Dale Tapping off to Brisbane.

mattys123 · Joined: 07 Jul 2009 Location: Narre Warren, VIC

Here's a blow, our very good VFL coach, Dale Tapping, has been offered an assistant coaching role in Brisbane, and has taken it.

Thanks for everything Dale, you gave us regular VFL watchers something to look forward to every week, no matter how the seniors were going.

http://www.twitter.com/PaulAmy375/status/790145238450905088

Albert Parker · Joined: 13 Dec 2012

^That's a shame. Excellent track record, something many of our senior coaches can't profess to have.

Cam · Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2016 10:38 pm

Alledgedly he quit as our VFL coach after a blue with another one of our coaches after the Prelim.

Presti35 · Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2016 10:41 pm

Cam · Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2016 10:52 pm

MM parted ways with Terry Daniher. Coaches change clubs all the time, I'm sure Tapps sees an AFL assistant's job as the result of years of hard work by him and another step up the ladder. He deserves it, if particular players hadn't quit on the club or got injured he might have coached in a GF. Ironically he will be up there with Frosty lol

Dave The Man · Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2016 11:24 pm

Bloody Stupid by Collingwood not Promoting him and now we lost our Best Coach we had

Dave The Man · Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2016 11:25 pm

MagpieBat · Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2016 11:46 pm

Jezza · 2023 PREMIERS! Joined: 06 Sep 2010 Location: Ponsford End

Disappointing news as he did a tremendous job at VFL level and I thought he was a worthy of an upgrade to an assistant coaching role for the senior side at some point in the future.

All the best to him at Brisbane because he was a good operator and teacher of young players and those playing at reserve level with us.

watt price tully · Joined: 15 May 2007

Culprit · Joined: 06 Feb 2003 Location: Port Melbourne

Good luck to Tapping in another step up in his Career. Getting closer to the top job and the way Brisbane go through coaches, his senior gig could be real soon. I read nothing into his departure other than he wants to be an AFL coach and that won't happen for him at Collingwood. Just ask Gavin Brown and Alan Richardson both who wanted to but knew it would not happen.

think positive · Side By Side Joined: 30 Jun 2005 Location: somewhere

MatthewBoydFanClub · Joined: 12 Feb 2007 Location: Elwood

Actually I think it's great news that we're giving assistant coaches the opportunity to develop their coaching skills at Collingwood to move up the chain of command at other clubs as the opportunity presents itself. I hope Lockyer goes back as coach of the VFL side as he's a vastly improved coach from the first time round and would be nice to see Anthony Rocca a bit more involved with VFL side as well.

Dark Beanie · Joined: 06 Feb 2004 Location: A galaxy far, far away.

In his speech at the Copeland he did mention that he had family issues to deal with during the past 12 months. Maybe that has a bit to do with it? Anyway unless you are his confidante, why he is going is guesswork. But it does give the gossips something to do.

AndrewT · Joined: 10 Aug 2016