Wayne Carey - Coach

[Chadwiko]

With all this talk of future coaches, should Laidley be given the flick, it reminded me of an interview with Carey on 5AA here in Adelaide a few weeks back.

KG and Cornsey asked him if he was enjoying his coaching role at Collingwood, and he said "emphatically, yes".

They then asked if he would leave his media career for a head coaches job, and he said something along the lines of "Look, the timing would have to be right, but coaching is something that i'd love to do, and if an oppurtunity presented itself i'd likely jump at it in the right environment.

To me, it sounded like he'd love to coach the Roos.


Would we want him? Is it feasible?

Thoughts?

 

[Bren]

the day after arch retires

 

[coopers pale]

I doubt his famous arrogance makes him much of a coach.
I think we need a mentory sort of coach with a more strategic outlook and a nose for the technical side of the game.
I don't see Carey having any of the three skills mentioned, and his communication skills are only mediocre as well.
I think Peter Jonas would be the perfect pick-up for us as a coach, he was at Adelaide when they were good and Sydney too. I'd prefer a coach who has come through the system and earned their stripes as an assistant - for more than one year.

 

[Zondor]

Someone else before me said "It's time".

I'd like to say "It's time".

I would like to think that he would have us playing a more direct style of football seeing that he benefited directly from that style of play and understands the value of it.

Also I believe that he would boost membership numbers by his mere presence at the club and that the club would benefit from a greater media exposure.

 

[Bren]

Someone else before me said "It's time".

I'd like to say "It's time".

I would like to think that he would have us playing a more direct style of football seeing that he benefited directly from that style of play and understands the value of it.

Also I believe that he would boost membership numbers by his mere presence at the club and that the club would benefit from a greater media exposure.

Agree with this post.


We need a more positive outlook in the media!!!

 

[Lidge]

One pearl of wisdom from Carey on Sunday confirmed for me, that he has the 'tactical smarts' to make a good coach.

During the game (I can't recall which quarter), there was a blood rule send off. The ball was with Adelaide to kick out from full back. While the Adelaide player (Clark?) was going off, the Crows formed a huddle at CHB.

Carey quickly spotted, that North needed to push a player in space out on the respective flanks to plug the hole/s and prevent the Crows from running into space to receive the kick in, and move the ball forward quickly.

Sure enough - we stayed in the huddle. Crows players broke in both directions - took the ball cleanly in space from the kick out, moved the ball uncontested to their forward 50 in a flash - and kicked a goal immediately.

Whether he ever coaches us or anyone is an unkown - but he definitely has the tactical nous to do the job well.

 

[silkykanga]

The way he spoke to Drew Petrie on Saturday made me smile - we was basically giving Drew Petrie a game-plan on how to beat the crows - get it in quickly because they like to put number behind the ball and run - if we kick it deep where the less numbers are then we have a chance to kick a score - maybe he is trying to send a message, "hey i can coach, i have the tactical smarts to do it" - funny enough we didn't do what carey had suggested and we got smacked, the only time we played this game-plan was in the second quarter when we got the ball in quick and benefited from it

I'd love Carey as a coach,. i think he has the tactical smarts and the passion to drive this football club back into stardom - he can relate to players like Chad Jones and Drew Petrie who are striving to cement a Half Forward spot - i think he would be of great benefit to our football club if he came and coached us c- i think most people have gotten over the turmoil he put the club through if he wanted to come and coach North i would gladly accept him with open arms

 

[KangaFett]

well its only taken 24 hours for the Wizard of Oz threads to appear hasnt it....

 

[roo9699]

I doubt his famous arrogance makes him much of a coach.
I think we need a mentory sort of coach with a more strategic outlook and a nose for the technical side of the game.
I don't see Carey having any of the three skills mentioned, and his communication skills are only mediocre as well.
.

Absolute rubbish..........have a listen to him on foxfooty,he knows what he is taliking about strategicly,can speak well,he led a club as captain for 9 years starting as a 22 year old,he would have spoken to a team ready for combat on more than 1 or 2 occasions i would venture to say,not to mention what to say in the heat of battle in his time at the roos,to have a technical side is just a new word for "Having a football brain" - i seem to remember him being a genius at CHF for many,many years at his craft.
To be a coach you need a man to lead his men into the fray,someone that will be listened too and someone that rules the roost.
Pagan - at North Melbourne was just that,and he guided a great player,that great player would have listen quite alot to Pagan and the way he delivered.
Carey is the right man for this position and this is the right time,for the club benifits not for individual,and thats what its all about.

 

[Carlos]

While i have little idea what goes on in the inner sanctum of a footy club, i'd say with some confidence that respect is a massive thing when it comes to coaching an AFL club. Tactical nous and all that is obvious, but thats also what you have a panel for to bounce ideas off. But none of it matters if your troops dont want to play for you because they think you're a goose.

