Crusader wrote:
Football Director - someone with experience in the modern game.
GM of Football - Abolished
Coaching & Performance Manager - Abolished
Development & Talent Manager - Abolished
Senior Assistant Coach - Abolished
GM of Football Performance - New
Head Coach - AFL
- Assistant Coach (Backs)
- Assistant Coach (Midfielders)
- Assistant Coach (Forwards)
- VFL Coach
Head of High Performance
- Medical
- Physio
- Psych
- Etc
Head Coach - AFLW
- Assistant Coach (Backs)
- Assistant Coach (Midfielders)
- Assistant Coach (Forwards)
- VFLW Coach
GM of Football Talent - New
Head of Development
- Development Coach (Skills - AFL)
- Development Coach (Strategy - AFL)
- Development Coach (Skills - AFLW)
- Development Coach (Strategy - AFLW)
Head of The Carlton Academy
- Academy Staff
Head of List Management
- List Management Strategy (AFL)
- List Management Strategy (AFLW)
- Recruitment Manager
-> Recruiting Operations (AFL & VFL)
-> Recruiting Operations (AFLW & VFLW)
I think that's a good structure but I'd retain a senior assistant. Having a football director with experience in the modern game is a definite. The Diesel appointment is old school Carlton and tells me as much as we've progressed, we still make stupid decisions.
My one addition would be an innovation coach who sits outside the coaching group. It's been a bugbear of mine for years that we're missing an opportunity in this field. We need someone who follows the game holisticallyl, assesses the analytics in a holistic manner and determines/predicts where the game is heading (or where it could be exploited in the future). The coaches are too concerned with the day to day performance of CFC where we need someone external to that.
The recent Richmond premiership style of play was created by necessity. If it wasn't for injury, it may never have seen the light of day in its current form. We need someone a bit eccentric who can present to the football department monthly (including recruiting) with ideas, suggestions, projections on where the game could be in the 3 years or where it could be exploited today. Random, out of the box ideas where we may take 1 gem out of 10 suggestions. That is where the future is assessed and created, not followed.
AFL clubs tend to live in the present. Innovation doesn't flourish in that space.
Fair points.
Perhaps that innovation fella IS the senior assistant? I can’t think of anything else that a senior assistant would do.
In any case, I think we’ll need to go over the soft cap & lean on the business side of things to cover the tax.
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