McCartney's Bulldogs premiership plan

[ledge]

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Keep in mind it was assistant coach abillities, I think it was Scott who said senior and assistant coaching is completely different,the senior coach makes decisions the assistant follows them, be interesting to see if he makes the transition.

[LostDoggy]

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Firstly, I must say I am happy with McCartney being appointed coach.
I do think it needs to be noted that he was at Geelong as an assistant from 2000 - 2010. Geelong didnt go too well until 2004 where they made the Prelim,had a dip then came back into it in 2006, then the Premiership in '07.
Obviously the last 5 seasons they have been exceptional, but there was a long period where they werent that flash.
Im looking forward to seeing how he changes the team and our game style, but we may need to be a little patient with it all.

[Mofra]

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Firstly, I must say I am happy with McCartney being appointed coach.
I do think it needs to be noted that he was at Geelong as an assistant from 2000 - 2010. Geelong didnt go too well until 2004 where they made the Prelim,had a dip then came back into it in 2006, then the Premiership in '07.
Obviously the last 5 seasons they have been exceptional, but there was a long period where they werent that flash.
Im looking forward to seeing how he changes the team and our game style, but we may need to be a little patient with it all.

That's a positive in my book - it means McCartney has been through good times and bad. Malthouse says you've never really coached until you've coached a bottom side.

[AndrewP6]

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BUMP.

With the current debates around our plight, and McCartney as coach, I thought this made for interesting reading. Surely he wouldn't describe our list as "healthy" now.

[Maddog37]

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“So there’s a little bit of a refresh, there’s a rebuild.”

More rebuild than refresh obviously!!!

[Sedat]

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McCartney will unveil plans for the coming season to each player
next week.There will be a marked change in how you can expect the Bulldogs to play in 2012.
You will see far more emphasis on physical contact and less of the reckless move the ball on at any cost with more care and attention to disposing of the ball.There has been an early and deliberate attempt to gain the respect of Lake with a good understanding between coach and player.We are going to experience a genuine student of the game with teamwork being his number one priority.We are all in for a hell of a ride and you can expect a very competitive unit.

Interesting post in hindsight.

Certainly right on that score. Short sideways chip passes to the least dangerous part of the ground is about as far away from 'reckless move the ball at any cost' as you can get. It is also monumentally boring and spectacularly unsuccessful, as evidenced by our percentage of 75 and our pitiful crowd attendances so far this season. I sincerely hope the method in the madness will bear fruit in the next couple of seasons for BMac.

[Sedat]

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Playing devil's advocate for a moment, do we really need a more hardened, competitive edge? Obviously it's one of the areas we need to improve, but I would have thought that it was one of the few areas we are OK in.

I'd be working on our skills first.

And this is an equally interesting post in hindsight. TBB, can you join our coaching panel?

[Bornadog]

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And this is an equally interesting post in hindsight. TBB, can you join our coaching panel?

We are ranked this year the same as last year in CP, so we have not changed in that area, despite all the education.

[jeemak]

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We are ranked this year the same as last year in CP, so we have not changed in that area, despite all the education.

Do you think our current performances in this area are somewhat subdued due to players tiring as the season progresses, or by a lack of "buy in" by the players?

I'm going to sound like a bit of a broken record in this regard (though, we're all starting to sound like we're on repeat for one reason or another), but surely our playing group needs to shoulder some of the blame for our current performances.

[Bornadog]

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Do you think our current performances in this area are somewhat subdued due to players tiring as the season progresses, or by a lack of "buy in" by the players?

I'm going to sound like a bit of a broken record in this regard (though, we're all starting to sound like we're on repeat for one reason or another), but surely our playing group needs to shoulder some of the blame for our current performances.

Young playing group cannot sustain the CP for the whole season. Don't forget last years team was even younger than this years, when we had the 10 debutants with zero games under their belt.

[Cyberdoggie]

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“So there’s a little bit of a refresh, there’s a rebuild.”

More rebuild than refresh obviously!!!

According to Smorgan it's now a 'reboot'!

I think after that comes a 'reshuffle' doesn't it?

[Dancin' Douggy]

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A reboot usually comes after a shutdown.
He might be on to something.

[G-Mo77]

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A reboot usually comes after a shutdown.
He might be on to something.

Unless the reboot was forced after a crash then we have to do an error check and maybe even a recovery or worst case scenario a format then reinstall. Hmm.

[Chicago1]

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You'd think that since Smorgon got us a Mac, we'd have no problems. Overrated. Totally.

[G-Mo77]

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You'd think that since Smorgon got us a Mac, we'd have no problems. Overrated. Totally.

Touche.

We definitely need some Android's running around on the field.