News Coaching Thread: The Hardwick Era

[The Victorian]

Herald Sun reporting Dew has inked a two year extension. Could be announced as early as tomorrow.

 

[Jirik13]

Gold Coast has committed to re-signing Stuart Dew

Stuart Dew

Age

45

Ht

183cm

Wt

99kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.1

3star

K

9.1

4star

HB

4.0

3star

M

2.9

3star

T

1.7

4star

No current season stats available

D

12.2

3star

K

9.0

4star

HB

3.2

3star

M

2.8

3star

T

1.8

4star

with the Suns coach set to ink a two-year deal to be announced as early as Wednesday.
The Herald Sun can exclusively reveal the Suns have brought forward the negotiations for Dew, who entered the season under massive pressure given the spectre of four-time premiership coach Alastair Clarkson potentially replacing him at the expansion club.

But after a brilliant coaching performance under extreme hardship this season, the Suns believe Dew is their man for the foreseeable future.

It is a watershed moment for the Suns who finally look set for a strong period of on-field success after a series of false dawns and the sackings of inaugural coach Guy McKenna and his replacement Rodney Eade.

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/stuart-dew-has-signed-a-new-deal-to-remain-coach-of-gold-coast/news-story/38cc00f80fb8034e00fe0c956d0917a9

 

[RowellAnderson12]

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/stuart-dew-has-signed-a-new-deal-to-remain-coach-of-gold-coast/news-story/38cc00f80fb8034e00fe0c956d0917a9

2 years to get us into finals or he's out

 

[Jirik13]

2 years to get us into finals or he's out

We can still make it this year

 

[Ben Drever]

Congratulations to everyone involved.

We finally made it to a legitimate status.
One of which a club has actually re-Signed a coach not only sacked them.

Well done to Dew for pulling his finger out and working on his flaws

 

[Iva Bigun]

Best of luck Dewy, here’s hoping you can deliver in years 6 and 7

 

[MarcLocksCrustySock]

Congratulations to everyone involved.

We finally made it to a legitimate status.
One of which a club has actually re-Signed a coach not only sacked them.

Well done to Dew for pulling his finger out and working on his flaws

May the sausage roll shortage continue for many years to come.

 

[Big Red Machine]

 

[Yellow Feathers]

Not a fan of this. Team is having a decent run but Dew isn’t the man to lead us.

 

[Iva Bigun]

Not a fan of this. Team is having a decent run but Dew isn’t the man to lead us.

Hopefully it’s a one and one deal but regardless he is signed up so we need to get behind him. I can see the wheels falling off now he’s safe

 

[Jen2310]

 

[Ben Drever]

Not a fan of this. Team is having a decent run but Dew isn’t the man to lead us.

I’d believe Dew would of preferred a 4-5 year deal.
But the AFL and the GC need Suns winning constantly and playing finals football.

So a compromised was reached, reach finals next year wouldn’t be surprised if Dew got signed up to a longer contract before 2024 kicks off

 

[Calcium]

Congratulations to everyone involved.

We finally made it to a legitimate status.
One of which a club has actually re-Signed a coach not only sacked them.

Well done to Dew for pulling his finger out and working on his flaws

Good call. Back him in. Hopefully next year is a big year for us

 

[exile]

stoked for dew, reckon he's got us in a good position moving forwards. he's such a likeable character, i'm excited about the direction the club is heading in!!

 

[kreglze]

Now the question is, looking into the crystal ball, what does Dew need to do in 2 years time to get a further extension?

Is it to be in finals? On my podcast tonight, we suggested he should be winning a final in 2 years time, does that sound fair?

 

[KaySwizzle]

Now the question is, looking into the crystal ball, what does Dew need to do in 2 years time to get a further extension?

Is it to be in finals? On my podcast tonight, we suggested he should be winning a final in 2 years time, does that sound fair?

That has to be the expectation and benchmark. Otherwise it’s 7 years without making a dent in the competition.

However, I think Dew was re-signed on the back of, 1. a solid season so far, and 2. the retention of players. Both are big ticks for me. Getting King, Luko and (hopefully) Rankine to commit is huge.

Hopefully we show enough in the next season to also start attracting players to our club again. Good players who can lift us higher.

 

[RowellAnderson12]

Now the question is, looking into the crystal ball, what does Dew need to do in 2 years time to get a further extension?

Is it to be in finals? On my podcast tonight, we suggested he should be winning a final in 2 years time, does that sound fair?

