Luke Beveridge the new Western Bulldogs coach

[bornadog]

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The Western Bulldogs have appointed Luke Beveridge as Senior Coach for the next three years.


Following a systematic and thorough process, Beveridge received the unanimous endorsement of the selection committee, led by Chris Grant and included Chief Executive Simon Garlick, John Worsfold, Luke Darcy and GM, Football Graham Lowe.


The recommendation of the sub-committee was also unanimously endorsed by the Club’s Board. The Committee was assisted by consultants from DDI Australia and by Ms Fiona McGauchie of executive recruitment firm Egon Zehnder and the Club wishes to acknowledge the very valuable contribution made by Fiona and by DDI Australia.


Beveridge has spent the past three years as backline coach at back-to-back Premiers Hawthorn, and was recently appointed Director of Coaching at St Kilda.


Prior to that, the 44-year-old held the position of Development Manager at Collingwood, where he played a key role in their 2010 Premiership, and before that was a triple premiership coach at St Bede’s/Mentone from 2006-2008.


Chief Executive Simon Garlick said, “We had the opportunity to interview several outstanding coaches in this process, and I want to thank them all for their participation. In our judgment, Luke is the right person to take our senior team forward into an era we all hope will bring some sustained success to the Club.


“Luke has built a reputation in the AFL for his ability to forge strong relationships and for his overall strategic view on the game,” Garlick said.


“His vision for our Club and his track-record of driving successful cultures were persuasive to us as a committee and we are looking forward now to 2015 with great excitement.”


Beveridge played 31 games with the Bulldogs from 1993-95, and finished with a career tally of 118 games which included stints at Melbourne and St Kilda.

from westernbulldogs.com.au

[bulldogtragic]

Cool.

[bornadog]

His approach and game plan will be very interesting. I am sure he has learnt a lot at Hawthorn.

Exciting times with all the young talent.

[The bulldog tragician]

We live in interesting times, as the saying goes

[chef]

Good luck, you are going to need it.

Hopefully he gets a strong number 2 and a decent director of coaching to help.

[Ghost Dog]

Stoked. Welcome back mate.

[Eastdog]

Welcome back to the kennel Luke Beveridge. Good luck.

[KT31]

Only time will tell but IMO with the little knowledge I have of the aplicants Bevo seems to be a good fit for us, hopefully its not a case of him promising success to early and more about us getting it finally right on the way to a flag.
Good luck and welcome back.

[Hotdog60]

I had no idea on who I wanted as a coach but the more I hear on Luke the more I like. I hope it goes well for all concerned.

Simon did his best Politian speech when asked about a senior mentor appointment.

[Remi Moses]

Feeling decidedly old as Luke's the first coach we've ever appointed who is younger than myself.
:eek:

[bornadog]

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[Daughter of the West]

Cool.

Hand Luke?

[LostDoggy]

Hand Luke?

Let's just hope there is no failure to communicate!

[bornadog]

Interview on BulldogTV:

http://www.westernbulldogs.com.au/news/2014-11-14/beveridge-new-top-dog

[bornadog]

Bevo playing days:

http://www.westernbulldogs.com.au/video/2014-11-14/beveridges-playing-days

[bulldogsman]

My first impressions of him weren't great, but they are slowing improving.

Welcome to the club Luke. Take us to premiership glory!!!

[Ghost Dog]

Love the mini mullet. Hope it takes us back to an older day of 80s hardness.

[Ozza]

Welcome aboard Bevo. Really happy with the appointment.

Hopefully the supporters can be united behind him.

[ratsmac]

Welcome back Luke.

I am happy with this appointment. Probably the best untried coach available you would think.

[LostDoggy]

Welcome back to the club Bulldog Bevo and congrats on your appointment.

[G-Mo77]

Seems like the right guy the more I hear and read about him. Welcome Bevo!

Now bring on 2015!

[F'scary]

With that firm jaw, deep eyes, conan-locks and gym fit bod, he might also be a hit with the lady fans!

[GVGjr]

Exciting times for the new coach and for all of us.

[Bumper Bulldogs]

Looks like the Dogs have things in order and making good decisions,

Welcome and good Luck Luke, May the force be with you!

[Bulldog Revolution]

I had no idea on who I wanted as a coach but the more I hear on Luke the more I like. I hope it goes well for all concerned.

Simon did his best Politian speech when asked about a senior mentor appointment.

Simon has grown into the CEO role nicely and been very impressive over the past few months

[The Bulldogs Bite]

Really hope we can support him with a senior head ala Craig, or even better, Worsfold.

[Eastdog]

I was speaking to a Bulldog mate today and we were saying that having an experienced guy in the senior assistant role would be a goer.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

Congrats and welcome back to Luke. I hope this coach gets the appropriate support from all segments of the Bulldogs community.

[Scraggers]

Will Montgomery stay ??? The guy who beat him for the job is now his boss ... Can be a difficult situation.

I too wish Bev well; I hope your fate isn't set in stone like your predecessor (never given a chance IMO)

[Remi Moses]

Let's just hope he isn't sent to the gallows after a few loses .
Particularly on that other website.

