Another Swan! Welcome Frosty!

http://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/2013-10-25/mcpherson-completes-coaching-staff

MELBOURNE has appointed former Sydney Swans defender/midfielder Daniel McPherson as its new forward line coach.

“Daniel has previously worked at the Sydney Swans under Paul Roos as a development coach and coached the Swans reserves. He’s also worked with the New South Wales under 18s.”

"In 2007, McPherson became a runner for Roos at the Swans in a part-time position. In 2008, he joined the Swans full time, working as a development coach with Brett Allison, who also recently joined the Demons."

Meanwhile, Melbourne has appointed former backline development coach and Bulldog player Andrew Nichol to the position of player development manager

What do people think?

well hopefully with all this experience from NSW we might be able to find some talent overlooked by most clubs.

Will he still host Dancing With The Stars?

"Frosty" - that would have been a good nickname for Neeld.

birds of a feather

Obviously a Roos recommendation, interesting CV

Club's happy, I'm happy.

Only bit I didn't like. The midfielder/defender will coach the forward line. But oh well.

Paul Roos - Senior Coach

George Stone - Midfield/Strategy

Jade Rawlings - Backline

Daniel McPherson - Forwards

Andrew Nichol - Development Manager

Brad Miller - Development coach

Ben Mathews and Brett Allison fit in there somewhere. Roos has been known to have a stoppages coach so it wouldn't surprise me if that role went to Mathews. Not sure where Allison will fit in.

Where does Brett Allison fit in?

Where does Brett Allison fit in?

- Paul Roos - Senior Coach

- Todd Viney - Manager Player Personnel

- Josh Mahoney - Manager Football Operations

- Mallory Smith - Football Administration Manager

- Andrew Nichol - Player Development Manager

- George Stone - Midfield and Strategy Coach

- Ben Mathews - Midfield Coach

- Jade Rawlings - Backline Coach

- Daniel McPherson - Forward line Coach

- Brett Allison - Head of Development

- Brad Miller - Development Coach

- Paul Roos - Senior Coach

- Todd Viney - Manager Player Personnel

- Josh Mahoney - Manager Football Operations

- Mallory Smith - Football Administration Manager

- Andrew Nichol - Player Development Manager

- George Stone - Midfield and Strategy Coach

- Ben Mathews - Midfield Coach

- Jade Rawlings - Backline Coach

- Daniel McPherson - Forward line Coach

- Brett Allison - Head of Development

- Brad Miller - Development Coach

Not gettng Dew has potential to be a good thing. There are sme pretty talented people in that list all looking to get a leg up as Roos successor. I like a bit of helthy competition.

Never heard of him.

We certainly do have a lot of love for ex swans.

In Roos we trust

A former defender/midfielder as forward line coach eh?

It really is becoming Swans 2.0.

But hey, if it brings success who cares.

Great news

Means we dont have the successor in place and its all Roos in 2014 baby!!!!

Lets hope we get some serious wins and show massive improvement and he gets the hunger back to be the long term coach

GO DEMONS

and welcome aboard Mr. McPherson

Confused, because I'm sure in a previous AFL website article that Allison was named a forward line coach, and Matthews as midfield coach.

From now on I trust only MFC articles.

AFL articles are no better than The Age or HS for getting the details right.

"Frosty" - that would have been a good nickname for Neeld.

2 x Frosty on the list now more than makes up for it.

Good to see Nichol get another gig too.

He was held in high regard previously.

Welcome aboard Daniel,

You can't go wrong when you recruit from Ganmain-Grong Grong-Matong!

(do their supporters suffer from hypoxia?)

A former defender/midfielder as forward line coach eh?

It really is becoming Swans 2.0.

But hey, if it brings success who cares.

Well, they are the people Roos is familiar with when it comes to effective people... and what better than having the coaching staff comprising a few from possibly one of the most consistently well performed clubs of the past few years.

Andrew Nichol is someone the highly talk about very highly. Glad he is still on board.

Can anyone explain the difference between:

- Andrew Nichol - Player Development Manager

and

- Brett Allison - Head of Development

Interesting aside in all this, the three assistants to the assistants from the last two years have now found new positions: Nichol with us (promotion?) Satterley to De La Salle as head coach, and Greaves has been announced as Development coach at Port Adelaide, responsible for ruck coaching.

On the other hand, Leigh Brown and Royal still without new homes.

Can anyone explain the difference between:

- Andrew Nichol - Player Development Manager

and

- Brett Allison - Head of Development

Interesting aside in all this, the three assistants to the assistants from the last two years have now found new positions: Nichol with us (promotion?) Satterley to De La Salle as head coach, and Greaves has been announced as Development coach at Port Adelaide, responsible for ruck coaching.

On the other hand, Leigh Brown and Royal still without new homes.

interesting that satterley has gone to a winning culture?

promotion maybe?

interesting that satterley has gone to a winning culture?

promotion maybe?

Nope remember we got him from being a senior VFL coach and now he's coaching Ammo's. That's a backwards step in my mind. The idea for a coach to come in to the AFL system is to then stay in it and move up. At the same time De La is still a pretty decent gig so we didn't completely destroy his career!

Can anyone explain the difference between:

- Andrew Nichol - Player Development Manager

and

- Brett Allison - Head of Development

Interesting aside in all this, the three assistants to the assistants from the last two years have now found new positions: Nichol with us (promotion?) Satterley to De La Salle as head coach, and Greaves has been announced as Development coach at Port Adelaide, responsible for ruck coaching.

On the other hand, Leigh Brown and Royal still without new homes.

They have different names and titles. Other than that, no.

Can anyone explain the difference between:

- Andrew Nichol - Player Development Manager

and

- Brett Allison - Head of Development

Who would really know but Allison was development coach at Sydney then an assistant at North and therefore you would think he is the senior man and gets the responsibility for actually working with Roos and the line coaches to work out what content needs to be taught in the develop. So he's in charge of the particular skills and drills and things. Nichol on the other hand comes from a school teaching background as well as working for us the last 2 years so I would've thought the manager part in his title would show that he will be more responsible for plotting the development and reviews and so on. Miller is the 3rd member of the team so nice spread of experience.

Either way it's nice to keep another member of the old coaching staff in this development role so he can pass over to Roos where the players are at. For example he can tell Roos that Strauss is a good kick but they need to work on his tackling and close defensive skills as well as making sure he finds more ball. And so on. Completely wiping the slate and starting again really sets you back I think.

They have different names and titles. Other than that, no.

That might have been the case in the past, but given PJ's emphasis on clearly defined roles and chains of responsibility, I wonder if that's actually the case here.

Hey Brian Royal has gone. Im rapt. It time for fresh face and voices. Its roos I trust him

Can anyone explain the difference between:

- Andrew Nichol - Player Development Manager

and

- Brett Allison - Head of Development

From the titles, Allison heads up the development function. Andrew Nicnol manages player development under Allison's umbrella of responsibility.