Coach North Melbourne Football Department Thread

[Snake_Baker]

I reckon one of the main problems with footy is that there are too many coaches. It's all tactics. It's be beautiful if we could get back to players are actually playing footy, not chess.

A-****ing-Men to that mate.

I can't stand most of the shit we see now. The soul has been completely ripped out of the sport.

 

[Del191229]

Obviously our missing line coaches will be replaced next year... anyone else think there will be Shaw mk2 appearing next to the Rawling bros... surely his last playing season and odds on the coaching type


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If there's a VFL type team he'd be brilliant playing a year there too.

You'd walk taller as a skinny draftee with Heath Shaw beside you.

 

[The Nostradamus]

So what coaches are we left with?

shaw- head coach
Blakey- senior assistant (assume he will also take a playing line maybe defenders)
Gavin brown- head of development
Boomer- not sure what his role will be but has been development and goal kicking in the past
Adams - mids?

total of 5 coaches atm?

Would like some recently retired players to have some coaches fresh out of the game

 

[CharlieMortdecai]

A massive loss of up to $400 million in revenue this year has led to the AFL wielding the axe and jettisoning senior staff, including the league's salary cap policeman Ken Wood.

Suddenly it all makes sense!

 

[speedy]

Suddenly it all makes sense!

What the axing of salary cap policeman Ken Wood and Carlton throwing money at everything that walks?

 

[The Brady Bunch]

A-****ing-Men to that mate.

I can't stand most of the sh*t we see now. The soul has been completely ripped out of the sport.

As part of my presidential re-election campaign, I propose a ban on all coaches from attending on game day. Coaches should only be allowed to coach skills at training during the week. Every club should have a playing coach and assistant / line coaches on the field. Coaches boxes should be ceremonially blown up.

 

[joegreen]

Brent Harvey chooses watching son over full-time job at Roos​

In today’s AFL Briefing, your daily wrap of footy news:​

• Brent Harvey opts out of full-time role at Kangaroos, where son Cooper has made his start

North Melbourne legend Brent Harvey

Brent Harvey

Age

46

Ht

167cm

Wt

75kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

21.3

5star

K

13.2

5star

HB

8.2

5star

M

3.9

4star

T

2.1

4star

G

1.2

4star

No current season stats available

D

6.0

2star

K

3.0

1star

HB

3.0

3star

M

1.2

2star

T

0.6

3star

G

0.6

3star

has chosen to watch his son Cooper play football at the Kangaroos in 2024 rather than move from a part-time to a full-time development role at the club.
However, the Kangaroos and Harvey are both hopeful he will be able to remain at the club in a yet-to-be-determined role that suits them both.

Brent Harvey

Brent Harvey

Age

46

Ht

167cm

Wt

75kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

21.3

5star

K

13.2

5star

HB

8.2

5star

M

3.9

4star

T

2.1

4star

G

1.2

4star

No current season stats available

D

6.0

2star

K

3.0

1star

HB

3.0

3star

M

1.2

2star

T

0.6

3star

G

0.6

3star

with his son Cooper in the North Melbourne rooms in 2010 (left) and (right) this season as Cooper made his mark in the AFL.CREDIT:THE AGE/GETTY

Harvey understands the club needs to make his part-time position into a full-time one as it emphasises development during the rebuild under senior coach Alastair Clarkson.

With Cooper showing promising signs in his three games this season before injuring his shoulder, industry sources who spoke on the condition of anonymity, so they could speak freely on the matter, confirmed that the games record holder concluded he’d rather be in the grandstand watching his son than coaching in the VFL.
Harvey’s decision comes as the Kangaroos look at how they might regenerate their coaching ranks. Brett Ratten

Brett Ratten

Age

53

Ht

184cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

22.4

5star

K

12.1

4star

HB

10.3

5star

M

2.9

3star

T

3.0

5star

No current season stats available

D

26.4

5star

K

13.8

5star

HB

12.6

5star

M

3.4

4star

T

1.6

4star

, who stood in as senior coach for 10 matches while Clarkson took indefinite leave to restore his mental health mid-season, is uncertain whether he will remain at the club.

Brent Harvey

Brent Harvey

Age

46

Ht

167cm

Wt

75kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

21.3

5star

K

13.2

5star

HB

8.2

5star

M

3.9

4star

T

2.1

4star

G

1.2

4star

No current season stats available

D

6.0

2star

K

3.0

1star

HB

3.0

3star

M

1.2

2star

T

0.6

3star

G

0.6

3star

with son Cooper after a game in 2010.CREDIT:JOE ARMAO

Ratten started at the club in a part-time role after St Kilda’s brutal sacking of him at the end of last season but stepped into the breach at the club’s request to work full-time in Clarkson’s absence.
North Melbourne, like all clubs, have out-of-contract assistant coaches in a holding pattern as only Tom Lynch and Leigh Adams

Leigh Adams

Age

36

Ht

176cm

Wt

79kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.0

4star

K

8.9

3star

HB

9.1

5star

M

3.6

4star

T

3.5

5star

G

0.7

4star

No current season stats available

D

12.2

3star

K

5.4

2star

HB

6.8

5star

M

2.2

3star

T

4.2

5star

G

0.4

3star

have been guaranteed a role in 2024, with final decisions yet to be made.


