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https://www.afl.com.au/news/1484483/the-childhood-melbourne-demon-jai-culley-that-took-setbacks-in-his-stride-and-turned-rejection-into-motivation

Where did Lindsay play in his U18 games???

that sounds like you had a promising update from the committee room last Saturday Leg??

Rhett McLennan on Casey Demons coaching job, every signing for 2026 VFL seasonA delisted Bomber, an injury-hit former Roo, one of Kozzie Pickett’s relatives — and a host of kids from Gippsland. New coach Rhett McLennan has reason to be bullish about his Casey Demons stocks. Rhett McLennan will not moan about the miles he must travel to be a VFL coach, nor any early-morning starts. The new Casey Demons senior coach and Melbourne assistant lives at Leongatha, dairy-farming country in South Gippsland, and he knows many farmers in the district who begin their days in darkness. “If you’re from Leongatha and you complain about getting up at 4.30 in the morning, I’ve got 100 mates who will tell you to grow up,’’ he said. From the ‘Gatha, McLennan makes the hour-flat trip to Casey Fields in Cranbourne east or, depending on Melbourne’s training schedule, the longer journey into AAMI Park. Both are a straight run compared to when he was coaching Gippsland Power in the Talent League and he was travelling to Morwell. Along the way he saw more hills than a mountain goat. “If you want any traffic reports on the Monash or the South Gippsland Hwy or you want any good podcast recommendations, I’m your man,’’ he quipped. “Look, I’m very lucky that I love driving. It doesn’t worry me at all. I actually quite enjoy hopping in the car and seeing a bit of the country.’’ McLennan — “Rooster’’ to many of the people he’s encountered in football — is new to Casey but has taken in quite a few familiar faces in his five months at Casey Fields. He had coached Gippsland Power since 2019. By his count, 13 players he guided at Power are now at Casey, including a bunch of first-year hopefuls who followed him from the Talent to state league. The youngsters saw the VFL as the next step in their football. McLennan did not. Melbourne asked him if he was interested in applying for the Casey position, made vacant when Taylor Whitford was promoted as the Demons’ head of development. Until that phone call, he had given little thought to the VFL. “At that time in my life, the timing was perfect,’’ McLennan said. “I was happy to go through the interview process and I was just very lucky and very thankful that the Melbourne footy club and Casey agreed to give me the opportunity. “To be honest, I’m really head down, bum up in the craft. I don’t really have a lot of ambition in regards to coaching. I just love doing it. Wherever that is, I just want to do as good a job as I possibly can. To get to do that in the VFL … there’s been times in the last few months where I’ve sat back and thought, ‘Wow, I can’t believe I’m doing this’.’’ McLennan was also in charge of the Vic Country Under 18 team last year after previously serving on its panel of assistants. AFL Victoria’s Lee Fraser regarded McLennan as a “very talented’’ coach. “He understands the game really well and he’s got a unique skill of simplifying it for the players,’’ Fraser said. “It was really suitable to our Vic Country program because obviously we haven’t got the kids for a long time. He was able to build connection with the players and then express in a simple way the way he wanted them to play.’’ Fraser thought McLennan was ready to go to the next level and believes he has a “really exciting future’’. McLennan is full-time with the Demons, just as he was full-time at the Power. The biggest difference, he said, was in the “contact hours’’ with players. The Power draw from a large region – a few players have six-hour round trips for training - and come together only one night a week during the season. “To now have players three nights a week, that’s been really interesting,’’ McLennan said. “It gives us that opportunity to get across to the VFL-listed guys what we’re trying to do in following Melbourne’s game plan, which is really exciting, attacking-based.’’ He inherits a VFL team that reached the finals last season under Whitford, eventually falling to Frankston under lights at Kinetic Stadium. Of the VFL-listed players who took on the Dolphins, Mitch Hardie, Riley Baldi and Noah Yze have moved on. But the Demons have brought in delisted Kangaroo Miller Bergman, former Essendon dasher Luamon Lual and ex-Fremantle wingman Ethan Stanley from Box Hill Hawks. Then there’s the Gippsland connection: top Traraglon onballer Luis D’Angelo and his teammate Joel Scholtes, Nar Nar Goon pair Nate Pipicelli and Clancy Pope, Sam Hoghton from Officer and Jehi Esler from Tooradin-Dalmore. All are former McLennan-coached Gippy Power players. Jonah Walker, Harry Tatterson, Luke Cheffers and Jobe Scapin were with the Power last year. Toby Sinnema, Jasper Russell, Louis Hodder, Tairon Ah-Mu (all Dandenong Stingrays) and Marcus Krasnadamskis (Eastern Ranges) were also in the Talent League. Berwick duo Braedyn Bowden and Tahj Delarue are new to the list too. All up the off-season produced 18 recruits; Casey Demons football manager Garry O’Sullivan’s trusty pen was in play. O’Sullivan isn’t surprised the club secured so many Talent League graduates. He said McLennan – whose long playing career took in Queensland under-age selection and a senior premiership at Leongatha - had an “amazing’’ knowledge of the player-pathway system. “Someone had a light-hearted dig at us, saying, ‘We know why you appointed him – he knows all the good young kids!’’’ O’Sullivan said. He said McLennan was “one hell of a communicator’’, from his dealings with players to setting up a Whatsapp group for local coaches who have players on the Casey list. O’Sullivan has also seen a “little bit of the old’’ about McLennan. “Some of his old-fashioned traits combine magnificently with the modern way of coaching,’’ he said. “He’s well rounded and well grounded in all aspects for this level of footy.’’ McLennan has handed over the coaching reins at Gippsland to former Power player and Collingwood VFL captain Kris Pendelbury. “They’ve got a pretty good list this year. The top-end is very talented. I don’t think they’ll miss me too much,’’ he said. Asked if Pendelbury had missed any Leongatha lads on the list, McLennan shot back: “He better not have!’’ Casey Demons and their new senior coach open their season next Saturday against reigning premier Footscray Bulldogs at Whitten Oval. Buckle up.

