hondo71 wrote:Big Phil wrote:Are they happy to go with an untried coach (Heals only coached ressies for 1 year, Roger James not coached at all) or would they prefer someone with senior coaching experience ???
How much experience did Roy Laird have back in 2003?
I think I saw on Centrals site Laird was assistant coach in 2000, reserves coach 2001 and 2002 and being groomed for the League team. Admittedly 2003 almost fell into his lap when Clarkson left, but I thought I heard there was some disagreement between Clarkson and the Board over changes he wanted to make. This might indicate the Board has set a certain broad framework and wants the coach to work within that. This would sit well with all the talk of Centrals deciding in the 90's to change the culture of the team and club. The "framework" probably suits Roy as the Dogs are playing the same way Laird did. Maybe not the most skillful, but determined and hard at the ball all day.
Having said that Laird is doing a sensational job and could be there for a long time to come. He doesn't seem interested in going anywhere. The 'framework' may be there but he still has to be a great coach to kept instilling it into the players, selecting new players to suit, getting them working together to the common goal for so long and coaching against the other eight teams.
Having a relatively inexperienced coach didn't do Sturt much harm although I'm not sure exactly how long Macgowan filled what roles at North. What other coaching roles has Mickan had ? Actually (and I may well be wrong) but I don't think any of the existing coaches had a lot of experience before joining their respective clubs. Ginever for example i think only had one year under Cahill.
