Flashback: A day in the North Melbourne coaches box
North Melbourne’s coaching panel hard at work. Rohan Connolly observes from the back row. Photo: SEBASTIAN COSTANZO FIRST PUBLISHED IN “THE AGE” IN 2009 It’s 1.10pm Sunday afternoon, the official start of North Melbourne’s 2009 AFL season literally seconds away. We’re in the Kangaroos’ coaches box, where a group of eight coaches and support staff are about to see six months’ planning and preparation put to the test against Melbourne. The tension is palpable. Except in senior coach Dean Laidley,...