"Harley Reid is a born leader" | The Art of Coaching with Ken Hinkley (01.04.26)

Kenny, I enjoyed your observation around seeing West Coast up

closest. They're going to be dangerous when those boys start

shaving. This is a very nice touch. So you saw Harley

Reed who's been the source of fascination for his entire

time in the competition. This is game three of year three that

you saw him in. How are you seeing his progression with all

that has swirled around him? It's incredible really with

what he's been able to do and the pressure that he's been

out of the handle as a first year and then a second year and

now the third year. He's been that made no circuit. He's the

story of West Coast. He's the person that's kind of rebuild

this football club. You know, well, you can see him growing

with that now. And you can see him improving daily with that.

He had a couple of moments on the way again. Like he was, he

was, you know, one silly, furry kicker away from losing that

game. And that was when he hit butters high in the center of

the ground. I give a 50 meter penalty and sweep missed the set

shot from like 30 meters out directly in front. So he's very

lucky. And that's for circumstance. But all these other

stuff, you know, you can see he's leading that team. And

he owes a massive out for him, though, because I reckon he

just helps Harley. And I think he needs that help on the ground

at the moment. But he's growth is first class. I mean, he's

he's the player that I love watching. And I like his attitude.

I like the way he gets after the opposition. And, you know, he's

puffs his chest out and wants to fight the whole world. I think

that's what makes us go to those types of players and want

them to lead to footy club is is a born leader. Yes, yes, and

so what do you think you don't want to knock the, I don't know

what the right word is, Bob used to call it rascal, which was

all using all sorts of different ways. You don't want to knock

all of that out of him, but he's got to find a way for to

conform the long term career.

Yeah, he does. He needs to make sure that the rascal or the

rat bag, whatever you want to call it or the whatever we call

him, he needs to be careful when he uses it because he needs to

use it. There's no doubt about that. But he needs to make sure

that it's not in a game where it's, you know, the scores are

level and it's a set in a bounce moment. That's that could

lose you the game. He's just got to make sure that when he's

doing that, I think in some ways, human butters are a great

example. They just get after the Oppo and they don't play

their best unless they are, you know, so get after the Oppo, but

get after him with constraint at the right times. That's all

it's learn learn the right times. I would suggest his biggest

challenge because you know, he's got it in him. He's going to

do it. And occasionally he's going to do it at the wrong time.

And that was nearly that last Sunday, but he got away with it.