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Mousey
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Sorry to push this thread back onto Scotty West, but there were a number of attributes of his playing career that I think would serve him well as a coach:

(1) He rarely if ever played a bad game, even if his team was getting smashed, and especially when it was close.

(2) He showed immense courage but intelligently, never recklessly.

(3) He was at his best in clearances & stoppages.

(4) He was never sublimely talented, or blessed with supreme athletic ability. He became such an effective player largely on the back of his extreme footy smarts - reading the play, great hands, intelligent positioning etc.

I'd say that the "thinking/innovative side of his game" was his key playing attribute, and if he can impart just a little of that to our current crop of young mids, he's a huge asset. Wouldn't necessarily want him to be the kicking coach, though!

I know less about Mark Williams - what's his CV?

The key though is being able to articulate what it is that made him perform as he did and in a way that the players can take it on board and it is beneficial to them.

He might have intrinsically known what to do on the field, but putting it into words and making the kids understand might be a whole new challenge altogether.

I believe Mark Williams was development coach before he moved up and took on this role. Not sure beyond that. Something at Sandy I think?

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    I believe Mark Williams was development coach before he moved up and took on this role. Not sure beyond that. Something at Sandy I think?

    triple premiership coach (or 4?) at sandy before becoming development coach at melbourne and then midfield coach after paul williams left

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    Has our fitness improved in the last 2 seasons?

    i would say No, and therefore we need new quality fitness (strength and conditioning) coaches to ensure the correct and quick development of our young guns

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    unlike west coast, who smash there young blokes into fitness. (nic nat)

    MFC fitness staff are taking the long road in developing young body's.

    Putting muscle on young body's is a long process.

    young men need to learn how to properly develop there body, for longevity.

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    Has our fitness improved in the last 2 seasons?

    i would say No, and therefore we need new quality fitness (strength and conditioning) coaches to ensure the correct and quick development of our young guns

    How would you possibly know? :wacko:

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    There was an article recently on MFC.com that said that Scott West was now a full time coach at melb.

    just to clear that up.

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    Let me spy on the club's operations for a month and I can give you an appraisal of coaches, fitness blokes etc.

    Everyone sounds so uninformed and silly making judgements on things you cannot see.

    You can appraise a player, but a line coach? A part-time coach? BB? Santa Clause?

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