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Mark "Choco" Williams

Supreme_Demon
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I read an interesting article in the Herald Sun newspaper about Mark "Choco" Williams last week. I still think he has some value as an assistant coach in the AFL and would love to see him at the Melbourne Football Club.  Especially with the big shake up of our coaching department.

Obviously, Mark Williams is seen as being a bit abrasive and confrontational. He has ruffled feathers of some of the more sensitive types. But he did wonders in the development of Dustin Martin and other players at Richmond. If anything I think he had a big influence in helping Richmond win it's 2017 AFL Premiership.

It must be remembered that he is still obviously an AFL Premiership coach with Port Adelaide from back in 2004 (we won't talk about the horror of 2007 with Geelong's utter annihilation of Port Adelaide in that Grand Final except that it took that ignominious record away from the Demons disaster of the 1988 Grand Final!). He also has a passion still for coaching and is currently coach of the Werribee Tigers in the VFL as far as I can recall. 

Seeing as we have a few "good cops" in Simon Goodwin and now Alan Richardson. I would like for us to have Mark Williams as a "bad cop" to balance out all the touchy feely stuff with a more hardline attitude who will tell the players off if they are slack and lazy at training or put in weak and pathetic efforts during a game.  Obviously, the "old school" fire and brimstone yelling and screaming at players doesn't work like it used to. Nevertheless, I think Mark Williams would be a handy asset as a great development coach for the Melbourne Football Club.

I am interested in hearing other people's thoughts on this suggestion.

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    Yeah a bit like when we had the opportunity to get Kevin Sheedy and u know what....??

    They wanted him to put in an application/ Submit to endless Screening , something like that and Sheedy goes???

    Ah No you want me lets talk get the deal done!

    Typically conservative MFC! 

    Could have had Dusty , but guess What ... Too many issues probably!

    We recruit types that look good. But sleep with the lights on coz are scared of the dark

    Just Typical

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    We had an opportunity to pick up Darling in the draft but hesitated because of his ‘extracurricular activities’ at the time.

     

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    No, we need to stick with our brand.

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    1 hour ago, joeboy said:

    We had an opportunity to pick up Darling in the draft but hesitated because of his ‘extracurricular activities’ at the time.

     

    We got rid of the best kick in our side for similar reasons.

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    1 hour ago, joeboy said:

    We had an opportunity to pick up Darling in the draft but hesitated because of his ‘extracurricular activities’ at the time.

     

    So did a bunch of other clubs.

    I don't think AFL recruiting is as simple as your 3 word summations, nor do clubs not select draftees based only upon extracurricular activities

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    I think Williams might be good but remember, a loose cannon has a way of going off in your face.

     

    Neeld was also the "hard man going to straighten out the softc**k MFC list. Turned out to be a caricature of a hard man.

     

    1 hour ago, picket fence said:

    Yeah a bit like when we had the opportunity to get Kevin Sheedy and u know what....??

    A gentle reminder that, while Sheedy might have been better than Bailey, at that time he was firmly in his Martian phase. He might have been better than Bailey and he might have been worse. This is 20/20 hindsight at its very finest.

     

     

     

    We are where we are, and there's no way now but forward. Rehashing what might have been is best done while crying over a half empty bottle of Scotch.

     

     

     

    GO DEMONS!!!!!

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    Too late, we have already jumped at the first knock at the door (Richo)

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    Choco is apparently fairly close with Goody, it's even come out recently he put forward Goody's name to Essendon who then employed him. It would be hard to see all of Goodwin, Richardson and Williams in the same group, but you never know. He does need more experience around him IMO, but I'm not sure how the dynamic would be between the three.

     

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    2 hours ago, bluey said:

    No, we need to stick with our brand.

    Our Brand?? What exactly is that??

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    Played a big part in turning Richmond's culture around from what i recall.  In a short stint he might do wonders.  Would have preferred him to Richo if the choice was there tbh.

    His no nonsense at the coal face might have offset Goody's seemingly 'laconic' style nicely.

    Richo has the experience behind him but is he too similar in rhetoric / style of delivery i wonder?

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    On 8/26/2019 at 6:07 PM, picket fence said:

    Yeah a bit like when we had the opportunity to get Kevin Sheedy and u know what....??

    They wanted him to put in an application/ Submit to endless Screening , something like that and Sheedy goes???

    Ah No you want me lets talk get the deal done!

    Typically conservative MFC! 

    Could have had Dusty , but guess What ... Too many issues probably!

    We recruit types that look good. But sleep with the lights on coz are scared of the dark

    Just Typical

    This is rubbish.

    18 clubs would have taken both boys in front of Dusty. 

    Hindsight can be a wonderful thing. 

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    I think we got rid of a "Hard" coach in McCarthy, why would you replace like for like ?

    I would love to see Williams at the club, we need to be harder and play with an edge.

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    I don't know whether we need MW or not but I think we need a coach who can get as angry as  the supporters get,

    But one with skills in interpreting football games far better than myself........

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