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Brad Keast was not told in very good manner.
Bloody disgraceful in fact.
Typical of our man management skills.

Mr AFL, I had heard earlier in the year that he was going back east.

Sacko wrote: Anyone else heard that Chris Waterman is well and truly the front runner from what I've heard? Great footballer but similarly uninspiring as the last bloke. Don't know about him

He didn't have much success in his previous stints and I don't reckon anyone would want to run through a brick wall for him! Perth need a proven flag winning coach and that leaves Darren Harris and John Dimmer I reckon, forget Tony Micale as he is too old and wont have an AFL alignment to assist him!

Demons Forever wrote: Brad Keast was not told in very good manner.
Bloody disgraceful in fact.
Typical of our man management skills.

Would love to know more?

Demons Forever wrote: Mr AFL, I had heard earlier in the year that he was going back east.

Well I hope the new coach is able to change his mind. He's been a very good recruit for us and would be hard to replace.

Mr AFL wrote: Where have you heard that from Sacko?

Chris Pike tweeted Micale to south and Waterman to Perth. Both virtual done deals. Hope not

Sacko wrote:

Mr AFL wrote: Where have you heard that from Sacko?

Chris Pike tweeted Micale to south and Waterman to Perth. Both virtual done deals. Hope not

Gee obviously past coaching records dont count.

He had Peel for 4 years,2006 - 2009.
He finished 8th,8th,6th and a wooden spoon 9th finish.
Very Perth like those stats so he would fit in well with the losing culture.

He then took over Subi 2010 until 2012 bearing in mind when he took over Subi they were coming off finishing 2nd the previous year so the foundation of a good team was already there.
He finished 6th,3rd (surprise GF encounter and runners up after West Perth finishing higher went out of the finals in straight sets)
and in his final season finished 7th.

Its a pretty mediocre coaching record over 7 seasons at 2 clubs for 1 successful year of finals footy,is that the type of coach we are after?

Id be hoping for a coach with a better win/loss coaching record than that!
Hopefully its just a rumour.

Like you 30+, I could not get very excited over a Waterman appointment.
It would seem to me way too early for a deal to done yet so hopefully it is only a rumour.
I did hear on Saturday the names of Brett Guerra and Austin Jones mentioned. No Thank you.
I still think we need Harris or Harvey if we can get either.

30plusyeardrought wrote:

Sacko wrote:

Mr AFL wrote: Where have you heard that from Sacko?

Chris Pike tweeted Micale to south and Waterman to Perth. Both virtual done deals. Hope not

Gee obviously past coaching records dont count.

He had Peel for 4 years,2006 - 2009.
He finished 8th,8th,6th and a wooden spoon 9th finish.
Very Perth like those stats so he would fit in well with the losing culture.

He then took over Subi 2010 until 2012 bearing in mind when he took over Subi they were coming off finishing 2nd the previous year so the foundation of a good team was already there.
He finished 6th,3rd (surprise GF encounter and runners up after West Perth finishing higher went out of the finals in straight sets)
and in his final season finished 7th.

Its a pretty mediocre coaching record over 7 seasons at 2 clubs for 1 successful year of finals footy,is that the type of coach we are after?

Id be hoping for a coach with a better win/loss coaching record than that!
Hopefully its just a rumour.

I did tweet him questioning this bit he seemed very confident. Sounds like he has some inside info. I agree with you 30+. This doesn't inspire me at all.

I did hear from someone at the club about 2 weeks ago that they wanted to appoint someone with premiership success so that contradicts what Pike has said

Mr AFL wrote:

Demons Forever wrote: Brad Keast was not told in very good manner.
Bloody disgraceful in fact.
Typical of our man management skills.

Would love to know more?

Well from what i have heard is this little Hitler is directly responsible for fucking 2 very good players off and one regular this season. First one was Daniel Murray, sounds to me the way he handled it was the problem and same goes for Ali Smith and Brad Keast. This bloke thinks he's got a license to berate players and treat them like shit. I'd like to know who gives him that license?

Football manager? Not a football managers arsehole.