That was the point
If I were Brad, one of the many things Iād be looking at is why we have looked OK before the bye for last two years, only to fall off a cliff.
Must be a reason.
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Lack of mental resilience. So afraid of failure they reverted into their shells, causing failure. The cycle was set then because success was but a distant past.
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i honestly believe it was a mental issue, fear of failure, pressure about a finals win, we were healthy list wise but succumbed to the mental demonsā¦ again
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No we wouldnāt. If we had a coach who was with us >10 years yet couldnāt get us into a grand final with the list they have at hand weād be equally frustrated.
Kennyās a gimp
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The club needs to invest in psychological support for the players. They are so afraid of failure and know we are all desperate for a finals win.
Many are carrying a burden of failure they partly own. All our expectations are on this playing group because the last twenty years have been disgraceful.
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Iāve been a believer that itās a mental problem for a few years. The second half of the season collapses scream of a team who are scared of failing on the big stage. We need the best sports psychologists and coaches who only focus on winning. I hate to praise Sam fking Mitchell but he is open in expressing his goal is a flag. Thatās the mindset we need.
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Learned helplessness?
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The players need to buy into that mindset. Thatās the key. They need to believe in themselves and as a team. I donāt think they believe in each other and the coach enough to trust a system for success. Iād be bringing in mediators to unpack what happened mid season.
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I think they want to succeed. I thibk the pressure of 20 years is so much that they are terrified of failure but donāt have the resilience to push through.
You canāt be want you canāt see. Who at the club would you look to for inspiration? Merrett is doing about as best as you could hope.
Having had to watch the Pies last year, the team believed. They knew a player would be running past for a handball receive. They knew there would be as much pressure applied to an opposition as possible. They knew their team mates had their back.
I donāt think our players believe that of themselves.
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Has Blitz had any success in raising petitions to the club? Iām thinking of setting one up to ask the club to communicate a 5 year plan to its members. Iāve honestly got no idea when our next tilt will be or the direction the club is going , and would love to be able to temper expectations rather then be consistently let down every year. I think it would be good to hold the stakeholders at the club accountable. Thoughts?
Youāre wasting your time.
Sentiment is right. But youād get a bullshit response from the club.
We lack leadership from our senior players, McGrath, Langford Redman, Laverde, Parish, Stringerā¦they are rubbish when it comes to leadership.
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you ironically prove your own point by ā ā ā ā ā ā ā ā and moaning about what people would do in a fanciful situation where a coach gets us to top 4 finishes on the regular.
Mental problem ! Bah humbug, it is a farking lack of ability in both players and coaches.
We have one only A Grader, Brisvegas have maybe six perhaps more, Sydney have at least four maybe more.
Winning games solves all confidence problems.
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I have found your posts today to be very refreshing and insightful.
I had you pegged as largely being a somewhat negative pessimist ā¦ my bad.
I think you are definitely onto something there.
I think there is no doubt, the lads carry a heavy load on their shoulders, getting heavier with each passing year.
I think trust is the biggest issue in our form drop offs.
When the pressure of expectation ramps up ā¦. I donāt believe Brad has got the Team to a point where they keep their eyes up, heads forward and trusting in each other.
I also think some of that isnāt just on the players, itās on Brad as well.
He doesnāt trust the Team, and the extent to which we have depth.
He has been reluctant to debut new players to fill roles when required, preferring to bring back more ātrustedā players despite the fact they may not have been 100% up to it, or in form. To recycle players into strange position, all of which cries out a lack of trust in System and Process and the broader Team.
Our defensive unit, if you can call it that, cried out louder than anyone, a lack of trust, not only in one another, but in themselves.
Everyone at the end of the season is looking over their shoulder and at everyone else around them and just lost focus on executing in the moment and believing.
Putting aside talent issues, which are debatable, I am certain that there is a huge amount of growth potential there, as a collective. The extent to which the list is changing is going to create some very interesting new dynamics.
I am eager to see how we respond.
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Oh Iām a pessimist.
Iāve recently worked with leaders in crisis management which has changed my perspective on some things.
I still think the list isnāt balanced.
Good crisis management response relies on having a psychologically supportive environment of absolute trust. We donāt have it. And we canāt draw on it when resilience is tested.
Dr Sabrina Cohen-Hatton is a chief fire warden and psychologist. Her work is very interesting- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabrina_Cohen-Hatton
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I reckon zero of our players/coaches are carrying 20 years of failure around- it doesnāt work like that.
The simpler answer is we are just a mediocre list, spinning our wheels with a continued conservative strategy/direction at board level.
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Itās us supporters who are carrying 20 years of failure.
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None of our issues are mental issues. Mental issues are the excuse, and will continue to be the excuse parroted by supporter and club shills.
If only our players had some therapy last off season, we easily would have won the premiership this year! Itās just all in the head!
Most of our list is post 2020 and have absolutely nothing to do with early to mid 2000s crap, and people, including the club, need to stop with this itās the mindset bullshit.
The issues are clear. And have been clear for quite some time now. Our list is ā ā ā ā . Our recruitment is ā ā ā ā . Our talent is ā ā ā ā . Our coach is ā ā ā ā . Our game style is next level ā ā ā ā itās actually hilarious, hey maybe if we bomb it into the forward line one more time weāll become the next best thing! Our administration is ā ā ā ā . Our training ground is ā ā ā ā .
This club is a shell of its former self, and should count itself lucky that they even have a single supporter at this point. Failure after failure after yet again more failure. Club should have folded and saved us all from the misery after the saga.
But hey ho, all we need is some more patience, while we change nothing dramatic, and legendary coach Brad Scott is here to save the day!
Anyway, who cares about winning games of footy. Thatās way too resultist.
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