Clint Williams is aiming to build a culture of success at Nar Nar Goon.By Ken Moore
NEW Nar Nar Goon captaincoach Clint Williams aims to lead the Goon into a new successful era.
The former ROC star centreman has long aspired towards coaching and felt the time was now perfect and the opportunity to coach an emerging team too good to refuse.
“I want to coach while I’m playing my best football, so I can set the example,” he said.
“I won’t be playing an easy roll across the half back. I intend to play in middle against the best opposition player and take the pressure off the young blokes like Matt Wade and Andrew Oldmeadow.”
The 26yearold Williams was a tad apprehensive taking on a senior coaching role, but confident he has the offfield support to make his role less trouble free.
“I’m a little bit nervous, but feel I’m pretty much ready after three years as assistant coach at ROC,” he said.
Williams was rapt that Wayne Goodes, his chairman of selectors at ROC, would follow in his footsteps and take on a similar role at the Goon.
He said he had plenty of trust in both Goodes and the Goon committee and was willing to accept as much advice as possible from the other side of the fence.
Judging by Williams’ coaching philosophy, the Goon players could be in for plenty of hard work this season.
“I want to instil in the youngsters that the harder you work the more of the footy you get,” he said.
Like many Ellinbank League teams, Williams said the Goon was lacking a tall classy follower, but said it would be young, quick and enthusiastic.
This, he said, would go along way towards making up for its ruck deficiencies.
Nar Nar Goon’s underage teams have tasted plenty of success in recent years and Williams expects many of these youngsters to move into the senior ranks this year and help bring a new winning culture to the senior squad.
“Our thirds have won backtoback grand finals and appear to have quite a few good players,” he said.
“The likes of Adam Marchent, Phil Dorning and Brett Hughes are all in running for a senior spot and could figure early.”
