Steve Morris VFL Coach

[Dyer'ere]

Steve is a disciple of Damien Hardwick and Craig McRae. He took over the VFL team from X as at 2022, having been a darling of Hardwick and captained under McRae.

Our VFL job is not an easy assignment due to the make up of the list. We're going to talk about that.

Richmond V Werribee R12 2022 was a bad game. And some supporters lost a bit of faith in Morris. Why?

Body language. Cohesion. Connection. Culture?

"Losing teams look soft." Rodney Eade.

We looked soft alright. Terrible. And, for periods, a rabble - disorganised. Rudderless.

Values? Nup. Virtue? No - vanity. Leadership? From the Superhunks in small doses and Ross. Some example from the out of form George.

Morris had a bad week. In terms of values and organisation. He did right the ship at times. But we looked soft. FFS we looked like we did against Coburg way back in 2016.

The set up is hard. Our best players Juddy (now in the ones) MRJ, Banks, Brown and perhaps Sonsie are children. We have no tall forwards. No structure at all save for rucks in inside 50.

Along with Ryan this quintet is favoured because can actually play. And our structures look like *smile*. Our egalitarianism is wrong. Our meritocracy. Our players are not rewarded for sacrifice.

I think that's a club/list thing, not a Morris thing. But it aint Stoicism.

 

[Ghost of 29]

Is this from a sample of one really bad game? aFL aligned VFL teams always get opened up by strong VFL stand alones. Werribee had a game tailor made for their team of strong hard bodies. It wasn’t a game for the skills or speed but banging bodies. In comparison to Tiges, Werribee looked like bodybuilders in footy boots.
The goal of our VFL is to prepare guys to come into the AFL ready to contribute. If the VFL team wins games whilst fulfilling its primary KPI then all the better but it isn’t the main focus.
Everything you hear on Steve Morris is positive and he is a young man just starting out on his coaching career. Cost cutting got him the gig as he was cheap but give him time to figure it all out. It took Dimma 4 yrs as an assistant and 7 as head coach to figure it out.

 

[Dyer'ere]

Is this from a sample of one really bad game? aFL aligned VFL teams always get opened up by strong VFL stand alones. Werribee had a game tailor made for their team of strong hard bodies. It wasn’t a game for the skills or speed but banging bodies. In comparison to Tiges, Werribee looked like bodybuilders in footy boots.
The goal of our VFL is to prepare guys to come into the AFL ready to contribute. If the VFL team wins games whilst fulfilling its primary KPI then all the better but it isn’t the main focus.
Everything you hear on Steve Morris is positive and he is a young man just starting out on his coaching career. Cost cutting got him the gig as he was cheap but give him time to figure it all out. It took Dimma 4 yrs as an assistant and 7 as head coach to figure it out.

Great post, Go29.

It's a sample of one game.

Which happened to be quite bad.

But there are those who watch a lot of VFL. The thread is open. And we can discuss Steve Morris's work.

 

[Tigers of Old]

Soft cap.. It's hard alright. I'll cut Steve some slack.

 

[Dont Argue]

Great post, Go29.

It's a sample of one game.

Which happened to be quite bad.

But there are those who watch a lot of VFL. The thread is open. And we can discuss Steve Morris's work.

The game before last against Sydney was no better.
Colina and Bauer should hopefully straighten us up but our midfielders are getting flogged.

 

[spook]

We have a young VFL side, with fill-ins from the Ammos. Fly's 2016 team definitely started our golden run via the glamorous youth but it had better VFL-listed players too. His 2017 team made the grand final with a wealth of experienced AFL players: Lloyd, Miles, Maric, Conca, Hunt, Griffens, Batchelor, Morris, Hampson, plus youthful glamours Bolton, Short, Stengle, Menadue, Chol (and youthful potatoes Lennon, Markov, CEllis, Garthwaite, Seymour), and several bona fide VFL players like Hugh Beasley (stull going around with Box Hill), Sam Darley, Jacob Ballard, Dan Coffield (captained Sandringham last year) and Tom Silvestro. Jake Aarts would have been in the side too if not for an untimely suspension.

The 2019 VFL flag side also contained plenty of AFL experience (Morro, Weller, Towner, Markov, Butler, Menadue, Seymour, Garth) plus Egg, Chol, and the children Balta, CJ, Naish, Miller, RCD, Stack, Turner, English, VFL stalwarts Beasley, Street, Coffield and Ballard, and of course Marlion. We could even afford to leave out KMac and Ross for safety and still win the flag.

Morro is working with children and amateurs. Street arguably the only bona fide VFL player amongst the ring-ins.

 

[Dyer'ere]

We have a young VFL side, with fill-ins from the Ammos. Fly's 2016 team definitely started our golden run via the glamorous youth but it had better VFL-listed players too. His 2017 team made the grand final with a wealth of experienced AFL players: Lloyd, Miles, Maric, Conca, Hunt, Griffens, Batchelor, Morris, Hampson, plus youthful glamours Bolton, Short, Stengle, Menadue, Chol (and youthful potatoes Lennon, Markov, CEllis, Garthwaite, Seymour), and several bona fide VFL players like Hugh Beasley (stull going around with Box Hill), Sam Darley, Jacob Ballard, Dan Coffield (captained Sandringham last year) and Tom Silvestro. Jake Aarts would have been in the side too if not for an untimely suspension.

