Yeah. I don't know enough about this guy or what he's being hired to do to be able to say it's a good or bad appointment, but at least we're doing SOMETHING. It may or may not make us better, but doing nothing definitely won't help.
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Agree - The club has been really stagnant or reactive with coaches for years now, citing an inability to attract people from interstate. If that's the case, the logical move would be to ensure that you provide opportunities for career advancement, which can only occur if you move along those who are underperforming...
The easy option would have been to just stick Sloane into an assistant role (which I guess is still a possibility in addition to this). But at least we haven't just plucked somebody from the revolving door of SA football. As far as I'm aware the guy has no history with any SA club at either AFL or SANFL level, so if nothing else we might benefit from an outsider's perspective.
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If ALL of that's true they shoulda sacked Nicks and appointed Murray Davis Head Coach.
(has anybody ever gone from Football Director to Head Coach?)
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The guy who just coached his side to a flag?
Perhaps the possibility of a vacancy opening up here next year was part of what attracted him to the role. He can be right down the hallway when we're scouring the world for a Nicks replacement.
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Jeez, that'd be Machiavellian, like Australian Federal Pollies.
Advise/"help" a bloke whose job you covet.
Everyone in the cinema laughed.
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Davis joins Crows
Experienced assistant coach Murray Davis will join the Crows in the role of Coaching Director
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And an Australian river.
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Someone that knows a bit about Murray as a coach
Who is Mark Gottlieb?
That’s Murray Davis’s twitter name.
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It sounds like his role is that of a senior assistant coach, except with a new role created that sounds like a promotion, so that we don't have to demote Burns.
Seems like a good fit for his skill set.
Not sure what to make of our coaching structure outside of that. If Burns sucks as a senior assistant, why not just demote him and put Davis into that position?
It doesn't sound like from the announcement that we are hiring a new senior assistant coach in addition to a "coaching director".
It also means that we are still lacking someone with any sort of strong football experience that sits above Nicks and can apply significant oversight over him and his decision making
Seems like a good fit for his skill set.
Not sure what to make of our coaching structure outside of that. If Burns sucks as a senior assistant, why not just demote him and put Davis into that position?
It doesn't sound like from the announcement that we are hiring a new senior assistant coach in addition to a "coaching director".
It also means that we are still lacking someone with any sort of strong football experience that sits above Nicks and can apply significant oversight over him and his decision making
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Looks like someone in media that has a bit of knowledge about Davis through chats with the man himself and Lions players.
So weve made up another role for Godden while Wright coaches the SANFL
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So how does this coaching director position actually work. Does Nicks report into him? Does Nicks have the final say? Who gets thrown under the bus if we have another poor season?
is it more of an opportunity to bounce things off another coach?
is it more of an opportunity to bounce things off another coach?
So is that an addition of Murray Davis as Coaching Director and Jared Hoare as Head of Fitness & Conditioning and Alec Buttfield as Head of Sports Science. Beefing up the off-field department? At least they've seen that as a need and gone about doing something about it.
I'm happy they are making some improvements.
Is this enough? Not sure.
Is this enough? Not sure.
I guess what concerns me is that he's never been a coaching director, and the club has never employed someone in this role before. I just hope he doesn't suck but stays in the role for ages because the club doesn't know what a good coaching director would look like or what the role should even be.
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Scott Burns demoted to Forwards Coach
Davis not replacing Burns as Senior Assistant?
So still need to fill that spot, Brett Montgomery...
Davis not replacing Burns as Senior Assistant?
So still need to fill that spot, Brett Montgomery...
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