In the Game with Damian Barrett - an AFL podcast
Summary: He’s footy’s number one newsbreaker, always at the coalface of the biggest stories in the game. Damian Barrett goes behind the scenes and inside the stories and minds of football's most influential figures. An Australian Football League production.
Podcasts:
Damian Barrett is joined by West Coast ruckman Nic Naitanui to discuss why social isolation isn't so foreign to him, what's driving him in his pursuit of Grand Final glory, his concerns for Ben Cousins, and much more.
In this audio version of AFL.com.au's video The Coach, Damian Barrett is joined by Ross Lyon to discuss the messy details of an ugly night in 2010, plus thoughts on Mick Malthouse, and more.
Damian Barrett is joined by GWS captain Stephen Coniglio to discuss how he's managing the AFL shutdown period, his polarising teammate Toby Greene, which clubs came closest to luring him from the Giants, and more.
In this audio version of AFL.com.au's video The Coach, Damian Barrett is joined by Ross Lyon to discuss why Ross is still haunted by the departure of Luke Ball, Andrew Lovett's recruitment by St Kilda, the day Ross climbed a ladder in his underwear to rescue his cat Ruby from a tree in Fremantle, and much more.
Damian Barrett speaks to General Manager of Football Operations Steve Hocking and Head of Health, Safety & Laws Patrick Clifton about the AFL's approach to the getting the 2020 season back on track, player test results, and more.
In this audio version of AFL.com.au's video The Coach, Damian Barrett is joined by Ross Lyon to discuss a multitude of topics including the time Ross' cat Ruby inadvertently found itself inside the Lyon family's washing machine, how he'd approach this shutdown period if he were still an AFL coach, and the dramatic night St Kilda said 'no' to Ben Cousins joining when the troubled Eagle was seeking a Melbourne home.
There's always doubt in an AFL's coach's mind. Just ask Stuart Dew, who saw his team the Gold Coast Suns lose 18 games in a row in 2019. Combatting that doubt has been an off-season focus for Dew, and as you'll to hear on this episode of In The Game, it's a refreshed man - and club which he coaches - on the eve of the 2020 season. NOTE: This interview was recorded on February 11, 2020.
New Adelaide coach Matthew Nicks has two contracts attached to running the Crows; one with the club, and an equally important one with a small group of trusted friends. In this edition of In The Game, Nicks reveals how he does not want the coaching job to change him as a person, and how has empowered those friends to be brutally honest with him. NOTE: This interview was recorded on February 11, 2020.
Second chances for sacked AFL coaches are nearly as rare as St Kilda premierships. Brett Ratten has landed one of those rare chances - at the Saints. And as you'll hear in this episode of In The Game, Ratten the coach MK II will be very different to MK I. NOTE: This interview was recorded on February 18, 2020.
The opportunity you fail to take is the one you can never get back. That's the way sport. and life, works according to Geelong coach Chris Scott. Here, in the latest In The Game, the man who has missed the finals just once in nine seasons gives a deep insight into his sports philosophies. NOTE: This interview was recorded on February 19, 2020.
It's a harsh judgment of himself given his body was broken, but new Fremantle coach Justin Longmuir says that as a player he failed to deal with the expectation attached to being a No.2 draft pick. Longmuir was physically spent at 26. Thirteen years later, he is about to coach the club at which he played 139 matches. As you're about to hear in this edition of In The Game, Longmuir says he is so much wiser for being dealt the toughest of blows as a player. NOTE: This interview was recorded on February 12, 2020.
Football heartache seems to follow Nathan Buckley. The footy gods just won't cut him any slack, but he refuses to take the woe-is-me outlook. Here on In The Game, on the eve of the 2020 season, Buckley reveals how he has learnt to embrace the missed opportunities, and how he refuses to look back at life's sliding door moments.
Simon Goodwin seemed lost at times in 2019, as his Demons slipped all the way down to second last on the ladder. So post-season he went overseas to, among other things, find himself. In this edition of In The Game, Goodwin reveals the changes that have come from that journey, and sheds light on the new clarity he has on life and football.
Playing in an AFL Grand Final is something only the privileged get to do. Stevie Johnson played in four of them, and in this week's episode of In the Game he takes us through the pressure, the unknown and the privilege of playing on football's biggest stage.
Mick Malthouse has always backed himself. No one in VFL/AFL history has coached more games than Malthouse and on this week's In The Game with Damian Barrett, he explains why he thinks he could still coach at the elite level. Malthouse also speaks in depth about his bizarre mid-season trade from St Kilda to Richmond, his philosophy as a coach and the impact his career has had on his family.
