Round 19 Preview | Strategy 2026 with Brenton Sanderson (16.07.26)
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Let's get into our, well, we'll get into our strategy shortly. Not much shocks me these days, but I am quite shocked by this. Brenton Sanderson, hello to you. G'day, Gerard. How you doing? Two-time premiership coach, but no longer coach at Baldwin.
No, no.
Are you in a position to explain to me what happened?
Of course.
What happened with Brenton Sanderson's sudden departure from Baldwin and why did he step away?
Well, I actually had a week off last week. It was actually the first time in four years that I've been at Baldwin that that we've had a bye during the school holidays. So I took the opportunity to have a week off, and the players obviously had a week off as well. And unfortunately, that was coming after four losses. So we've had four losses, and I took off. I took the kids to Indonesia for a week, which was awesome. Had a really good time. But yeah, one of the – and I can talk openly about this. It's fine. But – Yeah, one of the committee guys let go one of our coaches while I was away and I wasn't told about it. He's a close friend, school teacher at the school where I work at. So when I... called up to question, you know, that decision and how I wasn't consulted.
Unfortunately, um, yeah, the conversation didn't go as I was hoping it would. And, um, yeah, it's just a few things said, I think, which, which made it really hard for me to come back. So I'm obviously devastated because I love the club and, um, you know, the, the, the memories that I've got there and the The friendships that I've developed with some amazing players who I really do love and I'll miss. And some volunteers and some committee people, which I really am going to miss. But yeah, it's disappointing because I do really have high standards and high expectations around behaviours. And I've got some really strong values around footy as well, which, you know, and a lot of that's around respect.
And I'm just disappointed that it had to end this way. But there's no, there's definitely no bitterness because, as I said, I'm really grateful and the sort of privilege to coach a team like that and to have that premiership success is incredible. is memories that i'll always have with that with with with those groups and yeah they're i guess in all of my time in footy they're going to be some of my fondest memories is um is working with that team and having that success so but unfortunately it happens at all levels of footy when you have um you know disagreements with with people on the committee and you know differences of opinion It was just hard for me to return and as much as I would have loved to finish off the season and just see where it went after that.
Yeah, it's time for me to have a bit of a breather from coaching and I've got a full book of stuff going on. And a lot of that is... The sacrifices you make, and I know I've talked to a lot of coaches about this, the biggest sacrifice you make is family. And I had a week away with my kids, which I loved. And so, yeah, to have Tuesday and Thursday nights back and Saturday afternoons is probably going to be a priority for me now. So it's great disappointment because, as I said, I love the people. I love the players. And I love the memories. Um, but yeah, just a, just a few things, um, which, which I, which I guess with my own values and, you know, my, my own respect, I'd, I'd prefer not to go back.
Yeah. So a member of your coaching staff was sacked without your knowledge.
Yeah.
That, that, yeah. Have you ever come across that before?
No, but it's, it's, I know, um, and you know what, and it's, it can be, um, it can be a little bit political, but, but people that obviously pay you, they can do whatever they want really.
Um, that they've, that's not behaving like a top football club though, a premiership winning football club.
Maybe not. Maybe not. No. But yeah, like I said, I was told when I took the role four years ago, you've got to have premiership standards. And I said, yeah, for sure. That's the attitude that I'll bring. And there's behaviors and expectations. And as I said, a really strong set of values, which I think every coach has got to have.
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