Clarkson and football manager Todd Viney made minimal changes last season but are looking to develop a structure that best meets the needs of the club, which will probably finish on the bottom of the ladder for the third consecutive season.
The Kangaroos have only sat above 16th on the ladder for nine of the past 73 rounds, and will have high draft picks to work with, so they are making player development their priority.

Brent Harvey

Brent Harvey

Age

46

Ht

167cm

Wt

75kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

21.3

5star

K

13.2

5star

HB

8.2

5star

M

3.9

4star

T

2.1

4star

G

1.2

4star

No current season stats available

D

6.0

2star

K

3.0

1star

HB

3.0

3star

M

1.2

2star

T

0.6

3star

G

0.6

3star

in his playing days at North Melbourne (left) and his son Cooper following in his footsteps.CREDIT:AFL PHOTOS
They play Gold Coast at Blundstone Arena on Saturday and could end the season with the No.1 pick.
They traded that pick out last season to the Giants and held picks two and three after a mega trade that also involved West Coast and Port Adelaide. It landed the Kangaroos George Wardlaw and Harry Sheezel, who have both been impressive this season.

The highly rated Harley Reid is touted as the likely no.1 pick, but the Roos are also likely to make a formal approach to the AFL for draft assistance at season’s end.
They may also lose key defender and free agent Ben McKay

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Ben Mckay

Age

27

Ht

202cm

Wt

104kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

7.5

2star

K

3.7

1star

HB

3.8

3star

M

2.7

3star

T

1.7

4star

MG

77.2

1star

D

7.5

2star

K

4.5

2star

HB

3.0

2star

M

2.5

3star

T

1.5

2star

MG

88.5

2star

D

7.0

2star

K

3.4

2star

HB

3.6

3star

M

2.4

3star

T

2.0

4star

MG

67.8

1star

in the trade period. Essendon, Port Adelaide and Sydney are all interested in securing him.


Police are hunting a group of thugs who bashed Kangaroos star Jack Ziebell

7

Jack Ziebell

Age

33

Ht

188cm

Wt

89kg

Pos.

D/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

19.1

5star

K

12.8

5star

HB

6.3

4star

M

3.8

4star

T

4.6

5star

MG

369.5

5star

D

8.0

2star

K

5.0

2star

HB

3.0

2star

M

3.2

3star

T

1.6

3star

MG

125.8

2star

D

16.2

4star

K

11.4

4star

HB

4.8

4star

M

5.2

5star

T

3.0

5star

outside a South Yarra bar where he was celebrating the end of his AFL career.
The Western Bulldogs have already told club champion Rohan Smith

Rohan Smith

Age

51

Ht

184cm

Wt

80kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.2

4star

K

11.9

4star

HB

5.2

4star

M

4.5

4star

T

1.2

3star

No current season stats available

D

11.8

3star

K

8.2

4star

HB

3.6

3star

M

1.4

2star

T

1.2

3star

he will not be offered a contract for next season, setting the assistant coaching merry-go-round in motion.
It will be affected by Richmond’s search for a senior coach and the decision West Coast makes on the future of its senior coach, Adam Simpson.

 

[DuckYeah]

Brent Harvey chooses watching son over full-time job at Roos​

In today’s AFL Briefing, your daily wrap of footy news:​

• Brent Harvey opts out of full-time role at Kangaroos, where son Cooper has made his start

North Melbourne legend Brent Harvey has chosen to watch his son Cooper play football at the Kangaroos in 2024 rather than move from a part-time to a full-time development role at the club.
However, the Kangaroos and Harvey are both hopeful he will be able to remain at the club in a yet-to-be-determined role that suits them both.

Brent Harvey with his son Cooper in the North Melbourne rooms in 2010 (left) and (right) this season as Cooper made his mark in the AFL.CREDIT:THE AGE/GETTY

Harvey understands the club needs to make his part-time position into a full-time one as it emphasises development during the rebuild under senior coach Alastair Clarkson.

With Cooper showing promising signs in his three games this season before injuring his shoulder, industry sources who spoke on the condition of anonymity, so they could speak freely on the matter, confirmed that the games record holder concluded he’d rather be in the grandstand watching his son than coaching in the VFL.
Harvey’s decision comes as the Kangaroos look at how they might regenerate their coaching ranks. Brett Ratten, who stood in as senior coach for 10 matches while Clarkson took indefinite leave to restore his mental health mid-season, is uncertain whether he will remain at the club.

Brent Harvey with son Cooper after a game in 2010.CREDIT:JOE ARMAO

Ratten started at the club in a part-time role after St Kilda’s brutal sacking of him at the end of last season but stepped into the breach at the club’s request to work full-time in Clarkson’s absence.
North Melbourne, like all clubs, have out-of-contract assistant coaches in a holding pattern as only Tom Lynch and Leigh Adams have been guaranteed a role in 2024, with final decisions yet to be made.


