aboynamedsue wrote:
CK95 wrote:
aboynamedsue wrote:
CK95 wrote:
the Hawks were a bee's dick from appointing the name coach (Wallace) before cooler heads & a thorough process prevailed & they went for the newbie (Clarkson)
Very good point CK. The key is they went through a process. Maybe instead of just going all in on Clarkson we should look at who is going to be our ‘Clarkson’.
Yeah I know. But really I flip flop on this so much...I'm so glad it's not me making the decision.
For example here's one just to add a bit of confusion into the mix. When Leigh Matthews got the Brisbane Lions job, he went up there, no laptop, no Powerpoint, no nothing. He interviewed them. For about 20 minutes. And then got the job.
Yeah, but that was over 20 years ago and I reckon he was the last premiership coach appointed that way. I don’t think of that approach when I think of how the likes of Hardwick, Clarkson & Beveridge were appointed.
Here’s something else to throw out there - Geelong undertook a significant review in 2006 and everyone thought the coach (Thompson) was gone. He was reappointed and they won the flag the next year. Collingwood undertook a review in 2017 and Buckley looked gone, but they reappointed him and they played in the GF in 2018. Those examples are fodder for the argument to retain Teague and surround him with a new support team.
I guess my point is that it’s possible to find a successful precedent for any approach, but I tend to think that the higher percentage option is to run a proper process rather than appoint a ‘name’ based on previous achievements.
I’m also glad it’s not me making the decision!
Proper process
But the proper people conducting the search and interviews
Neither has happened except in the case of Bolton and the process
It comes back to these group of people the board that stuff things up
It’s like finding a new road that always ends at a dead end
Of course the club may strike it lucky but plays a bigger part when you have the wrong people at the top
Happened time and time again where I worked
No different probably worse at an AFL club
Ross Lyon would be a disaster
There would be a honeymoon period then the wheels would fall off
I think Clarkson would be a better choice if they were the only two in it on two fronts
Clarkson is a hard arse but has a compassionate person as well. To be a good leader you need to act differently with different people. What works for one player won’t work for another. Lyon is Lyon no matter who he communicates with players
I also think Clarko has a better grasp of how good players are . Lyon in his time as coach has ignored certain players yet played Zac Dawson every week.
I believe you have to have a proper process and find out which coach is going to be innovative.
This is so important
BV made an excellent point that the innovations that work are gold nuggets
Lyon clearly didn’t change
Clarkson has adapted over time
I do want the best coach
It looks like the board arnt going down this path
I guess next week will tell the tale
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