Coach Men's Senior Coach: Brad Scott

[horj89]

Don’t mind the appointment. I wasn’t sure when his name was first brought up but the thought of him smacking a few heads together as me intrigued.

I’m in for the ride.

 

[frodos gardener]

Nice

 

[Petrify]

Dear Members,

On behalf of the Essendon Football Club Board, I am delighted to write and officially announce to you first, that Brad Scott has been appointed as the senior coach of our men’s AFL team.

This is a significant appointment and another important step forward in the progress of our club.

To reach this appointment, we established a clear and structured coaching recruitment process to ensure we found the right person to take our club forward.

The coaching process was diligent in its approach and detailed in its execution. It begun with a shortlist of over 22 candidates and included a demanding interview process, game style presentations and external personality profiling to ensure we had the full picture of the successful candidate.

The coaching sub-committee met for the final time this afternoon to finalise their recommendation. This recommendation was then fully endorsed by the Board at a meeting this evening.

The group consisting of Robert Walls, Jordan Lewis

Jordan Lewis

Age

38

Ht

186cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

D/M

Career

Season

Last 5

D

23.5

5star

K

12.1

4star

HB

11.5

5star

M

5.5

5star

T

2.7

4star

MG

310.5

4star

No current season stats available

D

15.0

4star

K

6.8

3star

HB

8.2

5star

M

4.8

5star

T

2.8

5star

, Simone McKinnis OAM, Andrew Thorburn, Dorothy Hisgrove and Josh Mahoney

Josh Mahoney

Age

47

Ht

180cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.3

3star

K

6.8

3star

HB

4.5

3star

M

3.5

4star

T

1.6

4star

G

0.9

4star

No current season stats available

D

9.2

3star

K

5.4

2star

HB

3.8

3star

M

2.2

3star

T

1.6

4star

G

0.4

3star

(Chair) all worked incredibly hard over the past month to reach their recommendation. I would like to thank each member of this group for their professionalism and commitment to confidentiality throughout this process.

The sub-committee was designed to bring a unique and diverse lens to the coaching process. I have been incredibly impressed with their work and as a Board, we have enormous confidence in the outcome it delivered.

Throughout the process, it was clear the club required a strong leader and Brad’s track record as a player, coach and administrator demonstrated this.

Brad is a two-time premiership player with the Brisbane Lions. He was an assistant coach at Collingwood for three years before becoming the senior coach of the North Melbourne Football Club for 10 seasons. He then transitioned to the GM of Football role at AFL House for the past 3 years. At the age of 46, Brad has an incredible resume, with a diverse range of roles and is the experienced figure the club required.

We believe Brad has all the attributes to be the long-term coach of the Essendon Football Club. He’s a strong leader who will drive standards and establish a winning culture.

We look forward to Brad getting started with us and working closely with the broader club and the football department for what will be an important pre-season.

To our players, staff and members, please join me in welcoming Brad, his wife Penny and his two children Fletcher and Charles into the Essendon family.

This is a clearly a significant day and another positive step forward for the club. We are under no illusions about the hard work ahead of us. By the same token, we are excited about the challenge of building a club that our members are proud of and one that delivers sustained on-field success.

Thank you and go Bombers,

Dave

 

[doug85]

Bloke already called Sen claiming scott is an AFL plant to keep hird away from the job

Sash needs to really stop calling

SLANDER

 

[cAsEy_18]

Can we finally trade Heppell for Atley?

 

[The Devils Advocate]

Omg I actually found out news in the email before the herald sun weeks before.

 

[Lore]

Anyone know how long his contract is going to be?

 

[ant555]

Anyone know how long his contract is going to be?

2 years with a performance KPI for a third

 

[Lads2023]

Dear Members,

On behalf of the Essendon Football Club Board, I am delighted to write and officially announce to you first, that Brad Scott has been appointed as the senior coach of our men’s AFL team.

This is a significant appointment and another important step forward in the progress of our club.

To reach this appointment, we established a clear and structured coaching recruitment process to ensure we found the right person to take our club forward.

The coaching process was diligent in its approach and detailed in its execution. It begun with a shortlist of over 22 candidates and included a demanding interview process, game style presentations and external personality profiling to ensure we had the full picture of the successful candidate.