Clarkson and football manager Todd Viney made minimal changes last season but are looking to develop a structure that best meets the needs of the club, which will probably finish on the bottom of the ladder for the third consecutive season.
The Kangaroos have only sat above 16th on the ladder for nine of the past 73 rounds, and will have high draft picks to work with, so they are making player development their priority.

Brent Harvey in his playing days at North Melbourne (left) and his son Cooper following in his footsteps.CREDIT:AFL PHOTOS
They play Gold Coast at Blundstone Arena on Saturday and could end the season with the No.1 pick.
They traded that pick out last season to the Giants and held picks two and three after a mega trade that also involved West Coast and Port Adelaide. It landed the Kangaroos George Wardlaw and Harry Sheezel, who have both been impressive this season.

The highly rated Harley Reid is touted as the likely no.1 pick, but the Roos are also likely to make a formal approach to the AFL for draft assistance at season’s end.
They may also lose key defender and free agent Ben McKay in the trade period. Essendon, Port Adelaide and Sydney are all interested in securing him.


Police are hunting a group of thugs who bashed Kangaroos star Jack Ziebell outside a South Yarra bar where he was celebrating the end of his AFL career.
The Western Bulldogs have already told club champion Rohan Smith he will not be offered a contract for next season, setting the assistant coaching merry-go-round in motion.
It will be affected by Richmond’s search for a senior coach and the decision West Coast makes on the future of its senior coach, Adam Simpson.

Mav

 

[Mav]

Mav

However, the Kangaroos and Harvey are both hopeful he will be able to remain at the club in a yet-to-be-determined role

 

[DuckYeah]

However, the Kangaroos and Harvey are both hopeful he will be able to remain at the club in a yet-to-be-determined role

Im claiming that one.

 

[Hearts to hearts]

Good news that we are beefing up development coaching.

 

[Samsquanch]

However, the Kangaroos and Harvey are both hopeful he will be able to remain at the club in a yet-to-be-determined role

In charge of raffle ticket sales.

























Too soon?

 

[hsquid]

However, the Kangaroos and Harvey are both hopeful he will be able to remain at the club in a yet-to-be-determined role

In other news, Harvey has announced he is now the proud adopted father of five seventeen year-olds, Harley Harvey, Jed Harvey, Colby Harvey, Daniel Harvey and Nick Harvey who will all now be eligible to the roos as father-sons.

 

[gokangas]

The coaching moves begin. Keen to keep Ratten. Will be interesting to see if the can create the right position for him.

 

[muttley45]

Whether he is in or not in any official role going forward, Boomer should probably have his own key to the joint as a sign of respect.

 

[Colby Cheer Squad]

In charge of raffle ticket sales.

























Too soon?

Donald is out?

 

[Shinboner1]

Good news that we are beefing up development coaching.

With who?

 

[Hearts to hearts]

With who?

It doesn’t say - just that a part time role is going full time as part of the club investing more in player development. Good thing too.

 

[tazaa]

There’s a team of 11 currently

Clarko
Blakey - Defence
Jordan Russell

Jordan Russell

Age

38

Ht

188cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.1

4star

K

8.3

3star

HB

6.9

4star

M

4.9

5star

T

3.4

5star

No current season stats available

D

8.4

3star

K

3.8

2star

HB

4.6

4star

M

2.8

3star

T

3.4

5star

- Midfield
Patch Adams - Forwards
Tom Lynch - VFL
Ratts - Part time assistant coach
Josh Gibson

Josh Gibson

Age

40

Ht

189cm

Wt

93kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.4

4star

K

9.0

3star

HB

8.4

5star

M

5.1

5star

T

2.1

4star

MG

196.5

3star

No current season stats available

D

13.8

4star

K

6.2

3star

HB

7.6

5star

M

3.4

4star

T

2.6

4star

- Assistant coach?
Monkey - Ruck Coach
Gavin Brown - Head of development
Boomer - Development coach
Emma Kearney - Development coach

My first question is where the f*** is Josh Gibson

Josh Gibson

Age

40

Ht

189cm

Wt

93kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.4

4star

K

9.0

3star

HB

8.4

5star

M

5.1

5star

T

2.1

4star

MG

196.5

3star

No current season stats available

D

13.8

4star

K

6.2

3star

HB

7.6

5star

M

3.4

4star

T

2.6

4star

? Is he even employed by the club still.

I’d say Blakey is in the gun as our defence has been abysmal his entire tenure.

Patch’s success story has been Larkey so I’ll give that a tick and Lynch has done a great job with the VFL boys.

Don’t mind Jordan Russell

Jordan Russell

Age

38

Ht

188cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.1

4star

K

8.3

3star

HB

6.9

4star

M

4.9

5star

T

3.4

5star

No current season stats available

D

8.4

3star

K

3.8

2star

HB

4.6

4star

M

2.8

3star

T

3.4

5star

. The midfield is raw and young and at time has looked really good. Fitness is lacking but that’s just the standard.

Monkey to stay and the poor bloke hasn’t had much to work with.

Gavin Brown has been at the club since 2014 so this his 10th year. Surely time a new voice and fresh approach. If Boomer doesn’t want to go full time then just overhaul the development team. Happy for Kearney to stay as she has a good football brain.