Mitchell Park had our Black Tie Ball on Saturday night – great night! The best bit was…
Our President, Shane Lynch, announced that our Senior Coach, Wayne Knowles, and the club have come to an early agreement to honour the second year of the coaching contract and continue on together in 2018. The response from everyone attending the function speaks volumes to the popularity of not only the news that we have finally managed to have a coach stay for more than one year (for the first time since Wayne Wyld) but also the job that Wayne has done with us in his short time.
Many of us know Wayne as he has coached at this level for a long time (one of the biggest reasons we recruited him) but I think he quickly realised that Mitchell Park is a bit different. In good ways and bad. His ability to build relationships with all stakeholders (players, supporters and committee) and turn that into a real buy in has been outstanding. Wayne has integrated in perfectly with the club and has identified numerous opportunities to provide us with sustainability, cultural change and ultimately on field success.
Still a lot of work to do, years of it in fact, but I think we have the off field team to deliver it.
Do you guys only like Wayne's?
My U16's coach at MP was Wayne Vitnell :lol:
Interesting man Mr Vitnell .....did his wife take your picture ..... talked himself up a bit ......