What a ripper. Love the hunger he has to succeed.
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haha most people picking Hird over Dimma and Chris Scott. I guess some people just want to see the world burn.
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Hoyneās stat is tackles broken, which they are using as a generalised pressure metric to say āworst pressure recordedā. Scott was saying the actual pressure around the ball was good, but it amounted to nothing because we couldnāt stick tackles or force turnovers so they cut us up on ball movement in order to get outside the stoppage
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perkins in particular seem to have poor technique a few times, way high
brad said the pressure was good but our tackle completion rate was at 40% which is terrible
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Thatās what it looked like on TV to me
Canāt remember who said it but yes, itās intent. He said something like thereās a player who tackles, then thereās the player who really WANTS to tackle his opponent. Effective tackling I understood to be in part technique but equally an intent to nail the tackle.
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And yet, you donāt want to rebuild the listā¦
I sort of agree with you. I donāt think better coaches are getting more out of this list. Weāve got lazy, low-footy IQ, ball butchers all throughout the best 22. No coachās gameplan or strategy holds up if players wonāt chase or they keep turning the ball over.
But this is the problem with Scott. He should have been turning more best 22 players over. He needed to āsee what he hadā during year one. Thatās fine. But after that, he shouldāve gone harder at the list. He was brought in to change the club culture. Why not with the list as well?
Why is he picking the same dead weight and expecting a better result?
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As usual Journos seem to miss the point. Ignoring ā ā ā ā , why wouldnāt you, the 3 biggest issues I believe that have Blitz screaming for Scottās head are:
- The Gameplan - do we have one that will take us forward?
- His post game comments were bewildering, and almost nonsensical, to those who watched the game; and
- The subbing off of SEH at half time, when there were others much more worthy of being replaced.
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I think you are focusing too much on the present, and wanting instant success. Wont get us anywhere and we will be back where we started in two years time.
I am in no way focusing on instant success.
It is not unreasonable to expect a coach in their 3rd year at a club to have a clear gameplan that is being developed with a view to playing and winning finals.
Iām not sure how being exasperated at hearing that Setterfield limited Bont, and we were focusing on attack (when we only had 11 scoring shots) is looking for instant success.
As for the subbing of SEH, that was a move in direct contrast to building for the future, a kid in his first full game should not have been benched at half time.
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What does Brad Scott have on the media since his AFL Administrator days?
They basically perform falicio on him at every opportunity.
Heās achieved ā ā ā ā all noteworthy in his long ass coaching career, heās basically doing the same old ā ā ā ā with Essendon with one of the most boring dull game plans weāve seen. We sucked under Worsfold, but at least we had a crack most of the time and looked exciting at times. Even when we win now we look like ā ā ā ā .
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Heās not wrong though.
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I dont think this should be the head coaches role, it should be the footy GM with some input from list management and coach. In relation to list turnover.
Ask for priority pick
West ozzie bomber?
Thought he ran off with your_team
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Brad Scott is a protected species with his media mates
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3 years in, Fark all improvement, in fact gone backwards in several aspects.
Playing a few kids, but really not developing them. The players look hamstrung by positions they are not comfortable in. There is no freedom, no encouragement to take the game on, itās very rigid and stale.
We are going to waste 3 more years with this guy. Itās literally Whoosha 2.0.
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