If we want a real coach. A tactician. This is the guy.
He absolutely should have copped ■■■■ for the camp debacle, but he turned a team that was on it’s knees, after their coach had been murdered, in to Grand finalists.
To me the camp was his only knock, and downfall.
He has a 60% winning percentage in 4 seasons at Adelaide.
And has been instrumental in Sydney’s form this season, as an assistant to Longmire.
Hey, they could turn up in pink tutus eating quiche and smashed avo on toast- but they played off in a grand final. We haven’t been near the finals in 16 years. Saucy may have a point.
But no camping, None. And ban any “corporate team bonding sessions”.
Honestly, when I was at a very prestigious boys school we went on far more debilitating and torturous camps than anything the bloody Crows went through.
If the question you’re asking is “what’s the only idea worse than bringing James Hird back as senior coach?“ then the answer is Don Pyke. If you’re asking any other question then Don Pyke is not the answer.