Daisy weighs up offer to join Geelong as AFL Assistant Coach

[daisycutter 29,616]

i get the feeling the geelong offer is probably for post 2022 season
 

reason being is she doesn't finish her coaching accreditation course until 0ct 2020 and she is also committed to her commentary role which she couldn't do on days she would be interstate with the team or team playing in vic on a friday night all of which might account for half a season.

[dpositive 1,665]

Seems like a great breakthrough. Recognition that knowledge and ability is not gender specific. Daisy has an abundance of both and is setting benchmarks everywhere. Will be valuable wherever she goes both for personal and organisation development.Only she is aware of her circumstances and I am sure she will make the correct decision. Wish her well whatever she does.Hope she retains her relationships with the Dees.

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20 hours ago, Neil Crompton said:

I think the Dees would be crazy not to offer her the same role.

If she has her mind set on coaching as opposed to her current midwifery vocation then it wouldn’t surprise me if she and the Dees are already having talks. 

But I said the same thing about Nev Jetta and we couldn’t find a role for him., so what would I know? 

Agree with your sentiments Froggy.

Daisy is a great Melbourne person and a great ambassador for the club. She has so much credibility and respect and is a marketing dream.

 Love to see the club retain her in a meaningful role. I guess that’s the difficulty given our existing coaching staff.

She would need to have a serious role where she could contribute to the club and be appropriate for her career development. 

[DubDee 25,895]

Great opportunity and good coaching roles don’t come around often

keep blazing the trail Daisy! So great to have this woman for our kids to look up to

however - first things first - a flag for the demons please!

[Mazer Rackham 14,971]

"OK Daisy, now first sit up in your seat. Straight back. Good, good. Now make a face like a baboon or orang utan. Mouth in a circle. Open eyes wide. Wider. Wider. Yes. Now look from side to side. Left, right, then left again. We call it 'crossing the road'. Raise your arms up and down. No, keep 'crossing the road'  ... and arms moving. Try again. That's it. Now, from the beginning. Sit up ... baboon face ... 'cross the road' ... WITH arms ... that's it. Nailed it. You've got some real ability. We'll have you coaching at AFL level in no time."

[The heart beats true 18,128]

To be honest both options (media vs coaching) seem like a hard road. Coaching opportunities are often about being in the right place at the right time under the right people, and while there’s a knack to that, success usually comes from stability - so you’re guessing a long way out about how things could pan out. I always think about Dean Solomon who was touted as the next big thing in coaching for years but ultimately never got a shot and is out of the system now.

And then there’s the media. The less said about that industry the better. Conniving, back stabbing, smug, self centred egomaniacs - and that’s before you even get on air.

If it was me I’d be looking at setting up a junior female academy. Using her name and reputation she could make a real difference, and it’s clear we need better, more diverse pathways to the AFLW.

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On 3/1/2022 at 8:39 PM, Cards13 said:

What has mother and good fun got to do with it ffs? Pearce is is professional, respected and a peer, that’s it. 

On this basis I could be a coach. I’m both of these. 😁

Seriously though, you make an excellent point. Had it been a man (instead of Daisy) I can’t imagine Gil saying, “he’s a father and he’s good fun.”

[DeeSpencer 25,717]

It’s very Geelong for their new CEO to have started a scheme that pays women outside the soft cap then to sign up the best available (by a mile) woman.

I see works are underway at the stadium but they must nearly be due to announce another phase to the upgrade there.