Other AFL Evolution 2 Coach Career

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Tigz_09

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Sep 14, 2014
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Hot diggity Damn,
3 years just about since I last did an AFL story. geez time moves.
Hello lads and lasses, glad to be back around these parts again.
Going to be doing something a little different with this story.
I'll be adding media to the mix of text through YouTube.
I've been dabbling a little bit on this side of things recently and figured the more I do it, the better I should get at it.
Well, in theory anyways.
Enough of that though, lets get primed for some footy action.
HERE
WE
GO!​



It’s the 2020 season and time for another coach career story.

AFL Evolution 2 is our platform of choice.

Letting the AI play against each other also removes the ability to adjust tactics and change positions during the game. I was hoping coach mode, would be just that. but, it seems if you have no controller assigned to the team you can't do anything. If you have a controller assigned, you're forced to play without solely being the coach as the mode implies.
Unless I'm missing something...….

Already forced with a decision I wasn't expecting to make. I have decided to allow the AI to do its thing during the match and I will work the back office.

I think my playing would impact the actual results and make the side far better or worse than they would be normally. It will be a test to see how well Wicked Witch did with the AI and player position and interchanges. Also how it deals with the positions assigned to the players in the game.
Not crossing my fingers on this though. If you'd played this game already you would know the fundamentals of the game aren't very well portrayed.
Moving On...…...

So, who do we play for?

Well, I like a challenge, so It’s a no brainer. We’re going to go with the Gold Coast Suns and try and take the cellar dwellers of 2019 to a premiership. No idea how long this will take, or if I can even satisfy the requirements to keep my job as head coach. but, hey. That’s half the battle.


Let’s quickly recap on the Suns 2019 season.

3 wins, 19 losses and a percentage of just 60.5
Their worst season since their debut in 2011, having an equal win-loss tally but a percentage of just 56.3.
The 2012 season was marginally better, equal again in terms of win-loss ratio, with a percentage of 60.8.
The club has almost gone full circle, In their 9 years with the competition thus far.

The Suns picked up their 3 wins in consecutive rounds early in 2019. They defeated Fremantle by 3 points (Round 2), the Bulldogs by 5 points (Round 3) and Carlton by 2 points (Round 4).
2 of their losses came by just 1 point, St Kilda in round 1 and Melbourne in round 8.

Their average losing margin for the year was 46 points, a touch over 7 goals. Blown out by big losses to the likes of Adelaide (73) and (95), GWS Giants (83) and (72), Richmond (92), Collingwood (69), Brisbane (91) and Hawthorn (70).

Discounting those losses, the margin drops back to 22 points, almost 4 goals and much more respectable.
The challenge will be to reduce the blowout margins against the sides just mentioned and find those 4 goals needed to get across the line in closer games.

Get cozy and join me on another coaching journey
Cheers
Shannon.
 

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A good win by the Suns in our first run out for the season. Albeit a community series game. But hey, A wins a win

We dominated the inside 50's by +19 but our conversion rate was pretty average.
Converting at just over 60% with 31 scoring shots from 51 inside 50 entries
The Cats however converted their chances at 75% with 24 scoring shots from 32 inside 50 entries.

Jarrod Witts dominated the game for us.
14 kicks, 2 handballs, 6 contested pos., 12 uncontested pos., 35 hitouts, 7 inside 50's, 6 tackles and a goal.

David Swallow picking up an injury along with Hugh Greenwood.
Both players expected to miss the next game, but should be fit for round 1.

Other matches played out in the first week.
The Saints held on to secure a 6 point win over the Hawks
North Melbourne with a confident 47 point win over the Bulldogs
Adelaide edging out the Demons by 11 points
Brisbane getting the job done over Port Adelaide by 23 points.
 

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We move onto the second week of the pre-season.
Gold Coast with a bye this week

West Coast secured a 9 point win over the Bombers
GWS
smashed the Swans in a pre-season derby by 62 points
Carlton shocked the Dockers with a 21 point victory
Collingwood pipped the Tigers in a close match by 6 points.

 

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The second Pre-Season game is just moments away.
Gold Coast taking on Adelaide at Adelaide Oval.

The crows fielding 19 of their best 22 players as picked by the folks at FoxFooty.
They'll be looking to go 2 for 2 as the season proper nears.

We've made just the 2 forced changes this week.
Swallow replaced by Corey Ellis
and
Will Brodie comes in for Greenwood.
Both Swallow and Greenwood should be fit to play come round 1.​
 

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Well we've been in the mix, but a loss this time around by 6 points.
high scoring contest for both sides.

We allowed 37 scoring shots from 48 entries to the Crows. Their efficiency running at 77%
Defensively we didn't do any better of a job than the last game. So we'll have to look more closely at how our backline is set up.

