Wolftone57 and I have agreed: we should consider refreshing our coaching staff. Wolfie's happy to get rid Horse as well as some assistants. I'm backing Horse all the way but agree it wouldn't be an altogether bad thing if Stuey Dew gets a senior coaching gig or we trade out Playfair and try someone else. I think it's good that we got Kirky on board for last year: he's had some exposure outside the club to other ideas and he also knows the Bloods' ethos and has the passion. But there is room for a little bit more new blood, especially if they are well across some other game styles that we might want to incorporate a bit more into our own game.
However, this raises the question, which replacements should we target? I reckon Scott Camporeale from the Crows might be great but I suspect he may not be interested in transferring to NSW. Brenton Sanderson is another I'd consider. He might be hard to extract from Collingwood and he wants another shot at senior coaching but we could offer him a more senior role than he has at the Pies and he's certainly been willing to move around a lot in the past. Brett Ratten? Nigel Lappin or Matty Scarlett? Another thought is maybe we could poach Lenny Hayes from GWS, although he's still only junior. I probably don't have my finger on the pulse enough to identify a lot of leading talent contending for assistant coaching roles but some of you might have. What are your thoughts?
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