Luke Beveridge firms as coach

[Twodogs]

Looks like Luke is going to be appointed:


http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/luke-beveridge-firms-as-favourite-for-western-bulldogs-senior-coach-after-interview/story-fni5fazt-1227119859172

[GVGjr]

There is either a major leak during this whole interview process our it's a lot of media speculation. I tend to think it's the latter but given the way this has twisted and turned it shows what a great job Liam Pickering did keeping the Franklin deal out of the rumor mill for so long.

[BulldogBelle]

No new news there. Seems to me that a few other news stories have been pulled together for this one.

[Bulldog Revolution]

If you go to news.com.au they have a story about why Craig would be a great choice as coach (http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/former-adelaide-crows-back-a-return-to-senior-coaching-for-neil-craig-at-western-bulldogs/story-fndv8weh-1227119916454),

and then one on Beveridge (http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/luke-beveridge-firms-as-favourite-for-western-bulldogs-senior-coach-after-interview/story-fndv8weh-1227119859172)

and then in both articles they allude to a combination of the two being at the club

The media are covering all angles on the story and then after the decision is made they write a narrative to fit what they've already said.

The overwhelming sense is that nobody really knows what we are thinking beyond speculation

[westdog54]

All I took out of that article is that both Beveridge and Monty have been interviewed and either one of them could get the job.

Nothing article really.

[azabob]

I do wonder who our coach will be.

Last time it was Leon Cameron. No one had even mentioned B.Mac.

I'm am half expecting a bolt from the blue.

[Mofra]

That article was largely cut & pasted from other articles.
Slow news day

[LostDoggy]

I do wonder who our coach will be.

Last time it was Leon Cameron. No one had even mentioned B.Mac.

I'm am half expecting a bolt from the blue.
Agree azabob!
After the TBoyd trade,I would not be suprised if our new appointed coach was from totally left field.
Lethel Leigh?
Bomber Thompson?
Leigh Tudor?

[LostDoggy]

Any chance Bomber now he has quit the Bombers?..

[Bulldog4life]

Any chance Bomber now he has quit the Bombers?..

Not according to Channel 7 news. Also Craig said he is only available as Head Coach not as Director of Coaching. Otherwise he will stay where he is.

[LostDoggy]

Not according to Channel 7 news. Also Craig said he is only available as Head Coach not as Director of Coaching. Otherwise he will stay where he is.

Cheers Bulldog4life.

Maybe not promising but still sounds like the door is ever so slightly ajar, it is a head coach we are after..

[bornadog]

Western Bulldogs close to announcing coach
Date
November 12, 2014 - 8:21PM
Michael Gleeson
TheAge


The Western Bulldogs are closing on signing a new coach with highly rated assistant Luke Beveridge strongly favoured to take the top job.


The Bulldogs were hopeful of naming a new coach before the senior players returned from leave on Monday and remain confident they will yet do so by then, but they are not wedded to that time frame accepting that if the process goes a day or two longer they will take the time they need. Regardless they expect to have a new coach within the week.


Former Geelong premiership coach Mark Thompson's split from Essendon where he had been senior coach during James Hird's suspension this year, will not alter the process or the timing for the Bulldogs who were understood to have no interest in Thompson in a senior role.


Former Adelaide coach Neil Craig, who is head of coaching development and strategy at Essendon has also been interviewed for the senior coach's position and possibly a mentoring role to a young coach at the Bulldogs.


It was thought the Dogs process had narrowed the candidates to a choice between Craig and Beveridge and that the decision by Essendon and Thompson to split in part revealed a likelihod that Craig would remain at the Bombers. Essendon is understood to be confident that Craig will be at the Dons next year.


Candidates for the Bulldogs job had been advised that they were likely to need to fit within a structure of existing assistant coaches - Daniel Giansiracusa coaching the forwards, Joel Corey the midfield, Rohan Smith the defenders and Steven King the rucks - while Brent Montgomery would remain as senior assistant coach.


Were Montgomery - who has also been a candidate for the senior position - to get the job, obviously that structure would change.


Beveridge was interviewed by the Dogs upon his return from a trip overseas and appears to be firming for the job. He remains due to take up a position at St Kilda as director of coaching after being poached from Hawthorn where he had worked for three years, this year as backline coach. The Saints were understood to be consoldating the view that Beveridge may not actualy arrive at the club for his new job.


