The very funny 6 foot 7 Simon Eastaugh knows Australian Football from both on field and off field vantage points. He was drafted from his Dad’s farm in rural Victoria to Richmond at the age of 16. He played professional football for three different AFL clubs for over a decade and then transitioned from the field into the coaches box. Simon was ruck and development coach for the West Coast Eagles from 2010 to 2013 and coached Dean Cox and Nic Naitanui with both players taking out All-Australian honours during that time. Simon is now an Assistant Coach with the Dockers with a massive portfolio.
We talk about the challenges of AFL football (then and now), as well as leadership from the field to the coaches box- who leads?
Could military tactical operations centre thinking be applied into coaches boxes?
What are the habits of the most elite footballers and what is at the core of resilience?
Plus, Simon’s predictions for the 2021 AFL season.
Intelligence Summary (INTSUM)
05:00 Tim’s predictable dumb joke about elite footballers
05:40 Simon’s backstory on a famer in Shepparton in country Victoria
09:30 A secret about Simon’s ‘other sport’
10:30 Getting drafted…. what it looked like in 1989
12:30 Simon’s in the club…. But getting injured- about setbacks and overcoming them
13:45 Simon enters coaching…. in a less conventional way
15:50 About goals and focus
18:00 Simon’s goalkicking statistics….. and talking about Gary O’Donnell in Bali, but also his discipline and standards on the football field
21:00 Physicality in football- has it changed?
24:10 John Worsfold as a coach
25:00 What makes a high performance football team (Simon) and what makes a high performance military team (Ben)
31:45 What are the habits of the elite-elite?
35:00 Dealing with adversity- talent v hard work
40:00 If military thinking was applied in the coaches box…. would it be different?
42:40 Who leads on game day?
44:45 Is football embracing adaptive leadership?
46:30 Ben gives the ‘coaches box view’ for military operations
49:00 Modern day football… and explaining it to non Australians!
50:00 Do footballers need more than football?
53:30 Simon’s predictions for the 2021 AFL Season
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