Scollop wrote: ↑Wed 15 Apr 2020 10:10am
here’s a couple of riddles you could try on NON Saints supporters....See if they guess right
Who is the luckiest ever coach to have walked into two ready made finals capable and finals experienced sides, choc full of talent...this bloke hasn’t won a flag and yet he’s still considered to be one of the best coaches going round in the last decade...especially by fans of his former club?
We all know the answer, but hey...try it out on your non-Saints friends as a sort of conversation starter during this period of isolation
Next riddle
Who is the luckiest coach who got payed their AFL wages for 2020? Not only is this bloke not doing anything like most other coaches and people within the AFL but he got 100% of his wages and this bloke got his money upfront for the whole year
He had his powerful mates in the media perpetuating the myth during his time at the Saints that he was unlucky when perhaps it’s the other way around. Sure ...he has worked hard and created opportunities in his career, but history will show we were unlucky...as a club to have landed Lyon
I mean seriously...instead of people seeing Lyon as unlucky...maybe we need to flip our perception and view his good fortune at landing the Saints job for what it was. He benefited from his association with us a lot more than the St Kilda Football club benefiting from employing him
Ridiculous statements!
How did Ross walk into the Saints role?
He did a 10 year apprenticeship as an assistant coach and was highly regarded as a premier assistant, he was so highly regarded it has been reported GT when coaching the saints tried to recruit Ross. Ross
earned his senior role by serving a long term apprenticeship as a hard working assistant.
Ross was the offered a Grand Father deal at Freo on the basis of his performance as a senior coach at the Saints.
What you refer to as fortunate & lucky has been
earned by hard work as an assistant and senior coach.
Whether Ross reached the heights he should have and has earned his reputation as a high level coach is definitely debatable, the ridiculous part of your post is suggesting he walked into roles and was lucky when in fact he did the hard yards and earned his roles.
Here is a replacement question: Who is the luckiest person to ever coach an AFL club?
I'll give you some clues-
- He had no AFL coaching apprenticeship as an assistant coach other than a couple of months under Stan who moved him on
- His only coaching experience had been at Warnambool & Old Xavs 10 years earlier
- Securing the role was based purely nepotism
- He was appointed interim coach then FT coach after a farce process
- His best mate was a drug addict who happened to be the club president
When you talk about luck in securing a FT coaching role compare these tw:
Ross - Serving 10 years as an assistant coach
GT: A couple of months as an assistant 6 years earlier and having his best mate as president of the club