BulldogMuscle
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Sadly in our case he actually does lolSo, he has the, err, "full support of the board"?
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Coach Do you still have any faith in Bevo? [POLL]
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It doesn't matter who the assistant coaches are if they don't have any control. Spangher might be a forward 50 savant but doesn't have any control of the overall planning. It's also impossible to know whether an assistant is any good from the outside, coaches such as Neeld and McCartney were once viewed as genius assistant coaches crucial in their clubs premierships.
Looking at the lack of football experience on the board they probably have no idea in footy ops and listen to the only one with experience who Bevo is very close too. God help us. Our only hope is we don’t make finals, Bont has a whisper in Bevo’s ear to step down and he falls on his sword.
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lachy
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It is an interesting narrative as to whether it is Bevo, the coaching group as a whole or players.
What I will say is it is likely all of them.
Whilst we have improved our full ground defence we still have issue defending to high when conditions do not suit, locking down on dangerous opposition players, defending from our forward line all examples that should have been addressed throughout the pre season.
Our ball movement forward is crab like at best.
There have also been too many examples of poor game day adjustments, Lobb back and not having Duryae lock down on Greene last week.
However, too many times it is our leading players who are involved in the massive swings in too many games that have cost us, particularly in the last 2 years.
We focus here on those basically playing at the top of their talent for there areas but go back over the last 2 years when there have been massive swings against us and Bont, Naughton or Jamarra have missed simple goals when we are in control or have an opportunity to rest back control of a game. Then keep in mind how much we actually lose those games by.
How many goals has Dale given away with either poor turnovers or poor decision making either kicking out or exiting our backline.
None of the above relates to coaching, it is simple player error.
We clearly need a refresh of our coaching panel. Many thought we needed it last year and were informed a review was happening. Given the lack of Feedback to members and the results one could easily say it was a very underwhelming review and actions and one I find much more disappointing than re contracting Bev as extra support was promised but clearly not delivered
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What I will say is it is likely all of them.
Whilst we have improved our full ground defence we still have issue defending to high when conditions do not suit, locking down on dangerous opposition players, defending from our forward line all examples that should have been addressed throughout the pre season.
Our ball movement forward is crab like at best.
There have also been too many examples of poor game day adjustments, Lobb back and not having Duryae lock down on Greene last week.
However, too many times it is our leading players who are involved in the massive swings in too many games that have cost us, particularly in the last 2 years.
We focus here on those basically playing at the top of their talent for there areas but go back over the last 2 years when there have been massive swings against us and Bont, Naughton or Jamarra have missed simple goals when we are in control or have an opportunity to rest back control of a game. Then keep in mind how much we actually lose those games by.
How many goals has Dale given away with either poor turnovers or poor decision making either kicking out or exiting our backline.
None of the above relates to coaching, it is simple player error.
We clearly need a refresh of our coaching panel. Many thought we needed it last year and were informed a review was happening. Given the lack of Feedback to members and the results one could easily say it was a very underwhelming review and actions and one I find much more disappointing than re contracting Bev as extra support was promised but clearly not delivered
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Do we know who those potentials might have been?
I heard Cameron Bruce was touted but failed the Beverage interview and we had financial constraints.
Cam Bruce wanted to coach our midfield. Our offer wasn’t competitive to the point Bruce took an offer with Brisbane even though it meant relocating his family.
We then gave the role to Webb.
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So why are we paying peanuts when we’re so light on for high end assistants? Whats the actual issue here when we’re all working with the same soft cap?
Just doesn’t make any sense
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That’s a complete joke.
I haven’t spoken to Bruce since he was in high school. He was a very well prepared boy and expected him to become a great coach one day.
Something severely wrong with our club IF we missed out on Bruce.
Also failed the interview.
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You mean ... he had an opinion?
the underlying problem is that Bevos coaching contract is very high in $ and it means we don't have lots of $ left ih the football department cap left to pay for decent assistance coaches
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Not sure really. Maybe we aren’t even paying all of the soft cap.
As a Head Coach he might.
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Bevos contract = $$$$$$$$$$$$$$
I wouldn't give two shits if we went over the softcap for one, even two years, to put together a team and gameplan to get us back on track and in the top 4, we have the money, just do it.
