Andrew Simmons Coach of the year??

I understand this award is always a difficult one and is going to be subjective and will never have everyone agreeing.

And obviously Tracey is a deserving winner by the fact that the coaches voted for her and she did a great job and this post is not to take away from her achievement at all, but maybe there is a better way to determine the award.

The fact that Andrew Simmons has never won this award is in my opinion an example of why maybe a review is in order.

If you were to look at his teams for each of the seasons he has coached and the results for each of these seasons you would have to think WOW, how is it possible this guy has never won this award.

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Anonymous
Years ago

Because he is abusive to the refs and scorebench, walks on the court all the time and is generally seen as a not very nice person to those who dont know him well.

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annon
Years ago

Simmo has done a great job over the years and should have at least won one award along the way. His passion for the game is second to none, his ability to get the best from his players is tremendous and finally his results are amongst the best in the league.

I think Ben Todd has done a great job this year, but Simon, Vicki and Sharon have done just as well

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Anonymous
Years ago

These awards are always a popularity contest as other coaches and captains etc vote on them so if these people dont like a candidate for wahtever reason, irrespective of that persons results then they arent going to vote for them.

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AJ
Years ago

Yes congrats to Ben for winning 5 games this season.

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anon
Years ago

Pritchard got ripped off for sure! Not the best choice for the womens I dont think.

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Anonymous
Years ago

Andy does do a good job.

He also has a much bigger budget than most clubs and a really strong junior program behind him.

Take nothing away from him Andy has done well, but North's program had no real stars after Rhys left (after under-performing), had no true 5 man and put together a really good run.

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Anonymous
Years ago

#328154 you are spot on. disgraceful behaviour even when he and her coaches u12girls, abusive toward refs, score bench, other coaches etc, surely coach of the year should also include humility.

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Anonymous
Years ago

Tracey has done a great job with her team. 10 out of a roster of 14 are all playing under 23s so to see them get as far as they did was very good, and if that group can stay together should go well in a few years ....

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coaching
Years ago

Each Andrew buys in players to make grand finals. This year Tucker and Motteram.

Same as the Forestville women have spent money to get a winning team , Monica Bella and Carla Borrego. So is Sharon a good coach may be not.
At the start of the season Forestville women were in the bottom half of the table. Then out came the cheque book and more players arrive.

If your club has the finances to buy a team then coaching is a whole lot easier.

Tracey is a better as stated the North ABA squad is mostly U23.

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Anonymous
Years ago

I would have thought a poster suggesting a coach deserves more respect might want to get the coach's name right!

It's Andrew Simons for those playing at home.

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tripper
Years ago

Surely someone is taking the p**s with the award, this guy gets a big budget and his team makes the GF. WOW, must be a great coach. This guy is a disgrace at Junior level and at Senior level. Now if there was an award for Tool of the year...or perhaps GRADE A W***ER of the year…Yes he could legitimately lay claim to those!

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Andrew Simmons Coach of the year??

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