I know the club won't sack him, we simply can't afford it but his coaching mantra is affecting the way we are playing. For too long he has one focus (contested ball) to the detriment of the rest of our game. Our skills are deplorable and our coach shows no imagination...there's no thought of moving Roughy forward or Jones back...no taking a chance to win the game.
Look at the stats, we've won at least half the contested ball in games lost because he simply floods the contest, so we have to win the ball and then we have no-one on the spread because they're all round the ball and when we do get it forward we hang our forwards out to dry being outnumbered.
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Changing the coach would be disruptive and undermine the path he is on. He needs to be given time to develop other facets of our game, which he has acknowledged is the next step.
He has taken us to top 5 in contested ball, which is excellent for a such a young side.
If you kicked five goals and Tom Boyd kicked five goals, Tom Boyd kicked more goals than you.
Formerly gogriff
He did swtich Roughy to forward a few weeks ago didn't he?
Re-arranging deck chairs. Just need to be better with the ball.
I think MJP said it once - it's entertainment. That is a boring way to spend 2 hours, what I just saw. Take the game on a bit more or forget it. All this stuffing around with the pill, only to kick a point from straight in front.
We play better with Boyd and Gia out of the side. Sorry lads.
You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships every day. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity. ― Epicurus
Yeah, we simply win the contested ball because we flood the contest with numbers which hurts us when it gets out. They are false and misleading stats...
Think all posts after a bad loss need to be taken with a grain of salt....
But we were awful to watch tonight. We showed enough talent to show how little very good talent we have...if this makes sense.
Hack and battle it into the forward line, only to cough it up...time and bloody time again.
I actually did not enjoy this game as a spectacle. It was boring, tiresome, with some patches of Ok footy.
When a short dash from JJ or a snap from Stringer becomes your highlight, woopdy doo.
You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships every day. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity. ― Epicurus
Eighth, according to this: http://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/f...&sby=23&advv=Y
[B][COLOR="#0000CD"]Our club was born in blood and boots, not in AFL focus groups.[/COLOR][/B]
Imagine BF
They'd have a contract out on McCartney by now.
Peter Rhode mark 2
Because you cant beat the boys of the BULLDOG breed!!!!!
Fair dinkum...
P Rhode - came from Melbourne's losing culture
Oversaw recruitment of P Street, A Morgan, S Koops, J Rawlins...and L Veale
Oversaw loss of one of our best players in N Brown while at his peak
Trade picks that netted H Scotland, D Mundy...
Oversaw no performance when R Murphy, L Gilbee, B Johnson, S Giansiracusa were peaking and R Smith, C Grant, S West were playing...
B McCartney
Widely regarded by respected AFL figures as not just a good coach but a great coach.
Comes from a high performance culture at the most successful team in the modern era
Oversaw departure of J Sherman, N Djerkurra, and a bunch of spuds that haven't kicked on
Traded Lake at the end of his career for effectively Hrovat
Has inherited an absolute trainwreck of a list.
Part of recruitment of two of our most promising juniors in years
Has overseen one of the biggest improvements in an AFL player I have seen (Minson)
You really think McCartney is the same as Rhode....???? REALLY????