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First year coaching pressure

darkhorse72
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Interesting article...

No pressure in his first year "collingwood president expects nathan buckley to deliver flag first up"

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/collingwood-president-expects-nathan-buckley-to-deliver-flag-first-up/story-e6frf9jf-1226280287764

Basically if the pies don't win a flag this year Buckely has FAILED as the coach.

I think eddie is going to kill his golden boy.

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    Interesting article...

    No pressure in his first year "collingwood president expects nathan buckley to deliver flag first up"

    http://www.heraldsun...f-1226280287764

    Basically if the pies don't win a flag this year Buckely has FAILED as the coach.

    I think eddie is going to kill his golden boy.

    If all else fails he might make a satisfactory assistant at Melbourne.

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    McGuire said he was not trying to put pressure on the fledgling coach - "it's pressure on everybody'' - but winning premierships was "what we're here to do''.

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    Sleep well Bucks....

    I reckon he'll be sleeping in the spare room tonight!

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    I reckon he'll be sleeping in the spare room tonight!

    More like Eddie after making a statement like that!!

    Let's watch Bucks age this year. 4-5 hours sleep a night does that.

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    If all else fails he might make a satisfactory assistant at Melbourne.

    Why?

    Maybe a kick training he could be a target.

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    Why?

    Maybe a kick training he could be a target.

    An assistant to Mark Neeld would be rather amusing.

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    No! How dare a club put pressure on a first year coach... :wacko:

    Shouldn't ALL presidents want their coach, regardless of years of service, to win a premiership at the start of a season???

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    No! How dare a club put pressure on a first year coach... :wacko:

    Shouldn't ALL presidents want their coach, regardless of years of service, to win a premiership at the start of a season???

    Yeah, but they probably shouldn't be EXPECTING it. Although, given the first-year performance of Chris Scott, perhaps it's pretty realistic.

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    No! How dare a club put pressure on a first year coach... :wacko:

    Shouldn't ALL presidents want their coach, regardless of years of service, to win a premiership at the start of a season???

    Yes they should....But we all know how Long Eddie has wanted Bucks to be in charge!!!!

    (It is a little weird that whole scenario to me...)

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    Yeah, but they probably shouldn't be EXPECTING it. Although, given the first-year performance of Chris Scott, perhaps it's pretty realistic.

    If I were McGuire, and I handed my toy boy one of the best lists in the league, one that won a premiership 2 seasons ago and made the final last season, I too would expect him to win a flag. "Expect" doesn't mean have the attitude that you just turn up and it happens, you still work your arse off.

    I wonder what the reaction would be if McLardy came out and said "don't worry if we don't make finals in 2012 boys, we've got a brand new coach, an entirely different looking football department, a brand new game plan, and we're still fairly inexperienced on the field".

    I expect to win the premiesrship every year, as I would our entire playing list. Good sides expect to win, mediocre sides hope to win. Robbie Flower was part of some pretty ordinary sides in the 80's, every time he ran out on the ground he expected to win, and put in 100% to make sure it happened. Sometimes, actually, a lot of the times, it didn't happen.

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