What makes a good coach? David Parker tackles this with a touch of Sun Tzu.
57 Mt Pleasant Street (part 5): World Cup Australian Football (The Now)
September 16, 2015 by 5 Comments
The AFL finals are our World Cup. This year we have Adelaide exuberance, West Coast alacrity, Fremantle relentlessness, North Melbourne randomness, Hawthorn force and Sydney graft. We have particular styles of play played by each team. We have stereotyped characteristics of each team and club, all playing the same game, governed by exactly the same rules. And E. Regnans says footy is now, not next year, but right now.
Time and Space – James Coventry
July 16, 2015 by 4 Comments
James Coventry is an ABC sports commentator based in Adelaide. Robert Walls’ time at Fitzroy is the subject of this extract from his book Time and Space, which is a history of strategy, tactics and coaching innovation in Australian football.
Round 8 – Geelong v Carlton: Dog Eat Dog
May 25, 2015 by 1 Comment
Matt Watson notes how AC/DC’s ‘Dog Eat Dog’ could well have been written with foresight to describe the predicament that Mick Malthouse and Carlton FC currently finds themselves in.
What does the future hold for prospective AFL coaches?
April 28, 2014 by 2 Comments
Clubs are prioritising potential coaching candidates with AFL playing experience. Is this restricting the breadth and efficiency of their choice?
Jackson Clark investigates the possibility of female and State football coaches.
What makes an effective coach?
April 11, 2014 by 4 Comments
Two time premiership winning coach Jackson Clark asks what are the key ingredients of a successful coach? Your thoughts welcomed.
Coaches – Unlocking/Suppressing Potential
September 24, 2013 by 8 Comments
The improved performance of Fremantle and Port Adelaide since the changeover of coaches begs a few questions. Does anybody have the answers?
Application for coach of Melbourne
June 21, 2013 by 4 Comments
Morayfield Might coach (and club legend) Linday Guinn has thrown his hat into the Melbourne coaching ring with this impressive letter to Peter Jackson. His resume speaks for itself.
Facing my son in the nets
November 28, 2012 by 10 Comments
From initial bowling lessons off two steps, to giving his dad a bruise on the knee with a fast delivery, Sean Curtain recalls his son’s improvement with the cherry and the willow.
I’m still standing
July 3, 2012 by 15 Comments
And so it came to pass, that Guy McKenna was all alone. Not just in the AFL ranks, as he’s been the only winless coach for a number of weeks, and it seems that they’ll again need the words to the song written up on cue cards should they break the drought in 2012. After [Read more]
Heave Ho – lid’s back on
June 11, 2012 by 11 Comments
Richmond are improving, and possibly can still be finalists, but as far as getting ahead of yourself goes, this Richmond week rivals the 2012 Carlton Premiership. Has there ever been a game where the arriving crowd was so sure they were going to win! There was no tension amongst the Tiger horde s – they [Read more]
Lethal or Mick? A hypothetical
April 3, 2012 by 5 Comments
by Jeff Dowsing If you flat out refuse to deal in hypotheticals, then by all means click the ‘back’ button now. Fair enough too, I’m not usually one for hypotheticals either, it’s a bit too Bruce McAvaney for my liking. Actually Bruce, or more so his employer, lead me to my subject. Seven has certainly [Read more]
Welcome to the new Coach
March 12, 2012 by 4 Comments
With less than three weeks to go to the start of the football season, there are a number of new coaches anxiously counting the hours until Round 1. For some of them, this time will be one of either confidence that they have inherited a well-managed list with great potential, or a realisation that there’s [Read more]
If i was an AFL coach….
December 31, 2011 by 7 Comments
In all honesty i can’t see the day where there will be a female AFL coach. Just look at the other codes as proof. Soccer has the balding/salt and pepper haired, red faced animated males who look like they are about to explode on the sidelines from stress. Same goes for tennis, majority of coaches [Read more]
Coach rules
October 19, 2011 by 7 Comments
by Glenn Brownstein So the Saints have a new coach, former Collingwood assistant Scott Watters. By all accounts, he’s a little more of a players’ coach, and a little more marketing- and community-minded, all necessary qualities. If he can just keep the Saints out of the police blotter until NAB Cup time, that alone [Read more]
Other coaching upheavals
September 21, 2011 by 2 Comments
by Rick Newbery Actually, it’s hard to justify calling the removal of Tim Nielsen an upheaval, esp in comparison with the ongoing Ross Lyon saga – seeing as the only heaving up from most cricket followers would have happened if Timbo had NOT been given the bum’s rush straight after Hilditch. But who should [Read more]
Coaching Solutions
September 19, 2011 by 14 Comments
Okay, already! Alright, alright, I’ll do it. Somebody has to. I’ll coach an AFL team, damn it. Anyone see Mark Harvey being interviewed on Friday night? Died black hair, sunnies, faded grey t-shirt. He looked like another mug who hangs out at the TAB a bit too much. I mean, take away the [Read more]
Go Harvey, go!
September 15, 2011 by 114 Comments
Mark Harvey has been sacked as Freo’s coach. Early rumours were that Ross Lyon might get the gig. Slightly less early rumours now suggest that Rocket Eade is in the frame. STOP PRESS!! Even less early news is that it IS Ross Lyon who will be announced as the new Freo coach. Gerard Whately [Read more]
Neil Craig Resigns
July 25, 2011 by 8 Comments
Neil Craig has just announced his resignation as coach of Adelaide. He will take a leave of absence for an indefinite period before discussing any ongoing role at the club. Mark Bickley will fill in as caretaker until season’s end. Full details from the Crows website here. What do our South Australian Almanackers think? And [Read more]
The Age of Coaches
March 17, 2011 by 6 Comments
One of the beauties of Australian Rules Football, our game, is that it is a living thing. As much as some people yearn for the past, which is usually their youth, life changes, and football does too. Every decade or two a change in style or innovation has taken the game forward. Changes [Read more]
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