Saints News Tony Elshaug leaves Saints

[Kildonan]

Coach Tony Elshaug walks out on Saints
Tony Sheahan
From: Herald Sun
June 09, 2010 12:00AM

ROSS Lyon's most experienced assistant, Tony Elshaug, quit St Kilda late yesterday, effective immediately.
The man who has served as a key assistant to senior coaches at North Melbourne, Carlton and St Kilda for almost 20 years, has walked away for personal reasons.

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He will be replaced as midfield coach by another veteran assistant Brian Royal, who joined St Kilda this year as development coach.

 

[Defacto]

Any news why he left? Had they known of this for a while?

Seems like there's too much turmoil behind the scenes for us to win a flag

 

[Squizz]

Someone will probably be able to advise what he brings to the table anyway (as opposed to say a Brian Royal). Players like Armitage, Steven, Geary, Eddy and Heyne have not been able to have the sort of impact some of us expected when they have broken into the team (and they are better than that).

 

[Look2Me4Guidance]

Disappointing but would it be fair to say he receives the least amount of praise, attention out of all the line coaches? Silvagni and Tudor seem to get many more plaudits and do more media. Brian Royal is a handy assistant and given our midfield is an experienced group, it's not as bad as it should be.

I don't think the Pies fell apart when Brad Scott left as their midfield coach to take the North job.

 

[Plugger35]

The club are saying he left for personal reasons but that may just be a cover up for the real reason.

I'd be more worried if Silvagni or Tudor left as they have done a great job with our backline and forwardline respectively. Royal is a pretty experienced assistant coach so he should be a decent enough replacement and Lyon used to work as a midfield coach at the Swans anyway.

 

[Defacto]

whats brian royals coaching history?

 

[Squizz]

whats brian royals coaching history?

Think he's followed Terry Wallace around (good when he was with the Dogs, not so much at the Tiggers).

Before that Melbourne (when they used to be in the finals).

 

[John Bonney]

Trout[Elsaugh]may have got his marching orders because he stuffed up the midfield rotations again.

 

[Defacto]

what rotation did he mess up

 

[John Bonney]

what rotation did he mess up

Just hypothesising at this stage.

P.S.was that a question?

 

[StFly]

Think he's followed Terry Wallace around (good when he was with the Dogs, not so much at the Tiggers).

Before that Melbourne (when they used to be in the finals).

Pretty spot on.

Melbourne (some unnamed assistants role)
North Melbourne (some unnamed assistants role)
Dogs (some unnamed assistants role)
Tigers (Forward's & director of coaching)

Been around for while he has.

 

[SaintsSeptember]

To leave mid-season for personal reasons means that:
1. He's really pissed off with someone at the club.
2. The club is really pissed off with him.
3. Something PERSONAL in his life has happened that may be completely unrelated to football, requiring all of his attention.

 

[Sainters66]

To leave mid-season for personal reasons means that:
1. He's really pissed off with someone at the club.
2. The club is really pissed off with him.
3. Something PERSONAL in his life has happened that may be completely unrelated to football, requiring all of his attention.

Someone may have cut the cheese in the coaches meeting and he may have needed to leave the room.

BL is a very good replacement. I'm not worried.

 

[TheStinger]

Lovett case resolved.
Elshaug quits for personal reasons.

Related?

 

[Kildonan]

I doubt it - in medicine we say that corelation does not imply causation.

The old adage of where there's smoke there's fire is a load of bunk.

Just because two otherwise unrelated events can be thought of as associated because of when they occured (timing) does not make one causative of the other.

 

[TheStinger]

I doubt it - in medicine we say that corelation does not imply causation.

The old adage of where there's smoke there's fire is a load of bunk.

Just because two otherwise unrelated events can be thought of as associated because of when they occured (timing) does not make one causative of the other.

I'm just sayin'....