Ballarat Times | NEW Redan coach Marc Greig says he has been impressed with his playing group’s intensity and attitude to pre-season training.

Appointed last September, the former TAC Cup level coach and VFL player insisted he was pleased to see plenty of Lions – young and old alike – stepping up to push each other under the club’s fresh-look coaching panel.

That panel has widened to include former Western Bulldogs and Richmond player Patrick Bowden, who recently came on board as an assistant.He joins Greig, fellow non-playing assistant, former North Ballarat star and Redan premiership player Julian Field, and on-field leader Liam Hoy, who is back in the Lions’ den following a stint with Central Highlands league club Newlyn.

They will take charge of an outfit brimming with young and emerging talent, whose ninth placing and 4-14 win-loss record last season belied their competitiveness.

The Lions lost two games by two points or less, and held their own for the bulk of matches against the likes of Sunbury, Bacchus Marsh and East Point.With a wealth of higher-level coaching and playing experience between them, Greig said education had been a primary focus during pre-season for the coaching group.“

While we are a predominantly young playing group … and it’s great to have talent … but at the same time you have to learn to play footy,” said Greig, a three-time VFL premiership player with North Ballarat and former GWV Rebels coach.

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