Our efficiency improved over our first game.
We had 31 scoring shots from 36 entries, giving us a conversion rate of 86%
We couldn't get the ball forward as freely to dominate the inside 50 count. but, we kept ourselves in the game with the conversions.

Most of the match stats remained fairly even.
Adelaide going +23 in tackles
and us winning the hit-out count by 22

For the Crows,
Lachlan Murphy,
15 disposals, 6 marks, 4 tackles, 3 goals
Taylor Walker and
12 disposals, 4 marks, 3 hit-outs, 8 tackles, 3 goals
Brad Crouch
19 disposals, 4 marks, 6 tackles, 1 goal

were the best on ground for them.

For the Suns
Jarrod Witts,
10 disposals, 2 marks, 33 hit-outs, 4 tackles, 3 goals
Jack Lukosius and
16 disposals, 5 marks, 5 hit-outs, 5 tackles, 1 goal
Touk Miller
16 disposals, 2 marks, 8 tackles,
led the way for our side.

No injuries or suspensions issues to deal with, We go into round 1 with a full list at our disposal.​
 

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Round 1 is upon us.

Gold Coast taking on Port Adelaide at Metricon Stadium

A couple of positional changes to a relatively unchanged line-up from the pre-season.
Hugh Greenwood and David Swallow come back in from injury
Anthony Miles, and Sean Lemmens missing out on selection.

Every goal scored and Coach comments (at the end) feature in this video.
 

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Well, No points for the Suns in Round 1.
We fell just short after fighting back from a 33 point first quarter deficit,
Ending the game with a loss by 2 points. We ran out of time after kicking the last 3 goals of the game.

Stats wise, there wasn't much in it.
we did allow Port too much free space. The Uncontested possession count going their way by +42

Our scoring rate from inside 50's was again fairly decent.
37 scoring shots from 46 entries at 80%

Ports scoring rate was only 55%. 24 scoring shots from 43 entries.
But when you kick 18 goals from 24 scores, Accuracy will always help you win games.

Best Players for Port Adelaide

Xavier Duursna
12 Disposals - 6 Marks - 9 Tackles - 2 Goals
Ollie Wines
17 Disposals - 5 Marks - 5 Tackles - 2 Goals
Scott Lycett
12 Disposals - 3 Marks - 13 Hit-Outs - 8 Tackles - 1 Goal

Best Players for the Suns

Hugh Greenwood
17 Disposals - 9 Marks - 9 Tackles - 1 Goal
Jarrod Witts
15 Disposals - 4 Marks - 35 Hit-Outs - 7 Tackles
David Swallow
13 Disposals - 8 Marks - 5 Tackles - 2 Goals

INJURIES
PORT ADELAIDE
: Charlie Dixon = Injured back - Estimated time 4 weeks
GOLD COAST: Hugh Greenwood = Injured leg - Estimated time 2 weeks
....................Jarrod Harbrow = Injured Elbow - Estimated time 1 week


 

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Round 2

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Round 2

Geelong Cats V Gold Coast Suns at GMHBA Stadium

INS: Charlie Ballard - George Horlin-Smith - Anthony Miles - Ben King - Zac Smith -
OUTS: Hugh Greenwood (INJ) - Jarrod Harbrow (INJ) - Peter Wright - Sam Day - Pearce Hanley

Every goal scored and Coach comments (at the end) feature in this video.

 

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Another Loss for the Suns.
We've managed to keep the margins close, but we can't seem to dominate any period of play long enough to create any breathing room.
We opened up a nice margin in the first quarter, but allowed 3 late goals to take all that hard work away.
Our midfielders aren't doing enough. It's falling back on our Ruckman to be our best on ground.
Key position players aren't standing up either. Our little guys are doing most of the scoring.
The player balance isn't working, We're getting caught out on rotations with players out of their natural positions.
The AI isn't really any good at creating a structure behind the ball, So turnovers and rebounds have been hurting us on the scoreboard.
It's a long season.
Hopefully we can find a group and playstyle that works for us and we can get some wins on the board.

GEELONG BOG: Joel Selwood - Rhys Stanley and Patrick Dangerfield
GOLD COAST BOG: Jarrod Witts - Zac Smith - George Horlin-Smith

THE LADDER AT THE END OF ROUND 2
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Tigz_09

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Round 3
We're going up against the Swans.
Sydney sitting 6th on the ladder are coming off a 35 point loss at the hands of the bombers.
The Suns are still chasing their first win of the season. Thankfully, both losses haven't been costly and our percentage is still pretty good. Can the GCS AI get across the line against the Swans?
Watch all the goals from the game below to find out.

It's cheating if you just skip to the end.....



Sorry for the time delay between videos - Family life got in the way. Rushed this one out
 

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