{"id":2341,"date":"2023-11-30T16:46:31","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T16:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thestar.test\/2023\/11\/30\/the-coach-powering-gippsland-footys-development\/"},"modified":"2023-11-30T16:46:31","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T16:46:31","slug":"the-coach-powering-gippsland-footys-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thestar.com.au\/blog\/the-coach-powering-gippsland-footys-development\/","title":{"rendered":"The coach Powering Gippsland footy\u2019s development"},"content":{"rendered":"
\t\t\t\tTuesday, June 25th, 2019<\/span> | Posted by Tayla Kershaw<\/a><\/span> \t\t\t<\/div>\n

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The coach Powering Gippsland footy\u2019s development<\/h1>\n
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Rhett has made it a priority to develop young footballers in Gippsland and has done so successfully. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After a successful playing career and a stint in aged care, Leongatha icon Rhett McLennan has found success in yet another field \u2013 coaching.<\/p>\n

Rhett, who played over 300 games for various senior teams including Leongatha and won three premierships during his career, is undertaking his fifth year as a coach at the Gippsland Power.<\/p>\n

This is his first year as head coach after serving as an assistant under Lee Brown for four years.<\/p>\n

Throughout his time at the club he has helped to develop some of the best young talent the region has to offer, something he now has a love for.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really enjoy helping people and I suppose I\u2019m very lucky in the sense that my passion since I could walk has been football, like a lot of blokes,\u201d Rhett said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI get great enjoyment out of imparting knowledge on the kids.\u201d<\/p>\n

Helping people is nothing new to Rhett, who for six years was the CEO of \u2018Prom Country Aged Care, assisting retired or aged people in their later years of life.<\/p>\n

Rhett finds his experience in helping these people and coordinating staff has helped with his coaching career.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are definitely similarities between the two, like having the ability to communicate to people with different personalities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes you have to speak to someone and sometimes showing them will have better impact. Coaching 40 kids really isn\u2019t too different to managing 104 staff.\u201d<\/p>\n

While he learned a lot during his time in aged care, the change in careers has been a much-welcomed one for Rhett.<\/p>\n

He has been extremely successful in developing young Gippsland talent and finds it to be very rewarding.<\/p>\n

\u201cI get a great buzz out of watching players I\u2019ve influenced progressing and even playing at AFL level,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou get major satisfaction out of seeing guys do well at the next stage, whether it be Vic Coutry or AFL\u201d<\/p>\n

There\u2019s proof in the pudding too, with AFL players Josh Dunkley, Xavier Duursma, Tom Papley, Harry McKay and Ben Ainsworth all receiving guidance from Rhett before making the big smoke.<\/p>\n

The Gippsland Power have been strong so far this season, sitting in third spot in the NAB League.<\/p>\n

They are undoubtedly in safe hands with Rhett, who will continue to make developing young players his priority.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy goal is to always improve the players that we\u2019ve got playing and then whatever happens in my career it\u2019ll be the same principle, just trying to help people.\u201d<\/p>\n

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