Rumour Future of the club (Bevo, board, assistant coaches, football department)

[cecil]

Jamie Maddocks promoted to Head of Development

He was already development manager?

 

[The Inbetweener]

He was already development manager?

Yep correct

 

[VitalDread]

Jamie Maddocks promoted to Head of Development

Huge credit to the lad
He's done a great job in that development role

Glad we rewarded him

 

[dogwatch]

What is entailed in Head of Development? How does it differ from Geary’s role which I read was Development Coach?

When all the coaching cards are on the table I’d like to understand who is actually doing what, regardless of their new fangled titles.

 

[Dale4captain]

What is entailed in Head of Development? How does it differ from Geary’s role which I read was Development Coach?

When all the coaching cards are on the table I’d like to understand who is actually doing what, regardless of their new fangled titles.

Development coach is what the title suggests in a way. You’re developing your coaching skills. Generally they’re aligned to a specific line coach as an understudy type operation and will work with players on more rudimentary things like specific positioning in a contest, where as the line coach will teach system and process related to the game specifically as well as some of the above.

Maddocks in a head of development role is more so operating as a developer of our players in general, both off and on the field. Identifying weakness and strengths and building upon them, developing them as people off field, supporting them with resources required to get the very most out of them.

Hope that explanation helps a little. Club land does very poorly at explaining their actual positions.

 

[dogwatch]

Development coach is what the title suggests in a way. You’re developing your coaching skills. Generally they’re aligned to a specific line coach as an understudy type operation and will work with players on more rudimentary things like specific positioning in a contest, where as the line coach will teach system and process related to the game specifically as well as some of the above.

Maddocks in a head of development role is more so operating as a developer of our players in general, both off and on the field. Identifying weakness and strengths and building upon them, developing them as people off field, supporting them with resources required to get the very most out of them.

Hope that explanation helps a little. Club land does very poorly at explaining their actual positions.

Thanks. So a Development Coach is more about being developed as a coach while Head of Development is an autonomous role which is all about developing the players as rounded footballers?

Is that a fair interpretation?

 

[Smiley Boy]

Matty Egan is a big get folks a lot of high praise as a coach same with Pratt

Hearing we’re after Ben Dixon

Ben Dixon

Age

47

Ht

188cm

Wt

90kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.8

3star

K

7.5

3star

HB

3.2

3star

M

4.2

4star

T

1.4

3star

G

1.4

5star

No current season stats available

D

10.4

3star

K

7.6

3star

HB

2.8

3star

M

4.8

5star

T

0.8

3star

G

2.4

5star

as specialist forward coach too in a part time capacity which he’s highly rated

 

[dergert]

Yep correct

So they've just changed his title?

 

[Dale4captain]

Thanks. So a Development Coach is more about being developed as a coach while Head of Development is an autonomous role which is all about developing the players as rounded footballers?

Is that a fair interpretation?

Yeah pretty much mate

 

[The Inbetweener]

So they've just changed his title?

Not 100% sure. Comes with more responsibility I assume.

 

[hujsh]

Not 100% sure. Comes with more responsibility I assume.

Every role I see I kind of assume they've identified something Bevo is doing outside the remit of 'Head Coach' and are diluting the responsibilities he's built up over the years out of necessity. Perhaps this role formally shifts some responsibilities Bevo has had to Maddocks? Or perhaps I'm just making assumptions with no basis in reality IDK

 

[lachy]

Another unscientific (and therefore totally boomer ) view, but I suspect blokes like Lockett, Dunstull, Lloyd etc. etc. were very much limited to leads from the goal square and the odd chase.
Your "modern" forward, especially a lighter frame like JUH would cover a lot more distance and have many more repeat sprints.
Fatigue plays a huge part.
(Even more-so for our guys who do more than average pressing. The difference between both Astro and JUH 's conversations inside/outside 35 is stark.)

Very accurate observation. They were not as fatigued from pushing back hard om defensive transition and their leads were from the goal square into space on better angles.

Comparing them to a modern forward and goal kicking is comparing an apple to an orange

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[adogsfan5]

Matty Egan is a big get folks a lot of high praise as a coach same with Pratt

Hearing we’re after Ben Dixon as specialist forward coach too in a part time capacity which he’s highly rated

That’s fantastic mate. Hard to not be optimistic

 

[Freshwater]

Very accurate observation. They were not as fatigued from pushing back hard om defensive transition and their leads were from the goal square into space on better angles.

