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Re: Pack your bags McCartney...
Lets give him a 3 year contract and then kick him out after 1 and a half years because we aren't 8-0
Lets give him a 3 year contract and then kick him out after 1 and a half years because we aren't 8-0
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Re: Pack your bags McCartney...
That's not the issue. We've been humiliated in some games. Even in yesterday's game, the way in which we lost was worse than the end result. We've had one aspect of a gameplan drilled ad nauseaum into the players and supporters, in around 18 months.
There've been numerous games/situations in games where he has been either unwilling or unable to find a way to change what was happening, and some match day selections have been terrible.[B][COLOR="#0000CD"]Our club was born in blood and boots, not in AFL focus groups.[/COLOR][/B]Comment
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Re: Pack your bags McCartney...
I continue to be a supporter of Macca and his approach to educating the players.
As has been pointed out we really do struggle at times to get the ball back when the opposition have it. When we have to highlight Macrae as showing us how to create space and have composure, then I think we are struggling.
Footy these days appears to be run at all costs and keep the ball moving, come back through the corridor. We were stop start last year and have been in quarters this year. I see we are trying to keep the ball moving now. It's just that we are not so good at it yet, and certainly not for a whole game. Part of that is inexperience, part because we haven't enough players who can create space, gain separation, position themselves to advantage, and part because we have players who seem to be fatiguing in games or whose skill level is exposed under pressure.
We were also beaten by the inability of our tall markers to have any impact on the game. We barely took a strong mark for the night, more often dropping marks and fumbling the ball. I don't know if it was the lights, over anxiousness, or if we just haven't got players who can take strong marks consistently.
And we also got done again by sometimes allowing the ball to get out the back of a contest.
I'm putting this one down to we just had a bad night. Even the bounce of the ball seem to evade us.Comment
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Re: Pack your bags McCartney...
Good post, as usual metal.TF is this?.........Obviously you're not a golfer.Comment
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Re: Pack your bags McCartney...
I'm still staggered he gets the "master recruiter" tag.
Your first round pick at least has to be nailed as a given.
Abject fail in that sense.Look at the actual facts. Had an enormous amount of concessions when he took over Brisbane. Then got the cream of the 2010 draft with GC.Comment
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Re: Pack your bags McCartney...
Clayton lived off one very good draft (1999), some good rookie picks and his ability to negotiate a contract at our club... His ND recruiting looking back was poor, but he did have a team around him, but low funds meant ours wasn't as big as others.Comment
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Re: Pack your bags McCartney...
I want to state that I am not in the sack the coach camp, far from it. I do think though that something is not right. I believe that Gordonn should hold a review now, not at the seasons end so that changes can be implemented ahead of the 2014 pre-season/drafting period.
My gut feel is that we have a rookie coach with the right idea, but possibly the wrong methodology of getting the message across, If this is the case then its not fatal, but could be fixed with the appointment of a guiding hand assistant/football director.Comment
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You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships every day. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity. ― EpicurusComment
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You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships every day. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity. ― EpicurusComment
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Re: Pack your bags McCartney...
I'd be interested to read what McCartney's KPI's are this year. And i doubt he's be on track to achieve any of them.Comment
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