coaches box with McQualter than Gepp and Webster.

 

[Avalor]

I'd rather have Suma in the coaches box with McQualter than Gepp and Webster.

Surprizingly, at the end of season B+F night, a lot of players paid homage to Webster and the influence/impact that he had on their year's work. It seems he is respected in his role.

 

[BSD]

Surprizingly, at the end of season B+F night, a lot of players paid homage to Webster and the influence/impact that he had on their year's work. It seems he is respected in his role.

He coached the backline, he never played in the backline I cant see that he had mutch influence on Gov ,Barass , Cole and Hough. He probably coached the spuds in the team, Rotham and Witherden
They were probably giving him a nice send off.

 

[Byron_Clanger]

Paywall busted article from Splinters about Woosha back to the Eagles

https://archive.md/1UiJK

New West Coast football boss John Worsfold concedes Eagles may have taken too long to start rebuild​

Yeah, no shit. Which is why Simmo needed to go. If we had stuck with him he would've given Darling a two year extension.

 

[Hook461123]

I think this will be good for Pyke too. Allows Woosha to focus on the football side of things while he concentrates a bit more on the running of the arganization as a whole.
As it stands with Pykes football history and the relative inexperiance in the coaching group he would've been involved a lot in the football strategy side of things. Now he has a person he can trust in Woosha who can handle a lot of that stuff and Pyke can focus on being a CEO.

 

[Broken_Chairs]

I remember Simmo saying that his job expanded over the years - good move to help mini focus more purely on coaching.

 

[ziad]

Can't stand the mini nickname

Nicknames, one rule: they stick

 

[Altum Volantes]

Fascinating appearances all over SM by a dedicated band of time travellers who have been drawn to the news of Woosha’s return to the club.

Most appear to be overweight middle aged men called ‘Shane’ or ‘Brad’ but they do have their jokes from 2007 completely intact including references to John Worsfold being a ‘chemist’ (which is what simple folk call a ‘pharmacist’), along with suggestions that he will supply drugs to the players so they are ‘flying high’.

 

[bzparkes]

Fascinating appearances all over SM by a dedicated band of time travellers who have been drawn to the news of Woosha’s return to the club.

Most appear to be overweight middle aged men called ‘Shane’ or ‘Brad’ but they do have their jokes from 2007 completely intact including references to John Worsfold being a ‘chemist’ (which is what simple folk call a ‘pharmacist’), along with suggestions that he will supply drugs to the players so they are ‘flying high’.

Give 'em a break mate. They've only been waiting 17 years to dust them off.

 

[Wooshaaaa]

Any whispers on Schofield and the assistant roles? Thought woosh would have that sorted in his first 24hrs!!

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[Broken_Chairs]

Schoey was smiling and shaking hands in the Woosha vid that came out yesterday - if he was furious and out the door, not sure he's be in that?

 

[Chris_6678]

Schoey was smiling and shaking hands in the Woosha vid that came out yesterday - if he was furious and out the door, not sure he's be in that?

Yeah id say he is staying.

Sounds like we are looking for 2 more assistants though.

 

[DanWCE]

Schoey wasn't even in the country when Mini got the job.

 

[BSD]

Bell is football manager

This role sits above that - basically Pyke’s right hand man overlooking the entire football department

It’s probably an acknowledgment that Bell is still relatively inexperienced after being put in the role when Vozzo left.

I think Bell is fine but this puts more experience into our football department and will assist McQualter to settle in as he finds his feet

We were chasing Danny Daly from Brisbane for this role but Worsfold is an equally good appointment. Arguably better due to his connection to the club and the instant gravitas he brings

He’s done a lot since leaving the club as coach in 2013 including helping to right the ship somewhat at two clubs in difficult circumstances- Adelaide as a football director following the murder of Phil Walsh and Essendon after the drugs fiasco

When Vozzo left was the job advertised or was it just given to Bell ?