[Eastdog]

Let's just hope he isn't sent to the gallows after a few loses .
Particularly on that other website.

Agree RM. You can't judge him after a few losses.
Which website :)

[Hotdog60]

Will Montgomery stay ??? The guy who beat him for the job is now his boss ... Can be a difficult situation.

I too wish Bev well; I hope your fate isn't set in stone like your predecessor (never given a chance IMO)

I suppose it depends on Monty's attitude, On CV Bevo has it all over him in senior coaching. As in Bevo has coached his own team and won finals. It may have helped Monty if he had been in Maples shoes and had a VFL final under his belt.

Both are untried so equal type of risk but as I said above one has more runs on the board and Monty should see this.

I agree on BMc I would have stuck with him until his contract was up to see if he could work on his short comings. I think he would have saw it out but the board had lost the faith as much as some of the players.

Anyway I'm on board with Luke and he has some talent to work with let's see if he can build on what's been started.

[chef]

Agree RM. You can't judge him after a few losses.
Which website :)

BigFooty

[F'scary]

I can't wait to see how our playing style, game plan and selections change. This was the area Macca had the most trouble with.

[Twodogs]

And the special tang to this Beveridge is the taste of annoying St Kilda into the bargain.

[The bulldog tragician]

And the special tang to this Beveridge is the taste of annoying St Kilda into the bargain.

In fairness it appears they have been nothing but supportive of him pursuing this when they could rightly have felt peeved.

[macca]

Has Lake become a better under his coaching? Or is Lake in a far better side which makes him look better?

[Maddog37]

Has Lake become a better under his coaching? Or is Lake in a far better side which makes him look better?

I think Lake played some amazing footy with us. Better than anything he has done at the Hawks.

[whythelongface]

Is it time to buy this man a beer?

In all seriousness what this man has achieved in such a short time frame is nothing short of remarkable. We all know we had talent but to get this team to gel so quickly after what the club went through is astounding. I wonder when he took on this role if he thought he could get the team to be in the position of playing finals football in his first year,

[bornadog]

Extremely impressive and surely the coach of the year at this stage of the season

[The Doctor]

Bev is a beauty. I like footy again

[bulldogtragic]

I'm not sure any other appointment could've got us to this point right now. I don't want to think of where would be under the last coach with an outdated gameplan with Dahl playing pocket, Boyd in the middle, Picken in the BP, Wood playing second/third tall, Wally tagging, Grant in the VFL and others lining up to leave. There's so much to love about Bevo, in a lot of different aspects. Got to be coach of the year and I would've given 250-1 to be saying that 9 months ago.

[SlimPickens]

Extremely impressive and surely the coach of the year at this stage of the season

Bevo or Simpson I'd say.

[The Underdog]

Luke Beveridge - Our Mastermind

[Ozza]

I'm not sure any other appointment could've got us to this point right now. I don't want to think of where would be under the last coach with an outdated gameplan with Dahl playing pocket, Boyd in the middle, Picken in the BP, Wally tagging, Grant in the VFL and others lining up to leave. There's so much to love about Bevo, in a lot of different aspects. Got to be coach of the year and I would've given 250-1 to be saying that 9 months ago.

I know one Woofer took precisely those odds for us to make top 4 about 6 months ago....the dream is still alive.

[Bulldog Joe]

Luke Beveridge - Our Mastermind

Please No.

Perhaps Luke Beveridge - warming Bulldog Hearts

[LostDoggy]

Luke Beveridge: Freaking Legend.

[azabob]

Luke Beveridge - enough said....

[Throughandthrough]

Does Luke Beveridge have the biggest neck in the world? It's almost bigger than his head. Ps sign him up for another 5 years. He's a great coach (so far...)

[Ghost Dog]

Not afraid to throw players around. We are a very hard side to counter now. Looks like a beach bum.

[Twodogs]

He looks like a medieval king.

[SonofScray]

Our Coach has he best chuckle in the business. Love it when he knows he is spinning crap, or just decides to give a dead pan honest response he always gives a chuckle before hand. What a dream boat.

[Scraggers]

They said on the TV coverage on the weekend, he cuts his own hair and skateboards home after work.

[Throughandthrough]

They said on the TV coverage on the weekend, he cuts his own hair and skateboards home after work.



I don't think he skateboards home, he skateboards at home. #TMNT

[whythelongface]

He looks like a medieval king.

He certainly wouldn't be out of place fighting the war lords back in the 15th Century.

Baldrick anyone.....

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[Murphy'sLore]

Bit more muscly than Baldrick!

[Twodogs]

He certainly wouldn't be out of place fighting the war lords back in the 15th Century.

Baldrick anyone.....

http://wellthisiswhatithink.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/baldrick-3.jpg643


Bit more muscly than Baldrick!

He looks like one of the Plantagnet dynasty. King John maybe or Richard II.

[LostDoggy]

He certainly has some cunning plans.

[ratsmac]

He certainly has some cunning plans.

Yeah he doesn't mind a cunning stunt the stunning......