Crossy66 wrote: ↑Tue 04 Jun 2019 11:44am
I dont understand the strong push for Sam Mitchell or Lenny Hayes. Both are untried and unproven and the reality is the average punter really doesnt know how good they are.
I certainly agree that if they can coach and lead as they played then by all means, but there's more to a senior coaching gig than that.
I would much prefer someone who has a body of work as a senior coach that can be properly evaluated, given where I think we are at the moment. Also would be good if it was a coach that elite FA's wanted to play under. Of the current crop leaving out the ungettables such as Clarko and Buckley, Lyon and Bevo would be worth consideration.
I believe Sam Mitchell would be the best coaching selection since Alan Jeans if the club has the smarts to appoint him.
You mention you'd prefer someone with a body of work as a senior coach and you mentioned Luke Beveridge.
I'd be very happy with Luke Beveridge but I don't think the bulldogs would allow this.
Luke Beveridge was an unproven AFL coach when appointed as a senior coach and won a premiership in his second season.
What if the Western Bulldogs administration took your view at the time and reasoned that Beveridge is unproven at AFL level and we need a senior coach with previous experience.
I highly doubt they would have won the premiership in 2016.
Sam Mitchell played a role in West Coast winning the premiership last year.
Why do you think a professionally run club like Hawthorn were keen to have him back in their ranks?
Hawthorn see Sam Mitchell as a successor to Alistair Clarkson.
I see a bit of Trevor Barker in Sam Mitchell and he obviously has footy smarts of his own, Clarkson's IP and natural leadership and motivational qualities.