Is Bevo Under Pressure to Perform this Year?

[westbulldog]

Sydney had Allir Allir rucking on the weekend . Richmond won a flag with Shaun Grigg .
Nobody plays two actual ruckman anymore . Just hope the ones that pile on in the negativity have the courage to come forward if we do go better than expected . I’ll watch intently

The reigning premiers did and seem to be continuing with 2 rucks this year (Vardy, Hickey and later on Natanui).

[Mofra]

The reigning premiers did and seem to be continuing with 2 rucks this year (Vardy, Hickey and later on Natanui).

Yep - ditto Port and Hawthorn (who for years had Hale in the forward line when resting).

There's no single 'right' way to do things, we have to find what works for us.

[SonofScray]

Thought his presentation at the season launch was pretty good. He seemed to be in a better place, with some hope in his story, even though he effectively tempered expectations.

[Ghost Dog]

Not playing Bont in the ruck works for me...

[MrMahatma]

Thought his presentation at the season launch was pretty good. He seemed to be in a better place, with some hope in his story, even though he effectively tempered expectations.

Thought it was a nice speech that said “I’m a good bloke, and we’ll have a crack this year, just like last year.”

Nothing so far in the pre-season, apart from Libba’s return, indicates a better year this year than last.

[The Bulldogs Bite]

How much longer can we put up with Beveridge and the current coaching group?

Skills and goal kicking have got worse since he arrived if you can believe it.

Super talents like Stringer? Ousted - which we handled pathetically.

We won a premiership with a very young list. Three years on now and our list is diabolically out of shape. No rucks, no key defenders, no small forwards and little pace/excitement.

We are boring to watch to say the least.

Thanks for the flag Bevo but you’re done.

[bulldogtragic]

Is prior times he'd be in trouble. I don't think anyone will do anything. Maybe if he felt the pressure of the board on his back, he might go about selecting a team capable of beating the worse side in the comp. But that's not happening, so many members/fans can do the feeling of embarrassment for them all.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

I think it would be poor to sack Bevo.
But I do think the time has come for an absolute no holds barred independent review; not one conducted by our Footy department.

[chef]

When does his contract run out?

[bulldogtragic]

When does his contract run out?

End of 2020, unless we extend it before then.

[bornadog]

I think it would be poor to sack Bevo.
But I do think the time has come for an absolute no holds barred independent review; not one conducted by our Footy department.

5 games in, let's wait till the season is over.

[1eyedog]

First time ever my support of Bevo has wavered.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

5 games in, let's wait till the season is over.

Its not just these 5 games though. We've now a sample size of some 49 games. We've well and truly established:
We are the worst in the league for goal conversion.
We have even highly skilled players turning over the ball or failing to complete basic AFL skills with shocking regularity. Even Bont today, just a lack of care with some of his disposals by foot and hand.
In almost every way we have gone backward.
I don't dump this all on Bevo. He has proven himself a leader of men. I want to know what is going on across the club, what are we doing to address this.

[lemmon]

Time to go.

Forever grateful for what he did in in 2016, but his attempts to play the game differently have failed and continuing with the same odd strategies into this season is nothing short of arrogance.

You can't fill a team with half back flankers, you can't continually play undersized in key positions, you can't play small and concede the ruck and you can't play guys out of position in the name of versatility.

They're tenets of Aussie Rules and have been for 100+ years. I'm not sure why Bevo thinks a successful Bulldogs side would look any different to every other successful side in history.

Thanks, but time's up.

[The Bulldogs Bite]

Time to go.

Forever grateful for what he did in in 2016, but his attempts to play the game differently have failed and continuing with the same odd strategies into this season is nothing short of arrogance.

You can't fill a team with half back flankers, you can't continually play undersized in key positions, you can't play small and concede the ruck and you can't play guys out of position in the name of versatility.

They're tenets of Aussie Rules and have been for 100+ years. I'm not sure why Bevo thinks a successful Bulldogs side would look any different to every other successful side in history.

Thanks, but time's up.

Very well put - couldn’t have said it any better.