Shouldn't the Dogs be angrier with themselves?

**WBFC4FFC** · 25-04-2019, 10:11 PM

Originally Posted by marcov

I think the point of the article is the complacency of club officials to not address issues we all are aware of through coaching, strategy and drafting.

Bevo is the type that is not afraid to try things and make mistakes. He did that to win a flag, so he ain’t gonna Change. We are all peeved because last week he tried too much in one game and hence not giving the team the best chance to win. (I did find it interesting on the video of Young and Hayes being told they were making their debut that Bevo said everything they are presently trying is to make sure that when they make finals again they will win them)!

Given all the players that have been signed-up on long-term Contracts, he has not lost the players.

The club under Gordon appears to back coaches over the long-term, believing instability to have harmed this club for too long They are right but remember, it was Cyclops leaving the Bullies for GWS that eventually bought McCartney’s downfall, so they have to be prepared to pull the trigger when that comes. With that being said, I too have been thinking that the Assistants are getting a bit too comfy at the Club. No need for wholesale changes but one or two new ones would be worthwhile: one experienced coach and a rookie.

**Hotdog60** · 25-04-2019, 10:16 PM

I wonder how Hodge would go?
Has he got another year in him or do we give him a try.

**Jeanette54** · 25-04-2019, 10:21 PM

Originally Posted by Hotdog60

I wonder how Hodge would go?
Has he got another year in him or do we give him a try.

At least he would be cheap. What with his age pension and all

**macca** · 25-04-2019, 11:31 PM

Im not angry just tired of seeing the glaring problems I see week in week out
Question need to be asked :

1. Why has our goal kicking not being addressed ?
2. From observation , our fitness does not seem to be as high as where it was in 2015-16 season . We were able to overrun teams . How much has cordy departure impacted ?
3. What impact is rotating / losing the coaching staff have an impacted our players continuity ?
Gotch was an amazing game coach from what he had achieved and developed in VFl. Hansen inherited a good setup to win the GF vfl flag in 2016 . why they hell we did not keep gotch?

4. Do we have too many average players without any xfactor?
5. Demanding multiple positions , is that confusing the players or stifling their ability just to be good at the one position ? Interesting bucks does Not demand multiple positions and has specific roles. cox is not being shredded each week in the ruck . Hudson played important 2 Seasons so that Grundy could develop. Maybe we just kept Campbell for too Long ??? Roughead is just playing back.

I watched the post conference and Bevo looked like he had run out of ideas . An analogy came to mind , you prepare for the exam for a term and then when come for the test you realise your under prepared , studied for the wrong thing or just donT have any answers for the day time questions (tactics ) which are thrown at you because your brain(players) are not agile or trained to respond quickly enough . Not trying to be critical or smug , but I was very concerned with his response.

Maybe he needs a BAD cop type of coach who can be the disciplinarian , who calls a spade a spade? Interesting that Bucks has mellowed more with the right assistants around him .

What to do ? As they would say in Nepali .

I donÂ’t have any ideas either but I will continue to rant and rumble as I am forever footy tragic .

**bornadog** · 26-04-2019, 01:21 AM

I questioned Rocco on this article on why he didn't do some investigative reporting to find reasons, instead of just reporting what we know. He claimed he was only allowed to write so many words. To me it is a cop out and lazy journalism.

If you are going to write these articles, then delve deeper and tell us what has been happening.

**jeemak** · 26-04-2019, 06:25 AM

I actually thought Bevo was OK then. Having said that, I'm watching it well and truly after the blood has cooled.

RoCo is the master of writing articles to generate discussion and hits now, because that's what his freelance career and business model is incentivised by. He doesn't want to give answers, what he wants to do is generate clicks and discussion so links can be followed and advertisements can be consumed. He's still a good writer, but the substance of his writing markedly deteriorated in his last while at The Age as it moved to an online bias, and it's gotten worse since.

I actually thought Bevo looked the most livid he has ever looked and did all he could by not throwing players and the entire organisation under the bus. To MJP's point players play where they are told to, and in context if Bevo had have said "we tried the things we tried but our players were completely piss weak, and we as a coaching group screwed up" he'd have been murdered retrospectively (which he has been by us).

Do we really want that immediately after a game when tension is high? He answered every question and didn't resort to some of the churlish and childish responses more recent and previous premiership coaches have. I won't commend him for that because it's just a basic part of his job, but I won't whip him for only telling half the story of what happened on the night.

**azabob** · 26-04-2019, 08:18 AM

Originally Posted by bornadog

I questioned Rocco on this article on why he didn't do some investigative reporting to find reasons, instead of just reporting what we know. He claimed he was only allowed to write so many words. To me it is a cop out and lazy journalism.

If you are going to write these articles, then delve deeper and tell us what has been happening.

So many words? Ah, it’s his platform he can write as many as he wants!

**mjp** · 26-04-2019, 10:36 AM