WA director of football Grant Dorrington. Picture: Richard Polden. Source: PerthNow
THE WA Football Commission is set to appoint a coaching group manager to ensure its pathway system remains competitive.
Grant Dorrington, the WAFC's director of pathways and competitions, said the role would be filled by an experienced senior official, with the likes of former Subiaco and state coach Chris Waterman and four-time WAFL premiership coach John Dimmer floated as options.
It is an attempt to fill the void left by former WAFC high performance and State 16s coach Rob Wiley, whose invaluable guidance was lost from the state body when the former Richmond premiership player was last month picked up by Carlton as the Blues' director of coaching and development.
The appointment plan was the result of a meeting with key stakeholders in the WA football system, including members from West Coast and Fremantle, the WAFL clubs, women's football and the AFL.
Dorrington likened the role to a "chairman of selectors for coaches", ensuring they "fit in to what's best for WA footy, not what they think they want to do".
He said the position would initially be part-time due to financial constraints, but that the commission did not expect that to adversely effect the results of the state's pathways.
"We conducted a review yesterday ... and had a look at the whole program," Dorrington said.
"One of the key outcomes was that we believe coaching is so important, that we're now going to employ a part-time coach (or) mentor ... who will oversee our academy coaches.
"The WA pathway system is recognised - as it was by Kevin Sheehan yesterday, the AFL co-ordinator - as equal to or leading any system in Australia.
"We're proud of it, we believe we can tweak it and make it even better, whether the person's full-time or part time, we still believe we can improve there.
"We will end up, somewhere down the track when dollars are around, with a full-time person."
There were suggestions this week that the WA system was slipping and could result in one of the state's worst drafts in recent years.
Dorrington said the WAFC remained confident in its pathways, but that there would always be lean years.
"All the indicators say - the number of players invited to the combines, the quality of our players, the quality of our programs - there's some very good players there," he said.
"Who the AFL pick, I can't (predict), nor can you, nor can anyone else.
"In the end, there's a bit of a keep-your-fingers-crossed ... but what we do know is, don't look at one year, look at the past decade and see who leads Australia.
"Per capita, Western Australia leads. South Australia were pretty ordinary for a few years, but had a good year last year.
"You can't be good all the time, but can I assure you and the WA footy public, that our aim is to be there all the time and we want to be the best pathway development system in Australia.
"We think we've got an outstanding one, sometimes you drop a bit, but yesterday was about identifying; why, what we can do, what resources we need and how we get back up to (stay) there all the time."
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