News Brendan McCartney joins Essendon

[Ben the Gooner]

Geelong has today reluctantly accepted the resignation of assistant coach Brendan McCartney who will take up a position at Essendon.

http://twitter.com/#!/CatsInsider

 

[juppy]

Sort of reinforces the Bomber rumour doesnt it.

Looking forward to having him at the club.

 

[BomberTime]

Wasnt the proviso that if bomber left and went somewhere else he couldnt take any of their staff???

 

[Phone]

reluctantly accepted

take it bitches.

 

[Slattery_20]

Good get from the sounds of it.
Maybe wouldn't stand up if they were working alongside each other, not assisting him?

 

[The Donners]

http://www.geelongcats.com.au/geelongnews/newsarticle/tabid/3933/newsid/102942/default.aspx

The long serving McCartney has been named as the AFL’s assistant coach of the year by the AFL coaches association.
McCartney has been a fixture on the Cats coaching panel since coming to Skilled Stadium ahead of the 2000 season. In the ensuing 11 seasons McCartney has helped develop some of the best players in club history and been a key to two premiership campaigns.

http://www.geelongcats.com.au/geelongnews/newsarticle/tabid/3933/newsid/102942/default.aspx

 

[BomberTime]

Geelong say he is taking up a senior assistant role.

Maybe Bombers not coming boys.

 

[Ben the Gooner]

http://www.geelongcats.com.au/geelongnews/newsarticle/tabid/3933/newsid/104059/default.aspx

The Geelong Cats today accepted assistant coach Brendan McCartney’s resignation as he moves on to take up a position at the Essendon Football Club.


McCartney, who had been a member of the Cats coaching panel since 2000, held the position of assistant coach and development academy director with the Cats and would be joining Essendon as a senior assistant coach to newly appointed senior coach James Hird.

http://www.geelongcats.com.au/geelongnews/newsarticle/tabid/3933/newsid/104059/default.aspx
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[hank31]

Sounds good to me... looks like we are getting a great coaching team together... lets just hope coaching was the problem last year and they get a bit more outta the list!!

 

[Oh Tayteridge]

I'm getting sick of this.

We were given promises of an extensive and meticulous search for a dream team coaching panel, and I was looking forward to the instalment of one of the most consummate coaching assemblies, under James Hird, ever.

Instead, we've lost Richardson, managed to pick up the bloke who ratted us out for salary cap breaches, and a rando from Geelong.

Give me Laidley and Thompson, then I'll be happy. At this stage, I'm not liking Hird's chances as an inexperienced coach with a profoundly unimpressive panel behind him.

 

[BomberTime]

McCartney has been assistant coaching for 10+ years, pretty experienced.

Anyone else notice Hickmotts names not on the coaching profiles anymore? I didnt see a report saying he was gone. But im glad.

 

[The Donners]

I'm getting sick of this.

We were given promises of an extensive and meticulous search for a dream team coaching panel, and I was looking forward to the instalment of one of the most consummate coaching assemblies, under James Hird, ever.

Instead, we've lost Richardson, managed to pick up the bloke who ratted us out for salary cap breaches, and a rando from Geelong.

Give me Laidley and Thompson, then I'll be happy. At this stage, I'm not liking Hird's chances as an inexperienced coach with a profoundly unimpressive panel behind him.

Some people can never be pleased.

I'm glad Corcoran blew the whistle, we were cheating.

 

[juppy]

I'm getting sick of this.

We were given promises of an extensive and meticulous search for a dream team coaching panel, and I was looking forward to the instalment of one of the most consummate coaching assemblies, under James Hird, ever.

Instead, we've lost Richardson, managed to pick up the bloke who ratted us out for salary cap breaches, and a rando from Geelong.

Give me Laidley and Thompson, then I'll be happy. At this stage, I'm not liking Hird's chances as an inexperienced coach with a profoundly unimpressive panel behind him.

With all due respect he is hardly a random. He is very highly regarded as a coach and Geelong will be frothing at the mouth for letting him slide.

 

[hank31]

I'm getting sick of this.

We were given promises of an extensive and meticulous search for a dream team coaching panel, and I was looking forward to the instalment of one of the most consummate coaching assemblies, under James Hird, ever.

Instead, we've lost Richardson, managed to pick up the bloke who ratted us out for salary cap breaches, and a rando from Geelong.

Give me Laidley and Thompson, then I'll be happy. At this stage, I'm not liking Hird's chances as an inexperienced coach with a profoundly unimpressive panel behind him.

Ever heard of the saying 'too many cheifs, not enough indians'

or " too many cooks spoil the broth"

Think about how a coaching panel consisting of all of those above would have got along on match day...

