The Carlton, St Kilda, Sydney and Suns games were ones that felt like we were in complete control and would go on and win comfortably. Once we got 17 points up on Geelong, I thought we'd run away with it. Then it all just stops.
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Damien Hardwick
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If they players can't or don't know how to execute then that is down to the coach/coaching as well.
We did it without Rance, and we've done it with Grigg! But yeah, it does get harder.
The Carlton and Saints games turned on injuries to key players imo (Prestia and Grimes respectively). Probably the Geelong game too. Soldo helped us get back into the game but as it opened up in the last quarter that lack of midfield rotation really showed. Having said all of that, an elite team finds a way to close 3/5 or 4/5 of those games out. Do that, and we're a flag fancy. But we're not an elite team anymore.
We have a record 14-16 leading at 3qtr time.
Who's the fkstick who put the qtrs back to 20 + time on?
Who's the fkstick who put the qtrs back to 20 + time on?
*Take the Adelaide loss, you don't lose to that *smile* side period. There Grand Final.
*Leading Carlton by 20 at the 6 min mark of the last qtr,
*The swans loss unbelievable how bad we were in the last 20 mins.
*Geelong up by 17 and we allow them to kick 3 in 7 mins.
*and GC 40 pts up. Shouldve been 60+ at half time.
We should be a game clear on top.
If this game was in the 70's or 80's Hardwick wouldve been sacked.
Not good enough
Get them running 440's all night.
*smile* off the fitness guy..our strength and conditioning bloke is a sack of potatoes.
*Leading Carlton by 20 at the 6 min mark of the last qtr,
*The swans loss unbelievable how bad we were in the last 20 mins.
*Geelong up by 17 and we allow them to kick 3 in 7 mins.
*and GC 40 pts up. Shouldve been 60+ at half time.
We should be a game clear on top.
If this game was in the 70's or 80's Hardwick wouldve been sacked.
Not good enough
Get them running 440's all night.
*smile* off the fitness guy..our strength and conditioning bloke is a sack of potatoes.
its definitely fitness if the boys cant consistently run the games out or fade in the last quarter
*smile* the bed fitness.
Without even training after 15 AFL games you would be right up there with your physical fitness.
But our players hit 30, they might else well hit 50 or 60,. They look slow, they look unfit.
Everybody focuses on physical fitness, but it was mindfulness than really set us apart from all the other clubs.
Do we still have a mindfulness coach in the rooms at half time? Are we still working with universities? Every club can run, but 90% of performance is above the shoulders.
I reckon even Dimma maybe doesn't fully appreciate the extent that our advantage came from mindfulness.
Do we still have a mindfulness coach in the rooms at half time? Are we still working with universities? Every club can run, but 90% of performance is above the shoulders.
I reckon even Dimma maybe doesn't fully appreciate the extent that our advantage came from mindfulness.
Murray played her part but there were other, arguably more influential factors involved.
The core of a team that had made finals 3 of the previous 4 years, twice (2013 and 2015) winning 15 games in a season which is the same number of wins we had in 2017 when we won our first premiership.
We had also been recruiting to improve the running ability going back a number of years prior (Rioli, Butler, Castagna, Lambert, Ellis, McIntosh etc) which would become a major factor in our premier winning sides.
Finally, in a single offseason (2016) we lost Deledio but added Nankervis, Prestia and Caddy via trades. That’s a massive influx of talent for a side that was already finals calibre.
But we've never done it without George..... ( at least for over 40 years)
Clarkson recognised as one of the greatest ever match day coaches.
And, like Hardwick, in the end a victim of his own success with high draft picks and equalisation.
But their list isn’t as bad as some are making out.
Their drafting history was brave and perhaps callous but, unlike what happened at North, the players involved don’t seem scarred by it.
His recruitment of Wingard and O’Meara probably wrong, depending whether you believe the coach is totally responsible for that
It's harder to accept that our Kids disappear after half time. They don't give us run when we desperately need it
possibly,
id like to see stats on the injuries and recurring injuries
Some interesting and pointed remarks from Dimma in his Presser.
'He's taking responsibility' for some lack of prep of the players to handle these tight games. then says 'I mean all of us coaches' need to do better/learn.
Couldnt agree more. Said it before, some of our development is below standard.
'He's taking responsibility' for some lack of prep of the players to handle these tight games. then says 'I mean all of us coaches' need to do better/learn.
Couldnt agree more. Said it before, some of our development is below standard.