The 2019 VFL flag side also contained plenty of AFL experience (Morro, Weller, Towner, Markov, Butler, Menadue, Seymour, Garth) plus Egg, Chol, and the children Balta, CJ, Naish, Miller, RCD, Stack, Turner, English, VFL stalwarts Beasley, Street, Coffield and Ballard, and of course Marlion. We could even afford to leave out KMac and Ross for safety and still win the flag.

Morro is working with children and amateurs. Street arguably the only bona fide VFL player amongst the ring-ins.

What you say is right, spook. But the 2019 is not the 2016 side. That's the one Fly started with.

But agree about Morris's side being way too young.

What we get to watch is Morris's success. Or otherwise.

I think all posters agree that last week was *smile*.

 

[Merveille]

Steve is a disciple of Damien Hardwick and Craig McRae. He took over the VFL team from X as at 2022, having been a darling of Hardwick and captained under McRae.

Our VFL job is not an easy assignment due to the make up of the list. We're going to talk about that.

Richmond V Werribee R12 2022 was a bad game. And some supporters lost a bit of faith in Morris. Why?

Body language. Cohesion. Connection. Culture?

"Losing teams look soft." Rodney Eade.

We looked soft alright. Terrible. And, for periods, a rabble - disorganised. Rudderless.

Values? Nup. Virtue? No - vanity. Leadership? From the Superhunks in small doses and Ross. Some example from the out of form George.

Morris had a bad week. In terms of values and organisation. He did right the ship at times. But we looked soft. FFS we looked like we did against Coburg way back in 2016.

The set up is hard. Our best players Juddy (now in the ones) MRJ, Banks, Brown and perhaps Sonsie are children. We have no tall forwards. No structure at all save for rucks in inside 50.

Along with Ryan this quintet is favoured because can actually play. And our structures look like *smile*. Our egalitarianism is wrong. Our meritocracy. Our players are not rewarded for sacrifice.

I think that's a club/list thing, not a Morris thing. But it aint Stoicism.

Kudos to Morris for turning this around.
What a marvellous performance down at Casey.
Is that his imprimatur? Is he the next back pocket plumber coach?
This guy got everything out of himself as a player.
That undermanned VFL team looked united, stoic, happy and ready for any battle.
Great to see and don’t we need some sunshine

 

[TigerFurious]

Kudos to Morris for turning this around.
What a marvellous performance down at Casey.
Is that his imprimatur? Is he the next back pocket plumber coach?
This guy got everything out of himself as a player.
That undermanned VFL team looked united, stoic, happy and ready for any battle.
Great to see and don’t we need some sunshine

Certainly had his critics around here but definitely deserves kudos for yesterdays VFL result. Casey had something like 13 AFL listed players to our 5. They were undefeated and had generally been belting teams every week.

 

[MB78]

Certainly had his critics around here but definitely deserves kudos for yesterdays VFL result. Casey had something like 13 AFL listed players to our 5. They were undefeated and had generally been belting teams every week.

And they had 3 talls in their team who are getting paid $500k a season. While our talls are all basically injured.

 

[CarnTheTiges]

Certainly had his critics around here but definitely deserves kudos for yesterdays VFL result. Casey had something like 13 AFL listed players to our 5. They were undefeated and had generally been belting teams every week.

And they’re defending Premiers. Definitely a Tiger hearted effort.

 

[Stig]

Great effort by the coach
Also hung around during tough times with CoVid / Soft Cap issues .Will be another senior coach in the waiting

 

[mad_tiggy911]

Great motivating performance. The players were up for the fight all game. Hopefully the seniors take note.

 

[Merveille]

Great effort by the coach
Also hung around during tough times with CoVid / Soft Cap issues .Will be another senior coach in the waiting

Yeah something tells me this guy certainly isn’t a money man, it’s all about the game for him.
I reckon he would coach the club for a packet of Tim Tams

 

[TigerForce]

Kudos to Morris for turning this around.
What a marvellous performance down at Casey.
Is that his imprimatur? Is he the next back pocket plumber coach?
This guy got everything out of himself as a player.
That undermanned VFL team looked united, stoic, happy and ready for any battle.
Great to see and don’t we need some sunshine

Agree Merv. Watching that 6 min video last night gave me more hope in Morro as coach. Hope it continues. I like how he praised Steely for pumping up the players on the bench.

 

[Merveille]

Love this bloke as a coach, great demeanour and great development coach for the young blokes. Instills belief and loves a tough situation. John Northey traits, a mix of the old Tiger ways with the current trends.
Plus his team changes so much repeatedly, is obviously a great communicator and can get the required messages through

 

[spook]

We've had 16 VFL debutantes this year. Gobsmacking. Credit to Morro and whoever keeps finding him hidden gems.

 

[wammo]

Really good observation re communication to a constantly changing line up Merv.
Hadn’t considered that before.
But I am a bit slow

Love this bloke as a coach, great demeanour and great development coach for the young blokes. Instills belief and loves a tough situation. John Northey traits, a mix of the old Tiger ways with the current trends.
Plus his team changes so much repeatedly, is obviously a great communicator and can get the required messages through

 

[Merveille]

Really good observation re communication to a constantly changing line up Merv.
Hadn’t considered that before.
But I am a bit slow

Just hope we keep him

 

[Go The Tiges!]

Wouldn’t be surprised if he gets elevated as assistant coach to the seniors.