News AFL Coaches' Survey

[Hardas]

Thought this might be an interesting talking point - particularly where coaches are in strong agreement:

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-08-...ay-are-the-games-best-defenders-mids-forwards

Some of the content:
'...When asked what types of players the coaches thought were the most valuable, they were split on inside midfielders and goalkicking forwards (both 31.25 per cent). Key defenders and outside midfielders attracted only six per cent of the vote each.
The skills that needed improving most were goalkicking (43.75 per cent) and field kicking (37.5 per cent), while no coaches were concerned about marking, applying pressure and spoiling.
When asked if they were happy with players kicking on the outside of their preferred foot, rather than using their opposite foot, the majority of coaches said players should enter the system with skills on both feet.
The majority (56.25 per cent) believed the draft age should be higher, with only one coach believing it should be lower. The rest were happy with the status quo...'

BTW, must have been carried out a while ago because one coach picked us for the flag!

 

[Hardas]

BTW, examples of things that they overwhelmingly agree on:
- Thursday night games;
- free agency compensation;
- trusting the recruiting team to do their jobs;
- coaching from the box beats coaching from the bench;
- post-match press conferences being the least stressful part of the job [maybe this was done after MM's departure [!].