Paul Roos
Paul Roos, like the man he once brought to the Swans, Rhyce Shaw, began his senior coaching career mid-season. It has some advantages and plenty of pitfalls but Shaw has made a flying start with a significant tweak.
'At best a VFL side.' That's how Hawthorn president Jeff Kennett described Melbourne the year after Paul Roos arrived as coach. Never. Again.
The debate around red cards has been swirling for decades. Paul Roos believes there is one reason why it's different this time around. And that reason changes the whole shape of the discussion.
Can the Tigers go back-to-back? Is GWS ready? Can the Dees be a contender? Paul Roos has made some big calls.
I got chatting with a bloke on Waikiki Beach recently. A Collingwood supporter who wanted to talk about the state of the game. ‘Roosy,’ he said, ‘what do you see as the biggest problems facing footy, and how would you fix them?’ I didn’t go to Hawaii to talk about footy. But this got …
I was a Carlton supporter and, as an eight and nine-year-old, I went to the 1972 and `73 Grand Finals with a mate who was a Richmond fan. Carlton played Richmond in both – the Blues won in `72, the Tigers in `73. We were just kids, but even then the passion and sheer depth …
Football clubs are tribal places. And after the hasty conception and hurried birth of the GWS Giants as the AFL’s 18th child, the Sydney Swans went into full battle mode to defend their turf. First, a declaration. Despite disrespectful and, frankly, insulting suggestions to the contrary, I have no personal agenda, vendetta or bias …
