Quote ="Bulls Boy 2011"It depends where people want to go in their career though. We've had McNamara, Lowes and Noble as ex-players who have coached. Diskin as an assistant. Robbie Paul behind the scenes as a marketing manager I think plus his most recent role too. Parker? had been involved down the line too.
I know you said 'greats' but a few of our greats have either got their own business (Fielden), or have coached at a higher standard (Anderson, McDermott). It's hard to convince people to leave whatever they are doing and come to a club that's been on a downward spiral for 10 years and looks like it's sliding a little further for now. Ideally if we were to get back into SL my personal dream team coaching staff would be Anderson/McDermott as head coach. With Fielden as Head of Conditioning (link it with his fitness business), Deacon/Henry Paul as the backs coach and Langley/Lowes as the forwards coach.
But back on the subject of Fox, I am very happy he is helping the young lads. He was before my time (born 1995) however I have heard a lot about him from my grandad, especially using the kick he describes in the article.'"
I think with Deryck we're talking about a very specific skill; ie kicking.
There are other quite specific aspects to the game too, like the opposite of kicking - catching, and there is also sprinting and tackling. we used to have an occasional sprint coach back in the day.
Ex-players coming in to help the younger ones with these specifics definitely aren't the same as employing someone as a "coach" and especially as a head coach. I'd recommend Keith Mumby to come in and help with the catching and Keith along with Scott Naylor to oversee tackling technique. Yes, I do know Scott has other commitments..
