Nah just using smithy as a payout for wanting a sauce for something you will never get a sauce for
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News Jarrad Schofield departs for West Coast
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bomberclifford
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Someone who calls themselves "Expat power" thinks everyone else doesn't like living in Adelaide.
But that's the thing, it wasn't a promotion. He was going from one assistant role to another. The big thing for me is the fact we let him go. You do that for an assistant who gets a head coaching job but to go be an assistant at a different team? I can't think of a time that's happened with someone currently contracted.
Whilst you are on the opposite side of the coin stating it as fact. And for the record I don't 'hate' Hinkley, I just think he is unsuitable as a Port head coach and can't for the life of me swallow the same spin that's been spun since 2015. By all means try to debate on here with your views, but don't try to climb some kind of pedestal as you know it won't end well
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Does it matter?
Schofield clearly likes Perth and has connections there. Going ‘home’ to Perth isn’t a big deal and he may really want to go. Doesn’t necessarily have any reflection on the club or Adelaide.
It was a lateral movement in positions, ie assistant to assistant but may be for more money, who knows. Also gives him a chance to work with a premiership coach and, arguably, one of the best run football clubs. He clearly has a talent for development and right now west coast are rebuilding. He is clearly liked and wanted by other clubs.
And maybe there was a ceiling he felt here. Maybe there was a verbal and potentially violent altercation with hinkey. Maybe he didn’t get along with the players or coaches or administrators. Maybe he dogged the club and walked out on a contract (unlikely as port could have held him to it).
Doesn’t matter. He is a good coach but has a lot to prove and learn. If he replaced Hinkley he would need a seriously good mentor.
Real question is what puts him above other senior coach options? If it’s purely he is a beloved port Adelaide player, then we have problems
Schofield clearly likes Perth and has connections there. Going ‘home’ to Perth isn’t a big deal and he may really want to go. Doesn’t necessarily have any reflection on the club or Adelaide.
It was a lateral movement in positions, ie assistant to assistant but may be for more money, who knows. Also gives him a chance to work with a premiership coach and, arguably, one of the best run football clubs. He clearly has a talent for development and right now west coast are rebuilding. He is clearly liked and wanted by other clubs.
And maybe there was a ceiling he felt here. Maybe there was a verbal and potentially violent altercation with hinkey. Maybe he didn’t get along with the players or coaches or administrators. Maybe he dogged the club and walked out on a contract (unlikely as port could have held him to it).
Doesn’t matter. He is a good coach but has a lot to prove and learn. If he replaced Hinkley he would need a seriously good mentor.
Real question is what puts him above other senior coach options? If it’s purely he is a beloved port Adelaide player, then we have problems
...leaving us owen 3 after reaching consecutive PF's. Throw in Vossey and it's pretty clear old mate is due to be awarded an OBE*
*other blokes efforts
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If I had a dollar for every assistant coach Ken has gone through, I could almost fill my car with petrol. When you have a staff turnover like he has, I rather tend to think that it's not the fault of the assistants.
Isn't Schofield's wife still here in Adelaide ??
He had someone in his ear about going to west coast the moment he came here.
He signed an extension.
6 weeks later he was gone.
That's incredibly concerning
He signed an extension.
6 weeks later he was gone.
That's incredibly concerning
Holly?
Cos Cardone reckons having divided loyalties/obligations doesn't matter and don't get me started on Gav and what he did/didn't do while a member.
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Yeah they didn’t get along, but no one gets along with Ken.
It was this simple - he had a planned coffee catch up with CD, when the time came JS asked him where to meet (or something) and CD had forgotten completely about it. It was the last opportunity to convince him either way. He truly hadn’t made his mind up at that point.
That made the decision a hell of a lot easier.
bomberclifford
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It's surprising because CD is a pretty good operator from what I hear generally. But I'd say he knows he ****ed that one up.
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Yes and no.
Successful programs also see movement.
- Nicks, Voss, Walsh and Richardson all left for senior jobs
- Lade and Schoey are the only two I can think of that left because of ‘circumstances’.
The media also seem to love Ken. Cal Twomey speaks highly of him and he is a reasonable judge and a solid journalist.
Jesus.
SACK THE COFFEE CUP
Nicks left/moved on for a role at GWS before he got the Crows job.
If you saw him interviewed at Alberton just before he left (7 or 9, I can’t remember which) it’s very obvious he was pretty upset about leaving, he may have even said that we was sad to go.
Plus he's hot
