Viney throws his hat in for Coach

[Talleycat 13]

Viney is what the club needs he would be there to coach & would demand the 22 players to play hard or see ya later we have had a truck load of soft coaches for way to long bottom line is get in there get the ball and do something with it just how todd use to play fearless hard football and would have huge respect from the playing group he is a young version of malthouse .just read up on his son jack brought up the same way he will even teach some of the older boys a few things as well

[btdemon 482]

If he were to take the job ongoing i think it would very important the the club that the club surround him with innovators and tacticians in the assistant roles. We now hear about the "line coaches" doing a significant share of the ball-movement and tactical coaching. They fire stats and suggestions at the head coach throughout the game. Todd has a very honest, no-nonsense approach in the way he talks to players and the media. That's what makes him so refreshing. There would be no doubts in the minds of the players as to what was expected of them in terms of commitment. I don't know if he would be the great innovator, but maybe its more about getting good people around him?

Incidentally, it was interesting to hear him mention (a couple of weeks ago), the lack of defensive discipline the had become a problem amongst the players. I can't remember the quote exactly but it would seem that he was pointing out an attitude the had come about under Bails and it needed correcting. I was very sorry to see Bails go, but it would seem that maybe his biggest flaw was that he was too nice. ND had the same fault. They always had faith that the talent of the players would shine through. It seems that Viney is also a very good "people person", but is so direct and no bulltish.

Edited September 3, 2011 by btdemon