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Diegos Son
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Also as well mus, he sin't being paid to 'invent' a system (which has already been done), he is being paid to 'deliver' the system as such. His brief isn't to re-invent the wheel (Can Kiwi's think for starters??? :) :) :)
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mus-28
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Diego's Son wrote:Maybe he wanted to come 'home' to Melbourne as such (he may have an Australian wife and so on). Hit the nail right on the head. Sean is married to one of my cousins who is a Victorian. They had moved to NZ 9 years ago and initially it was only meant to be for 2 years for the duration of his contract with the Football Kingz. One thing led to another and now they're finally back in Australia after 9 years. He has a quite decent track record in coaching young players so he should be a valuable asset to the FFV. I highly doubt the FFV were going to appoint a high-profile European to the job as the money just isn't there for that sort of appointment. He can only be given time to see if he is a success or not, but it's certainly better an outsider getting the job than 'one of the boys'.
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Diegos Son
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Maybe he wanted to come 'home' to Melbourne as such (he may have an Australian wife and so on).
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Arthur
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I am disapointed on two levels regarding this appointment. With no offence to the STD intended.
Firslty isn't there at least one Victorian who could do the job?
Secondly if we are going for a foreigner couldn't we have hired someone from a leading nation like a Dutchman a German or a Frenchman?
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Heart_fan
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Benjamin wrote:It's not just the salary, it's having to work within a very narrow set of guidelines. The FFV's technical director can not use his own ideas, he must work within the Dutch created curriculum. I'm all for the involvement of the Dutch and the creation of a new system - but you don't improve anything by mandating that everyone has to do everything the same way - that leads to stagnation. Virtually all success in the world comes from radical thinking - from new and fresh ideas, etc. True. I guess it is finding the ideal situation. I think the FFA have gone in hard to drum it in and enforce things, as they know how things will go if too many radical thinkers come into the picture. It would defeat the purpose of the NC. If we become mature enough with the standards requirement, I am syure there will be scope to improve things. In the end, it is all about improving things, without too many deviations away from the NC at this stage. Tunnel vision could be the discription, until the blinkers can be taken off:)
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Benjamin
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It's not just the salary, it's having to work within a very narrow set of guidelines. The FFV's technical director can not use his own ideas, he must work within the Dutch created curriculum. I'm all for the involvement of the Dutch and the creation of a new system - but you don't improve anything by mandating that everyone has to do everything the same way - that leads to stagnation. Virtually all success in the world comes from radical thinking - from new and fresh ideas, etc.
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Heart_fan
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Funny we can not find one in this country, but we look to an inferior football nation for one.
Probaly no local was willing to accept the FFV, bargain basement, salary :)
Edited by heart_fan: 9/8/2010 02:01:32 PM
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Benjamin
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Is that the same Sean Douglas that took a tumble in the 98 grand final leaving Boutsi clean through on goal?
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Arthur
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FFV bucks the trend of appointing Dutch coach to TD position and goes for New Zealander Sean Douglas. After New Zealands World Cup performance the FFV beleives that NZ is ahead of us in Football terms.](*,) ](*,) ](*,) ](*,) ](*,) ](*,) ](*,) Quote:http://www.footballfedvic.com.au/pageitem.aspx?id=29860&id2=1&eID=7250&entityID=7250
Football Federation Victoria (FFV) is delighted to announce the appointment of Sean Douglas as its new Technical Director.
FFV Chief Executive Officer, Mark Rendell, is thrilled to welcome Sean on board, and highlighted his widespread playing and coaching experience in Australia and New Zealand as a valuable asset to FFV.
“Sean will bring his broad and extensive playing and coaching experience to FFV - he has played in the National Soccer League and for the All Whites, and most recently he was the Director of Football at the Auckland Football Federation,” Mr Rendell said.
Mr Rendell said Sean’s appointment follows a restructure within the Talented Player Department.
“The restructure was required so FFV could provide the necessary services to be able to implement the National Curriculum, whilst continuing to improve on the delivery of services currently being provided.
“We will now be developing clearer guidelines for coaches and players to work within all FFV programs, with these guidelines and policies designed to enhance player and coach development opportunities across both men’s and women’s Futsal and football programs throughout the State.”
Sean has coached the New Zealand Under 15’s boys team, and more recently for the last four years was the assistant coach with the New Zealand Under 20’s boys.
His impressive playing career includes captaining Carlton in their inaugural year in the National Soccer League in 1997, in which they competed in the Grand Final, and representing the All Whites 26 times from 1995-2001.
Sean got the coaching bug way back when he was playing for Carlton.
“I took my first coaching course when I was at Carlton, completing the Level 1 course at the time to be able to go out and work in schools and holiday programs for the club. I really enjoyed this and have carried it on,” he said.
Sean said the opportunity to work with Victoria’s talented players was an offer to good to refuse.
“I wanted to work with a bigger pool of coaches and players, and my family are from Melbourne, it’s a fantastic opportunity,” he said.
Sean will be providing a “hands on” approach to the delivery of all Talented Player Programs across Victoria.
“One of the major focuses for me will be overseeing the implementation of strategies for identification and selection of talented players and coaches based on the National Curriculum.
“I want to help coaches to develop Victoria’s players to be the best they can be, and then go onto represent Australia,” he said.
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