puntrd64 said:
To use Tiger Masochists logic in reverse, it looks like the players have been patiently waiting for the right assistant coaches to turn up. Seems they can follow numerous game plans explained to them.
Huh?
Why bother trying to reverse what you think I'm thinking?
There's a solid combination of things that might help our team improve, or at least get back to where we were a couple of years before last years disaster.
Extremely unlikely that any of the players have been patiently waiting for the right assistants to suddenly appear as you are suggesting. But, by the same token, having a freshen up of the coaching group occasionally wouldn't do any harm. New thought processes, different ideas etc can all have some impact.
Dunno where you dug up the guff comment about them following numerous game plans, I've said often that we've had variations n changes to the game plan at least for 2013, 2014, 2015, trying to improve our overall performance. Last year was just an abysmal crap out of everything
Having virtually a full list of fit players to choose from certainly makes things a lot easier for not only the coaches to pick their best possible team each week. It also helps the players confidence n belief that they can perform to expectations on game day.
Also doesn't hurt to have some mature quality imports added to the team over the off season, nor does it hurt performance when a bunch of youngsters have been blooded under duress the previous season so that they now at least have an understanding of the levels required for senior footy.
No doubt at all that Dimma will go eventually, same as every other person who's ever put on the coaching hat in any sporting endeavor. If sacking the coach is the be all n end all of creating success, we'd have won at least another dozen flags over the last thirty plus years, we've been masters of the sacked / not renewed coach since Tommy got shafted. There's always many more factors than just " the coach is a dud " or " the coach is a genius " involved in consistently winning games n playing finals n genuinely competing for flags. Just blaming the coach all the time is simply a cheap n nasty cop out.