You are confusing empirical data with 'Carter makes stuff up'.
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Damien Hardwick
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I wonder if Grimes, Vlossy, and Nank have been in a heavy training load all year?
Someone should let them have a break!
Tarrant must have been given a particularly heavy training load for the first 10 weeks.
Aarts and Castagna must have been training heavy for two years.
Someone should let them have a break!
Tarrant must have been given a particularly heavy training load for the first 10 weeks.
Aarts and Castagna must have been training heavy for two years.
I like the loads theory as we’ve done it before to great success.
Of course, we may just be a poor team at the moment, separate to the loads issue.
But that doesn’t mean we aren’t doing it. In fact, based on previous successes I’d be surprised if we aren’t.
You could say the variable loads theory has… legs?
On a side note but still regarding training loads along with conditioning, I think Peter Burge deserves a statue for getting us through the 2020 season.
Hubs, relocations, huge upheaval and lack of continuity.
In the area of general conditioning, getting us up for that 2020 finals series was a Herculean effort.
Hubs, relocations, huge upheaval and lack of continuity.
In the area of general conditioning, getting us up for that 2020 finals series was a Herculean effort.
Whatever the reasons for us dropping right away after the Geelong game, the coach has got to find an answer in a real hurry cause this season is fast fading away & so are a few careers.
For clarification, I'm not saying we don't have periods of heavy training throughout the year. Or even that it doesn't impact performance at all. I've done heavy training loads, I know what it's like.
I'm just saying having heavy legs doesn't make you lose to North Melbourne.
I don't have empirical data, but I'd attribute our current poor form to this variety of things in no order.
1. Mental. The Emma Murray influence has evaporated. The players look pressured, panicky and rushed. The intent to chase and pressure (1.6 pressure rating? What? Richmond?) is not there. Lack of composure. Losing breeds losing. Need to win to make finals.
2. Leadership. Fits in to mental. But Grimes and Nank have battled for form. I don't know how that fits in to on field leadership, but it can't be good. I hate co Captains and the resultant abdication of responsibility.
3. Injuries. Martin and Lynch turn our last 2 games into wins. The year looks very different that way. Let alone what our injury list looked like 2 weeks ago.
4. Selection. We are not selecting sides sensibly. We haven't all year. We don't seem to have a structure of selecting like for like. We have players playing one week as forwards, the next as defenders. We have players omitted on form, then included as the sub. If they're omitted, omit them. We have players who are specialists in a position being passed over for players who are being trialled in one. I don't think players are coming in knowing what their roles are. This leads to a lack of responsibility for your position.
5. Age. Both young and old. Our older players are slowing down. Edwards, Cotchy, Jack, Lambo, Dusty. And these are irreplaceable, premiership superstars. Almost exclusively from our midfield. We don't really have a middle tier of 24-29 year olds. Balta, Bolton, Graham, Ross, Ralphsmith, Gibcus, Miller, Baker, MRJ, Clarke, Sonsie are all footballing babies, and are all being asked to play major roles. They will start to really hit their straps over the next five to seven years. This has hit our midfield most significantly, but has led to extreme inconsistency across the park.
1. Mental. The Emma Murray influence has evaporated. The players look pressured, panicky and rushed. The intent to chase and pressure (1.6 pressure rating? What? Richmond?) is not there. Lack of composure. Losing breeds losing. Need to win to make finals.
2. Leadership. Fits in to mental. But Grimes and Nank have battled for form. I don't know how that fits in to on field leadership, but it can't be good. I hate co Captains and the resultant abdication of responsibility.
3. Injuries. Martin and Lynch turn our last 2 games into wins. The year looks very different that way. Let alone what our injury list looked like 2 weeks ago.
4. Selection. We are not selecting sides sensibly. We haven't all year. We don't seem to have a structure of selecting like for like. We have players playing one week as forwards, the next as defenders. We have players omitted on form, then included as the sub. If they're omitted, omit them. We have players who are specialists in a position being passed over for players who are being trialled in one. I don't think players are coming in knowing what their roles are. This leads to a lack of responsibility for your position.
5. Age. Both young and old. Our older players are slowing down. Edwards, Cotchy, Jack, Lambo, Dusty. And these are irreplaceable, premiership superstars. Almost exclusively from our midfield. We don't really have a middle tier of 24-29 year olds. Balta, Bolton, Graham, Ross, Ralphsmith, Gibcus, Miller, Baker, MRJ, Clarke, Sonsie are all footballing babies, and are all being asked to play major roles. They will start to really hit their straps over the next five to seven years. This has hit our midfield most significantly, but has led to extreme inconsistency across the park.
We might else not turn up.
How the AFL bend us over playing a home game on a ground that dosent suit our game style has me fked.
Only in the AFL
I were surprised at how LITTLE Dusty did at training today, Lynch looked further along to me.
1. unlikely. we still have the Emma Murray blueprint and if we look rushed it is because our midfield playmakers, the guys who ensure smooth transition and create space, are either old or injured. cotch is slowish now, edwards is cooked, lambert off the park, martin off the park.
2. tend to agree. nank has been generally poor and grimes has been up and down. but lets not forget grimes has had a few superb games also. i wonder if they were the right choices captaincy wise. the dual captaincy suggests neither was ready to take it with both hands.
3. our injuries aren't that bad.
4. garbage. selection is dictated by our system, which is filled with role-players. I'd rather we didn't see Aarts, Parker, Ross, etc but our 18-21 yos are either *smile* or too young. we don't have depth and team selection has reflected that.
5. agree on the bifurcated age profile
You mean since Prestia was concussed, and Lynch was injured? (We were fine against the Weagles).
I don't think I am going out on a limb to say they are our 2 most important players. Maybe Nank also.
Makes me wonder again if he's had a bit of a setback.
2 weeks ago there was vision of him helping the team prepare vs Gold Coast.
Now he's missing a 3rd week? I'm not drawing a correlation & there may be nothing to it but..
Hammies are always 3 weeks minimum, regardless of the extent of the "awareness"
