Coach Men's Senior Coach: Brad Scott - Playing the kids!

[Happyskeret]

They dumbed it down for him. Lead out, take a mark, kick a goal, kick a goal. Lead out, take a mark kick another goal.

So you agree we have made it simpler then. Nice! it’s always hard to decipher a court jester type you know. What about the other question I posed to you, do you think our footballers are dumber than other clubs? Or did we just make it too complicated for them?

 

[yodellinhank]

So you agree we have made it simpler then. Nice! it’s always hard to decipher a court jester type you know. What about the other question I posed to you, do you think our footballers are dumber than other clubs? Or did we just make it too complicated for them?

Yes

 

[Mercurial89]

Says the same things as our other coaches does Brad, in the presser we got his version of "player led" which whoosha was howled at for.
Just goes about it slightly differently in execution to get the results.

It's why people are overly harsh on coaches, criticising intelligence? Really?

The messages are mostly the same, they all see the same things with the list and what needs to happen. Some can sell different messages better than others.
We need to move away from just saying " oh they were a bad coach", sometimes it's just they weren't the right coach for that group or even just the time.
This early success doesn't make Brad a good coach (I do think he is but I felt that when he was at north), but he is definitely the right coach for this club and group at the moment.

That probably extends to Captain's too, Merrett is what we need at the moment, and he is probably what Brad needs to help his message.

 

[ant555]

He is certainly a good communicator which is half he battle.

 

[ghostdog]

So you agree we have made it simpler then. Nice! it’s always hard to decipher a court jester type you know. What about the other question I posed to you, do you think our footballers are dumber than other clubs? Or did we just make it too complicated for them?

Don't worry man. Everybody plays the fool, some time.

 

[boncer34]

Says the same things as our other coaches does Brad, in the presser we got his version of "player led" which whoosha was howled at for.
Just goes about it slightly differently in execution to get the results.

It's why people are overly harsh on coaches, criticising intelligence? Really?

The messages are mostly the same, they all see the same things with the list and what needs to happen. Some can sell different messages better than others.
We need to move away from just saying " oh they were a bad coach", sometimes it's just they weren't the right coach for that group or even just the time.
This early success doesn't make Brad a good coach (I do think he is but I felt that when he was at north), but he is definitely the right coach for this club and group at the moment.

That probably extends to Captain's too, Merrett is what we need at the moment, and he is probably what Brad needs to help his message.

He is certainly a good communicator which is half he battle.

Pretty much this. The much vaunted gameplan he's implemented isn't all that different from what Truck was trying to get them to play.

The difference was Truck couldn't get the message across, and he also played the odd player out of position ie McGrath, though Scott isn't immune to that as we've seen with Langford back.

 

[ghostdog]

Says the same things as our other coaches does Brad, in the presser we got his version of "player led" which whoosha was howled at for.
Just goes about it slightly differently in execution to get the results.

It's why people are overly harsh on coaches, criticising intelligence? Really?

The messages are mostly the same, they all see the same things with the list and what needs to happen. Some can sell different messages better than others.
We need to move away from just saying " oh they were a bad coach", sometimes it's just they weren't the right coach for that group or even just the time.
This early success doesn't make Brad a good coach (I do think he is but I felt that when he was at north), but he is definitely the right coach for this club and group at the moment.

That probably extends to Captain's too, Merrett is what we need at the moment, and he is probably what Brad needs to help his message.

Spot on. It's a challenge of working with people. Some personalities just don't fit together, and systems combined with the diversity of personalities, can complicate the nature of the production. And surprise, systems are designed and executed by people.

Right person for the right group at this time, and also the right system and execution of it for this group. Swap out a few personalities for a few others and it may not be as effectively received. Maybe Adam Saad is a good example of a player who realised this. Maybe Nick Hind is now another.

 

[boncer34]

Spot on. It's a challenge of working with people. Some personalities just don't fit together, and systems combined with the diversity of personalities, can complicate the nature of the production. And surprise, systems are designed and executed by people.

Right person for the right group at this time, and also the right system and execution of it for this group. Swap out a few personalities for a few others and it may not be as effectively received. Maybe Adam Saad is a good example of a player who realised this. Maybe Nick Hind is now another.

Expanding on that I think a number of our players have realised that after 2 coaching failures that they needed to look inward and as such are buying in more.

 

[tha Freak]

Brads ability to get the message across was exemplified in the post match pressers. In his presser, Brad speaking of the danger of taking the game lightly stated ‘you get what you deserve’ in these games. In every post game presser by Dons players, they all mentioned in their summary’s of the game, ‘you get what you deserve’.

 

[Godzke]

Can't fault his coaching so far

I can fault his pressers. If a journo asks what your thoughts are about Ess being 6-5 at this point in the season, don't run off on a tangent about talking how Leigh Matthews, sheedy, and other past coaches couldn't coach wce's injuries last week. Stick to the topic. Feel like I'm listening to Brad Scott the AFL GM not Brad Scott the ess coach.

For a few weeks now I feel like he's done that to 1-2 questions. You're the Essendon coach. Focus on Essendon.

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[yodellinhank]

Can't fault his coaching so far

I can fault his pressers. If a journo asks what your thoughts are about Ess being 6-5 at this point in the season, don't run off on a tangent about talking how Leigh Matthews, sheedy, and other past coaches couldn't coach wce's injuries last week. Stick to the topic. Feel like I'm listening to Brad Scott the AFL GM not Brad Scott the ess coach.