Pagan had it with us. He couldnt have cared less what they thought of him as a bloke and you can probably bet that very few of them knew much about him other than his ability as a foot coach, but one thing was certain was that he knew how to get them playing for him and the footy club he coached at.

Carey was the best player of his generation but also was a fair lad off the park, and half our current list would have seen much of it first hand or at least have heard about it from blokes they played footy with.

As a footballer, he would have the respect of every player who has played, does play and will ever play the game.

But as a coach i just dunno how much respect he'd get from blokes he's been on a footy list with.

 

[Ghostwriter]

The media would have a field day, the gossip columns would hound him, he needs to be careful or else he will end up like Shane Warne.

 

[bee dee]

Peter German new coach

 

[hotham]

If Leigh Matthews can be a respected coach, then so can Wayne Carey.

 

[Carlos]

If Leigh Matthews can be a respected coach, then so can Wayne Carey.

I dont doubt Wayne could be respected as a coach, i'm just not sure it'd be by blokes who knew him well off the park while he was a player.

I wouldnt be oppossed to the idea of Wayne coaching us, but it'd have to be well after blokes like Grant, Boomer and Simmo have moved on IMO.

 

[hotham]

I dont doubt Wayne could be respected as a coach, i'm just not sure it'd be by blokes who knew him well off the park while he was a player.

I wouldnt be oppossed to the idea of Wayne coaching us, but it'd have to be well after blokes like Grant, Boomer and Simmo have moved on IMO.

I was trying to say that Wayne ain't no Robinson Caruso.

 

[snake77]

Come Home Now

 

[Devil Fish]

I would have Carey as a playing captain/coach ala Blight & Jesalenko. We can dump the 15 assistant coaches saving us a cool $700,000 straight off the bat.

 

[pharro]

I'd love Carey as a coach,. i think he has the tactical smarts and the passion to drive this football club back into stardom - he can relate to players like Chad Jones and Drew Petrie who are striving to cement a Half Forward spot - i think he would be of great benefit to our football club if he came and coached us c- i think most people have gotten over the turmoil he put the club through if he wanted to come and coach North i would gladly accept him with open arms

If he truly has the passion for the club still, and if he is mortified for what he put the club through, there would be no man alive with a greater desire to drag the club back to the top of the table. Though it may be terribly frustrating for him not to be able to lead from the front onfield.

 

[The Big H]

Wayne has some growing up to do before he becomes a senior coach. There is a reason why coaches are generally "family men". The modelling of exemplory behaviour is very important to teenage boys.

 

[Event Horizon]

One pearl of wisdom from Carey on Sunday confirmed for me, that he has the 'tactical smarts' to make a good coach.

During the game (I can't recall which quarter), there was a blood rule send off. The ball was with Adelaide to kick out from full back. While the Adelaide player (Clark?) was going off, the Crows formed a huddle at CHB.

Carey quickly spotted, that North needed to push a player in space out on the respective flanks to plug the hole/s and prevent the Crows from running into space to receive the kick in, and move the ball forward quickly.

Sure enough - we stayed in the huddle. Crows players broke in both directions - took the ball cleanly in space from the kick out, moved the ball uncontested to their forward 50 in a flash - and kicked a goal immediately.

Whether he ever coaches us or anyone is an unkown - but he definitely has the tactical nous to do the job well.

I don't think you need to be a footy Einstein to work that one out though.
Dissapointed non of our senior players bothered to care...

 

[Z_K]

I really don't think people really understand how much goes into coaching a footy club. Wayne was a legend and obviously picked up some decent stuff along the way, but if he is to be a senior coach it won't be for ages unless someone wants to repeat the Tim Watson experiment.

He wouldn't take the pay cut anyway.

 

[Flag Man]

Yes.

Don't worry, he still has a burning passion for North.

Has the tactical competence, would bring much needed marketability to the club, and makes people around him walk taller.

He has unfinished business with this football club.

The prodigal son must return.

 

[conwaynmfc]

yes wayne carey for coach in my opinion. have wanted it that way for years...but yes...the day after arch retires.

 

[andyroo11]

He was an absolute god. Best footie player of his generation etc. But no I don't want him back as coach. Just think about what he did for a moment. As far as I'm concerned he has no integrity or morality. He dragged the North Melbourne Football club through the mud. A certain amount of reconciliation is OK. When Arch has retired no problem with him being around the club but not as coach. It's not a case of forgive and forget. A coach has to have the absolute respect of the players and the administrators around him and the supporters. He blew it and thats it.

 

[Briedis]

Seriously, you are all kidding yourselves if you think Carey is going to coach this club.

Give yourselves an uppercut.