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If true, our board is completely failing the list we have. I don’t know who is on the board, but if they don’t have a sense of history about the Footscray Football Club and VFL/AFL in general they don’t belong there. How could you reject someone so much more qualified over a rookie coach to save a few pennys’s when we have THE most talented list ever assembled at the Western Oval. Especially when our head coach is paid way overs by all reports. No only do you miss out on Bruce, you miss out on his authority to question Bevo. This is where the club is failing. Geelong FC would never make such a terrible decision. This is throwing away our potential because of poor governance, especially the Luke Darcy, Chris Grant Luke Beverage love triangle, and head coaches ego.
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President: Kylie Watson-Wheeler
Current: Walt Disney Aus 19 years in various roles - Western Bulldogs board since 2014
Previous: Hallmark Cards 8 years,
No prior football / AFL experience
CEO: Ameet Bains
Current: WB CEO since 2017
Previous: CEO StKilda
AFL experience: WB + StK, played at lower league levels in his younger years
Non-executive member: Fiona McGauchie
Current: Egon Zehnder International(14 years) Malthouse Theatre(6years) WB Board member (8 years)
No prior football / AFL experience
Board director: Jerril Rechter
Current: Walt Disney Aus (1 year) - WB Community Foundation (6 years) - Board director (6 years)
No prior football / AFL experience
Director: Mark Evans
Current: HEAL partners (3years) Normanby Capital (18 years) Removery (5years) The Fertility Partners (3 years) Edge Early Learning (6years) WB Director (8 years 3 months) Higher Ground Education (2 years)
(God this guy must never sleep)
Board member: Chris Nolan
Doesn't actually list WB on his Linkdin
Current: Principle Media Group (5 years) OSQO Limited (5 years) WTFN (2 years)
No prior football / AFL experience
Non-Executive Director: Levent Shevki
Current: Western United Football Club (5 years) WB (10 years) Cornwalls Capital (11 years) Cornwalls (24 years) Twenty3 (15 years)
No prior football / AFL experience
Board member: Belinda Duarte
Current: (Doesn't list WB anywhere on her Linkedin but only on her Instagram) - Culture is Life (7years) Korin Gamadji Institute (5 years)
No prior football / AFL experience
Board member: Lisa Fitzpatrick
Current: Very hard to find any info on her online, all I could dig up was her write up when she joined in 2019
''Lisa has been Secretary at the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation since 2001, and until recently has been a Trustee Director of First State Superannuation Fund. Lisa was President of the Victorian Trades Hall Council from 2014-16 and an executive member of the Australian Council of Trade Unions and the Victorian Trades Hall Council. In all of those roles, she has had responsibility for high level negotiations including with Government. Lisa is the sister of Adrian Fitzpatrick who served the Club for seven years as finance director after the 1989 fightback, and who still serves as finance director on the Club’s Community Foundation''
Board member: Luke Darcy
I don't even need to tell you or write about Darcy.
BulldogMuscle
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Short of Ameet and Darcy we have a serious serious lack of football experience / brains anywhere around our board. I understand 100% we need business minded people to help run the club but god having a few more people with some football smarts / experience wouldn't be a bad thing either.
I seriously wonder how some of these board members have time to look at the club when they're juggling 10 other companies in various director/board/ceo roles.
I seriously wonder how some of these board members have time to look at the club when they're juggling 10 other companies in various director/board/ceo roles.
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Great work, thanks. This list looks ok if you want to run a ‘normal’ company, but extremely thin in football intelligence. If we only have Luke Darcy as the only former player/coach on this board and we also know he has multiple conflicts of interest including his very close relationships with Chris Grant and Luke Beverage as well as a son in the team and potentially more coming. There will probably always be some conflict of interest because of past relationships but could the club also get Cameron Ling, Trent Cotchin( next year), Rodney Eade, Terry Wallace, Terry Wheeler, Ted Whitten Jnr??
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Bev's fate lays in the hands of the players, not any board or salaried person.
If the players start grumbling and arcing up, Bev's day are numbered.
Haven't seen or heard of it yet.
Lose the players, lose the coach.
If the players start grumbling and arcing up, Bev's day are numbered.
Haven't seen or heard of it yet.
Lose the players, lose the coach.
I can’t imagine Bont is the type to facilitate a mutiny, but just on what we’re seeing in and after games he looks more frustrated than he’s ever been.
A key part of leadership is managing upwards, 360 degree feedback etc. It would be fascinating to know what his conversations with Bevo and the coaches are like.
