Your club's coaching structures (afl site)

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Your club's coaching structures

Nathan Schmook
afl.com.au
March 11, 2017

IT SHAPES as a season of change at the coaching level this season with a number of senior positions under intense scrutiny.

A group of assistants are part of the 2017 intake for the AFL's exclusive coaching accreditation course.

Check out each club's full coaching panel below, including those best placed to take the leap into a senior job - should one become available.


RICHMOND

Senior coach: Damien Hardwick

Head of coaching and football performance: Tim Livingstone

Forwards: Justin Leppitsch

Defence: Ben Rutten

Midfield spread and ball movement: Blake Caracella

Midfield stoppages: Andrew McQualter

Development coaches: Craig McRae (VFL senior coach), Xavier Clarke, Ryan Ferguson

Opposition: All line coaches


Richmond jumped at the opportunity to bring Justin Leppitsch back to the club because of his ability to break down a skill in the game and teach it effectively. In Blake Caracella, they have a new man in charge of ball movement and he has worked on implementing quicker transition. The former Geelong assistant was one of the inaugural Level Four graduates and could eventually contend for senior roles. Ben Rutten is also on the path to bigger things and is considered a rising star in the industry after being awarded the AFLCA's Phillip Walsh Scholarship in 2016. Andrew McQualter was promoted to an assistant role in the off-season and rounds out the four AFL assistants, who have divided the 17 opposition clubs for forward scouting duties. All coaches are managed by Tim Livingstone, with the Tigers' senior program mirrored by the VFL coaches.

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2017-03-11/your-clubs-coaching-structures-2017

[MintOnLamb]

Is it TIm Livingstones first season with us?
Hope he hasnt been there the last 5 years.

Still doesnt really matter who is coaching if our list management is no good....and it hasnt been fully addressed from what i can make out, 1 change and that was an internal promotion??

[Jackstar 1960]

Is it TIm Livingstones first season with us?
Hope he hasnt been there the last 5 years.

Still doesnt really matter who is coaching if our list management is no good....and it hasnt been fully addressed from what i can make out, 1 change and that was an internal promotion??

Think Tim has been there for over 5 years

[YellowandBlackBlood]

Can't believe he is still there TBH.

[big tone]

Can't believe he is still there TBH.

I can....
Our senior coach has been here 8 years without a finals win and he still has a 2 year contract.

[YellowandBlackBlood]

Can't believe he is still there TBH.

I can....
Our senior coach has been here 8 years without a finals win and he still has a 2 year contract.

Well, we all know that was a ridiculous call from Benny Gale....

[RedanTiger]

Is it TIm Livingstones first season with us?
Hope he hasnt been there the last 5 years.

Tim Livingstone joined Richmond at the end of 2008 as our Player Development Manager.
He was promoted about three or four years ago to the Head of Coaching position.
Presumably cause he did such a great job between 2009 and 2013 as Development Manager.

[MintOnLamb]

Is it TIm Livingstones first season with us?
Hope he hasnt been there the last 5 years.

Tim Livingstone joined Richmond at the end of 2008 as our Player Development Manager.
He was promoted about three or four years ago to the Head of Coaching position.
Presumably cause he did such a great job between 2009 and 2013 as Development Manager.

FM that explains a lot
Sounds like this bloke is one of our major negative issues, or am I out of line here RFC Gurus?

[Francois Jackson]

livingstone/bailey/mcqualter/dimwit

surprised we didnt win a flag

[YellowandBlackBlood]

Personally found it hard to warm up to Tim. He is just not the sort of guy that I would have as my friend. That is a very personal taste though. The thing is a few of my friends that have met him feel the same way so I'm not alone. That's not to say he doesn't do a good job because it is hard to know unless you are in the inner sanctum of the club. Just comes across as very assertive and a bit like "my opinion is right so you are all wrong" type of person that maybe won't take on board someone else's opinion. I'll probably meet him more this year so I might update my view on him as the year goes by. It maybe that I have got him all wrong.

[Francois Jackson]

hard to know if he has done a good job?

What do you think mate? seriously

same goes for all of them who are still there.

[YellowandBlackBlood]

hard to know if he has done a good job?

What do you think mate? seriously

same goes for all of them who are still there.

Obviously if you purely look at results, he has been putrid. I was just giving him the benefit because I do not know his exact job description and how he has fulfilled his duties.

[Yeahright]

Personally found it hard to warm up to Tim. He is just not the sort of guy that I would have as my friend. That is a very personal taste though. The thing is a few of my friends that have met him feel the same way so I'm not alone.

Don't think it surprising that people you consider friends, so obviously share similar ideals etc., would not see him as a guy you'd have as a friend.

[YellowandBlackBlood]

Personally found it hard to warm up to Tim. He is just not the sort of guy that I would have as my friend. That is a very personal taste though. The thing is a few of my friends that have met him feel the same way so I'm not alone.

Don't think it surprising that people you consider friends, so obviously share similar ideals etc., would not see him as a guy you'd have as a friend.

A couple of them a very different to me. But since you know all of this I won't continue. Thanks for that input. It's added a lot to the discussion.

[MintOnLamb]

hard to know if he has done a good job?

What do you think mate? seriously

same goes for all of them who are still there.

IT COULDN'T possibly be an issue as RFC had an external review last year and everyone concerned would have been interviewed and appraised both personally
and as perceived by their peers.
 
In fact it was such a non issue that it was not even deemed necessary to share the review with members.