The buck always stops with the coach. I said it about sheedy, knights hird and now worsfold.
you can crap on about players not hitting targets, but who is ultimately picking them ?
who picked Irish ? after a poor showing in adelaide and then being rubbed out ?
who keeps playing zaka ? despite being soft and a front runner all year ?
Who picked bellchambers ? knowing melbourne had no rucks and would likely run him around, while also knowing our midfield has been the worst performed part of our side this year, so expecting him to get it to our advantage was a pipe dream.
Yes we had a 4 day break, we’ve had 6 months to plan for it. our coach himself said certain players had already hit a wall, so why would anyone you thought who had hit that, be playing today with a 4 day break ?
the simple fact is it was poorly planned and thought out how to act with the 4 day break. It had no contingencies for if and more than likely when ■■■■ it the fan like it did in the first half.
The coaches just expected them to come out and be switched on and ready and play, which there’s enough evidence out there to show they don’t do that.
if players hit their targets blah blah, maybe if the coach dropped the players who weren’t doing what they are expected to do, then when guys like coyler and zerrett have off days, it’s just a handful of players, not half the team from the get go.