the big fella wrote:can anyone from Angaston Fc evaluate S Johnsons performance..big writeup in hills paper of how well he did up there!!
I would have given him a 6 out of 10 which was basically the same as the other coaches in the 08 season. Prousey because of circumstances perhaps 6.5 out of 10 and Scott Lee perhaps same because of the skill level he got out of a average group of players. Leal probably unfair to evaluate but looked at home as non playing rep coach. Herzick and Wilson at 5.5 because they should have got better results. Not necessarily all their fault however one of the coach's roles is to pick up on under achieving. I listened to every coach this year at the breaks looking for following; method of delivery, what they said, what they meant and any indicators of player response. The paradox of coaching of course is that if Johnno and Lubke had swapped squads they would probably have done worse than the other although Tanunda would have still won the flag, perhaps not undefeated. It illustrates how success is the whole thing: coach, the squad, injury run, committee and support group plus how they all interact. If you wrote what they said on a piece of paper without any indentification you would have trouble working out which is which as they basically all say the same thing. Unseen preparations are a secret ingredient also.
Johnno took awhile adjusting to the idiosyncracies of the BLG but his enthusiasm and full on approach certainly rubbed off on the playing group and training numbers were the best for quite a few years. He left the playing group in a better position than it was when he came. Would have been interesting to see what he did next season but has decided on another course for 09 and beyond. If nothing else he will bring a bit of excitement to Macclesfield. Hopefully they aren't too conservative and can use his energy in a positive fashion. Can sometimes be too complicated with his matchups and tactics. Feeds off all info sources, which is both good and bad. Prepared to back himself and the players.
Sunbowler
NB - have never given a 0 or a 10 out of 10.
- Prouse at Freeling, Stafford at Nuri. Two strong words as we speak.