On Thursday morning, I remembered what Melbourne legend Garry Lyon said on Footy Classified a day after his old club was defeated by Geelong by 186 points.
Lyon did not want to coach his beloved Dees because the coaching job was a 24/7 one.
What made me remember about it was my feeling my job was also a 24/7 one because I am sleeping in a back office at the workplace and feeling under the pressure for not having a break, sort of.
At that time, I thought that Gaz was lazy and did not take a responsibility to save his old footy club.
But now I understand why doing a 24/7 job is hard and many people do not want.
Last year, I read the Age article reporting what former Adelaide coach Brenton Sanderson talked about his coaching job for the Crows. He said that doing the job as a senior coach was not only coaching players but also mentoring them for both inside and outside professions.
It makes sense that a coaching job at AFL is a 24/7 one.
Mark ‘Bomber’ Thompson was reluctant to take an interim coaching job for Essendon while James Hird was suspended because he did not like a 24/7 job. I can understand. I reckon he had salad rolls in the coaches box at Subiaco when he was in charge for the Cats because he had no time to eat other than when his boys played well as he was doing the 24/7 job.
Four-time Premiership coach Alastair Clarkson has (had?) anger issues. He has yelled journalists, punched the wall at MCG coaches box and abused a junior footy umpire. When he was in hot water in 2012, Mick Malthouse backed him saying he understood how hard senor coaching jobs were.
About Yoshihiro Imagawa
Love, passion and pride are seen on the footy that is the biggest part of my life. 1. St Kilda Club member: I am a passionate and crazy Sainter. Just hope we will win the second flag soon, especially after Dogs and Tigers having ended long premiership draughts. 2. The Osaka Dingoes Player and Public Relations Officer: Player number 44 that I chose to honour Stephen Milne with my wish being like a small forward like him. Lenny Hayes' hardworking attitudes are adopted on my trainings and practices. Nick Riewoldt's great plays are in my player audiobook too. 3. Writing: Here on the Almanac and also on the World Footy News. My skills utilise on great footy websites.
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