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Rory Sloane to the Dees as Assistant Coach?

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Cameron Bruce , a longtime friend of Brad Green would make a suitable right hand man for Goody.Bruce has great experience as a coach.

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    12 hours ago, Earl Hood said:

    I hope he is a great line coach for us and we really need new ideas. But I just hope to god Goody watched the final series and took in the frenetic ball movement needed to wins flags now. That’s because Goody will still be calling the shots with all these newbies coming on board. 

    Maybe read Roos’s article on what he thought of the Swans game plan & what type of game plan is needed to win finals ..

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    1 hour ago, Deestar9 said:

    Maybe read Roos’s article on what he thought of the Swans game plan & what type of game plan is needed to win finals ..

    The article is insightful as it flies in the face of what some supporters would like to see us play - entertaining, Hollywood type football. He argues this type of game plan will not win you a Grand Final. "Sydney are so talented but not hard to play against"

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-30/afl-paul-roos-sydney-swans-trade-consideration/104414584

    Edited by djr

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    17 hours ago, The end is nigh said:

    Since his retirement in may, spent the remainder of the year helping out coaching. If he wished to make this his future could easily have had the time to complete the minimum certificates in coaching to get in. 

    Highly admired him as a player, if he can instil his on field values into any of our players it would be great for the club.
     

    Always wondered about the ‘what if’ when we told him we’d take him in the draft if available but couldn’t pass up Jamie Bennell when he was still an option. 

    found a lengthy interview from his retirement with 7 news way back when he retired where he states that his house in Adelaide would probably cost 4 times as much in Melbourne so i speculate he’d want a proper job and not just a toe in the water role. 
     

    (link to the interview is https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=477884534588742&vanity=7NEWSAdelaide but please note it’s mostly a fluff piece to show he’s doing fine) 

    Jamie Bennell ??Jaheesus H Caryst our recruiting around that period was PATHETIC!

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    13 hours ago, Adam The God said:

    Funny world. Wasn't it reported on Demomland in like 2012 that he and his family wouldn't go near the club after we promised to draft him and then flaked?

    Glad to see people can move on after a decade.

    I remember that too.

    Apparently our recruiting team went over to Mr and Mrs Sloane's house and promised them that we'd pick him up at pick 17 or 19 depending on how the draft board was looking.

    Sam Blease, James Strauss, Jamie Bennell and 27 picks later and Sloane was drafted interstate.

    I don't know how true that is, but we did not do football good in the late 2000's.

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    1 minute ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    I remember that too.

    Apparently our recruiting team went over to Mr and Mrs Sloane's house and promised them that we'd pick him up at pick 17 or 19 depending on how the draft board was looking.

    Sam Blease, James Strauss, Jamie Bennell and 27 picks later and Sloane was drafted interstate.

    I don't know how true that is, but we did not do football good in the late 2000's.

    Flops every single one, and dont get me started on Gysbets and Tapscott

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    6 minutes ago, picket fence said:

    Flops every single one, and dont get me started on Gysbets and Tapscott

    Yep.

    It takes a special recruiting team to pick up all of Scully, Trengove, Gysberts and Tapscott before Fyfe.

    Luckily they did select Gawn in the 30's which totally redeemed the above, and probably represent the best value pick of all time behind Hird and Chris Grant.

    Edited by Bring-Back-Powell

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    25 minutes ago, djr said:

    The article is insightful as it flies in the face of what some supporters would like to see us play - entertaining, Hollywood type football. He argues this type of game plan will not win you a Grand Final. "Sydney are so talented but not hard to play against"

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-30/afl-paul-roos-sydney-swans-trade-consideration/104414584

    He can argue all he wants on a contested game style or being hard to play against however times change and Brisbane played an entertaining game style with lightening speed mixed with contested football which would have beaten most, if not all teams last Saturday. Regardless of game style, be it contested or fast-paced, foot skills and decision making is a key component to winning and Brisbane have that in spades.

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    Great player and should be a good coach. Not sure why we’re talking about Roos, but bringing maximum effort is obviously a non-negotiable - which we did not do this year.
    Not turning the ball over is another.

    If we can do those 2 things, we’ll get somewhere.

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    35 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    I don't know how true that is, but we did not do football good in the late 2000's.

    Gee that century went quick

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    44 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    I remember that too.

    Apparently our recruiting team went over to Mr and Mrs Sloane's house and promised them that we'd pick him up at pick 17 or 19 depending on how the draft board was looking.

    Sam Blease, James Strauss, Jamie Bennell and 27 picks later and Sloane was drafted interstate.

    I don't know how true that is, but we did not do football good in the late 2000's.

    It was later scientifically proven that Sam Blease was the worst top 20 draft pick in the history of any sport. Ever. 

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    49 minutes ago, picket fence said:

    Jamie Bennell ??Jaheesus H Caryst our recruiting around that period was PATHETIC!