Experienced assistant coach Leigh Tudor has been in the running for the role while experienced Fremantle assistant coach and former west coast Eagles forward Peter Sumich withdrew from the process last week for family reasons.

[azabob]

During 2016 we had a huge run of injuries.

Not once did Beveridge lament the injuries - his attitude was; one player out, the next one comes in.

Why over the past few years has he changed his language?

Is this because in 2016 we had no expectations?

Is he now feeling the added pressure and is using injuries as an excuse?

Does the coach publicly lamenting our injury run, sub consciously give the players an out?

[MrMahatma]

During 2016 we had a huge run of injuries.

Not once did Beveridge lament the injuries - his attitude was; one player out, the next one comes in.

Why over the past few years has he changed his language?

Is this because in 2016 we had no expectations?

Is he now feeling the added pressure and is using injuries as an excuse?

Does the coach publicly lamenting our injury run, sub consciously give the players an out?

Did he lament it? Or was he asked a question about missing a few defenders in the context of a small forward getting off the chain last night?

[Grantysghost]

Did he lament it? Or was he asked a question about missing a few defenders in the context of a small forward getting off the chain last night?

He brought up how many players on the list we've used which he has been using since he moved on from the list being young trope.
Technically true but they are get out of jail free responses.
We were young by design.
We constantly have a large injury list: why?

[Sedat]

Did he lament it? Or was he asked a question about missing a few defenders in the context of a small forward getting off the chain last night?
I will preface this by saying I didn't see the game or presser last night, but if Bevo did mention injuries as a mitigating factor that is a bit of loser's limp. The best teams are resilient and find a way to manage key injuries - Carlton have almost their entire key defensive stocks out, Geelong has had Dangerfield out, Richmond had Dusty out for weeks, Melbourne and Collingwood have had their no 1 ruckmen out. We did it last year when Bruce and McLean went out late in the season, and of course we did it in 2016. West Coast had Sheppard, Nic Nat, and Gaff out for the last month of the 2018 season. Melbourne had to adjust without Tomlinson (who was on fire until injured) and simply replaced him with Petty and didn't miss a beat last year.

The cavalry is arriving in any event. There are absolutely zero excuses for us in 2022.

[azabob]

Did he lament it? Or was he asked a question about missing a few defenders in the context of a small forward getting off the chain last night?

MM, Beveridge talks about injuries a lot compared to 2016. He has for a number of years.

[bornadog]

MM, Beveridge talks about injuries a lot compared to 2016. He has for a number of years.

2016 was different because the players coming in were all early draft picks whereas now, if we get an injury the players coming up are at best 2nd and 3rd rounders (except JUH). Makes a big difference.

[Hotdog60]

Luke Beveridge should this year become the longest-serving coach in the history of Footscray/Western Bulldogs. He'll start the season on 206 career games coached, just 22 away from Ted Whitten's club record of 228.

Let him get to 230 and then sack him. :)

Just kidding I'm a Bevo supporter.

[Uninformed]

All on board with Bevo. Probably our best coach ever.

Hopefully this year will show he has still got it.

[GVGjr]

All on board with Bevo. Probably our best coach ever.

Hopefully this year will show he has still got it.

I don't think we can argue that point but it's time for the club to deliver again with him at the wheel. Bevo's been brilliant.

[FrediKanoute]

Luke Beveridge should this year become the longest-serving coach in the history of Footscray/Western Bulldogs. He'll start the season on 206 career games coached, just 22 away from Ted Whitten's club record of 228.

Let him get to 230 and then sack him. :)

Just kidding I'm a Bevo supporter.

If he equal's Teddy's record he will break it as it means he hasn't been sacked mid-year.

[mjp]

...just 22 away from Ted Whitten's club record of 228.


As a club it feels like we have a LOT of 300-game players.

Says something that we don't have a single 300-game coach. I mean, West Coast has only been around since 1987 but Malthouse and Worsfold have both coached more than 228 games at that club.

[Hotdog60]

As a club it feels like we have a LOT of 300-game players.

Says something that we don't have a single 300-game coach. I mean, West Coast has only been around since 1987 but Malthouse and Worsfold have both coached more than 228 games at that club.

I suppose when a club struggles for most of its history someone's head has to fall.

[SonofScray]

If he equal's Teddy's record he will break it as it means he hasn't been sacked mid-year.

The axe remains very sharp. He can’t afford anything other than a really convincing start.