For a few weeks now I feel like he's done that to 1-2 questions. You're the Essendon coach. Focus on Essendon.

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Didn't see it but that's exactly how he should handle his press conferences. Set the agenda yourself. Answer that question and it's twisted into putting pressure on the club. Should they make finals, does the coach think the current list up to it etc

**** em. How's the pressure treating you, West Coast?

 

[thepokey]

I like that he showed a bit of humanity and sympathised with Simpson and denounced the media attention Simpson has received. He then went on to say quite clearly that it would be inappropriate for him to actually call and offer support to Simpson since he's the Essendon coach and his job is to be focused on us and be ruthless ... humanity but also clearly defining boundaries.

 

[ant555]

Can't fault his coaching so far

I can fault his pressers. If a journo asks what your thoughts are about Ess being 6-5 at this point in the season, don't run off on a tangent about talking how Leigh Matthews, sheedy, and other past coaches couldn't coach wce's injuries last week. Stick to the topic. Feel like I'm listening to Brad Scott the AFL GM not Brad Scott the ess coach.

For a few weeks now I feel like he's done that to 1-2 questions. You're the Essendon coach. Focus on Essendon.

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Guess people hear what they want to hear. I think he has been pretty clear and has offered a lot about what we are doing.

 

[maskmcgee]

Seems to me we're getting done for holding the ball alot. Players get the ball, have a chance to dispose of it, then change their mind, look for another option and end up getting tackled. Is this part of the gameplan, better to stop the play for a few seconds and give up a free kick instead of just getting rid of it and potentially turning it over in open play?

 

[Old Campaigner]

There's a subtle forcefulness in the way he speaks, I think it puts the media in their place in a way Rutten's manner never could

 

[yodellinhank]

There's a subtle forcefulness in the way he speaks, I think it puts the media in their place in a way Rutten's manner never could

Worsfold used to straight bat them, and edge a few to the slips every now and again. Rutten watched them through, sometimes onto the stumps. Brad has actually got some footwork.

 

[Lore]

There's a subtle forcefulness in the way he speaks, I think it puts the media in their place in a way Rutten's manner never could

It’s the white collar authority training he got at AFL house

 

[harsh. but fair]

He mentioned one word in his press conference on Sat night that pricked my ears. “Ruthless”. The context, I’m pretty sure, was ruthless in his approach to success. Yes please.

 

[HurlsMeister18]

Worsfold used to straight bat them, and edge a few to the slips every now and again. Rutten watched them through, sometimes onto the stumps. Brad has actually got some footwork.

Rutten was like Glenn Maxwell's leave when he got bowled in a BBL game, couldn't believe when we got thrashed by Geelong in RD 1 2022 and he rolled up the presser with a big smirk on his face and said jeez we didn't see that coming. So far so good from Scott.

 

[Lord Nicholson]

Can't fault his coaching so far

I can fault his pressers. If a journo asks what your thoughts are about Ess being 6-5 at this point in the season, don't run off on a tangent about talking how Leigh Matthews, sheedy, and other past coaches couldn't coach wce's injuries last week. Stick to the topic. Feel like I'm listening to Brad Scott the AFL GM not Brad Scott the ess coach.

For a few weeks now I feel like he's done that to 1-2 questions. You're the Essendon coach. Focus on Essendon.

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A magnanimous approach that also deflects as much attention from us as possible is not only novel, it's something we should have been trying for some time.

I'm all for it.

 

[MiguelM]

One thing he is very good at is denying the headline. He did it on Footy Classified when asked about Sheedy, gave them the opposite of what they wanted. You could see the panel just tore up their their perceived headline.

He approaches with a straight bat and takes the emotion out of it. All this comes from experience from previous senior coach, working at afl house & umpire boss etc.

He also completely backs the players, Stringer comes to mind.

 

[fishardansin]

I'm a convert. I thought Rutten copped a raw deal as we had a young team that was going up and down and he'd got them to the finals unexpectedly in 2021. I also find Brad Scott's corporate talk that doesn't actually say much with a lot of words.

However, what I see is someone who is setting the team up with multiple game plans and has managed to get enough confidence from the players that they're able to execute the plans. I also think that this is going to set up a positive feedback loop.

I'll still be surprised if we win a final this year, but I'm also aware that we could be a 4 goal better side in 6 weeks' time with Wright, Parish, Setterfield and Shiel back in the side and am prepared to be surprised. However, if we get a solid 18 months and 2 preseasons into Cox, Reid, Tsatas and Davey our team should be in good shape come 2025. If we're not going to be a challenger in 2025 and we don't see list changes between now and then I'll be disappointed.

 

[Megabattimus]

Brad Good.

 

[IggypopsTshirt]

Brads presser post eagles game highlights that he’s got his finger right on the pulse at the club. He’s all too aware of our shortcomings as an organisation and is willing to face them head on. Praise be to Allah the Barham/Sheedy/Hird agreement was short circuited and we can finally move ahead…….we’ve got our man and we’re heading in the right direction

 

[eth-dog]

Just found out something. Has the 4th most games coached without a draw behind Blight (250), Hinkley (234) and Whitten (228).