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3 years as an SANFL coach for 3 flags, not to mention a reserves flag the year before he steped up to league, does any other coach have a record anywhere near that as a start to their career?

Keep it QUIET. Don't tell no one.............................................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How we managed to keep this Bloke has got me stuffed.......!

Suggest we kill this thread before some AwFL club reads it!!!!

Delete this..............................?

This thread was started by a moderator!! WTF!!! WHo moderates the moderators????

The Indian Rubber Man.

The proverbial drover's dog coulda coached Centrals flock of black sheep to a premiership.

Spiritof64 wrote:The proverbial drover's dog coulda coached Centrals flock of black sheep to a premiership.

The most accurate comment I've ever heard, however, I was thinking Humphrey Bear could've...

That probably explains why norf got jarman - the closest thing to Humphrey B I've seen for a long time.

Sam_goUUUdogs wrote:3 years as an SANFL coach for 3 flags, not to mention a reserves flag the year before he steped up to league, does any other coach have a record anywhere near that as a start to their career?

Did Norwood have the same coach for its first 6 seasons?

yep, laird is a ******* magician getting that 'rabble' into tip top shape to win a flag

The psychology of people's attitudes to coaches is interesting. When teams fail its the coaches fault. When teams are successful anyone could have coached them - it was only about player talent. Anyone who has found a way to turn Laird's success into some kind of negative doesnt knwo anything about sport or coaching!!

I have to agree with you sus ... The coach is responsible for far more than positional changes on a Saturday, he needs to mould his own squad, create his own influence, develop younger players, study opposition, plan matchups etc, etc ..

So many talented teams in the past have thought they could just turn up and win (perhaps CDFC 2002, Eagles 94, SFC 78??) only to be bowled over by more comitted outfits!

Ray Laird deserve all the praise he receives!!

it would be hard for Laird to keep Centrals, hungry for sucess, and the turn around the Dogs had in 2005, can pretty much lie 100% with Roy.

big year ahead for Roy now, losing some star players, but he is lucky the gowans have decided to stay....be interesting to look at this thread at the end of the season.

He didn't have to do much when he started as Head Coach. Just little bits here and there, cut players here and bring in players there.

Roy Laird is a magician.......! A Master........!

Alan Stewart laid the foundations, Laird just happened to be there at the opening

Note same applies for John Buchanan/Aussie cricket team

Roy Laird is very underrated, lots of people like Punky attribute it all to previous coaches but Laird is the one bloke that has been there for a while and not let any major results fall to complancey. He gets the best out of what he's got.
He should be looked at by some AFL clubs.
I've listened to every coach speak at the huddles this year and he was one of the most impressive if not equal top with Jack Cahill.
Other coaches sounded like amateurs at times compared to these 2.