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CibbuanoVoss on wrong path: Matthews
May 19th 2008 23:47
MICHAEL Voss is taking the wrong path towards his expected appointment as head coach of the new AFL franchise on the Gold Coast, according to Brisbane Lions coach Leigh Matthews.
Matthews said the demands of the modern coach meant players needed to serve an apprenticeship as an assistant coach before moving into a head coaching role.
"Vossy decided to make a gap and it was the right thing to do. I think the right thing Vossy and Nathan Buckley and guys like that is to actually have a gap," he said.
"If you asked me what I think the ideal situation for a player (moving into coaching) is, it is to have to have a gap when they are away from their current club.
"If you go down the list, what's the next thing? You go to another club, get experience at another club, see another culture and another coaching system. If you were going to plan the ideal, that would be it I would have thought."
"Having the break from your playing group is critical for a coach who may come back."
The four-time premiership winning coach believed it was vital for aspiring coaches to get experience at another club before taking on a senior role.
"The best training is to go to another completely new footy club and actually experience a new footy club and experience new attitudes. That would be the ideal path if you were going to plan it."
Matthews said the demands of the modern coach meant players needed to serve an apprenticeship as an assistant coach before moving into a head coaching role.
"Vossy decided to make a gap and it was the right thing to do. I think the right thing Vossy and Nathan Buckley and guys like that is to actually have a gap," he said.
"If you asked me what I think the ideal situation for a player (moving into coaching) is, it is to have to have a gap when they are away from their current club.
"If you go down the list, what's the next thing? You go to another club, get experience at another club, see another culture and another coaching system. If you were going to plan the ideal, that would be it I would have thought."
"Having the break from your playing group is critical for a coach who may come back."
The four-time premiership winning coach believed it was vital for aspiring coaches to get experience at another club before taking on a senior role.
"The best training is to go to another completely new footy club and actually experience a new footy club and experience new attitudes. That would be the ideal path if you were going to plan it."
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