Coach Men's Coaches 2024

[eth-dog]

AFL Senior Coach: Brad Scott (thread)
reports to the Chief Executive Officer

• Ben Jacobs – Assistant Coach (Defence)
• Daniel Giansiracusa
  Daniel Giansiracusa

  Age

  42

  Ht

  182cm

  Wt

  81kg

  Pos.

  Fwd

  Career

  Season

  Last 5

  D

  17.6

  4star

  K

  11.0

  4star

  HB

  6.6

  4star

  M

  5.1

  5star

  T

  2.4

  4star

  G

  1.2

  4star

  No current season stats available

  D

  10.2

  3star

  K

  7.4

  3star

  HB

  2.8

  3star

  M

  5.2

  5star

  T

  2.0

  4star

  G

  1.0

  4star

  – Assistant Coach (Midfield)
• Brent Stanton – Assistant Coach (Midfield)
• Dale Tapping – Assistant Coach (Forwards)

Head of Development: Cam Roberts
reports to the General Manager, AFL

• Travis Cloke
  Travis Cloke

  Age

  37

  Ht

  196cm

  Wt

  105kg

  Pos.

  Fwd

  Career

  Season

  Last 5

  D

  13.6

  3star

  K

  10.6

  4star

  HB

  2.9

  3star

  M

  6.7

  5star

  T

  1.9

  4star

  G

  1.8

  5star

  No current season stats available

  D

  12.6

  4star

  K

  9.8

  4star

  HB

  2.8

  3star

  M

  3.6

  4star

  T

  1.0

  3star

  G

  1.0

  4star

  – Development Coach (Forwards) & VFLW Head Coach (VFLW thread)
• Michael Hurley
  18

  Michael Hurley

  Age

  34

  Ht

  193cm

  Wt

  94kg

  Pos.

  Def

  Career

  Season

  Last 5

  D

  18.3

  5star

  K

  12.1

  4star

  HB

  6.2

  4star

  M

  6.4

  5star

  T

  0.9

  3star

  MG

  389.3

  5star

  D

  16.5

  4star

  K

  11.8

  5star

  HB

  4.7

  3star

  M

  6.3

  5star

  T

  0.3

  1star

  MG

  301.2

  4star

  D

  15.0

  4star

  K

  7.6

  3star

  HB

  7.4

  5star

  M

  5.0

  5star

  T

  2.0

  4star

  – Development Coach (Backline), Jack Jones Academy & Player Welfare
• Natalie Wood – Development Coach (Teaching & Education) & AFLW Senior Coach (Coach thread)

VFL Senior Coach: Blake Caracella

Blake Caracella

Age

47

Ht

186cm

Wt

85kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.5

4star

K

10.1

4star

HB

6.4

4star

M

4.7

4star

T

1.4

3star

No current season stats available

D

13.2

4star

K

8.8

4star

HB

4.4

4star

M

4.0

4star

T

0.6

3star

(VFL thread)

• Adam Potter – VFL Assistant Coach

 

[faible]

Did Lore... make a funny?

 

[Lore]

Did Lore... make a funny?

believe it or not, Lore does that sometimes

 

[faible]

believe it or not, Lore does that sometimes

Hobbiton has changed you

 

[I Remember Bluey]

believe it or not, Lore does that sometimes

lol, I don't believe you

 

[Lore]

lol, I don't believe you

Believe it or not you may

 

[Squeaky]

Farrugia?

Have we got a Maltese quota that needs filling?

Mario Fenech incoming...

 

[justlookingaround]

Dons assistant says no to Eagles, Demon ponders role

Daniel Giansiracusa won't be West Coast's next senior coach after opting not to take part in the club's selection process

www.afl.com.au

Giansiracusa is highly rated at the Bombers – Brad Scott had him run the pre-season over summer – and will remain at the club in 2025.

 

[bomberlegend2007]

Dons assistant says no to Eagles, Demon ponders role

Daniel Giansiracusa won't be West Coast's next senior coach after opting not to take part in the club's selection process

www.afl.com.au

I do actually believe he will be our next coach.

 

[naraku]

Amazing that so many are turning down the Wet toast role.

Happy Gia is staying on.

 

[Beerfish]

Amazing that so many are turning down the Wet toast role.

Happy Gia is staying on.

You spelled hilarious wrong

 

[Rick Ross]

Amazing that so many are turning down the Wet toast role.

