mmmmm… good point. Looking at that stretch of games we thumped West Coast and then lost the next two by 15 against Richmond and 16 against GWS, but then thumped Port by 70. Then lost against Sydney by 1 point, and lost to Brisbane at Etihad by 8 points. We then had three wins in a row against Collingwood (37), St Kilda (61 points) and North (27). It was a very decent run with three big wins. There is good signs we are getting there.
I’d hope that a club who has so far this decade paid out 4 full seasons for coaches to not coach us (five if you include Hird’s suspension year), might be a bit cautious when it comes to coaching contract extensions.
Two for Knights. On further digging, Hird only had one year left on his contract (I thought it was two), so I guess it’s three years, or four if you Include the suspension year.
Clubs these days generally seem to prefer to give the extension and pay the contract out if it all goes wrong rather than endure the constant speculation when the club loses games in the final year of a coach’s contract. Not saying it’s the right call, but it seems to be the one most commonly made (Buckley last year aside).
The other fact that the club might consider is that Woosh couldn’t really have done much more in his first two years. Kept the club afloat and competitive in 16, made the finals in 17 with the returning players. I don’t know if he’s the man either (I suspect not), but to this point I would say his tenure has been a solid 8/10 considering the surrounding circumstances.
I have a problem with the tendency to anthropomorphise teams. It’s done so often because it makes it easy to write and explain a complex system. But it is highly inaccurate and in my opinion, only serves the medias-guzzling fans.
As in ‘Team Y is mentally weak’.
No, ■■■■■■■■, 22 elite sportsmen at the peak of their sport are anything but ‘mentally weak’.