…eesh.
Was not calling him old.
I’m outies.
A little bit TMI,… but thanks for sharing.
If we’re going there though,. .I’m an innie myself,…
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Between Worsfold Harvey and McKenna there’s almost 60 years of afl level coaching, and Rob Harding is reputedly one of the brighter young tactics and analytical coaches in the league.
I find it an extraordinary suggestion that there’s many things they don’t see that we can see from the outer. It’s a team of about 8 coaches, there’s 40 odd on the list, being managed over a season that hopefully goes about 30 weeks including pre season: there’s a lot going on, all the time.
I would suggest what is seen on here as “lack of tactical nous” (aka “why do forwards go off after kicking a goal”) is far more likely a decision that’s been made where we don’t have all the information. After all, every decision they make would be a compromise of some sort. Go too defensive here, you lose a little run there. Get games into that guy, he’s going to be playing a role we don’t see him in long term. Real decisions that they have to weigh up and settle on.
I don’t think they have gotten it right all the time, but not for one second do I think it’s a lack of nous or knowledge or feel.
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With stronger mids id expect us to start our play more often forward of 50.
Until then I am entirely comfortable with how we play.
I think Woosha will coach this group all the way through. Looks to have their confidence, says the right things at pressos and has us playing a better brand of footy.(few ups and downs sure, but I think he will iron them out).
Hard to rate coaches. But really
IMO > Hardwick,Cameron, Hinkley, Pyke(maybe not his whole panel),Goodwin.
Holds his own against C Scott,Longmire.
And really most preferable of the lot to coach us.
That’s the top 8 covered. I think our brand of footy, Adelaide and the dogs understand where modern footy is going. Play the middle better than the other side.
Love watching GWS in full flight. I don’t think it takes a genius to coach them, just a younger coach then the calibre of players they have coach themselves.
Really impressed how we are tracking. Just need to sharpen the axe and bring a little more talent in at year end.
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IF you’re trying to suggest his game style is out of date or old fashioned… and knowing your biggest criticisms are not playing a tagger and letting/teaching the players to sort some of their own matchup ■■■■ out… then consider me bemused.
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Nope.
Who is our tagger?, that can be used to blanket these guys, and not be a total liability going the other way?
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Sure wasn’t Crowley.
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Then enlighten me?
I can’t tell you how often I look at our side and think “what we really need is a broken slowish 33 year old defensive guy who even Ross Lyon chucked out”
Yeah-nah, I won’t.
Given the posts replying to my point ‘that’s irrelevant,’ I’m just not confident of a rational discussion. Sozzles.
Thank you.
I think it’s pretty clear they’re not going to have a spot on the list for a dedicated tagger. And I don’t necessarily disagree but it’s certainly a discussion point. They have used 3 guys I can recall as taggers across about 7 or 8 games, including the Adelaide game last week. There is an argument and probably a good one we should’ve done it a lot more.
I’m just glad you’re not being petulant about it.
Ah.
Name-calling.
Yes, I see how far off my initial assessment was.
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Oh geez.
Be snarky or be thin skinned, it’s just highly irritating to throw stones then refuse to play.
(Choose life. I miss grumpy wim)
Of the top sides:
Crows don’t play a designated tagger.
GWS do but it’s Coniglio and he still racks up 30+ often and is damaging with his possessions.
Cats do with Scott Selwood, but he is also very effective as a ball winner.
Richmond don’t really play a designated tagger, Shaun Grigg I think sometimes may do so loosely but he also gets a lot of the ball
Swans dont play a designated tagger, game just passed they had Heeney play a semi accountable role on Sloane.
So seemingly if your midfield is good enough you don’t bother having someone who is an average player in general come in to play as a tagger.
Off the top of my head those teams that actually do are: Pies (Greenwood), Blues (Curnow) and North (Jacobs).
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Most issues can be viewed from multiple angles and different views can be equally valid. But there is only one reality when it comes to the issue of our critique of the game day tactical ability of our coaching staff.
Nobody who posts on Bomberblitz has ever coached AFL and would have even the foggiest idea how to do that job well or are even capable of offering a meaningful critique which takes account of the relevant factors that the coaches have to deal with in real time.
We are not even remotely qualified to critique the game day performance of AFL coaching staff who have won flags, been champion players, captains, B&F winners, been appointed senior AFL coaches etc etc.
Of course we can offer opinions but we have to recognise there is an implied preface to every post acknowledging our ignorance.
Imagine you’ve been doing a specialist job for 20 years and had elite success and some bozo on the internet who wouldn’t be allowed near the work that you do, tells you that he knows better - which is a conclusion always based on one fact - the team lost a game where 50% of the teams always lose.
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Grumpy wim gets banned.
But fine.
Against my better judgement.
I don’t see the point talking about taggers, especially that ‘we don’t have a tagger’ when this coach had the taggiest tagger that ever tagged, and refused to play him as a tagger.
He played him.
Oh, yeah, he played him. Ahead of people who would actually be at the club the next year. But not as a tagger.
So you can ask, ‘do we actually have a tagger?’ if you like.
I don’t know the answer to that, but if we don’t then it’s more design than accident.
And if we do then it doesn’t matter anyway, because this coach wouldn’t let Crowley tag.
To quote my good friend Joey, “It’s a moo point. It’s like a cow’s opinion. It just doesn’t matter. It’s moo.”
And yet, I’m sure someone will tell me that we’ve tagged three times this year.
While we can’t tag.
Definitely can’t tag Johannisen because he runs away.
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