Happy Gia is staying on.

Yup. Looks like a few coaches in waiting saw that movie Sliding Doors, starring two aspiring coaches (Adam Yze and Adam Kingsley) who with similar resumes win senior coaching roles at very different clubs.

 

[ghostdog]

On the surface, it looks like Gia and Stants are doing a great job with the midfield to allow Caldwell and Durham to blossom and to make Parish more accountable.

Jacobs and Tapping look to be struggling. For Jacobs it looks more like a cattle issue. Same for Tapping, but it also looks very disorganised.

 

[P Money]

Genuine question - are the midfield coaches responsible for the delivery inside 50? Or is this more the remit of the fwd coaches?

 

[faible]

Amazing that so many are turning down the Wet toast role.

Happy Gia is staying on.

Bit of a tough time to take over, their list demographic isn't great given so much of their older good players are the wrong side of 30, and basically everyone else is young.

Do you take the role, potentially wear 2 years of shitty results trying to rebuild, and risk getting shown the door? Hard to get a second chance as an AFL head coach.

Meanwhile you've got a few clubs in Melbourne that might open up vacancies in the next few years. Bevo was pretty close to an exit if the rumour mill was right earlier this year.

 

[Squeaky]

On the surface, it looks like Gia and Stants are doing a great job with the midfield to allow Caldwell and Durham to blossom and to make Parish more accountable.

Jacobs and Tapping look to be struggling. For Jacobs it looks more like a cattle issue. Same for Tapping, but it also looks very disorganised.

'Cattle issue' to a degree, but can't we get the players to not all lead to the one spot or worse drag their man into contests that they shouldn't be? Surely anyone can be coached to run dummy leads or put a block on.
Don't have to be top shelf to do little things like that...

 

[naraku]

Caracella could be on his way back to Richmond.

Essendon assistant linked to rival club

A very experienced coach is said to have held talks with another side as he weighs up his future.

www.google.com

 

[eth-dog]

Caracella could be on his way back to Richmond.

Essendon assistant linked to rival club

A very experienced coach is said to have held talks with another side as he weighs up his future.

www.google.com

Meh.

 

[Godzke]

Caracella could be on his way back to Richmond.

Essendon assistant linked to rival club

A very experienced coach is said to have held talks with another side as he weighs up his future.

www.google.com

Could never figure out whether Caracella wants to be a senior coach or forever journey the wilderness of assistant coaching.

 

[Yoda_]

Weren't the wraps big early but got ahead of himself and when he was trying to over ride senior coaches behind there back was banished back to the VFL coaching gig?

 

[ant555]

Weren't the wraps big early but got ahead of himself and when he was trying to over ride senior coaches behind there back was banished back to the VFL coaching gig?

Funny how people say banished to VFL coach yet the VFL coach is the second most important spot in the coaching department.
I think he my go as he is part of the previous regime.

 

[eth-dog]

Funny how people say banished to VFL coach yet the VFL coach is the second most important spot in the coaching department.
I think he my go as he is part of the previous regime.

They should be but the club doesn't share that attitude.

 

[ant555]

They should be but the club doesn't share that attitude.

He did not do a bad job this year given we started with a bunch of inexperienced players and limited experience.
Problem is if he goes it is the third VFL coach in 3 years.

 

[VelvetSledge]

Caracella could be on his way back to Richmond.

Essendon assistant linked to rival club

A very experienced coach is said to have held talks with another side as he weighs up his future.

www.google.com

Cal Twomey saying this is confirmed now.

Shame it didn't work out. Was hoping he'd bring his continued success to us, but the Essington was too strong.

 

[ant555]

Blake going back to the Tigers shows just how bloody stupid it was to have him coach the VFL. The VFL job is the second most important coaching job in the footy department. He is the guy that has to get the young AFL listed guys and the VFL guys playing the same brand of footy so that players can come in and out of the side without too many issues.
Now we are in a spot where we will be signing our 4th VFL coach in 4 years and all the work done with the current young VFL group may get undone again.
It was a seriously stupid move to park Blake there if they knew he was likely to go.
We have basically screwed up the VFL program 3 years in a row now.
They need to sign someone as head of development / VFL coach and make it a 3 year gig so we can bed down a proper VFL system.

 

[div12ressie]

Hird to coach the vfl squad next year to a premiership and then replace brad scott the year after due to not making finals again