New List Manager - Tim Lamb?

[DeeSpencer 23,183]

So from reports this is our new List Manager following Todd Viney moving in to other roles then vacating.

We know about his police background as a detective as well as his footy background, having joined as a recruiter in 2012.

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Lamb, who joined Melbourne as a national recruiting officer earlier this year, had previously been an assistant coach to former Demon, Bulldog and Saint and now Hawthorn assistant coach Luke Beveridge at St Bedes/Mentone.

There, he helped St Bedes/Mentone win consecutive premierships from C grade to B grade, and then A grade.

After that, Lamb moved to TAC Cup side Sandringham Dragons with Dale Tapping, now Collingwood’s VFL coach.

Lamb was also involved in the Vic Metro pathway, working with the futures program, which included Melbourne forward line coach Leigh Brown. He was also a line coach with the Vic Metro under 18s team, coached by former Carlton player Rohan Welsh, which he said was invaluable for his current position.

Have we skilled him in useful tools for the position:
1. Contracts
2. Negotiation
3. Analytics 

Clubs are hiring former player managers (see Collingwood with Ned Guy) as they understand the contract and negotiation. St Kilda hired a former Investment banker because he knows contracts, knows how to negotiate outcomes and knows how to interpret data.

https://www.saints.com.au/news/2018-08-02/saints-appoint-list-manager

Josh Mahoney gets a lot of credit/blame at this time of the year because he's the public face of the club during the trade period but he's not necessarily the main decision maker.

Anyone else got any information or opinions?

[Ethan Tremblay 28,423]

Don’t trust a Detective, they’re all bloody dodgy. 

That aside, he was our national recruiting officer for some time and you’re saying he’s now our list manager? Running on little sleep and trying to make sense of the OP. 

Edited October 9, 2019 by Ethan Tremblay

[dieter 3,325]

2 hours ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

Don’t trust a Detective, they’re all bloody dodgy. 

 

That's copper talk: I can pick it from 100 metres...

[Mach5 4,482]

5 hours ago, DeeSpencer said:

So from reports this is our new List Manager following Todd Viney moving in to other roles then vacating.

We know about his police background as a detective as well as his footy background, having joined as a recruiter in 2012.

Have we skilled him in useful tools for the position:
1. Contracts
2. Negotiation
3. Analytics 

Clubs are hiring former player managers (see Collingwood with Ned Guy) as they understand the contract and negotiation. St Kilda hired a former Investment banker because he knows contracts, knows how to negotiate outcomes and knows how to interpret data.

https://www.saints.com.au/news/2018-08-02/saints-appoint-list-manager

Josh Mahoney gets a lot of credit/blame at this time of the year because he's the public face of the club during the trade period but he's not necessarily the main decision maker.

Anyone else got any information or opinions?

Old news?

[Lord Nev 13,511]

I believe Lamb's role is "contract manager" which could be the same as list manager just re-badged, but it also could be that he's not heading up the whole list management team and it's been reshuffled a bit. From what I remember reading, Goodwin and Mahoney were keen to give more responsibility to Lamb as they rated him highly, so would make sense with Viney gone that they've done just that.

Would assume he's been skilled in at least contracts given the title they've given him.

 

[chook fowler 18,277]

Lamb to the slaughter?

[Moonshadow 16,234]

6 hours ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

Don’t trust a Detective, they’re all bloody dodgy. 

That aside, he was our national recruiting officer for some time and you’re saying he’s now our list manager? Running on little sleep and trying to make sense of the OP. 

 

Edited October 9, 2019 by Moonshadow

[DeeSpencer 23,183]

52 minutes ago, Mach5 said:

Old news?

Old news but this is the first time without Todd and this clip from Graham Wright caught my ears when he said 'as has Tim Lamb at Melbourne'.

https://mde.whooshkaa.com/show/9121/episode/442864.mp3

 

25 minutes ago, Lord Nev said:

I believe Lamb's role is "contract manager" which could be the same as list manager just re-badged, but it also could be that he's not heading up the whole list management team and it's been reshuffled a bit. From what I remember reading, Goodwin and Mahoney were keen to give more responsibility to Lamb as they rated him highly, so would make sense with Viney gone that they've done just that.

Would assume he's been skilled in at least contracts given the title they've given him.

 

Have we signed him up to Harvard Business School. Is he reading 'the Art of the Deal'. At a minimum I hope we've got him a copy of Footballistics and an AFL Prospectus. I'd also buy him a ticket to the Sloan Sports Conference and make sure he comes back with a couple of nerds to work with.

[Ethan Tremblay 28,423]

34 minutes ago, chook fowler said:

Lamb to the slaughter?

Silence

Edited October 9, 2019 by Ethan Tremblay

[Lord Nev 13,511]

2 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

Have we signed him up to Harvard Business School. Is he reading 'the Art of the Deal'. At a minimum I hope we've got him a copy of Footballistics and an AFL Prospectus. I'd also buy him a ticket to the Sloan Sports Conference and make sure he comes back with a couple of nerds to work with.

Haha don't know mate, drop the club an email.

[demoniac 1,243]

42 minutes ago, chook fowler said:

Lamb to the slaughter?

Don't be a Wally!