If Norm Smith coached an All-time Dees team...

[Timothy Reddan-A'Blew 3,797]

...this one might be simpatico:

B:          Frank DAVIS                James FRAWLEY           Aidan RILEY

HB:       Shaun SMITH              Don WILLIAMS               Peter WALSH

C:          Bluey ADAMS             James MCDONALD       James JORDON

HF:        Scott THOMPSON     Garry LYON                      Brad MILLER

F:           Martin PYKE               Barry BOURKE                 Jeff FARMER

Foll:      Troy SIMMONDS        Nathan JONES                Hassa MANN

I/C:        Don MCKENZIE   Sam WIEDEMAN   Tony CAMPBELL   Russell RICHARDS

Why?

PM responses, please.

[Little Goffy 12,507]

Got it.

They all hate cats.

No?

[DubDee 20,338]

Sack him. He’s useless!

 

Still too soon???

[Timothy Reddan-A'Blew 3,797]

🦗     🦗     🦗

Still, late changes needed to the team:

Out: Martin PIKE - found not to be following team rules (hope he has success elsewhere...); Shaun SMITH - only cos positionally I meant Joel SMITH. Either is a perfect team player.

In: Ben BROWN - straight out of uni; Joel SMITH - as above.

[Demonstone 19,050]

You have us all bamboozled, Timothy.  I think another clue may be in order!

[Timothy Reddan-A'Blew 3,797]

25 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

You have us all bamboozled, Timothy.  I think another clue may be in order!

Doesn't feel like there's many in 'us all', Mr D!

Still, for you at least, I point back to the title and that our Norm and his team would be simpatico.

I suspect you'll get it now, and feel free to post it directly here for due plaudits. I'm not getting a vibe of any competition!

[Demonstone 19,050]

[Neil Crompton 4,672]

2 hours ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

Doesn't feel like there's many in 'us all', Mr D!

Still, for you at least, I point back to the title and that our Norm and his team would be simpatico.

I suspect you'll get it now, and feel free to post it directly here for due plaudits. I'm not getting a vibe of any competition!

I’m with you D. As if that clue makes it any clearer for us common folks! 

[Left Foot Snap 1,820]

53 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

Is that Gleep or Gloop from the Herculoids?

[Timothy Reddan-A'Blew 3,797]

57 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

 

4 minutes ago, Neil Crompton said:

I’m with you D. As if that clue makes it any clearer for us common folks! 

Surely not!

Who might one coach be simpatico with?

And why would Martin Pike not be following team rules, though it sounded like he might?

And why would Ben Brown be straight out of 'Uni'? (that one might require a bit of research😉)

[pineapple dee 2,892]

On 1/3/2023 at 8:19 AM, Little Goffy said:

Got it.

They all hate cats.

No?

They all hate cats ???? 
Sounds like an oedipuss complex to me 

[Demonstone 19,050]

Does the solution have anything to do with vehicles, @Timothy Reddan-A'Blew?

[Fanatique Demon 2,364]

I’ve wasted enough time on this. Back to the red.

cheers.

[Timothy Reddan-A'Blew 3,797]

21 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

Does the solution have anything to do with vehicles, @Timothy Reddan-A'Blew?

I'd say they all would have had one, Mr D, but no.

Now, no further coaching, for the time being...

[Queanbeyan Demon 5,871]

Michael Long would have knocked them all out if he had had the chance?

[Timothy Reddan-A'Blew 3,797]

1 hour ago, Fanatique Demon said:

I’ve wasted enough time on this. Back to the red.

cheers.

It's the red that unleashes these in the first place, FD. You might reach enlightenment yet?

[Demonstone 19,050]

Any chance of putting us out of our collective misery, @Timothy Reddan-A'Blew?   

I don't think anybody's going to solve this one.

[Timothy Reddan-A'Blew 3,797]

13 hours ago, Demonstone said:

Any chance of putting us out of our collective misery, @Timothy Reddan-A'Blew?   

I don't think anybody's going to solve this one.

Looks like I'll have to do postgrad in the Demonstone School of Hinting!😄

Three mentions of COACH, including in the title, didn't do it for you?

They all share surnames with one of the 170-odd people who have coached VFL/AFL teams. Even Norm himself, whose brother and 3 other Smiths coached.