    Jamie was pick 35 and played 87 games of AFL, more than most at that pick.  Rory was pick 44. Just about every club had a couple of picks before he was selected. Were all those clubs pathetic?

    Hindsight is a wonderful thing.

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    35 minutes ago, Heart Beats True said:

    He can argue all he wants on a contested game style or being hard to play against however times change and Brisbane played an entertaining game style with lightening speed mixed with contested football which would have beaten most, if not all teams last Saturday. Regardless of game style, be it contested or fast-paced, foot skills and decision making is a key component to winning and Brisbane have that in spades.

    Very true - the knock on Brisbane was that despite their elite skills and transition game they didn’t apply enough pressure around the ball and their defensive structure wouldn’t hold up when teams got on top of them in the contest 

    In the last couple of years they’ve managed to address both of these issues while retaining their elite skills and ability to transition the ball, and that’s why they’re now the reigning premiers  

    The fact is that while we might be able to be the best contest and defence team, we’re going to continue to find it difficult to score and transition the ball while we have (relatively) unskilled players as our major ball winners 

    I don’t envy Goody and the coaching staff this off season that’s for sure 

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    28 minutes ago, Palace Dees said:

    Jamie was pick 35 and played 87 games of AFL, more than most at that pick.  Rory was pick 44. Just about every club had a couple of picks before he was selected. Were all those clubs pathetic?

    Hindsight is a wonderful thing.

    True, but the beef most people have is that we told Sloane that we would draft him.

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    1 hour ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    I remember that too.

    Apparently our recruiting team went over to Mr and Mrs Sloane's house and promised them that we'd pick him up at pick 17 or 19 depending on how the draft board was looking.

    Sam Blease, James Strauss, Jamie Bennell and 27 picks later and Sloane was drafted interstate.

    I don't know how true that is, but we did not do football good in the late 2000's.

    Sloane was a much better youngster than Blease and Strauss.  It was obvious in the draft year.  It was sadly obvious from year 1.  It should have been Sloane. It was bizarre to miss on him.  One of Prendergast’s many many many mistakes.  

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    2 hours ago, Gorgoroth said:

    True, but the beef most people have is that we told Sloane that we would draft him.

    CORRECT, BAD STUFF UP

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    4 hours ago, Deestar9 said:

    Maybe read Roos’s article on what he thought of the Swans game plan & what type of game plan is needed to win finals ..

    I bet he didn't write it before the GF.  If the Lions lost, Fagan would have come under the same scrutiny.

    It's easy after the event.

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    Happy for the Demons to recruit good quality football people.

    I definitely think Rory Sloane could bring a wealth of knowledge to help our players.

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    4 hours ago, demoncat said:

    Very true - the knock on Brisbane was that despite their elite skills and transition game they didn’t apply enough pressure around the ball and their defensive structure wouldn’t hold up when teams got on top of them in the contest 

    In the last couple of years they’ve managed to address both of these issues while retaining their elite skills and ability to transition the ball, and that’s why they’re now the reigning premiers  

    The fact is that while we might be able to be the best contest and defence team, we’re going to continue to find it difficult to score and transition the ball while we have (relatively) unskilled players as our major ball winners 

    I don’t envy Goody and the coaching staff this off season that’s for sure 

    Unless we make some tough decisions with number 13 and number 5.

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    On 30/09/2024 at 20:37, Adam The God said:

    Funny world. Wasn't it reported on Demomland in like 2012 that he and his family wouldn't go near the club after we promised to draft him and then flaked?

    Glad to see people can move on after a decade.

    Only that his sister Shae was on our AFLW list at one point, so clearly the grudge can't be that deep.

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    9 hours ago, spirit of norm smith said:

    Sloane was a much better youngster than Blease and Strauss.  It was obvious in the draft year.  It was sadly obvious from year 1.  It should have been Sloane. It was bizarre to miss on him.  One of Prendergast’s many many many mistakes.  

    Bit tough on Sam 😉.

    A broken leg wrote off most of his first year.

    Beyond that, btw, Rising Star nominee twice, capable of a 5-goal game, but when Roos was Mr Defence First, then, one of the early head-knock retirees.

    Edited by Timothy Reddan-A'Blew

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    28 minutes ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

    Only that his sister Shae was on our AFLW list at one point, so clearly the grudge can't be that deep.

    Shae is assistant coach at present. Also works for the club. Forging her own career - nothing to do with Rory.

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    Cool, so Goody wants one of his mates to come aboard. No coaching experience? Who cares, they can figure it out. The important thing is Goody and Sloane have lots of shared learnings to get nostalgic about  

    Oh and number one defender of “the camp”. Keep him away. 

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    I reckon that anyone with a good footy brain who Goody wants onboard should be given serious consideration. Yeah, get him in.

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