Any chance that he could bring Tom Boyd with him while, at the same time leaving Boyd's contract with the doggies?

Awesome news. Jackson is a gem - how different this club would be if we had him in '07 instead of that [censored] Schwab.

Both Geelong and Essendon rate Macartney incredibly highly in developing players - like Stone, probably should never have been a senior coach - doesn't mean he's not a superb addition.

will be a great appointment if true

A few of us said in the George Stone thread that McCartney would be a great replacement for him

I'm way, way beyond pretending I know whether or not support staff are good appointments or not. I thought Chris Connolly and Neil Craig would be great appointments who would surely help our rookie coaches stay on the right path.

Good luck to McCartney all the same.

Fantastic news, Macca is the best bloke I have ever met.

This is a fantastic news!

His development of younger players is right up there in the best in the AFL. You have to see the likes of Libba, Macrae, Stringer, Dallhouse and so on and its pretty impressive.

The way they treated him was an absolute disgrace.

So is this confirmed or still rumour via here and news?

This will be a very good get, is it safe to say we have the best coaching panel in the AFL now we need results

No, lets leave that up to other supporters in their own time, when its becomes abundantly clear Via our on-field results.. lets not get ahead of ourselves, like we have done far too often in our pasts.

When other clubs start praising us, we can then smile with an inner satisfaction, that we are finally on the right pathway. we have shot ourselves in our feet too often, to do it yet again.

Fantastic. Just the news I was hoping for. McCartney is the best development coach there is. Our football dept now is as good as it gets.

Edited October 25, 201411 yr by chook fowler

Very excited by this news. I assume he's been appointed as development coach and what a great get.

I hope the players can now understand the quality of the coaching panel, play to their abilities and move up the ladder rather than wallowing in our recent history.

Go Dees!

Fantastic news, Macca is the best bloke I have ever met.

that speaks poorly for the Doggies then.

Im VERY happy with his signing in an assistant and development capacity. As soon as he was fired from the bullies I thought he'd be a great get - however I never thought we'd be the ones to get him. This could prove to be one of our better signings of the trade/draft period.

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So how is McCartney such a good development coach if the Bulldogs players disliked him enough to get him sacked? How does that work? I'm honestly asking.

Griffen and Cooney disliked him. Nuff said.

So how is McCartney such a good development coach if the Bulldogs players disliked him enough to get him sacked? How does that work? I'm honestly asking.

Think you'll find chook it was a lot to do with the older players and the one on one conversations with player reviews.

As a development coach he wont be required to do this

Vey good appointment for the club

The source of this information has just posted his 48th post. Are we sure that they are genuine or are they just making stuff up? I guess we will have to wait until Monday to find out!

Any chance that he could bring Tom Boyd with him while, at the same time leaving Boyd's contract with the doggies?

Who knows what could pop out of that treasure chest in the next few years?

So how is McCartney such a good development coach if the Bulldogs players disliked him enough to get him sacked? How does that work? I'm honestly asking.

Was an assistant coach at Geelong from 2000 to 2010. They did alright during that period from memory.

The source of this information has just posted his 48th post. Are we sure that they are genuine or are they just making stuff up? I guess we will have to wait until Monday to find out!

Hold me to it. Trust me.

good now he can tell us how to stop Libba when we play the dogs next.

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Brendan ‏@brendanflight 59m59 minutes ago

Ch 9 news reported we're talking to Brendan McCartney to come on as an assistant. Thoughts dee fans???

Would be a good get.

Not everyone is suited for a senior coaching role but I think the way he developed the young players at the Dogs speaks volumes of his ability in that area.

I can see this potentially imploding tomorrow and a potential villain of Demonland being inducted into the ranks...
P.S. If it is on the news then Demonland villain status has been averted.

Edited October 25, 201411 yr by Colin B. Flaubert

The source of this information has just posted his 48th post. Are we sure that they are genuine or are they just making stuff up? I guess we will have to wait until Monday to find out!

I just saw it on channel 9 news commercial during the Bond film! Went straight to Demonland.

A good get for the club if it goes ahead.

I just saw it on channel 9 news commercial during the Bond film! Went straight to Demonland.

A good get for the club if it goes ahead.

You should be watching the A League Derby. It's exciting and it's a game that Melbourne can't lose.