Re: It's the year of the Dog, but 'Macca' should take a bow
Originally Posted by
Topdog
In theory? In practice? Cos in reality we were a long way away.
Does he really deserve credit for possibly doing one aspect of his job well despite failing in many many others?
My original post was that I believed Bevo would acknowledge that he inherited a team that had been taught the correct way with regards to the defensive set up part of the game and at stoppages. I know that statement seems to be causing some angst among some here but it's not a shot a Beveridge, in fact far from it, as he has taken them to a level Macca could have never achieved.
In simple terms what was explained to me was that Bevo didn't have to start from scratch in that aspect.
I don't mind if people dump things on Macca but in some aspects I don't think he was as bad as he is being portrayed. That's the point I seem to be having some trouble making. His overall mark was a fail but the list he handed over was far better than he inherited.
The big win for Beveridge, which I don't think any of us really predicted, was losing the likes of Griffen, Cooney, Higgins and Jones etc.
The first 2 had a poor habit of only running hard forward and I think it didn't set a great example for our younger midfield. Now they all play hard at both ends of the ground.
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