Rocket Man

[dawson]

What would Rodney Eade be thinking right now????

[barry]

Hopefully proud. He did build most of this team.

Rocket coached a team in a different era where we had a couple of super stars, but it thinned out dramatically after the top 15.

I think we needed the clear out of Kelly, Dunkley, Schwass, Lockett before we could be reborn.

[Bear]

Re: Rocket Man

Originally posted by dawson
What would Rodney Eade be thinking right now????

He would be thinking... damn, this makes me look bad. I am no chance to get a gig any time soon.


Football is about winning finals - something he had a poor record on.

[ugg]

He wrote a very interesting article about the Swans team very recently. You guys should all read it.

[swans_premiers]

give us a link

[ugg]

http://www.realfooty.theage.com.au/articles/2003/09/06/1062549058591.html

I particularly liked this line

Goodes is playing in his best position - as a follower who is allowed to be a free-running player. The previous coach tried to play him at centre half-forward, which is not his best position.

[Charlie]

I hope that he's looking on with a fair bit of pride. He deserves a lot of credit.

Does anyone know if he attended the TOTC dinner? I hope he's gotten some sort of formal acknowledgement for his contribution, now that the dust has settled.

[Sid]

Originally posted by barry
Hopefully proud. He did build most of this team.

I disagree, he never considered our young players seriously like Roos has. He played our senior players even though they were injured instead of young guys.

He would definitely be embarrased with this. He never would have thought such a young team can do what it did today.

[dimelb]

Can't agree, Sid. My impression is that he still thinks well of the Swans. He didn't have to say what he did in The Age, and he's said some hard things about other teams.

[undy]

..and he took the Swans to the GF in his first year as coach - it was always going to be hard to follow on from that...

[dawson]

In the article he wrote "The players and coaches have done a great job to get the club where it is, but with the injuries they have it is difficult to see the Swans defeating Port Adelaide this afternoon."

Obviously he wasn't a believer.

[sharpie]

Eade was trying to put his best side on the field each week and didnt play the younger guys much because he believed (rightly or wrongly) that the Swans were a contender each year. This was partly due to board-level decisions because they feared having a bad year would destroy their membership levels.

I agree that he built much of the side that we see today. He did a great job while he was around. We just needed a change. His message grew stale by the end.

[BAM_BAM]

didn't see him at TOC dinner. We were autograph hunting for the nominees in "Honour The Names" and were around their tables during the breaks.

[Snowy]

you must remember though during Eade's reign the powers that be wanted success, Roos was given carte blanche to have some time at the bottom if it built better foundations. It hasn't needed a fall down the ladder but Eade always felt under pressure and that kept us mired in mediocrity and having that tendency to give away draft picks to keep near finals contention.

[footyhead]

I agree Snowy and I sure hope the administration has learnt it's lesson well.