Will Hird Coach and Do You Think He Will Be Any Good At It

Windy_Hill · Post by **Windy_Hill** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 4:46 pm

With 2007 being the great man's last season - thoughts turn to his post playing career.

The question is will he look at coaching?

I wonder whether a guy of his natural talents will have the patience to coach less gifted players.

I think about Peter Knights and Tim Watson - great natural talents but terrible coaches?

The other thing is that Jimmy could very well end up coaching another side. How does it sit with the people here if he was to end up coaching say Carlton?

Madden · Post by **Madden** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 5:04 pm

Its a great question.

My gut feeling is that he will walk away. I gather that his interests after football will be largely business related, with a bit of media work on the side.

jimmyc1985 · Post by **jimmyc1985** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 6:00 pm

a) No, he will not coach;
b) Not applicable, although if he did, i think he'd be a damn fine coach.

EDIT: And if he ended up coaching another team, good luck to him. Most players don't end up coaching the team they played for, so it's a bit rich to hold a grudge against him if he pursues a coaching career at another club. Having said that, if he ended up the coach of Carlton or Collingwood, i'd still hate those clubs as much as i do now; him being the coach wouldn't soften me up in any way.

Post by **Megan** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 6:25 pm

I positively believe he wont walk away from footy. I don't think he'll coach but I think he could assistant coach, he'll certainly be involved in the team at all levels, that I have no doubt about.

Incidently I think he'd make a great coach.

BenDoolan · Post by **BenDoolan** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 7:37 pm

Megan wrote:I positively believe he wont walk away from footy. I don't think he'll coach but I think he could assistant coach, he'll certainly be involved in the team at all levels, that I have no doubt about.

Incidently I think he'd make a great coach.

I think he wants to play family man more than anything. Being coach will take up more of his time than simply playing the game, and he would still have to travel etc. I think staggy might be right.

Would he make a great coach? Who really knows? He certainly is a GREAT player, but that doesn't mean great players end up being great coaches.

Post by **Megan** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 9:34 pm

He can still stay involved in the club without that interfering with his family.

I will be incredibly surprised if he walked away from footy - and f****** shattered too.

ealesy · Post by **ealesy** » Sun Nov 19, 2006 1:42 am

Didn't he just come out and say this week that he has absolutely no interest in coaching in any shape or form in at least the short to mid term??

swoodley · Post by **swoodley** » Sun Nov 19, 2006 10:17 am

I think he will spend at least the next few years developing his sports management business. If the company goes into player management, then coaching would be a conflict of interests so I don't think he'll do it in the short term.

Windy_Hill · Post by **Windy_Hill** » Sun Nov 19, 2006 12:29 pm

I actually believe he would be a good coach - there is no doubt he is an inspirational leader. Its really more a case of whether he is interested in doing it. From what I am reading this would seem to not be the case

Crowny · Post by **Crowny** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 10:00 am

Like Benny said great players dont necessarily end up being great coaches. Hirdy said he does a lot of stuff by instinct, that he knows when he is going to dominate.

Whether this translates to players who arent so instinctive and require more patience and guidance Im not so sure.

Ossie · Post by **Ossie** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 10:24 am

He won't coach. Hasn't he got some sports management company that he's a partner in?

robrulz5 · Post by **robrulz5** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 11:34 am

Windy_Hill wrote:I actually believe he would be a good coach - there is no doubt he is an inspirational leader. Its really more a case of whether he is interested in doing it. From what I am reading this would seem to not be the case

Yes but this is usually shown by his actions. If he were to coach could he translate it into words?

nomolos · Post by **nomolos** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 1:08 pm

He said in his book that he is not interested in coaching, but would prefer the media, either on screen or off.

Windy_Hill · Post by **Windy_Hill** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 1:44 pm

nomolos wrote:He said in his book that he is not interested in coaching, but would prefer the media, either on screen or off.

I wonder. Maybe after a year or so away from the game those super competitve juices will start to flow once again.

Put it this way, I doubt Hirdy will ever be calling on the AFL Players Association for financial hand outs in 10 years time.

Rover 7 · Post by **Rover 7** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 8:48 pm

No and no.
Great player,no coach.

Post by **boncer34** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 8:57 pm

No and Yes

dom_105 · Post by **dom_105** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 10:12 pm

If he does coach, mabye a TAC cup team or mabye up at the AIS like Voss

But not AFL, at least not straight away