Thoughtful comments. I agree. I am a strong introvert and I did not respond to all my footy coaches. I felt they did not appreciate me but I think this came from my own obsession with myself. I found footy success when I thought f.. this, I'll just back myself and go for it, believe in myself. This could be true of Josh and Andrej.
Eades immediate success with us when he joined was because he inspired confidence in the players, taught them to back themselves. He is good at giving players confidence. Hill and Everritt can't balme EAde. The best form of help is self help. They need to persist and find confidence in their own performances.
Guys like Cross are and Morris are introverted, but they have a burning desire to improve and succeed.
I think Eade has little tolerance for players who dont have that initiative and internal drive. Some people are like that, they just prefer/need to be told what to do, constantly. And if nobody tells them what to do, they end up doing nothing. People like that need rigid structure to get the best out of them.
Hows that for idle speculation?
I think the gist of what everyone is saying is that they don't think Eade can get the best out of players who don't have the necessary desire and application to get the best out of themselves. Whether that is his fault or not is a different issue.
Agreed
Trying to motivate people can be a waste of time - not everyone will agree with that, and I stress I'm saying it can be (i.e sometimes it can be worthwhile) but I believe the only way you can truly motivate someone is by pointing them to the nearest mirror.
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Agreed, but is it really about desire or application with Hill (or Everitt for that matter)? My understanding is they both trained solidly, looked after their diets all those sorts of things...pretty dedicated guys. Both play the game in a laconic way - that isn't coaching - that is a reflection of their personality. Hill is always going to be that way.
If we as supporters, the coaches or even Josh himself is expecting him to turn into some kind of rampaging bull because of what happened during trade week or his disappointment at being left out of the finals side or whatever, then we are all delusional.
He is who he is. Getting the best out of him is making sure there is a role within the team for a player of his ilk and not asking him to do things he can't...I guess this is coaching, but winning games and establishing a repeatable game-plan are more important than trying to bend things around for one player.
What should I tell her? She's going to ask.
I thought that until 2009.
Malcolm Lynch went back to Darwin (Tiwi Islands?) for Christmas with his training program in his pocket - where it remained until he found it when he got back to Melbourne. Lynch enthusiastically told our fitness people he did the program while he was away.
Lynch then promptly joined in pre-season training and ripped his hammy pretty bad. Davoren immediately questioned how much work he'd been doing and Lynch fessed up he hadn't done anything at all.
Lynch's paper's were marked when he explained to Eade that the reason he couldn't do any running while he was away because, "as a footy star I get mobbed everywhere I go so it was impractical to try to go for a run".