Only Forwards
Just you wait and see
Clearly we are in a form of transition, reset, rebuild, whatever you want to call it we are in it.
On field
I see the departure of club stalwarts as being a massive changing of the guard. We lose two bloke who have been out there more than any other, this is a huge thing to hand over to those that we have been bringing through.
We will take the opportunity to hand over to Jack (while the debate about form and what not can go on I am pretty certain it'll be him). Jack make this your team. Use it to force the best out of yourself every game, and the best out of those around you. You need your best season to come in 2017, there is no other option, you have to do this.
Change in how we look going forward, too often the burden of doing the game winning feats have been left on a short old blokes shoulders. We need more class moving the ball from centre to forward line. We also need more consistency when we get it in there. A fit Higgins should help, Jed maybe, Honestly Patch would probably have been handy in this aspect.
Off Field - Coaching
Brad I implore you to take this opportunity and run. In your lead up to preseason I want you to establish a set of standards that you will ruthlessly apply. There are things that should just no longer be tolerated.
- non contesting, Honestly I don't care who it is we should have 100% commitment to the contest. Too many players on the list will wait for the tackle rather than force the contest. Basic of footy this, head over the ball go when its your turn, don't and you play VFL.
- Momentum crushing skill errors. I am not going to pay out on specific players, but when we force the ball forward and f*** up the opportunity it deflates the team. Players missing goals 35 meters out, players not taking the responsibility of kicking the goals, should be omitted. if it comes to it play kids. No free rides, no sacred cows.
Brad it is not often a coach gets 2 cracks at building a list for a push to finals. You are one of the few, it is on you what you do with it. Get out from behind the laptop, coach by feel. Put the media perception on the back burner for a bit. I know you like controlled and systematic, Football isn't and shouldn't be played by robots. Sometimes a bake ain't the worst thing in the world. The best coaches that this club has ever had could peel the paint of the walls. Not suggesting that you become that brutal, but coach with the feeling you had as a player.
Off Field - Admin
I don't mind the silence right now, I interpret it as battening down the hatches rather than spinning out of control.
Once this season and trade eon are over, come out and be bloody strong about who we are and what we stand for. no leaving it to Brad, I want President and CEO out in the media leading the way on this. Let the coach coach.
verall
To the people saying that we will be down for a long time I wholeheartedly disagree. We have the core of a playing group that has pushed us to finals repeatedly still together. We have a history that says we do not conduct ourselves in such a manner.
We may dip next year for no other reason than we need to cycle through some blokes to find the ones who will stick.
As much as a dip is on the table, if by some miracle we had a completely healthy list for the entire year, and with what should be an easier draw, finishing higher than we did this year is also on the table.
If we want to change how we've been getting to where we have, now is that time.
Look beyond the cursory to find the opportunity.
On field
I see the departure of club stalwarts as being a massive changing of the guard. We lose two bloke who have been out there more than any other, this is a huge thing to hand over to those that we have been bringing through.
We will take the opportunity to hand over to Jack (while the debate about form and what not can go on I am pretty certain it'll be him). Jack make this your team. Use it to force the best out of yourself every game, and the best out of those around you. You need your best season to come in 2017, there is no other option, you have to do this.
Change in how we look going forward, too often the burden of doing the game winning feats have been left on a short old blokes shoulders. We need more class moving the ball from centre to forward line. We also need more consistency when we get it in there. A fit Higgins should help, Jed maybe, Honestly Patch would probably have been handy in this aspect.
Off Field - Coaching
Brad I implore you to take this opportunity and run. In your lead up to preseason I want you to establish a set of standards that you will ruthlessly apply. There are things that should just no longer be tolerated.
- non contesting, Honestly I don't care who it is we should have 100% commitment to the contest. Too many players on the list will wait for the tackle rather than force the contest. Basic of footy this, head over the ball go when its your turn, don't and you play VFL.
- Momentum crushing skill errors. I am not going to pay out on specific players, but when we force the ball forward and f*** up the opportunity it deflates the team. Players missing goals 35 meters out, players not taking the responsibility of kicking the goals, should be omitted. if it comes to it play kids. No free rides, no sacred cows.
Brad it is not often a coach gets 2 cracks at building a list for a push to finals. You are one of the few, it is on you what you do with it. Get out from behind the laptop, coach by feel. Put the media perception on the back burner for a bit. I know you like controlled and systematic, Football isn't and shouldn't be played by robots. Sometimes a bake ain't the worst thing in the world. The best coaches that this club has ever had could peel the paint of the walls. Not suggesting that you become that brutal, but coach with the feeling you had as a player.
Off Field - Admin
I don't mind the silence right now, I interpret it as battening down the hatches rather than spinning out of control.
Once this season and trade eon are over, come out and be bloody strong about who we are and what we stand for. no leaving it to Brad, I want President and CEO out in the media leading the way on this. Let the coach coach.
verall
To the people saying that we will be down for a long time I wholeheartedly disagree. We have the core of a playing group that has pushed us to finals repeatedly still together. We have a history that says we do not conduct ourselves in such a manner.
We may dip next year for no other reason than we need to cycle through some blokes to find the ones who will stick.
As much as a dip is on the table, if by some miracle we had a completely healthy list for the entire year, and with what should be an easier draw, finishing higher than we did this year is also on the table.
If we want to change how we've been getting to where we have, now is that time.
Look beyond the cursory to find the opportunity.