Robert Walls (split from Nick Davis back on Saturday thread)

[Rod_]

Leigh Matthews should (Robert Walls was the coach that assembled a team to remember for Brisbane)

Matthews was the catalyst!

Rod_

[BAM_BAM]

quite a few people forget that Rod, good point.

[Sanecow]

A lot of people forget the ladder positions he produced with the team he assembled.

[dimelb]

Originally posted by Sanecow
A lot of people forget the ladder positions he produced with the team he assembled.

He wasn't the best coach, but in my book he's one of the best commentators. He also seems to do better than most others in The Age in predicting ladder positions.

[caj23]

Originally posted by Sanecow
A lot of people forget the ladder positions he produced with the team he assembled.

I think it's fair to say that he left Brisbane (voluntarily) before Voss, Akermanis and co peaked and the team was on the verge of being a real contender. They actually fell in a heap again 2 seasons after he departed and picked up again when lethal came on board

Having said that it's impossible to say whether he would have been able to steer them to 3 in a row like the great man

[swansrule100]

Originally posted by Will Sangster
I think it's fair to say that he left Brisbane (voluntarily) before Voss, Akermanis and co peaked and the team was on the verge of being a real contender. They actually fell in a heap again 2 seasons after he departed and picked up again when lethal came on board

Having said that it's impossible to say whether he would have been able to steer them to 3 in a row like the great man

i guess its hard to judge how much a coach does for a team??? i mean the lions may never of won a flag without matthews, but then again others would argue with that list that any of us could of coached a flag.


I think Walls had a very minimal impact on the lions success, but he is a good coach, he did get a flag at carlton, and was very good at fitzroy. I think he was ordinary at richmond though

[caj23]

Originally posted by swansrule100
I think Walls had a very minimal impact on the lions success, but he is a good coach, he did get a flag at carlton, and was very good at fitzroy. I think he was ordinary at richmond though

I think Wallsy gets a pretty hard time from many supporters. Whilst I agree that he can come out with some ordinary stuff, people forget that he was a champion player (premiership captain i think) and 2 times premiership coach.

The one thing he did with Brisbane is bite the bullet and suffer a few years of hardship by drafting and playing the young players which subsequently became the nucleas for Brisbanes premiership sides. (No Grant Thomas was not the first to employ this tactic!)

Whilst they were doing this the Swans were busy trading early draft picks for Ed Consindine, Scott Watters and co

[Sanecow]

If Walls can go a whole season without suggesting (during commentary) that Roos should put Micky O' or BBB on the ball because the ball is not reaching them, then I will consider a change of heart.

[dread and might]

Walls was also the only media commentator who thought the Swans would do OK in the pre 2003 predictions when most were predicting the spoon.

[NMWBloods]

Walls is the only commentator who says every_single week - "Sydney are a very good tackling team because they get the rugby league players in to teach them tackling."

[Charlie]

Robert Walls can have his own thread, folks.

[swansrule100]

he is a good commentator usually, but there isnt much competition.

Good to see blight back tho