We all LOVE Bevo (of course), but SOMETIMES...

[mjp]

...he does that ONE THING that drives us crazy.

What is it for you???

[bornadog]

non ruck in the ruck - if they are short (for ruck size) eg Hannan, or Dunks, Or Bont. I even hate seeing Naughton ruck

[Grantysghost]

The outside 5. It drove ME SPARE!

I feel like that few seconds after someone takes a mark you want to press right up in their face and halt the flow.

It clearly can't be done all the time, but conceding ground especially in the defensive half I just don't get.

From the TV I get it, looks ok but when you're at ground level playing; someone running up into your face just puts that element of doubt into your mind.

Press! Don't back off.

/rant and hopefully it's gone forever.

[jeemak]

None of those things worry me.

[The Bulldogs Bite]

How long have we got?

[dog town]

I don’t have any issue with the on field options, in isolation some have been concerns in games but there are reasons and nuance behind most of them. I actually think the portrait painted of Bevo being some mad scientist spinning the magnets and trying wild moves is incredibly inaccurate. Every coach in the comp throws players new challenges, ensures they have versatility and can give the side options. I would like him to be more adventurous in some respects not the other way around.

I chose grouchy press conferences. I think his needless clashes with the media, general secrecy and condescending attitude have at times put pressure on him and by extension the playing group. I dislike sections of the media as much as anyone but he picks targets that have friends in high places and ultimately it has been bad for the club. He is intelligent enough to reflect on this and realise that this is not a battle he can win.

[Happy Days]

My choice isn’t listed but I’d go with filling the last two-three spots in the 22 in a given week with driftwood that he for whatever reason likes the shape of.

Of the options it has to be non-ruckman in the ruck given we’ve been doing it roughly 100% of the time for the last 4 years.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

I just don't have an issue with any of those things with the right context. I'm confident that Bevo and his crew have supporting data to justify their tactical moves.

[GVGjr]

Not listed but match committee selections. In the end I went with non ruck man but accepting that at times it's going to happen.

I can live with grumpy press conferences but prefer that he didn't make it so obvious he was pissed off.

and yes, I do love Bevo.

[Go_Dogs]

The 5m thing got my vote. I’m sure there is a time and place for it, but we did it every. Single. Time.



The press conferences overall are good IMO, but he certainly doesn’t forgive and forget.

[dog town]

When Bevo does a long form interview or even answers a press conference question from a journalist he likes he is incredibly insightful and engaging, always gives a hint to his thoughts on tactics. That’s the Bevo I want all the time or as often as we can get.

He is going to get peppered with questions on Darcy, Jamarra, use of our talls, loss of Dunkley all year so we need the best version of him. Kane Cornes and co have made it very obvious that they will go after him this year.

[Bulldog Joe]

I find I can't vote in the poll.

There needs to be other options

All of the Above

and

All of the Above and more.

I could have voted all of the above, but I would need to add more.

Match Committee selections.

The Determination to reinvent the game until the season is almost shot.

The treatment of some matches as insignificant (such as Brisbane 2015, Freo 2016 and others)

[Mofra]

Non-ruckman in the ruck - Hannan or Buks getting murdered doesn't help us at all.
Track-watchers this pre-season note Naughton was taking ruck contests in the F50 - you don't use a Ferrari to plow a field.

[mjp]

LOL.

I wanted to add 'Magic Committee Bingo' as an option but figured that is the ultimate 'Bevo-ism' and when it works (like it did particularly in 2015) then it is pure magic.

So I couldn't include that because it is part of what makes Bevo who he is. Outside 5, Caleb at Full-back etc - those are tactical changes that he could EASILY reverse field on. Well, I think he could.

[Grantysghost]

LOL.

I wanted to add 'Magic Committee Bingo' as an option but figured that is the ultimate 'Bevo-ism' and when it works (like it did particularly in 2015) then it is pure magic.

So I couldn't include that because it is part of what makes Bevo who he is. Outside 5, Caleb at Full-back etc - those are tactical changes that he could EASILY reverse field on. Well, I think he could.

Do you coach outside 5 MJP?