North Melbourne's appointment of Brad Scott as senior coach for 2010–2 seems to tick plenty of boxes.
As a member of the three-peat Brisbane Lions of 2001–3, Scott has plenty of exposure to a Premiership-winning culture. More importantly in my view, he was a gritty, determined player of mediocre talent who achieved respect and a permanent place in a mega-successful team.
Harking back to an old theme of mine, it is Scott's playing credentials mixed with Premiership culture exposure that mark him as a potentially very successful coach. Remember that gritty players who got the most out of their (limited) talent are over-represented among Premiership coaches since 1960: Parkin (4 Premierships), Sheedy (4), Hafey (4), Jeans (4), Barassi (4), Kennedy (3), Malthouse (2), Pagan (2). Note also that Parkin, Sheedy, Barassi and Malthouse were all members of multiple Premiership teams as players before becoming coaches.
For North, Scott and Damien Hardwick ticked many of the same boxes, with Hardwick having a broader spread of experience with Premiership involvement at three different clubs, Scott having the three-peat and some years under Malthouse, while Crocker was a member of the ’Roos’ ’96 Premiership team.
Time will tell whether Scott has the other attributes that are required to lift a team, but the basics are there in spades! One also wonders whether Eugene Arocca’s former life at Collingwood gave him some added insights into Scott's potential. . .
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Scott ticks the boxes
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North Melbourne's appointment of Brad Scott as senior coach for 2010–2 seems to tick plenty of boxes.As a member of the three-peat Brisbane Lions of 2001–3, Scott has plenty of exposure to a Premiership-winning culture. More importantly in my view, he was a gritty, determined player of mediocre talent who achieved respect and a permanent place in a mega-successful team.
Harking back to an old theme of mine, it is Scott's playing credentials mixed with Premiership culture exposure that mark him as a potentially very successful coach. Remember that gritty players who got the most out of their (limited) talent are over-represented among Premiership coaches since 1960: Parkin (4 Premierships), Sheedy (4), Hafey (4), Jeans (4), Barassi (4), Kennedy (3), Malthouse (2), Pagan (2). Note also that Parkin, Sheedy, Barassi and Malthouse were all members of multiple Premiership teams as players before becoming coaches.
For North, Scott and Damien Hardwick ticked many of the same boxes, with Hardwick having a broader spread of experience with Premiership involvement at three different clubs, Scott having the three-peat and some years under Malthouse, while Crocker was a member of the ’Roos’ ’96 Premiership team.
Time will tell whether Scott has the other attributes that are required to lift a team, but the basics are there in spades! One also wonders whether Eugene Arocca’s former life at Collingwood gave him some added insights into Scott's potential. . .
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I wonder if there is a reason why Hardwick has continuously been over looked. Think its 4 now with Melbourne, Essendon, North and now Richmond.
Maybe he is just not a coach...
That's an interesting point, although the Richmond gig is still in the air I thought.
I see in The Age that apparently Port are chatting with him. He was apparently well-regarded during his stint there. Perhaps he'll be the succession plan coach?
I've also read that his grasp of computers and presentations counted against him at Essendon.
It could be there's something in any or all of these 'weaknesses', but perhaps he's just not the right fit for where clubs think they are. . .
I think one thing that has been largely overlooked with Scott is his work with Alan Richardson(he will be a senior coach within 2 years) where they set-up the Collingwood Youth Academy in 2007.
Then there was the way he helped develop the midfield this year from it being the teams weakness, to its strength.
He's going to be great for North.
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