I'd love to see today's group of players introduced to John Northey. Certainly not as a senior coach, but perhaps as a consultant, someone who could run the occassional training session or team-building exercise, adding a fresh voice and helping instill some much needed passion in the jumper. When Swooper was in charge from 1986-1992 one of the things Melbourne teams never lacked was spirit, hardness or desire. He had a remarkable ability to galvanise teams - he did it with us, then Richmond and later Brisbane. I'd love to see some of that old Northey magic rub off on this group. By god we need it.

He would be a hell of a lot more effective in developing players than this 'Leading Teams' rubbish.

Edited August 6, 201114 yr by Strawbs

I'd love to see today's group of players introduced to John Northey. Certainly not as a senior coach, but perhaps as a consultant, someone who could run the occassional training session or team-building exercise, adding a fresh voice and helping instill some much needed passion in the jumper. When Swooper was in charge from 1986-1992 one of the things Melbourne teams never lacked was spirit, hardness or desire. He had a remarkable ability to galvanise teams - he did it with us, then Richmond and later Brisbane. I'd love to see some of that old Northey magic rub off on this group. By god we need it.

He would be a hell of a lot more effective in developing players than this 'Leading Teams' rubbish.

One of my favourite topics ! Northey-trained sides always seemed to put in......even the ordinary ones.

Yeah interesting that ability to galvanize teams.....seems a rare commodity these days....but it certainly is an ability, lets hope we find it.