Docker Harvey?

[Tuesday]

Has anyone heard if reports are correct that Mark Harvey, former Essendon player and Sheedy's current right hand man in the coaching box, has signed on to be Assistant Coach of the Dockers?

I know Connolly's contract expires in 2007, and that would be a perfect opportunity for Harvey, IMO. He's certainly not going to get much chance with Sheeds likely to remain forever.

Plus, no more Harvey on WLF. Some of you, I know, will be cheering at the news (should it be true).

[Lucky Knickers]

Good luck to him. After studying under Sheeds for so long - I wondered why he hadn't moved on before this or why he wasn't seriously courted by another club!

Bye bye Chris Connelly.

[Bleed Red Blood]

Originally posted by singaporeswan
Good luck to him. After studying under Sheeds for so long - I wondered why he hadn't moved on before this or why he wasn't seriously courted by another club!

Bye bye Chris Connelly.

He was - North - The rumour is in 02 they offered him senior coach position.

[ScottH]

Hasn't signed apparently.........yet.

But, by the media build up down here, it sounds like he will.

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[goswannie14]

Originally posted by singaporeswan

Bye bye Chris Connelly.

I think he would know by now that the writing is on the wall...will he finish the 2006 season???

[Jeffers1984]

Let's hope he does sod off to Freo so then we don't have to listen to his drivel on WLF.

[liz]

Originally posted by Jeffers1984
Let's hope he does sod off to Freo so then we don't have to listen to his drivel on WLF.

Yup

[Lucky Knickers]

Originally posted by goswannie14
I think he would know by now that the writing is on the wall...will he finish the 2006 season???

Sometimes people surprise me with their ability to ignore said writing until their nose is touching the bricks!

Reckon he will leave about Round 10.

[Plugger46]

Originally posted by Jeffers1984
Let's hope he does sod off to Freo so then we don't have to listen to his drivel on WLF.

Absolutely. When he finally takes a senior coaching roll, he's going to make a mess of the club that he is in charge of.

[Charlie]

Originally posted by Plugger46
Absolutely. When he finally takes a senior coaching roll, he's going to make a mess of the club that he is in charge of.

Fremantle will make a mess of him. It's a tradition.

[giant]

Originally posted by Jeffers1984
Let's hope he does sod off to Freo so then we don't have to listen to his drivel on WLF.

Seconded.

[Tuesday]

Nothing concrete as yet, but he's as good as gone

[punter257]

not a bad job offer money wise and he wont get the blame if they have a @@@@house year

plus if they do have a crap year its considered successful by their CEO and president - so its a win win situation

and he's most likely to get the head job if they give connelly the chop

[giant]

Not sure if getting the head job from the Dockers is as appealing as it sounds at first blush.

[cressakel]

Originally posted by Plugger46
Absolutely. When he finally takes a senior coaching roll, he's going to make a mess of the club that he is in charge of.

I'll give you a couple of tips, Harvs will NOT make a mess of the club he is in charge of - which will be Freo by Round 8 in this instance.

For so long Freo have had coaches without any balls to stop the players influence on all matters related to the Freo Footy Club. In the last two seasons the players leadership group at Freo have gotten rid of the fitness staff (they claimed they weren't fit enough for an AFL season) and gone to the board complaining about the coaching of Chris Connolly, which is ironic to say the least considering that Connolly gave the players extra responsibility in much the same way as Parkin at Carlton in 1995 gave to the players leadership group.

The Freo players problem stems from the fact that they live in a fishbowl and the reasons for there lack of success is because of everyone and everybody but themselves due to supporters telling them so.....

When Harvs eventually takes over the coaching reigns of Freo, you will never see a harder bloke go through the joint since Malthouse at the Eagles in the early 90's. Harvs won't give a toss what the WA public thinks of his impact at the club and will immediately do the following once in charge -

1. Get rid of Bell as Captain and replace him with Josh Carr and Matty Carr as VC
2. Lay down the law to all and sundry that he is nobody's fool, will take no crap off anyone and everything is about the TEAM, in particular Farmer, Medhurst and other individual players that need a shake-up
3. Move Pav to CHB
4. Appoint his OWN coaching staff that he can rely on in any situation and that won't knife him in the back as the WA fishbowl sometimes can do

How do I know all this info you ask ????!!!

Answer: Harvs told us so last Saturday night at one of his lifelong boyhood mates 40th Birthday party.

P.S. Harvs is OLD OLD school, get ready for a revolution that is needed at the Dockers....