There was an interview with Dome on the BFG podcast the other day where he said we've done the global search and brought in a big budget coach before and it was an unmitigated disaster and that the Nix is a relatively unique beast and therefore it makes sense to develop internally.
If we look within the A-League at the big name coaches, who would we go for? Popovic was terrible with a lot more money than us, Corrica probably did just enough to keep his job while spending more money than us, the Rado ship has sailed, Veert just signed a multi year extension, Montgomery will only leave the Mariners to move overseas, and Rudan speaks for himself.
I wasn't ecstatic about Chief but I've grown to like the idea. I have high hopes for the season he's already making pragmatic changes and we shouldn't forget that at one point we were a win away from second and still made it into the finals despite a massive implosion. All we need is tweaks to improve and Chief is saying all the right things. Really it was between him, Greenacre, and a bit of a curve ball with the likes of Jose, Ramon, or Hay.
The other thing that Dome has said was Talay has always finished above our budget on the ladder except this year where he finished bang on it. So we can safely assume we're very much a mid table spending team and therefore get mid table results on average with blips on either side. Bearing in mind that this was also our most expensive squad ever and therefore we might sit somewhere lower than mid table on average.
If we look within the A-League at the big name coaches, who would we go for? Popovic was terrible with a lot more money than us, Corrica probably did just enough to keep his job while spending more money than us, the Rado ship has sailed, Veert just signed a multi year extension, Montgomery will only leave the Mariners to move overseas, and Rudan speaks for himself.
I wasn't ecstatic about Chief but I've grown to like the idea. I have high hopes for the season he's already making pragmatic changes and we shouldn't forget that at one point we were a win away from second and still made it into the finals despite a massive implosion. All we need is tweaks to improve and Chief is saying all the right things. Really it was between him, Greenacre, and a bit of a curve ball with the likes of Jose, Ramon, or Hay.
The other thing that Dome has said was Talay has always finished above our budget on the ladder except this year where he finished bang on it. So we can safely assume we're very much a mid table spending team and therefore get mid table results on average with blips on either side. Bearing in mind that this was also our most expensive squad ever and therefore we might sit somewhere lower than mid table on average.