Comparing them to a modern forward and goal kicking is comparing an apple to an orange

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Yes and no. I was directly behind Aaron Naughton at Marvel Thursday night round 3 against the Lions. His two kicks at goal were horrendous, must have been ball drop or lack of concentration but could not use fatigue as an excuse there. My wife was off him, but he worked hard that night and helped win us the game so my respect for him grew. But could do with some correction of technique and mental discipline tools as well. The modern players run more but are 100% professional now and get to train accordingly.

 

[doggy_dog]

Every role I see I kind of assume they've identified something Bevo is doing outside the remit of 'Head Coach' and are diluting the responsibilities he's built up over the years out of necessity. Perhaps this role formally shifts some responsibilities Bevo has had to Maddocks? Or perhaps I'm just making assumptions with no basis in reality IDK

I think this is a pretty fair assumption. Get the feeling Bevo has had way too much on his plate the last couple of years which would partly explain why he’s looked so worn out

 

[ringa5]

That first win in the Woman's league reminded me of 1980.Round 11 .
Hope that isn't a sign of something terribly amiss.Men losing to 3rd bottom and bottom to miss finals as well.
Took Shane O'Sullivan in 1983 ' to sort it out back then.

 

[House_of_Dahl]

Has there been any suggestion that someone else will match day coach - or just random speculation?

 

[adogsfan5]

Has there been any suggestion that someone else will match day coach - or just random speculation?

Speculation as Bevo is no good at it.

 

[dogwatch]

That first win in the Woman's league reminded me of 1980.Round 11 .
Hope that isn't a sign of something terribly amiss.Men losing to 3rd bottom and bottom to miss finals as well.
Took Shane O'Sullivan in 1983 ' to sort it out back then.

Could be a good omen. We won a flag just 36 years later.

Lock us in for the 2059 AFLW flag (and pour a celebratory beer over my grave when it happens please).

 

[BrisDog]

Yes and no. I was directly behind Aaron Naughton at Marvel Thursday night round 3 against the Lions. His two kicks at goal were horrendous, must have been ball drop or lack of concentration but could not use fatigue as an excuse there. My wife was off him, but he worked hard that night and helped win us the game so my respect for him grew. But could do with some correction of technique and mental discipline tools as well. The modern players run more but are 100% professional now and get to train accordingly.

How Naughton’s ball-drop and general kick at goal preparation has not been improved is an indictment on the club. He nearly always misses to the left and you can pick a miss before his boot strikes the ball.

 

[House_of_Dahl]

Speculation as Bevo is no good at it.

To be fair Bevo has made some good strategic plays over the years. But I do worry he is too stubborn for match day coaching sometimes.

 

[geoffjennings79]

I'm hearing Ben Dixon will be joining as goal kicking coach

Matty Egan is a big get folks a lot of high praise as a coach same with Pratt

Hearing we’re after Ben Dixon as specialist forward coach too in a part time capacity which he’s highly rated

Hate to break it to you, but PJPoet got the jump on you by more than 24 hours with the Dixon news.... unless you and PJPoet are the same person...?!

 

[adogsfan5]

To be fair Bevo has made some good strategic plays over the years. But I do worry he is too stubborn for match day coaching sometimes.

He has, but nobody concedes as many goals in a row as we do. And our inconsistencies are beyond frustrating.

 

[ringa5]

Could be a good omen. We won a flag just 36 years later.

Lock us in for the 2059 AFLW flag (and pour a celebratory beer over my grave when it happens please).

Rather the now.And have a review into why we are slipping behind other teams.
But l will slip you a bottle of Jack into the coffin.

 

[RedWhite&Blue]

I’ve been watching a lot of old classic VFL and VFA footage recently and they just went back and went bang! So much better at kicking for goal then. No theatrics after the goal also.

There’s something in that - The great Peter Hudson used to kick flat punts which are almost like a torp… he never missed. Maybe players need to start looking at different kicks rather than the drop punt… they have already started this with the side stance kick which is more accurate than the drop punt… why not a tumbling punt end over end spinning forwards… I don’t reckon you’d spray a kick that spins that way