keogh wrote:
The problem with whether a coach is a fantastic coach is based too much on whether they were a great player and their name and the structure of the ladder to climb to get to the top.
The only way Silvangi will find out whether he can coach good is to dip his toe in the country for a couple of years.This doesnt happen much as it is assistant roles at AFL that are the stepping stones to a top coaching job.
To be a good coach you need heaps of skills in a number of different areas.Very few footballers have the whole package.The other slight problem is that there are only 16 jobs on the go and some guys are overrated in their jobs and should of been given the arse years ago.No names needed here.
I cant see SOS packing Jo and the kids and moving to Horsham for the year so he wont know how good he is as a head coach until he gets a job (No pun intended here)
I could not believe Teflon Terry Wallace was given a 5 year deal to coach as well. How he left the doggies showed me that as a person he thinks he can do what he likes and people below him just say yes.Coaches have to rule but players have to like him as well
Some blokes with question marks on their characters can be super coaches but seemed destined to not get a top gig because their reputation is on the hooter.The best example is Phil Carman who took a ratshit Sturt team to the finals and can coach.Micky McGuane is another who has had great success at Burnie and Gisborne.At least he has put his foot in the door at the Saints and could out coach Thomas easily.
I havent read the article by Walls because this is the guy who tipped the Cats to finish somewhere down the bottom in 2005.I always feel that Roberto has hidden agendas when he says or writes anything.
Can SOS COACH.Well we dont know but If he has any aspirations to do it I suggest he tries his hand in the bush which is unlikely.Or maybe he will end up at the Timmy Watson school of coaching.
The champion footballer does not always become a champion coach and that's the same in any sport. Look at the great Australian swimming team, you've never heard of those coaches as champion swimmers, not one. Same with track & field. A large percentage of AFL coahes are scrubby, hard working, back pocket players or of a similar ilk. Those who have to think and work hard to get the most out of their game. This often transforms into the ability to coach due to devloped smarts and respect from you're peers. You have playing talent due to what comes out of the eye of your father's "whatsit" at conception. Doesn't necessarily mean you're smart or can communicate well, you're just highly talented. The great player automatically becoming the great coach is a great fallacy. At both end of the scale it naturally doesn't always work out this way as I've described but it does often. Coaching and playing ability does not necessary run along the same lines, different abilities involved.
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