The coaching sub-committee met for the final time this afternoon to finalise their recommendation. This recommendation was then fully endorsed by the Board at a meeting this evening.

The group consisting of Robert Walls, Jordan Lewis, Simone McKinnis OAM, Andrew Thorburn, Dorothy Hisgrove and Josh Mahoney (Chair) all worked incredibly hard over the past month to reach their recommendation. I would like to thank each member of this group for their professionalism and commitment to confidentiality throughout this process.

The sub-committee was designed to bring a unique and diverse lens to the coaching process. I have been incredibly impressed with their work and as a Board, we have enormous confidence in the outcome it delivered.

Throughout the process, it was clear the club required a strong leader and Brad’s track record as a player, coach and administrator demonstrated this.

Brad is a two-time premiership player with the Brisbane Lions. He was an assistant coach at Collingwood for three years before becoming the senior coach of the North Melbourne Football Club for 10 seasons. He then transitioned to the GM of Football role at AFL House for the past 3 years. At the age of 46, Brad has an incredible resume, with a diverse range of roles and is the experienced figure the club required.

We believe Brad has all the attributes to be the long-term coach of the Essendon Football Club. He’s a strong leader who will drive standards and establish a winning culture.

We look forward to Brad getting started with us and working closely with the broader club and the football department for what will be an important pre-season.

To our players, staff and members, please join me in welcoming Brad, his wife Penny and his two children Fletcher and Charles into the Essendon family.

This is a clearly a significant day and another positive step forward for the club. We are under no illusions about the hard work ahead of us. By the same token, we are excited about the challenge of building a club that our members are proud of and one that delivers sustained on-field success.

Thank you and go Bombers,

Dave

Thanks for sharing. Go bombers

 

[maskmcgee]

A coach who was actually a tough player. Didn't think he'd actually be interested. Hopefully will not accept zero effort performances, something our previous coaches have.

 

[Petrify]

Omg I actually found out news in the email before the herald sun weeks before.

Yep and the fact that Scott wasn't really considered to be in the running until a few days ago despite being interviewed for 3 weeks shows the process was very tight lipped. Happy about this

 

[Call Me Cake]

No if. Members have the email . He is officially the coach.

Thanks for the clarification, been distracted all day.

Nice.

 

[frodos gardener]

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Wait… from the Presdient???

This ****in club man…

 

[thepokey]

I’m happy with this

 

[ScrappyCoCo]

Welcome Brad.

It's hard for me to accept because whenever I see him or his brother my peanut mind thinks of this...

 

[DeanoT]

Shut the roof.


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[windyhill]

I think he will do a much better job than he did with us, you just need quality line coaches, he didn't have the right structure with us and he wasn't given the support he needed back when he was inexperienced.

I think he will do better this time around, if he gets the right support.

Nice one Tas.

 

[Don Won]

Shut the roof.


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Hey, we’re like brother clubs now! Family. Same-same.

 

[yodellinhank]

Welcome to the club.

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I'm seeing double here... 4 Scotts?!

 

[Sky]

Congrats guys on getting a coach who was capable of taking an irrelevant club to two prelims. I hope Brad's appointment and being our coaches' brother can add a bit of substance and maybe the possibility of a rivalry to the country game that (I'm pretty sure Sheedy created?)

Anything that makes footy better for it, you love to see it.

 

[TheKanga]

I hope Brad doesn't cast any dispersions.
Hopefully he never wins against us.

Seriously though good appointment.

 

[The Devils Advocate]

Shut the roof.

We twins now!
You might have the winner, but we have the better looking one.

 

[Doss]

Welcome to the club.

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Geelong v Essendon games are going to be compelling now, namely which twin can melt worse in the coaches box, for reasons other than the brutality of Geelong’s yearly dismembering of Essendon!

 

[windyhill]

Geelong v Essendon games are going to be compelling now, namely which twin can melt worse in the coaches box, for reasons other than the brutality of Geelong’s yearly dismembering of Essendon!

Norf extra tasty.

 

[Xyle01]

Make a new thread for him as coach, we don't want his start to be polluted by 190 pages of speculation