Just wondering what John Witherall and the crews announcement of Guy Mckenna will do for the club now that he has been appointed the new head coach for the next two seasons as well as the inaugral coach in 2001?
There is no doubt that he is a quality person. Two-time premiership player, club captain, 250 plus games. His character around the West Coast was that of pure professionalism, notwithstanding he was also the team 'clown'.
We have seen in the past that defenders make very good coaches, Woosha, Sheedy, Malthouse to name a few, so he is in very esteemed company there.
My concern is that the GC will use there key picks and trade heavily for a competitive team. I believe this could be detrimental to the club down the line (look at Brisbane in 1987 and more recently Fremantle 1995). Therefore surely the best thing to do would be to perhaps go for a Key Forward, someone of a Franklin type with some top picks, and then a quality midfielder.
The club would then use the picks and utilise the cream of the 2010 draft. The players could then stick together and gel and slowly become a dominant team. They will get about 15-20 bites of the cherry in the 2010 draft alone, not to mention taking the cream of the QLD talent in the proceeding two years.
Picture this, if the GC team started in 2001 they could have players such as Judd, Hodge, Ball, Bartel, Riley, Dal Santo, Pollack, Kelly, Mcguire, Seaby, Steve Johnson, LRT, Rodan, Mitchell, Montagna, Hasen, Waite, Welsh, Medhurst, Swan, Schneider, Lake and David Johnson in the one team. Imagine that! I know that not every draft will be like 2001, but it is just an example - and imagine how that team would dominate.
The GC and GMAC have a perfect opportunity to build a premiership team for 2015/16 if they are prepared to be patient. But is GMAC that sort of coach? How instrumental has he been in developing the players at Collingwood, could he get Pendlebury or Thomas up there?
Personally, I think that he will be persuaded to go for a ready made team so his own career does not fall into jeopardy, and that would be tragic for the GC and the game, what do people think that McKenna will do, or will his hands be tied in this regard?
There is no doubt that he is a quality person. Two-time premiership player, club captain, 250 plus games. His character around the West Coast was that of pure professionalism, notwithstanding he was also the team 'clown'.
We have seen in the past that defenders make very good coaches, Woosha, Sheedy, Malthouse to name a few, so he is in very esteemed company there.
My concern is that the GC will use there key picks and trade heavily for a competitive team. I believe this could be detrimental to the club down the line (look at Brisbane in 1987 and more recently Fremantle 1995). Therefore surely the best thing to do would be to perhaps go for a Key Forward, someone of a Franklin type with some top picks, and then a quality midfielder.
The club would then use the picks and utilise the cream of the 2010 draft. The players could then stick together and gel and slowly become a dominant team. They will get about 15-20 bites of the cherry in the 2010 draft alone, not to mention taking the cream of the QLD talent in the proceeding two years.
Picture this, if the GC team started in 2001 they could have players such as Judd, Hodge, Ball, Bartel, Riley, Dal Santo, Pollack, Kelly, Mcguire, Seaby, Steve Johnson, LRT, Rodan, Mitchell, Montagna, Hasen, Waite, Welsh, Medhurst, Swan, Schneider, Lake and David Johnson in the one team. Imagine that! I know that not every draft will be like 2001, but it is just an example - and imagine how that team would dominate.
The GC and GMAC have a perfect opportunity to build a premiership team for 2015/16 if they are prepared to be patient. But is GMAC that sort of coach? How instrumental has he been in developing the players at Collingwood, could he get Pendlebury or Thomas up there?
Personally, I think that he will be persuaded to go for a ready made team so his own career does not fall into jeopardy, and that would be tragic for the GC and the game, what do people think that McKenna will do, or will his hands be tied in this regard?
