Coach Men's Senior Coach: Brad Scott

[BrunoV]

Not sure there is any coolaid in what will come out after his sit down today.
Predicting two seasons of inconsistent performances.

Not good enough. That's 4 years into a rebuild.

 

[BrunoV]

You sound really bitter. The bloke has hardly said anything and the season hasn’t even started and you’re already laying into him.

Listen to Lyon and contrast it.

 

[Lore]

Listen to Lyon and contrast it.

Why? Should I go listen to the other 16 coaches as well, just for balance?

 

[Lore]

Christ they’re half an hour each. Who even has 10% of that time to listen to Damien Barrett

 

[BrunoV]

Why? Should I go listen to the other 16 coaches as well, just for balance?

Well I'm working my way through it.

You'll hear very impressive Nicks, Longmuir and Simpson..

 

[Yoda_]

Not good enough. That's 4 years into a rebuild.

As a Tottenham supporter, citizen-erased can attest that nothing good comes from being obsessed with winning rather than building a winning culture.

Would prefer to be inconsistent for 2 years than try to take short cuts that have served us so well for 20 years.

 

[MiguelM]

Talk is cheap.

Action on the field is my measure. Buy in & effort from the players is where it is at.

 

[Happyskeret]

I remember when Brad was coaching North and before the start of every season he was like a gobbler puffing the feathers out on how relevant north are going to be and that they were not going to be any pushover.
My interpretation of that was he was trying to sell the club, had to be as much as an ambassador as he was a coach for them.
When he says the enticement to Essendon was the role was mainly focused on football I believe him! If that means he is not the media darling because he is focusing on more of the fundamental aspects of football I can live with that.

 

[Yoda_]

Talk is cheap.

Action on the field is my measure. Buy in & effort from the players is where it is at.

that's why I took very little notice of Merret (and later Sam Draper) saying we'll be tougher to play against.


Action's speak louder than words

 

[MiguelM]

that's why I took very little notice of Merret (and later Sam Draper) saying we'll be tougher to play against.


Action's speak louder than words

Yep, just lip service.

Lets just see how Scott goes. From all reports, he doesn't waffle on which must be a breath of fresh air to the players.

Sometimes less is more and the players were clearly confused with the messaging in last few years.

 

[Bjchan13]

Where do you see the huge improvement coming from?

Where did I mention huge improvement? I said the first 4 are winnable and we should be aiming to win them

 

[yodellinhank]

I remember when Brad was coaching North and before the start of every season he was like a gobbler puffing the feathers out on how relevant north are going to be and that they were not going to be any pushover.
My interpretation of that was he was trying to sell the club, had to be as much as an ambassador as he was a coach for them.
When he says the enticement to Essendon was the role was mainly focused on football I believe him! If that means he is not the media darling because he is focusing on more of the fundamental aspects of football I can live with that.

He was a real sook at North.

 

[citizen-erased]

As a Tottenham supporter, citizen-erased can attest that nothing good comes from being obsessed with winning rather than building a winning culture.

Would prefer to be inconsistent for 2 years than try to take short cuts that have served us so well for 20 years.

I live my loser clubs run by fools

 

[bombreys]

Where did I mention huge improvement? I said the first 4 are winnable and we should be aiming to win them

Well 23 of them are winnable I guess, not sure what the point of your comment was

 

[bombreys]

Really? I think that is giving Scott an enormous amount of patience.

The club should be aiming for a 2 win improvement each year. While I know progression isn’t linear, if the club isn’t firmly positioning itself within the top 6, if not top 4 by 2027, the supporters have every right to be furious.

It takes time though. Every club wants to get better. The supporters have the right to be frustrated, only because we’ve failed so many times before - this is a new rebuild though.

I think our fans are in denial of how bad our list/drafting has been - if Jones and Davey don’t get picked for round 1 (hopefully both do) - that will leave us with 1 player of our last 16 drafted playing at AFL level, being Perkins.

You can’t then expect 2 wins per year improvement.

The teams immediately around us are Giants, Adelaide, Hawthorn and Gold Coast. I think Hawks drop down, but Adelaide, Giants and Gold Coast should jump above us this year.

 

[boncer34]

Well 23 of them are winnable I guess, not sure what the point of your comment was

Well his point is 23 of them aren't winnable. If we had Geelong and Melbourne in the first 4 nobody would be saying we should be aiming to be 4-0.

 

[dank420_]

He was a real sook at North.

Have you tried coaching North???

 

[ant555]

As a Tottenham supporter, citizen-erased can attest that nothing good comes from being obsessed with winning rather than building a winning culture.

Would prefer to be inconsistent for 2 years than try to take short cuts that have served us so well for 20 years.

As a fellow Spurs fan I can agree

 

[ant555]

that's why I took very little notice of Merret (and later Sam Draper) saying we'll be tougher to play against.


Action's speak louder than words

They do but the flip side is supporters complain if they hear nothing as well

 

[Maxabillions]

Looking forward to there being actual performances for everyone to complain about instead of their own imaginations

 

[ghostdog]

I remember when Brad was coaching North and before the start of every season he was like a gobbler puffing the feathers out on how relevant north are going to be and that they were not going to be any pushover.
My interpretation of that was he was trying to sell the club, had to be as much as an ambassador as he was a coach for them.
When he says the enticement to Essendon was the role was mainly focused on football I believe him! If that means he is not the media darling because he is focusing on more of the fundamental aspects of football I can live with that.

Hopefully Barham learned from Brasher's mistake then, and doesn't sell Scott down the river with his own irrelevant predictions of our success. What a toss.

 

[MiguelM]

Hopefully Barham learned from Brasher's mistake then, and doesn't sell Scott down the river with his own irrelevant predictions of our success. What a toss.

One of the problems being a big club is you have to sell hope and I think we have overestimated our list at times to sell that hope to members. It is a fine line and it seems we got sucked into the brand/corporate stuff too much thinking the footy side would just fix itself.

Definitely feels more low key than past seasons which is sorta what Mcrae did at the Pies, of course, they already had hard at it players.

 

[Bjchan13]

Well 23 of them are winnable I guess, not sure what the point of your comment was

The point was i think the first 4 games are winnable due to who we play and where. Its a soft opening month. I then went on to say rounds 5-10 is a tough stretch of games and id actually consider 5-5 after 10 a good result. You'd know all that if you'd read the posts properly. You can disagree with all of that, thats fine and what the forum is for, but you shouldn't put words in my mouth or try and twist what ive said.

 

[fairbump_playon]

People not being prepared to examine their opinions is nothing new.

What we should do is contrast the way that football performance underpins the comments Lyon makes about the things he has learned from his experience.

Lyons has the balls to name players that can take St Kilda forward addressing their weaknesses.

Brad has learned from experience. He is managing expectations consistent with having a 4 year deal though his starting point is 2 completed years of a rebuild. He might as well be Stewart Dew as things stand.

I'd say Brad talks as though he is Chris but that's an insult to Chris because Chris is obsessed with performance.

I'll reassess 5 weeks into the season because his actions will be much louder than his waffle.

FWIW I think Ross an excellent coach prone to a bit of hubris. Regardless, I wanted him at Essendon.

You’re right people don’t change opinions easily. But that article was less a great insight into a football genius, and more a self serving narrative about what Ross perceives as his evolution from being a great coach, to a great coach who is also a great guy.

 

[Beerfish]

Talk is cheap.

Action on the field is my measure. Buy in & effort from the players is where it is at.

Are you sure you don't want to mash out a 3000 word thesis on why he's rubbish before a ball is even bounced?