Stanton OUT

[380]

I think the ambivalence comes down to the fact that we all knew this was inevitable.

Youth Coach comes in, could only bring in his young players with him. Club in shambles, almost falling over while waiting for a new owner.

His appointment did not give us much hope because of the circumstances of the entire club, it felt like he was the last (only) choice.

Quote from Page 1 of this thread "Doesn’t matter. Club won’t sack him until we get new owners. - We’re just in a holding pattern, if you’ll forgive the pun."

Of course, the new owners moved him on. Whether that be caving into the pressures of certain Player Agents or not. Stanton was never 'their' coach.

It was only a matter of time - I am ready to get excited about a new Coach, at least Milligan will bring a certain level of respect and gravitas with him.

I have always maintained Stanton was parachuted into the role by the smurfs who at the time was one of our part owner group. They needed to make room on there coaching staff to appoint Zdrilic as assistant down there. At that time it was a win win for them. Cheap appointment here and Zdrilic filled the spot left behind by Stanton in Sydney.

I too am looking forward to seeing if Milsy can make a a good head coach. I think to be fair to Stanton he has done some good things but also there has been many weeks where i reflect on our performance and think the game could have been managed differently. My main issue with Stanton was tendency to want to stop playing and shut up shop park the bus with so much time left on the clock. Too often we invited pressure for to long and subsequently folded.

All IMO of course but i do hope Stanton can pick up a gig elsewhere and perhaps prove his worth with more resources as he at the very least has earnt that opportunity.

[Jetmaster]

You reckon Adelaide will pinch him back? He left there as an assistant to go to Malaysia and he's working with a better overall squad.

Most definitely, if he hasn't signed off on anything with us already, which you think he would have done, considering the talk going around.

Surely our overlords are not that careless???

[The Postman]

Calling it now - Stanton to head to Perth to help out his former Smurf Coach mate Zdrilic

[My2BobsWorth]

Milligan to the Reds, Veart to Jets, ????

[Jetmaster]

Milligan to the Reds, Veart to Jets, ????

He scored against us on the first night in 2005.

F*** him.

Could see him going to the Felix.

[My2BobsWorth]

Good to see you've finally let it go

[Buddha]

Adelaide's Dutch Overlords are likely to hire a Dutch coach, probably one with some kind of PSV link imo.

Milligan had a clause in his contract that said he could leave if an opportunity came up for a head coaching role, which ours did before Adelaide

[R Ramjet]

I think it's the right decision to get another coach in. Rob has had 2 seasons to show what he can do.
He sounds like a hard working good bloke but might just lack in the tactical/practical side thats needed to get the best from a squad.
I think the breakout season from Stama and his goals last season probably saved us from a wooden spoon.
I think Lachie Rose getting over his injury, finding form and the arrival of Kota did a similar thing saving us from a possible wooden spoon this season.
Rob was always mentioned as someone who favoured young players or good at identifying young players.
This may be true but I'm not convinced he's actually any good at improving them from a coaching perspective.
Eli Adams has shown some good form in parts of the season (possibly from getting an extended run of game time and opportunity)
Lachie Bayliss and Clayton Taylor are 2 good young players that I feel should be having more of an influence in games for us.
I don't think they have progressed this season compared to what they showed last season.
I'm happy we are moving on from Rob and seeing what else a new coach can do and hopefully bring a bit more consistency from the team over a full season.

[380]

I think it's the right decision to get another coach in. Rob has had 2 seasons to show what he can do.
He sounds like a hard working good bloke but might just lack in the tactical/practical side thats needed to get the best from a squad.
I think the breakout season from Stama and his goals last season probably saved us from a wooden spoon.
I think Lachie Rose getting over his injury, finding form and the arrival of Kota did a similar thing saving us from a possible wooden spoon this season.
Rob was always mentioned as someone who favoured young players or good at identifying young players.
This may be true but I'm not convinced he's actually any good at improving them from a coaching perspective.
Eli Adams has shown some good form in parts of the season (possibly from getting an extended run of game time and opportunity)
Lachie Bayliss and Clayton Taylor are 2 good young players that I feel should be having more of an influence in games for us.
I don't think they have progressed this season compared to what they showed last season.
I'm happy we are moving on from Rob and seeing what else a new coach can do and hopefully bring a bit more consistency from the team over a full season.

With the exception of a run of about half a dozen good games IMO it could be argued Taylor went backwards. Bayliss has been disappointing this season also but hopefully both have great seasons next under a different coach.