Dont do it rockett

[Damien]

Geez Eade gets a hard time from some fans. Considering he was the first swans coach in about 7 million years to win a final I think he deserves a little bit of praise. (He also remains the only swans coach in history to win a final in Sydney )

He simply ran out of steam with us. No one will ever know how much pressure was on him to keep this side competitive without an eye for the future.

We had such pathetic support pre 1996, that once the crowds start rolling back in, the biggest objective was to keep them rolling in. I think it would have been tough work being our coach after 1996. Not being allowed to think - well if I play 6 youngins for the rest of the year, that could really set us up for a tilt next year would have been very difficult.

I think he will be fantastic at another club. Hope he kicks some butt.

and.....Shannon Grant would have gone back to Melbourne even if God (the one upstairs not from Geelong lol) himself was coaching us.

[dimelb]

My impression is that most people on this site are glad we didn't get Wallace - why think anyone else would prefer him to Eade? Rocket seems to have mellowed since his days with us. If I were looking for a coach I'd take him in front of any of the other candidates mentioned. He's smart, he's kept in touch, he is generally acknowledged as a very good match day coach. If he's prepared to go to the Bulldogs they won't regret it.

[swansrule100]

Originally posted by Tilt
However it's prob $180k more than he's earning now.

he writes an article for the mercury!

eade was a good coach

according to the afl site craig gets the crows job tomorrow, eade will get the hawks job surely??? ayres is damaged beyone repair and they seem to want experience. Unless Malcolm Blight wants to coach again (lol) they will take eade! i mean if they want a premiership coach its slim pickings

since 1983 premiership coaches are (correct me if wrong)

Allan Jeans
Kevin Sheedy
Robert Walls
Allan Joyce
Leigh Matthews
Mick Malthouse
David Parkin
Dennis Pagan
Malcolm Blight

already had jeans and joyce anyway... parkin they had in a way recently (and of course had him in the 70s)

leaves walls and blight free

so eade has no real competition i can see and would be a great choice at the hawks

Mark Harvey doesnt seem to want the dogs.... does anyone?? im about to finish uni id take the job

[Damien]

Have the feeling that Rocket will coach the Dogs...rumours flying around that the AFL are 'very supportive' of the Dogs going after Eade.

Surely the Dogs will want some type of experience at the senior level.

[Damien]

Originally posted by swansrule100
he writes an article for the mercury!

eade was a good coach

according to the afl site craig gets the crows job tomorrow, eade will get the hawks job surely??? ayres is damaged beyone repair and they seem to want experience. Unless Malcolm Blight wants to coach again (lol) they will take eade! i mean if they want a premiership coach its slim pickings

since 1983 premiership coaches are (correct me if wrong)

Allan Jeans
Kevin Sheedy
Robert Walls
Allan Joyce
Leigh Matthews
Mick Malthouse
David Parkin
Dennis Pagan
Malcolm Blight

already had jeans and joyce anyway... parkin they had in a way recently (and of course had him in the 70s)

leaves walls and blight free

so eade has no real competition i can see and would be a great choice at the hawks

Mark Harvey doesnt seem to want the dogs.... does anyone?? im about to finish uni id take the job

Ayres is a Hawks legend - I am not convinced they think he is damaged, although outside pressures may hurt him.

Eade is a big chance - but rumour has it that they are trying to lure Pagan away. I would be totally intrigued to see who they (Carlton) went after if Pagan was released....

[swansrule100]

Originally posted by Damien
Ayres is a Hawks legend - I am not convinced they think he is damaged, although outside pressures may hurt him.

Eade is a big chance - but rumour has it that they are trying to lure Pagan away. I would be totally intrigued to see who they (Carlton) went after if Pagan was released....

seems eade is off to the dogs and ayres to the hawks

ayres isnt that bad really! hawthorn want leigh matthews though :P

as for pagan... he went to carlton because he used to support them didnt he??

i cant see him leaving but if he did knowing carlton theyd want a big name coach..

[Bear]

Eade to Dogs is his only real chance of getting a coaching job and resurrecting his reputation.

Would still earn him around $400k p.a. so nothing to sneeze at. Shouldn't harm his reputation too much either as no-one will expect too much from the Dogs.

I say go for it Eade!

[taurus]

Originally posted by Damien
Geez Eade gets a hard time from some fans. Considering he was the first swans coach in about 7 million years to win a final I think he deserves a little bit of praise. (He also remains the only swans coach in history to win a final in Sydney )

He simply ran out of steam with us. No one will ever know how much pressure was on him to keep this side competitive without an eye for the future.

We had such pathetic support pre 1996, that once the crowds start rolling back in, the biggest objective was to keep them rolling in. I think it would have been tough work being our coach after 1996. Not being allowed to think - well if I play 6 youngins for the rest of the year, that could really set us up for a tilt next year would have been very difficult.

I think he will be fantastic at another club. Hope he kicks some butt.

and.....Shannon Grant would have gone back to Melbourne even if God (the one upstairs not from Geelong lol) himself was coaching us.

Agree. He certainly seems to have gained an insight to his coaching style which is reflected in his article(s) earlier this year. I wish him well (except against us!).

[The Boot]

According to today's news the rah-rahs have been making the odd overture to him .. perhaps he can introduce a flood into a scrum!!

[ROK Lobster]

He did it, WOOF WOOF Rodney

http://afl.com.au/default.asp?pg=news&spg=display&articleid=166271

[ScottH]

Originally posted by ROK Lobster
He did it, WOOF WOOF Rodney

http://afl.com.au/default.asp?pg=new...ticleid=166271

Supposed to be a 3 year deal!!

[swansrule100]

he sure must be desperate to coach

[ScottH]

Originally posted by swansrule100
he sure must be desperate to coach

He obviously likes a challenge. He took on the swans when they were a rabble and now the dogs when they are a rabble!!!

Good luck to him, I hope he does well. Except against us!!!

[swansrule100]

Originally posted by ScottH
He obviously likes a challenge. He took on the swans when they were a rabble and now the dogs when they are a rabble!!!

Good luck to him, I hope he does well. Except against us!!!

yeh hope he goes well

just think the hawks job would of been better

[dread and might]

interesting to see how he goes with that list. cooney and ray are obviously too early to tell, but there are too many passengers as far as i can see. their best players week in week out are the older guys, which is to be expected, but there is too big a gap between them, and the third or fourth year guys (giansiracusa for instance). i haven't seen enough of them this yar to be more objective, time will tell.