Michelle Cowan and Daisy Pearce join the MFC

[John Crow Batty 8,376]

1 hour ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

 

Neil Mitchell interviewed Michele Cowan the other day:  http://www.3aw.com.au/news/melbourne-coach-michelle-cowan-speaks-with-neil-mitchell-on-3aw-mornings-20160204-gmlbsz.html 

The track goes for 8+minutes so here are the main points I heard:

-  Mitchell’s first up question: ‘When can we have a flag?’

-  Her role is to work with 1^st and 2^nd year players and help identify leaders

-  Very glowing of Peter Jackson:  …the most forward thinking man she has met and a remarkable leader

-  Mitchell asked if her role was player skills or motivation.  Answer: both

-  PJ made the call re a part-time role.  She couldn’t do it full-time due to a young family.  He rang her and said: 'how can we make this happen'. 

I recall that as a very similar question that PJ asked Roos several times until we eventually landed him!

-  Roos empowers his coaches and is very encouraging of her which helps earn player respect.

-  Mitchell question:  …Can you get inside Jack Watts’ head and turn him into the player he should be!!  Her response:  He is very different now from what she has seen in the last few years.

-  Mitchell tongue-in-cheek question  …Can you stop LH from running around in circles and hand balling to the opposition? 

I thought Michele spoke very well and sound a fairly relaxed, quietly confident person.  She will be valuable at the club.  Don’t think she will take any rubbish from the players or anyone else for that matter!

If she can turn frog Watts into Hulk I would kiss her feet and lick her toe jam.

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On 3 February 2016 at 5:51 PM, Petraccattack said:

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/melbourne-demons/michelle-cowan-appointed-to-melbournes-coaching-staff-20160203-gmkpkt.html?&utm_source=social&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=nc&eid=socialn:twi-14omn0023-optim-nnn:nonpaid-27/06/2014-social_traffic-all-organicpost-nnn-age-o&campaign_code=nocode&promote_channel=social_twitter

 

 

 

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. 

Completely irrelevant.

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On 05/02/2016 at 5:33 AM, america de cali said:

If she can turn frog Watts into Hulk I would kiss her feet and lick her toe jam.

What is wrong with a frog or two?