Click here for\u00a0the latest draft news<\/a><\/p>\n“Short answer is yes,” Dew told reporters on Monday when asked if he wanted another head coaching job.<\/p>\n
“But my focus will be, I’ve got to get to know a whole playing list here and a whole footy club.<\/p>\n
“So that’s the beauty of changing footy clubs, is you get that freshness yourself.<\/p>\n
“I don’t think that (head coach) journey is closed. But again, I haven’t thought too much about that in recent times.”<\/p>\n
Stuart Dew addresses his Gold Coast players during round four, 2023. Picture: AFL Photos<\/p>\n
Dew, a Power premiership player in 2004, was Gold Coast’s head coach from 2018 until being sacked midway through the 2023 season.<\/p>\n
He joined Brisbane halfway through the 2024 season as a development coach before being promoted to forwards coach this year. The Lions won premierships in both seasons.<\/p>\n
Dew’s stint as an assistant coach at Sydney also included the Swans’ 2012 premiership.<\/p>\n
“I have been blessed in my time to see a number of clubs get to the last game and win,” said Dew, who also won a flag as a Hawthorn player in 2008.<\/p>\n
“So I feel like I’ve got a good view of what winning looks like and the ingredients required.”<\/p>\n
Stuart Dew (right) celebrates Brisbane’s win over Geelong in the 2025 Grand Final with Logan Morris. Picture: AFL Photos<\/p>\n
Dew also spent time immediately after being sacked by the Suns inside the Australian cricket team’s setup during the 2023 Ashes series in England.<\/p>\n
“I went to go to one training session and ended up three weeks in the inner sanctum so, pretty lucky to be in that scenario,” he said.<\/p>\n
“Actually jumping straight into a different environment was fantastic.<\/p>\n
“That environment was so welcoming that I got over it (being sacked) pretty quick, to be honest. How could you not be \u2013 inside the Aussie dressing rooms about four days after being sacked. Pretty positive.<\/p>\n
“Sometimes the best gifts come wrapped poorly and that’s what happened. It was great for me.”<\/p>\n
Stuart Dew speaks to Logan Morris during the elimination final between Brisbane and Carlton at the Gabba on September 7, 2024. Picture: AFL Photos<\/p>\n
Dew will oversee Port’s midfield under Carr, who takes over next season as head coach from 13-year mentor Ken Hinkley.<\/p>\n
But he won’t try to convince onballer Zak Butters to remain at Port when the Victorian-born star’s contract expires at the end of next season.<\/p>\n
“My advice would be just to stay in the moment,” he said. “The rest will take care of itself.<\/p>\n
Zak Butters runs with the ball during the match between Port Adelaide and West Coast at Adelaide Oval in round 18, 2025. Picture: AFL Photos<\/p>\n
“That’s the reality of footy these days. Players deal with it pretty well and I think clubs do, but supporters and the outside get a little bit attached to it.<\/p>\n
“I won’t be selling anything.<\/p>\n
“I’ll be putting my energy into helping him be the best player. There will be enough noise from outside for him, so I don’t need to be another one doing that.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stuart Dew’s focus is on his new role at Port Adelaide, but he is keen for a return…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":244599,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[64,63,85,83],"class_list":["post-244598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-sports","tag-text"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}