It just wouldnt work with that many ego's.

Now, STFU , they know what they're doing.

McCartney will be a good addition

 

[daffo]

I agree, this is a good get.

 

[Ben the Gooner]

Patience, OT.

 

[muttonchops]

Instead, we've lost Richardson, managed to pick up the bloke who ratted us out for salary cap breaches, and a rando from Geelong.

You obviously have no idea what you are talking about Brendan McCartney is highly rated and has been an assistant for over 10 years you are lucky to have him.

 

[Lance Uppercut]

I'm getting sick of this.

We were given promises of an extensive and meticulous search for a dream team coaching panel, and I was looking forward to the instalment of one of the most consummate coaching assemblies, under James Hird, ever.

Instead, we've lost Richardson, managed to pick up the bloke who ratted us out for salary cap breaches, and a rando from Geelong.

Give me Laidley and Thompson, then I'll be happy. At this stage, I'm not liking Hird's chances as an inexperienced coach with a profoundly unimpressive panel behind him.

profoundly unimpressive?

Give us a break!

 

[Oh Tayteridge]

Some people can never be pleased.

I'm glad Corcoran blew the whistle, we were cheating.

That's an extremely baseless comment, but I appreciate the feedback from most nevertheless.

As for the clashing of egos, I think if we put Laidley and Thompson into niche coaching allotments, with Laidley contributing match day tactics and Thompson in a more part time role that he ostensibly desires, and Hird calling the majority of the shots whilst being mentored by both, then the dream team can work well.

At this stage, I'm still not sold on the proficiency of the coaching panel as it has been employed thus far. Time will tell as to how apt such appointments will be.

 

[alfy!]

and a rando from Geelong.

Shows how much you know outside of your own club.

With all due respect he is hardly a random. He is very highly regarded as a coach and Geelong will be frothing at the mouth for letting him slide.

Yep.

So he is taking up a senior assistant role, is that the role that people thought Thompson would get? Or was that senior director?

 

[Lance Uppercut]

That's an extremely baseless comment, but I appreciate the feedback from most nevertheless.

As for the clashing of egos, I think if we put Laidley and Thompson into niche coaching allotments, with Laidley contributing match day tactics and Thompson in a more part time role that he ostensibly desires, and Hird calling the majority of the shots whilst being mentored by both, then the dream team can work well.

At this stage, I'm still not sold on the proficiency of the coaching panel as it has been employed thus far. Time will tell as to how apt such appointments will be.

what do you know about the assistant coaches, other than they aren't "name" coaches?

You're ragging out a guy who has been named the AFL’s assistant coach of the year by the AFL coaches association.

All due respect, I don't care what you think you know, I'm gonna go with the opinion of his peers...

Again, you might want to think about comments like "profoundly unimpressive"

 

[Slattery_20]

As far as I can tell, he'll have similar responsibilities to Alan Richardson, senior assistant but with a bit of a hand in development.
At least as good a get as Wellman has been.

I imagine whichever of Thompson/Williams we get on board would have more of a generic assistant role.

 

[hank31]

That's an extremely baseless comment, but I appreciate the feedback from most nevertheless.

As for the clashing of egos, I think if we put Laidley and Thompson into niche coaching allotments, with Laidley contributing match day tactics and Thompson in a more part time role that he ostensibly desires, and Hird calling the majority of the shots whilst being mentored by both, then the dream team can work well.

At this stage, I'm still not sold on the proficiency of the coaching panel as it has been employed thus far. Time will tell as to how apt such appointments will be.

So tell me,

What is unimpressive about McCartney?

What is unimpressive about Wellman?

What is unimpressive about Goodwin?

And finally, Cocoran is a great addition to the board... along with Ian Robson last year...

We with this, may return to the superpower we once were...

Also expect Bomber will sign sometime in the future!

Nothing unimpressive about it at all..

 

[Lance Uppercut]

on a side note, how pissed are Geelong gonna be with us? Funny

 

[DapperDon]

I'm getting sick of this.

We were given promises of an extensive and meticulous search for a dream team coaching panel, and I was looking forward to the instalment of one of the most consummate coaching assemblies, under James Hird, ever.

Instead, we've lost Richardson, managed to pick up the bloke who ratted us out for salary cap breaches, and a rando from Geelong.

Give me Laidley and Thompson, then I'll be happy. At this stage, I'm not liking Hird's chances as an inexperienced coach with a profoundly unimpressive panel behind him.

So because it's someone you've never heard of you're pissed off?

McCartney is a great get