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In his first clubs whose coaches fulfil dual for coaches who are either season, he guided Port to a Grand roles of guiding their VFL team Tassisting at AFL clubs, Final as a stand-alone VFL club – and assisting at their AFL club. aiming to reach the AFL or simply something many felt could never The most notable person in this looking to coach at the highest be achieved in the age of AFL area is Williamstown’s Brad possible level. alignments. Gotch, a 200-plus game VFL Of the current group, North In the AFL coaching ranks, coach now at No. 4 on the all-time Ballarat’s Gerard FitzGerald is we have many who have either VFA/VFL list. highly respected in the football played or coached in the VFL. Brad, originally on Collingwood’s community and boasts a Hawthorn’s Alastair Clarkson coaching panel, stayed with successful VFL coaching record. coached Werribee in 2000, while Williamstown when it parted Gerard first coached in the VFL St Kilda’s Ross Lyon fronted company with the Magpies, joining with North Ballarat in 1997, taking Carlton’s VFL team in 2000. AFL the Western Bulldogs’ coaching the club to third place and two assistant coaches include Josh panel for the new alignment. runner-up positions in a six-year Mahoney (Melbourne), who played Shannon Grant, a former Sydney period. He then had one-season at Williamstown and Bendigo, and North Melbourne AFL stints at the Casey Scorpions and Mark Williams (also Melbourne), champion, has elected to oversee Port Melbourne, who finished as who coached Sandringham to Frankston, one of only two stand- runner-up in his year in charge. three straight premierships, alone VFL clubs, in his first year After a period at the Rebels’ TAC and Tony Elshaug (St Kilda), who as a coach. Cup side, Gerard returned to the coached Dandenong to the 1991 These are just some of the VFL in 2007, taking the Roosters to premiership. pathways people have taken in third before last season’s history- There are also those who their quest to coach at the highest making premiership. Gerard’s fine have coached at senior VFL level level. The VFL is an extremely coaching record has earned him who are now caretaker AFL important competition in terms of VFL life membership, and he has coaches, such as Richmond’s providing coaches opportunities. coached the third-highest number Jade Rawlings, who came from of VFA/VFL matches in history. Coburg, and North Melbourne’s Peter SchwAb Then you have a person such Darren Crocker, who was in Chief Executive Officer, as Gary Ayres, who joined Port charge at Port Melbourne in 1999. AFL Victoria juLy 4-5, 2009 AFL Victoria chief executive Officer: Photography: Peter Schwab Getty Images 1800 500 141 cOntentS Football Operations Manager: Advertising: Peter Schwab Q&A 4-5 John Hook Jennifer Pryor (03) 8663 3007 high Performance Managers: Neil Winterton – 150 games 7 Anton Grbac, Leon Harris Michael Barlow 10 Statistics: Sophie Timms VFL round 12 preview 17 ceO, the Slattery Media Group: Nicholas Sautner 21 Geoff Slattery cOVer: Frankston’s Neil editor: Andrew Wallace Winterton this week plays TAC mid-season review 27-29 Designer: Karl Chandler his 150th VFL game, while KickStart to success 30 Sandringham’s Jonno Nash Photo Manager: Melanie Tanusetiawan will be looking for a win TAC fixture 46 Printed by: Condor Printing at Morwell. VFL RECORD / 3 under the spotlight UnDER THE SPOTLIgHT Peter Schwab if one thing can be said about being Ceo of AFl Victoria, there’s certainly never a dull moment. peter schwab tells the VFL Record about the issues confronting the VFl at present, including the possibility of another stand alone AFl side next season. VFL RECORD: It’s been an problem we face with Bendigo eventful first half of the VFL is the ground – it’s the major season – how have you assessed problem. The ground has been the competition? deemed unfit for VFL football at PETER SCHWAB: I think it has this stage. Long-term, if we can’t been another good season; it’s get that ground up to scratch very even. Unfortunately, a couple there won’t be a VFL football team of teams didn’t win a game in in Bendigo. the first half and that’s always disappointing, but there are VFLR: What’s causing the a lot of teams still in the mix for problem with QE Oval? We have to be the finals. PS: I think it’s overused; too many careful that the teams are playing and training on ground“ surfaces don’t VFLR: How concerning is it that it. I don’t think it can stand that deteriorate to the the Bendigo Bombers, who have sort of usage. We have met with point where, like in an alliance with an AFL club, the Bendigo Council to discuss are struggling to be competitive it and they are doing everything Bendigo, we have to in the seniors and largely possible to resolve the issue. move matches. uncompetitive at reserves level? PS: It’s not good. Obviously, VFLR: Is there a concern that if PS: We have been talking” to we would like them to be Essendon seeks a stand alone Frankston and have made it more competitive. licence that the VFL would clear that they have to shore up resemble more of an AFL their financial viability. We can’t VFLR: Accompanying the reserves competition? necessarily guarantee the same Bendigo Bombers’ poor season PS: Firstly, AFL Victoria has amount of funding going forward. are continual suggestions that a veto over all VFL licences.