Nathan Buckley to start his coaching career
Former Collingwood Football Club captain Nathan Buckley has accepted a 12 month apprenticeshhip as the AFL’s High Performance Coach. This position means that Buckley will be assisting developing, promoting and implementing strategies in the AFL’s push for the country’s elite young athletes.
Although Buckley has been quoted as saying:
“I’d like to think that, in two or three years’ time, if I found I had the passion, I’d be better placed and more rounded, with a greater understanding of my strengths and weaknesses, and ready to have a crack,”
There is no doubt Buckley is a ready made AFL coach, given he was injured for most of the 2007 season and spent alot of his time along side Mick Malthouse, he has already served a type of apprenticeship. If a coaching position arises at the end of the 2008 season Buckley would be number one on my shopping list.
