Chris Scott to coach Geelong

[The Coon Dog]

Jon Pierik - The Age - 17 October

SEN radio is reporting that former Brisbane Lion premiership player Chris Scott will be named the new Geelong coach tomorrow.

SEN's Tony Schibeci says the Fremantle assistant coach has beaten former Mark Thompson assistants Brenton Sanderson and Ken Hinkley, who is currently working at Gold Coast, to become new Cats boss, and he will be signed on a three-year deal.

Link (http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/scott-to-be-new-cats-coach-report-20101016-16ofo.html)

[Remi Moses]

SEN and Tony Schubecci not an overly reliable source!

[The Coon Dog]

superfooty & Hutchy also reporting it on Twitter.

[LostDoggy]

If true, not sure thats a great move for Geelong, I don't think much of his brother at North and he is probably the same. The North attitude in the first game vs us this year was pathetic.

Lost Thompson and McCarthey, Hinkley last year. I don't think Sanderson will be hanging around.

[GVGjr]

SEN and Tony Schubecci not an overly reliable source!

They got it right about Thompson wanting to stand down and it's the same sources

[The Coon Dog]

Scott Gullan at the H/S is going with it.

Link (http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/chris-scott-new-cats-coach/story-e6frf7jo-1225939770009)

[Remi Moses]

Big call by the Cats. Highly rated the Scott Brothers, although Brad made some rookie mistakes he did a good job

[Desipura]

Do we look at Sando to come over as an Assistant?

[GVGjr]

Do we look at Sando to come over as an Assistant?

Positions are already filled aren't they?

[bulldogsman]

Positions are already filled aren't they?

Who is the assistant coach for the forward line?

[GVGjr]

Who is the assistant coach for the forward line?

Dean the back line, Williams the midfield and Montgomery the forward line.

[mjp]

Well, both Scott boys are now in senior gigs before their 35th birthdays.

Whatever I (or anyone else) might think of them, this is a pretty impressive achievement. One thing is for certain, they are certainly good at talking a good game and psych testing in that family...now I guess we are going find out how they go putting together a coherent game-plan.

The Geelong gig is a bit of a plum in terms of finances and administrative support, so Chris is sure going to have a good run at things.

[comrade]

Would Brad be kicking himself for pulling the trigger too soon?

[AndrewP6]

How long before they pull the switcheroo? ;)

[GVGjr]

Well, both Scott boys are now in senior gigs before their 35th birthdays.

Whatever I (or anyone else) might think of them, this is a pretty impressive achievement. One thing is for certain, they are certainly good at talking a good game and psych testing in that family...now I guess we are going find out how they go putting together a coherent game-plan.

The Geelong gig is a bit of a plum in terms of finances and administrative support, so Chris is sure going to have a good run at things.

It is an impressive achievement for brothers let alone twins and their age.

Chris has a great list, his own VFL side and all he needs to do is a decent case forward for any training equipment or support staff and he will just about be assured of getting it.

He beat some good candidates as well.

[LostDoggy]

He beat some good candidates as well.




He did indeed.

Two of the candidates who missed out were playing key roles in turning Geelong into a superpower at the same time Scott was learning how to mop up Mark Harvey's drool at Fremantle.

Extraordinary times in Geelong.

[bulldogsman]

Dean the back line, Williams the midfield and Montgomery the forward line.

Thanks, must have missed that Montgomery has comeback :o

[The Coon Dog]

Thanks, must have missed that Montgomery has comeback :o

'Twas here: Brett Montgomery (http://www.woof.net.au/forum/showthread.php?t=8428)

[LostDoggy]

Geelong -- fail.

What's with the fascination with 'going with a fresh approach'? How about 'building on success' ie. rewarding stability, valuing embedded knowledge etc.? Teams like Geelong that have been up for a while forget how hard it was to get up there in the first place, and assume that anyone else they pick to come in will succeed, albeit with fresh ideas, but they are just as likely (more likely, probably) to fall right back to the hard chasing pack.

Collingwood and Sydney have placed a premium on internal stability, and will reap the rewards. There seems to be a real fear of the players' getting tired of an old message, or the perception that an outmoded gameplan must be replaced by replacing the architects of that gameplan -- surely those creative enough to craft a winning gameplan in the first place would be your best bet in crafting your NEXT winning gameplan, rather than some untried dude with a nice powerpoint?

This is Essendon appointing a totally disconnected outsider in Matthew Knights post-Sheedy all over again -- sure they have great facilities, and sure they have a pretty impressive list (at the moment), but it's Thompson's list, and one that underperformed for a long time before it clicked. For a list starting to fray you need more stability, not less -- Scott is coming into a job to arrest the end of a mini-dynasty, with the list on a downward slope which just lost its best player, with zero experience as a senior coach and very little experience as a assistant.

This will end in tears.

[LostDoggy]

How long before they pull the switcheroo? ;)

He he, I was thinking that last night, swap polo shirts & go to each others press conferences. :D