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A woman has been employed among the coaches of an AFL club for just the second time in history with Michelle Cowan, already a state league pioneer, joining the Melbourne Football Club in a groundbreaking set-up. 
Australia's top female footballer Daisy Pearce has also been signed by the Demons in a full-time role that has seen her resign as a midwife, initially to join Melbourne's commercial team. 
As a player development and welfare coach, Cowan follows the path of Peta Searle who almost abandoned her dream to coach at the elite level before St Kilda recruited her in mid-2014. 

Edited February 3, 20169 yr by Petraccattack

Way to go you clever club

Welcome aboard Ladies

All good preparation for getting our Women's Team AFL License.  After all these ladies are the coach and captain of our Women's team.  Preemptive signing up the talent.  

Two absolute guns! This is bloody awesome!

 

Great news. 

This is wonderful stuff. Another sign that a confident and far-sighted football club, the one we support and the one that bears this city's name, has advanced not only its own cause but also the cause of women in football by making these appointments based on nothing but merit

7 minutes ago, Daddyorox said:

This is wonderful stuff. Another sign that a confident and far-sighted football club, the one we support and the one that bears this city's name, has advanced not only its own cause but also the cause of women in football by making these appointments based on nothing but merit

I like this for many reasons but above all its a sound and valid direction for our club to go into.

Again...at the forefront of this game  ( again we're showing the others the way forward )

We've picked up the ball 

 

go Dees

Now lets lock Jesse and Daisy in a room together :D

Wish them well and  no doubt capable persons but I question the four day fortnight and based from Perth position for Michelle Cowan. I just hope this isn't just a publicity beat up job.  

Edited February 3, 20169 yr by america de cali

13 minutes ago, Peter Griffen said:

Now lets lock Jesse and Daisy in a room together :D

Scenario: Daisy leads MFC to premierships, and more importantly plays 100 games in a womens comp. Jesse however, does not play his 100 games for the club - for whatever reason (I'm not trying to say anything sinister here).

Purely hypothetical obviously, but would the second coming of Jesse be eligible to be drafted by MFC as a Mother-Son draftee?

Awesome work Dees!!

35 minutes ago, america de cali said:

Wish them well and  no doubt capable persons but I question the four day fortnight and based from Perth position for Michelle Cowan. I just hope this isn't just a publicity beat up job.  

Nailed it

1 hour ago, Peter Griffen said:

Now lets lock Jesse and Daisy in a room together :D

Yay! This topic involves females, so let's make it about sex!

Good news, Dees. Very glad to hear this. Another sign that we have the off-field stuff together. 

16 minutes ago, Nasher said:

Yay! This topic involves females, so let's make it about sex!

Good idea!!

So proud of my club right now

 

This is fantastic for the club and women in football.

 

I am a little bit confused however regarding Daisy Pearce.  We've very much put her front and centre at the club, but with the Women's League starting this year, are we certain she'll be a Dee?  Is there any proposed allowance for the MFC and the Western Bulldogs to keep our marquee players..?

Just now, TeamPlayedFine39 said:

This is fantastic for the club and women in football.

 

I am a little bit confused however regarding Daisy Pearce.  We've very much put her front and centre at the club, but with the Women's League starting this year, are we certain she'll be a Dee?  Is there any proposed allowance for the MFC and the Western Bulldogs to keep our marquee players..?

suspect the club had a little chat on the side with the afl, tpf. after all that's how they operate now

4 minutes ago, TeamPlayedFine39 said:

This is fantastic for the club and women in football.

 

I am a little bit confused however regarding Daisy Pearce.  We've very much put her front and centre at the club, but with the Women's League starting this year, are we certain she'll be a Dee?  Is there any proposed allowance for the MFC and the Western Bulldogs to keep our marquee players..?

I hope we keep Tayla Harris. That pic of her kicking style is iconic and should be used as a promo for women's footy.

This is huge!

Great appointments and having seen Michelle Cowan coach she is an intense and driven individual.

Welcome ladies!

1 hour ago, america de cali said:

Wish them well and  no doubt capable persons but I question the four day fortnight and based from Perth position for Michelle Cowan. I just hope this isn't just a publicity beat up job.  

She'll be commuting to Melbourne for those work days, and judging by what's been said this is just the initial stage and the club ultimately wants her full time.

Kind of demeaning to call it up "publicity beat up job", have you actually seen Cowan's credentials?

 

1 minute ago, picket fence said:

I would hope both have professional qualifications comensurate to the job!? In this day and age qualifications are an essential part of gaining "Gravitas" for any role in a professional sporting organization!

I never liked the "Old Boys" network that existed in some clubs which saw ex players promoted above their level of competency!

I expect to be howled down now bvy many as result being called Chauvenistic and Prejudiced but so be it. If these ladies have the qualifications then i HAVE NO PROBLEM! if not I would think we can draw whatever conclusions behind this move. As player welfare coach you would want to have a least a Graduate Diploma or Masters degree in theoretical and clinical Practice! IMV  FIRE AWAY ALL!

Maybe read the article first picket.

But just for you, here's the credentials listed for Cowan in the article:

. Assistant coach, WAFL senior and reserves teams South Fremantle and West Perth since 2012.

. Senior coach, WA youth girls and women's teams.

. Head coach, Melbourne's women AFL team (2013-15).

. Manager of her own national training company.

. Former state cricketer and golfer.

. First woman to coach Australian football at state level (2004).

. WA-based scout and match analyst for Geelong 2000-01 (voluntary). 

 

2 minutes ago, picket fence said:

Where's her degree in Welfare, Wellbeing??

Where's McCartney's? Or Byrnes'? Or don't you care about throwing doubt on them because they're male?

 

 

don't be silly picket, her background is ideal for the role for which she's being employed.

 

i don't particularly like her doing it from perth, but i would hope she would be amendable to moving to melbourne in 2017 to lead our women's team to premiership glory at the same that our men's team win their first flag in a very, very long time in an historic double.

 

i think she'll add a huge amount even on a part-time basis.

3 minutes ago, picket fence said:

As stated clubs will sign explayers based on the criteria as mentioned, You provide a poor example, Mc Cartney was a Senior coach!

Let's stick to facts , if you are going to appiont a person as "Welbeing coach" you would expect that their qualifications are a part of the selection criteria!

Any job where "Welfare" Welbeing is the central focus should have mandatory qualifications which cover that ground to which the job engenders.

Or do you not agree??

I'll say it again IF the appropriate qualifications have been met then I have no issue!

McCartney and Byrnes are both development and welfare coaches. Neither have a welfare qualification.

Cowan has been a senior coach also, why doesn't that count then?

Again, you're starting to out yourself here, why are you picking on the female when it's exactly the same situation with at least 2 males who are already employed by the club?

 

Edited February 3, 20169 yr by stuie