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SURPRISING NAME IN ROOS COACH SELECTION PANEL<\/p>\n
A shock name headlines North Melbourne\u2019s coach selection panel. <\/p>\n
Recently retired Collingwood stalwart Steele Sidebottom is among the six-person expert committee to decide on Alastair Clarkson\u2019s replacement. <\/p>\n
The 35-year-old hung up his boots this year after a 375-game Collingwood career spanning 18 seasons. <\/p>\n
Chief executive Jennifer Watt will chair the collective, which also includes football boss Todd Viney, former Kangaroos captain Andrew Swallow, AFLW senior coach Darren Crocker and club vice president Nick Dowling. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe club is seeking a person with recent and relevant AFL coaching experience from successful environments who can deliver North Melbourne its next silverware in the men\u2019s competition,\u201d a North Melbourne statement on Tuesday read. <\/p>\n
\u201cCandidates will need a proven track record in demonstrating outstanding leadership, relationship building, communication, and education.\u201d<\/p>\n
Crocker\u2019s AFLW side has won 31-straight matches, including the past two premierships, while Swallow played 224 AFL games for North. <\/p>\n
\u201cInteresting,\u201d Demons great Garry Lyon reacted to Sidebottom\u2019s inclusion on AFL 360. <\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s got a mountain of experience to call upon. Having sat on those panels, I say \u2018good luck\u2019. It\u2019s a very tough job. <\/p>\n
\u201cThey should have some clear air. It\u2019s an attractive list; they shouldn\u2019t have too many problems attracting some candidates, I don\u2019t think.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gerard Whateley added: \u201cThey shouldn\u2019t limit it to the idea of a new coach, or an untried coach. <\/p>\n
\u201cThey have a whole sweep in front of them; take advantage of this moment in time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Steele Sidebottom will help select North Melbourne\u2019s next coach. (Photo by Michael Willson\/AFL Photos via Getty Images)Source: getty<\/p>\n
SCOTT\u2019S SURPRISE AT PRESSER QUERY<\/p>\n
Chris Scott was left surprised by an ear-pricking question about his Geelong coaching tenure on Tuesday. <\/p>\n
Contracted with the Cats through the 2029 season, Scott has been at the Kardinia Park helm since 2011. <\/p>\n
But during his weekly press conference, the two-time premiership mentor was taken by surprise when he was asked if he expected to see out that deal.<\/p>\n
It came after a rumour emerged on Melbourne radio station 3AW he would retire after the Cats\u2019 season ends.<\/p>\n
\u201cGee, I wasn\u2019t expecting that question,\u201d he replied. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe had a long briefing and that one didn\u2019t come up. Am I under the pump, am I?<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, I expect to see it on my contract, yeah.\u201d<\/p>\n
In a follow-up, Scott was probed on his level of enjoyment in coaching, given Alastair Clarkson\u2019s unceremonious North Melbourne exit, and after his brother, Brad Scott, was sacked from Essendon earlier this year. <\/p>\n
\u201cI love parts of it, and I despise parts of it,\u201d Scott said. <\/p>\n
\u201cI think when you\u2019re early in your coaching journey, at least in my experience, I chose not to talk about<\/p>\n
the bits I despised, and have become a bit more open about it as time\u2019s gone on.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow, that\u2019s not a cry for help or a plea for sympathy. Anyone else can think whatever they like. I\u2019ve just become a little bit more honest about it.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added: \u201cThe price of admission in the AFL is that some parts are going to be bloody hard, and some bits you\u2019re not going to be in love with. And some bits you just have to endure, to be frank.\u201d<\/p>\n
Scott referenced Matthew Nicks\u2019 situation at Adelaide when asked about the level of criticism coaches receive now, compared with a decade ago. <\/p>\n
\u201cYeah (it has gotten more significant), and I think it will accelerate as well,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s going to be hard to unwind this sort of stuff \u2026 I\u2019m assuming some of the questions are coming, because I wasn\u2019t aware of the speculation about Matthew Nicks until quite recently. <\/p>\n
\u201cAnd then the Clarkson thing, maybe it just sort of crystallises it for people.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd look, if there is the argument that\u2019s run that, hey look, that\u2019s just the way it is and you\u2019re in a privileged position as a coach and you\u2019ve got to deal with this stuff a lot, okay, I can see that to an extent.<\/p>\n
\u201cI kind of challenge whether it has to be that way, but it\u2019s probably not my fight to have.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chris Scott answered a question about his coaching tenure at Geelong.Source: FOX SPORTS<\/p>\n