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Training on a public oval doesn't hurt Collingwood.

This is some of the funniest stuff I've read for years.

Anyone else heard that Steve Smith has purchased a large block of land down Moe way that is prime for development??😉

You have to way up the other side. Brayshaw signs at Freo if we dont offer what we did Oliver was possiblely our most decorated player when he signed his contact, who knows when issues started or when they where known. Viney is the concern but dont expect his extra years to be at top dollar and until you know the actual dollars its hard to judge how questionable the 4 year extensions was. He has only played less than 15 games once since his debut season.

If trac wasnt on a long contract we dont get 3 first round picks for him. If he was OOC its 1 max. The only problem with Kozzy long contract is the club holds all the aces, If he wants to go home early we get what we wont or he stays and thats a Kozzy problem.

On a small base with heavy incentives for a (at the time) starting 18 player. Only thing that is amateur is your comment.

Is that the same as ball they use in the VFL?? or is that a VFL ball

Whats an AFL ball? Is it like a EPL ball or a APT ball, Maybe ICC ball??

why not? where do you want them to train.

SNAP. Well said agree 100% His brand manager and Mumma Trac have there finger prints all over the hospital stay/recovery and his feelings good or bad afterwards.

do you understand the meaning of intra club??

So double the time in a car out to Casey. Hardly a LONG WAY as you quoted. You either want to watch Casey or you dont. Making out that you wont go because ist too far to travel, please.

TBO to Casey is less than an hour. 10-15 mins more if you traveled to the G. You need to get out more old and venture to the other side of the Nepean.

I always go with the Aspen call when im asked about skiing or Hotham at games

Public oval. You mean like what Collingwood use. Anyone can use the oval or the running track around it.

correct but Hill goes missing big time, and when I say missing has zero touches for multiple quarters/halfs consistently. Even his GF game when he won the Norm Smith. Did he do anything apart from a 10 min burst in the second Q. Anyway enough of Hill. sorry to sidetrack

I hope hes a bit more consistent that Hill. Plays one Q and doesn't touch it for 3 does Bobby. He use to anyway. I like it. Windsor = More Outside than inside Langfrod = more Inside than outside Rivers = Inside and Outside

This can all be done at either Casey or AMMI This is the exact reason we don't currently have a home base. The push to be within the MCG's shadow has cost Melbourne numerous opportunity for venue's which have now dried up.

May was BOG playing on Billy Elliot KB