Probably finals if not missing out by percentage.

 

[The Kings Ransom]

I think finals next year
Winning a final the following year

would be expectation.

 

[Young_Guns]

I think finals next year
Winning a final the following year

would be expectation.

This.

Our (internal) expectations this year was finals. Even if that’s optimistic, if that goal has not changed in 2 years time, given the age of our list, something has gone wrong.

Would be at least 1 finals win over the next two years, or making top 4 but losing the double chance. Less than that would be heavily dependent on circumstances whether Dew is kept on or not.

 

[RedWhite&Blue]

Stopping in to say well done on extending Dew.
I like the way the Suns are playing and I like the big fella coaching them.
Football clubs are about relationships, trust, commitment to a cause and great leadership.
It's obvious to the outside observer Dew has the players and he has them playing a really good brand of footy that will put you in the finals frame.

 

[Stroppy]

Dew has his flaws, but he seems to have the backing of most of the current players.

I think the biggest threat to any on-field success is too much churn of talented players.

Draft, build up for 2, 4, or 7 years, then have them leave for a bigger club/home when they are in their prime.
Rinse, repeat, stay too young or stay overpaid and miss finals.

That threat won't go away anytime soon, but he clearly has a group of young players that are happily pushing through the 2 and 4 year barriers and giving us an age profile that can work and can make finals.

Big 2 years coming up.
The chance of real success (winning a final, having a home final) as well as the chance of a flame out. Just like any other good club.....

 

[The Kings Ransom]

Fast forward 2 years and we definitely have the age profile to be winning finals, with the level of talent on our list, you would have to expect this.

There will be a good mix of dependable role players and potential match winners
At the moment, we are still playing with a number of players with minimal experience - and I think that's what has let us down in some recent matches. We keep getting games into these best 25-30 players, in 2023-2024 we have to expect they're ready to step up.


Midfielders
Witts - 32
Miller - 28
Swallow - 31
Anderson - 23
Rowell - 23
Davies - 22
Ellis - 31
Sharp - 22

Forwards
King - 24
Rankine - 24
Ainsworth - 26
Chol - 27
Jeffrey - 22
Holman - 29

Defenders
Ballard - 24
Collins - 30
Powell - 24
Budarick - 23
Weller - 28
Lemmens - 29

Utilities
Bowes - 26
Lukosius - 24


Wild Cards
Rosas - 23
Hollands - 21
Andrew - 21
Moyle - 22
Flanders - 23
Farrar - 27
Walter - 19

 

[TheSunGod]

Fast forward 2 years and we definitely have the age profile to be winning finals, with the level of talent on our list, you would have to expect this.

There will be a good mix of dependable role players and potential match winners
At the moment, we are still playing with a number of players with minimal experience - and I think that's what has let us down in some recent matches. We keep getting games into these best 25-30 players, in 2023-2024 we have to expect they're ready to step up.


Midfielders
Witts - 32
Miller - 28
Swallow - 31
Anderson - 23
Rowell - 23
Davies - 22
Ellis - 31
Sharp - 22

Forwards
King - 24
Rankine - 24
Ainsworth - 26
Chol - 27
Jeffrey - 22
Holman - 29

Defenders
Ballard - 24
Collins - 30
Powell - 24
Budarick - 23
Weller - 28
Lemmens - 29

Utilities
Bowes - 26
Lukosius - 24


Wild Cards
Rosas - 23
Hollands - 21
Andrew - 21
Moyle - 22
Flanders - 23
Farrar - 27
Walter - 19

That future list breakdown looks very promising Add a couple of more A / B+ grade outside/inside mids with speed who can kick, and a genuine KPD and we will hopefully have the depth to push hard into finals.

 

[The Gotham Penguin]

To help Dewy push the club forward - could David Noble have a break after his ordeal at Norf, and come to us as an advisor / CEO type.
So well respected in the game, and a great administrator.

I can't see any downside, unless he feels he needs more of a break than 10 weeks - or he's going to call it quits on all footy gigs.

Would be a huge plus to our club.

 

[Supersuns]

To help Dewy push the club forward - could David Noble have a break after his ordeal at Norf, and come to us as an advisor / CEO type.
So well respected in the game, and a great administrator.

I can't see any downside, unless he feels he needs more of a break than 10 weeks - or he's going to call it quits on all footy gigs.

Would be a huge plus to our club.

We struck pure gold with Shaw, be worth trying it again.