BUCKS QUIZZED ON ROOS GIG<\/p>\n
Nathan Buckley says he\u2019s yet to hear from North Melbourne but put it back on the club to first work out what it wants in a new senior coach. <\/p>\n
The Kangaroos are in the market for a new coach following last week\u2019s ugly split with Alastair Clarkson with a year to run on his contract. <\/p>\n
The conversation has fast turned to who will replace the four-time premiership boss as North begins its coaching search. <\/p>\n
Flag-winning coaches and Kangaroos greats John Longmire and Adam Simpson have naturally been linked, while untried options including Jaymie Graham and Corey Enright have also been mentioned as possible candidates.<\/p>\n
But Cats assistant Buckley, who ran deep in the Tasmania search and has flagged his ambitions to be a senior coach again, couldn\u2019t confirm whether he\u2019d pursue the Roos gig without knowing the attributes they\u2019re looking for.<\/p>\n
\u201cI haven\u2019t (received a call), and the question is not so much of me, it is of North Melbourne,\u201d Buckley said on Fox Footy\u2019s On the Couch.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat are they looking for? What are the attributes? What are the proficiencies that they\u2019re looking for in a senior coach? <\/p>\n
\u201cWhat sort of space do they want that person to be able to provide for development, performance, growth of their people on and off the field? <\/p>\n
\u201cOnly they know that now, and it\u2019s now their job to go to market to find out who best fits that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Scott quizzed on Marshall interest | 01:06<\/p>\n
Buckley reiterated that he\u2019d need to learn more about North\u2019s wants and needs in Clarkson\u2019s successor before he could consider pursuing interest. <\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d like to know more about what they come to when they\u2019ve gone through that process,\u201d the former Collingwood coach added.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen they look at what they actually need, and when they know that, I\u2019m sure they\u2019ll approach the right people.\u201d<\/p>\n
It wouldn\u2019t be the first time Buckley has been linked to the Roos coaching role. <\/p>\n
North Melbourne reportedly showed interest in Buckley to be its coach back in 2009, but he chose a succession plan with Collingwood-Mick Malthouse.<\/p>\n
Since departing Collingwood in 2021, Buckley was also a finalist for the Demons coaching search eventually won by Steven King.<\/p>\n
Buckley returned to the coaching caper as one of Chris Scott\u2019s assistants at the end of last season. <\/p>\n
‘Would you still be Adelaide coach?’ | 01:14<\/p>\n
It comes as Nine\u2019s Damian Barrett reported on Monday night that the Roos will over the next 48 hours put together a coaching selection panel with a \u201cNorth Melbourne flavour to it,\u201d with an eye on hiring an untried coach.<\/p>\n
Barrett expects it to include club chief executive Jen Watt, football boss Todd Viney, AFLW coach Darren Crocker, board member and ex-skipper Andrew Swallow, along with an external candidate. <\/p>\n
\u201cWhile all candidates, including the tried and true and premiership-winning North Melbourne linked coaches in John Longmire and Adam Simpson, and beyond that, Nathan Buckley, will be considered, I do believe there\u2019s a strong leaning internally for this appointment to be someone who is untried,\u201d Barrett said on Nine\u2019s Footy Classified.<\/p>\n
North president Sonja Hood said last week the club\u2019s coaching search would move \u201cpretty quickly\u201d and that it doesn\u2019t \u201chave a presupposed idea\u201d on the exact type of coach it wants. <\/p>\n
\u201cLast time, we chased the best person for the job. This time round, our club is in a very different position and our list is in a very different position,\u201d Hood said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will let the market put up the best coach for this club. We\u2019ll make an announcement some time this next week on the process that will take.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut we will be looking for the best person to coach the North Melbourne Football Club.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A surprise name headlines the Kangaroos\u2019 coach selection panel, while Geelong coach Chris Scott was taken by surprise…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":884353,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,85,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-884352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-sports","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/884352","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=884352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/884352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/884353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=884352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=884352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=884352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}