Play Nice Bye Bye Brad #3 [Locked: BS signs 2-year ext. Aug-2017, tied to NM until end 2020]

[LT Smash]

Longest serving coach of NMFC not to at least reach a grand final. Let that sink in.

 

[EDFL follower]

We came back from six goals down at half time against the Tigers. Once.

The only time we've overcome such a half time defecit under Scott.

Came from 33 points down against the drug cheats in the 2014 elimination final!

 

[Deadeyeroo]

Came from 33 points down against the drug cheats in the 2014 elimination final!

Well that's 2 games in 9 years. He's got a good strike rate

 

[Dodecahedron]

Other than Tarrant, I can't think of any player who Brad has developed properly in his time at North. Maybe Brown? That is the problem. A big problem.

 

[Royal Flush]

Other than Tarrant, I can't think of any player who Brad has developed properly in his time at North. Maybe Brown? That is the problem. A big problem.

Luke McDonald
Turner
BBB definitely.
But yes lots of inconsistencies
With our playing development

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[Hearts to hearts]

Continuing the out of body perspective since Friday night. If this was a team I don't support, who had got to final four a couple of times but no further and decided to "aggressively reset", had moved out seven entrenched senior players between the end of one season and round 5 of the next, and whose form had thereafter shown glimpses of being amazingly good, games of being turgidly bad, and a general lack of direction and consistency, I would think that would be about what you'd expect.

I was cool with stepping back this year until the Adelaide game, when (along with crazy results everywhere else) North's form made me think maybe anything was possible this season. Now I'd rather go back to limited expectations.

But that doesn't necessarily mean I want the club and team to. Wins over good opposition this season, and genuinely encouraging close losses, are just as real as the terrible losses, even though longer ago. They have it in them to be much better than the past two weeks. And they don't have to turn up their toes for the rest of 2017 just so I can relax into a "rebuilding" mindset.

Low finishes are good for drafting. Higher finishes are better for attracting players in the system already. There's no path to success sure enough to choose losing.

 

[ferball]

Luke McDonald
Turner
BBB definitely.
But yes lots of inconsistencies
With our playing development

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What? No one else?

 

[Royal Flush]

What? No one else?

Just trying to see it half full. Very difficult to cloud the truth.
Perhaps an indictment on not many top draft picks

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[ferball]

Goldstein, Gibson, Garner.

Players that have been dogged by injury but seemed to develop well otherwise include Wright, Jacobs, even Wood who isn't in his best form but still isn't s**t. Nowhere near as bad as some on here have suggested.

I would say Cunnington and Macmillan have both become good players. People expect more of Cunnington but he is in career best form over the whole year and gets targeted every week. Mullett is a spud yet everyone was singing his praises two weeks ago.

It could also be argued that Higgins and Waite have played better football here than at their previous clubs.

I'm not saying he is the development guru but he isn't as s**t at it as people make out.

And if the likes of Mountford, Clarke, Neilson and Durdin turn out to be as good as we'd hope then you can add them to that list too. Preuss maybe.

 

[domiroo]

This guy is ******* delusional please North Melbourne board of directors * this potato off and bring in a coach that can summon the shin boner spirit . Scott has introduced the squib boner spirit .

 

[Deadeyeroo]

No top 4 finishes at the end of the regular season in 9 years tells the story in itself. Hell a 9-0 start last year and he still couldn't bring it home. ******* limped into the finals only to be smashed again. Can't wait until this squib is gone.

 

[Quivorir]

I ruled out finals at the end of last year, how has he still not?

 

[Mr north man]

I ruled out finals at the end of last year, how has he still not?

The Current Board including our current Chairmen are only on the board as their Mate-Ex Chairmen Brayshaw got them on wont make a decision on Scott as there are week and lack knowledge

 

[ferball]

The Current Board including our current Chairmen are only on the board as their Mate-Ex Chairmen Brayshaw got them on wont make a decision on Scott as there are week and lack knowledge

POTW

 

[RobZombie]

I ruled out finals at the end of last year, how has he still not?

Because it's the tea ceremony of the presser. The kabuki.

 

[scooby1279]

So who is to blame for this?

 

[King Corey]

So who is to blame for this?

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Wow.

 

[Hearts to hearts]

So who is to blame for this?

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I'm old enough to remember when scoring with as few possessions as possible was a good thing. When we won games, or had close losses, no one was counting how many time Cunnington or Ziebell got the ball. Now it's the stat of the week.

 

[Kanga1996]

So who is to blame for this?

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Cam Joyce..

 

[Roozee]

So who is to blame for this?

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[ferball]

So who is to blame for this?

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Why is this meaningful? Is the number of possessions our players get related to our ladder position? How?

The four teams directly above us are either in the 8 or one place outside it. Have 30+ games by players helped the squawks or brions? We've only won 4 games and 3 of them have been against top 5 teams on that list.

 

[Roozee]

So who is to blame for this?

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Last year I did a thread entitled "Lachie Neale 16 defeats North Melbourne 15" which referenced our 30+ games for last season as follows:

Harvey 31 32
Cunnington 32
Wells 31 31 30
Ziebell 30
MacMillan 31 31 30
Dal Santo 33 31
Gibson 36 34 33
Swallow 0 (just thought I'd throw that in for interest's sake)

Consider that we've lost Harvey, Dal Santo and Wells out of that and there is half of our 30+ potential game ballwinners gone with no-one else filling that void currently.

Those 3 were all very good ball users as well.

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

Quality > quantity.

Always and forever.

 

[DesertRoo]

Quality > quantity.

Always and forever.

Ziebell likes this..

 

[King Corey]

I'm old enough to remember when scoring with as few possessions as possible was a good thing. When we won games, or had close losses, no one was counting how many time Cunnington or Ziebell got the ball. Now it's the stat of the week.

Do agree but it's a bit like the leg speed vs speed of ball movement argument in terms of being misleading but partly true. No you don't need players getting it 50 times for no effect but you do need some players with the ability to actually accumulate quality possession over a full game.