When the new Essendon president David Barham spoke after sacking Ben Rutten and announced the club’s search for a new coach he said they needed a more experienced coach to take over. | OPINION by Michael Gleeson mickgleeson agerealfooty
When the new Essendon president David Barham spoke after sacking Ben Rutten and announced the club’s search for a new coach, he said they needed a more experienced coach to take over.Essendon president David Barham and former Bombers coach Ben Rutten.That was broadly interpreted as meaning someone who had been a senior AFL coach before and dramatically reduced the field of prospective candidates.
Precious few of the most recent premiership coaches have previously coached their own team either, or been teachers, which was the other thing considered essential on a coaching CV for a time. Similarly, that same St Kilda panel points to the fact that Walls on that panel was open to the idea of a first-time coach, one with a low profile but with an impeccable CV. Lyon proved a smart choice.
There are always good coaches out there, it is a matter of finding them. Coaches who come runner-up for jobs at other clubs should not have that count against them for new positions. Being passed over might say more about the selection panel than the coach. It might also say more about the peculiarities of what that club needs more than what you need.
Now they get him back, the question, which feels like a luxury, is to work out how Martin can complement Richmond not how Richmond can complement Martin.
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