Maybe people aren't used to us having our answers so 'close to home' i.e. actually footy related?!🤷‍♂️

Somewhat of a hint was my correction of my misspelling, Don-like (Don-lyke?), of Martin Pike, who, when I realised, I had to drop for not following the team rule!

Then there was Ben Brown. You'd think the Browns would match the Smiths but there has been only one - Vic Brown, who coached University (where I had BBB 'straight out of') to a doughnuts season in 1913.

Edited January 5, 2023 by Timothy Reddan-A'Blew

[Demonstone 19,050]

Nicely done, Timothy! 

Could you possibly list the coaches you've based this on?  Did they all coach senior teams?

[Timothy Reddan-A'Blew 3,797]

Coach	Teams	Seasons
Adams, Bill	SM	1945-1948
Adams, Leigh	NM	2022
Bourke, Francis	RI	1982-1983
Brown, Vic	UN	1913
Campbell, Garnet	ES	1931-1933
Campbell, Graham	FI	1973-1978
Davis, Allan	SK	1987
Davis, Barry	ES	1978-1980
Davis, Bob	GE	1956-1965
Farmer, Graham	GE	1973-1975
Frawley, Danny	RI	2000-2004
Jones, Dennis	ME	1978
Jones, Peter	CA	1980
Jordon, Ray	NM	1976
Lyon, Ross	SK FR SK	2007-2019, 2023-
Mann, Neil	CW	1960-1974
McDonald, Alan	RI	1957-1960
McDonald, Donald	HW	2004
McKenzie, Jack	ME	1915
McKenzie, Keith	NM CA	1966-1975
Miller, Allan	SM	1967-1968
(Pyke, Don	AD	2016-2019)
Richards, Ron	CW	1974
Riley, Mark	ME	2007
Simmonds, Roy	HW	1973
(Smith, Dave	ES	1908-1909)
(Smith, Jimmy	SK	1909-1918)
(Smith, Len	FI RI	1958-1965)
(Smith, Ross	SK	1977)
Thompson, Mark	GE ES	2000-2014
Walsh, Phil	PA AD	2001-2015
Weideman, Murray	CW	1975-1976
Williams, Jack	GE	1945
Williams, Mark	PA	1999-2010
Williams, Paul	WB	2011
Williams, Tommy	FI	1964

[Demonstone 19,050]

Thank you very much for that detailed information, Timothy.

As I suspected, some of those only coached one game as a stand-in, but qualify nevertheless.

[Monbon 1,428]

33 minutes ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

Coach	Teams	Seasons
Adams, Bill	SM	1945-1948
Adams, Leigh	NM	2022
Bourke, Francis	RI	1982-1983
Brown, Vic	UN	1913
Campbell, Garnet	ES	1931-1933
Campbell, Graham	FI	1973-1978
Davis, Allan	SK	1987
Davis, Barry	ES	1978-1980
Davis, Bob	GE	1956-1965
Farmer, Graham	GE	1973-1975
Frawley, Danny	RI	2000-2004
Jones, Dennis	ME	1978
Jones, Peter	CA	1980
Jordon, Ray	NM	1976
Lyon, Ross	SK FR SK	2007-2019, 2023-
Mann, Neil	CW	1960-1974
McDonald, Alan	RI	1957-1960
McDonald, Donald	HW	2004
McKenzie, Jack	ME	1915
McKenzie, Keith	NM CA	1966-1975
Miller, Allan	SM	1967-1968
(Pyke, Don	AD	2016-2019)
Richards, Ron	CW	1974
Riley, Mark	ME	2007
Simmonds, Roy	HW	1973
(Smith, Dave	ES	1908-1909)
(Smith, Jimmy	SK	1909-1918)
(Smith, Len	FI RI	1958-1965)
(Smith, Ross	SK	1977)
Thompson, Mark	GE ES	2000-2014
Walsh, Phil	PA AD	2001-2015
Weideman, Murray	CW	1975-1976
Williams, Jack	GE	1945
Williams, Mark	PA	1999-2010
Williams, Paul	WB	2011
Williams, Tommy	FI	1964

And the music one???

[Timothy Reddan-A'Blew 3,797]

1 hour ago, Demonstone said:

Thank you very much for that detailed information, Timothy.

As I suspected, some of those only coached one game as a stand-in, but qualify nevertheless.

Yeah, possibly a bit naughty of me, but I didn't even look at, let alone consider, games numbers.

The refinements continue...