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  • chef
    Hall of Fame
    • Nov 2008
    • 14622
    #31
    Re: Let the tanking begin

    Originally posted by bornadog
    Are we doing what Dean Bailey was accused of? I don't believe we care about winning, I think the coach is on the path of teaching, experimenting, just like Bailey did at Melbourne.

    The seasons gone, lets play some more kids. Panos, Hill, Roberts, surely should get a game before the end of season.
    Sometimes looks that way.
    The curse is dead.

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      • LongWait
        WOOF Member
        • Sep 2009
        • 936
        #32
        Re: Let the tanking begin

        Originally posted by bornadog
        Are we doing what Dean Bailey was accused of? I don't believe we care about winning, I think the coach is on the path of teaching, experimenting, just like Bailey did at Melbourne.

        The seasons gone, lets play some more kids. Panos, Hill, Roberts, surely should get a game before the end of season.
        I think that we want to win - the coaches want to win and the players want to win.

        We are realistic though, and this is a development year in which it is crucial we find out as much as we can about those on our list and get as many games into the younger players as we reasonably can. This approach may hypothetically cost us a game or two - we will never know for sure though.

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          • LostDoggy
            WOOF Member
            • Jan 2007
            • 8307
            #33
            Re: Let the tanking begin

            Article here about tanking from someone we know.
            AFL and tanking: the cure might be worse than the disease
            http://theconversation.edu.au/afl-and-tanking-the-cure-might-be-worse-than-the-disease-8623
            Sometimes denial is understandable. It’s no surprise that the Australian Football League maintained for so long the farcical position that “tanking’ (intentionally losing) by clubs was not a problem. It’s…

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              • westdog54
                Bulldog Team of the Century
                • Jan 2007
                • 6686
                #34
                Re: Let the tanking begin

                Fk
                Originally posted by bornadog
                Are we doing what Dean Bailey was accused of? I don't believe we care about winning, I think the coach is on the path of teaching, experimenting, just like Bailey did at Melbourne.

                The seasons gone, lets play some more kids. Panos, Hill, Roberts, surely should get a game before the end of season.
                Absolutely not.

                Bailey was accused of intentionally playing players out of position and making tactical changes designed to disadvantage the team on game day.

                I hardly think Mccartney is doing anything of the sort. Yes, we're playing an inexperienced team but I hardly think we're trying to lose.

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                  • westdog54
                    Bulldog Team of the Century
                    • Jan 2007
                    • 6686
                    #35
                    Re: Let the tanking begin

                    Originally posted by Chops
                    Article here about tanking from someone we know.
                    http://theconversation.edu.au/afl-an...e-disease-8623
                    Saw that too. Always love reading Matt's work.

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                      • LostDoggy
                        WOOF Member
                        • Jan 2007
                        • 8307
                        #36
                        Re: Let the tanking begin

                        I don't think you can regularly tank by 10 goals.

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