[jeemak]

The axe remains very sharp. He can?t afford anything other than a really convincing start.

See, I mean this is what I talked about in the other thread but I was referring to media pundits at the time. A 3-3 or 2-4 start probably doesn't cut it for you and you'll want to axe him which is fine if that's you're thing........

I'm not going to stand in the way of you getting your jollies, even if you're making calls at 1/4 of the season gone.

[Bulldog Joe]

See, I mean this is what I talked about in the other thread but I was referring to media pundits at the time. A 3-3 or 2-4 start probably doesn't cut it for you and you'll want to axe him which is fine if that's you're thing........

I'm not going to stand in the way of you getting your jollies, even if you're making calls at 1/4 of the season gone.

If our first 2 games end up like 2023 Bevo's job is on the line in round 3.

[ledge]

They just had the 1994 QF on Fox and Luke Beveridge was playing, he was quite influential when he came on.
TBH I never saw him play a bad game for us and wonder why he wasn’t regarded a better player.
If you watch his games and focus on him he was a thinker and always did the right thing.
His height was definitely an issue but held his own.
Surprised he didn’t play more games.

[Twodogs]

They just had the 1994 QF on Fox and Luke Beveridge was playing, he was quite influential when he came on.
TBH I never saw him play a bad game for us and wonder why he wasn’t regarded a better player.
If you watch his games and focus on him he was a thinker and always did the right thing.
His height was definitely an issue but held his own.
Surprised he didn’t play more games.

He was as hard as a cat's head and could fight like a threshing machine as well. Just the sort of bloke you'd want to run out next to.

[GVGjr]

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Over in the West it's being reported that Fremantle have an interest in Luke Beveridge if things don't improve with Justin Longmuir.
Corey, Boyd and Murphy would be very familiar faces for him to work with

There is a push within Fremantle to poach Western Bulldogs premiership coach Luke Beveridge if the Justin Longmuir led side does not improve this season.

From Fox AFL (https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/teams/fremantle-dockers/afl-2024-fremantle-interest-in-poaching-western-bulldogs-coach-luke-beveridge-to-replace-justin-longmuir-if-dockers-struggle-this-season-latest-news/news-story/f67900a810ab15d48940df75def17a12)

Fremantle is keen to poach Western Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge if things go wrong and Justin Longmuir is sacked during the 2024 season, reports The West.

The Dockers will reportedly “not extend Longmuir’s contract if his team does not look like a genuine finals chance early this year” with Beveridge leading their list of replacement candidates.

Beveridge is contracted until the end of 2025, as even though the Bulldogs have won a final in just two seasons under his leadership, a pair of runs to the Grand Final have given him tremendous currency.

St Kilda was said to be keen on the 2016 premiership coach before hiring Ross Lyon and that leverage allowed Beveridge to land a new contract in December 2022.

Longmuir, meanwhile, led the Dockers to their first finals victory in almost a decade in 2022 before his young side slumped into the bottom six in 2023.

It sees the out-of-contract coach under intense pressure in the west.

The Dockers have many links to the Bulldogs with chief executive Simon Garlick playing 137 games for the club and holding the same role there in the early 2010s, helping hire Beveridge.

They have also brought across Bulldogs champions Bob Murphy and Matthew Boyd as assistant coaches.

The Bulldogs completed an internal review this past week in an attempt to clear up a messy behind-the-scenes situation, where the lines of reporting were blurred. Beveridge gained plenty of control in recent years as assistants were poached but he was then overruled when the club sacked favourite son Rohan Smith last August.

The only real change made in the review saw Matthew Egan appointed in the new role of GM of Football Operations, reporting to Executive Director of Football Chris Grant.

[Grantysghost]

I don't get this story at all.

Where would it stem from?

Pretty disrespectful to the incumbent.

[GVGjr]

I don't get this story at all.

Where would it stem from?

Pretty disrespectful to the incumbent.

There is always a couple of coaches who are under the microscope and this year Longmuir is one of them.

[Go_Dogs]

Seems an odd article. Not much weight given to it from a few Freo supporters I know out West.

I assume clubs who move on from their coach will look at a premiership winning coach and Bevo might be the best / most available of the recent ones that holds interest.

[Grantysghost]

There is always a couple of coaches who are under the microscope and this year Longmuir is one of them.
It's almost written as though it's come from Freo which is the odd part for me.

[G-Mo77]

The term be my guest comes to mind but I wouldn't put much into this at all.