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CibbuanoMalthouse, Buckley sign with Magpies
July 28th 2009 02:06
MICK Malthouse will remain as senior coach at Collingwood for two more years before handing the reins to club great Nathan Buckley.
Magpies president Eddie McGuire announced on Tuesday morning at the Lexus Centre
that both Malthouse and Buckley have signed five-year contracts with the club.
Malthouse will stay on as coach until the end of the 2011 season before becoming the director of coaching.
Buckley who is currently doing special comments for Channel Seven will join the Pies at the end of the season and after spending two years under Malthouse as an assistant he will take over the top job until at least the end of 2014.
McGuire said the pair had put the club's interests ahead of their own.
"When we spoke to Mick, Mick's only objective was what was the best thing for the Collingwood Football Club," McGuire said.
"He then plotted a course that allowed us to be able to present a scenario to Nathan Buckley to consider."
"Nathan Buckley then looked at the scenario and accepted it, putting aside his short-term ambitions for the long-term ambition of the Collingwood Football Club."
Buckley was previously linked to the vacant senior coaching positions at North Melbourne and Richmond.
The six-time Copeland Trophy winner admitted he had a lot to learn and said he couldn't ask for a better mentor than Malthouse.
"I've enjoyed a great playing career here, and had a couple of years out and tried to develop myself as best as I could but I've got so much to learn," Buckley said.
"And I can think of no better way to learn about coaching than under a coach who taught me so much about football when I was a player."
Malthouse said he was confident his working relationship with Buckley would flourish.
"I worked with 'Bucks' for eight years and ... the player-coach relationship was as good as any player-coach relationship I've ever had," Malthouse said.
"One of the things that we pride ourselves on here ... is the word 'side-by-side' - I won't have to look over my shoulder and those that know Nathan well enough know that I won't have to do that."
"We go through it together and we go forward together so if anyone's got any problem with that let me assure you that it is not a problem to me."
Magpies president Eddie McGuire announced on Tuesday morning at the Lexus Centre
that both Malthouse and Buckley have signed five-year contracts with the club.
Malthouse will stay on as coach until the end of the 2011 season before becoming the director of coaching.
Buckley who is currently doing special comments for Channel Seven will join the Pies at the end of the season and after spending two years under Malthouse as an assistant he will take over the top job until at least the end of 2014.
McGuire said the pair had put the club's interests ahead of their own.
"When we spoke to Mick, Mick's only objective was what was the best thing for the Collingwood Football Club," McGuire said.
"He then plotted a course that allowed us to be able to present a scenario to Nathan Buckley to consider."
"Nathan Buckley then looked at the scenario and accepted it, putting aside his short-term ambitions for the long-term ambition of the Collingwood Football Club."
Buckley was previously linked to the vacant senior coaching positions at North Melbourne and Richmond.
The six-time Copeland Trophy winner admitted he had a lot to learn and said he couldn't ask for a better mentor than Malthouse.
"I've enjoyed a great playing career here, and had a couple of years out and tried to develop myself as best as I could but I've got so much to learn," Buckley said.
"And I can think of no better way to learn about coaching than under a coach who taught me so much about football when I was a player."
Malthouse said he was confident his working relationship with Buckley would flourish.
"I worked with 'Bucks' for eight years and ... the player-coach relationship was as good as any player-coach relationship I've ever had," Malthouse said.
"One of the things that we pride ourselves on here ... is the word 'side-by-side' - I won't have to look over my shoulder and those that know Nathan well enough know that I won't have to do that."
"We go through it together and we go forward together so if anyone's got any problem with that let me assure you that it is not a problem to me."
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