Thought I would create a thread where we can list some of the most memorable and standout coaching performances during a game… for clarity this includes the whole package from start to finish including pre game tactical planning during the week and game day changes. to get the ball rolling, some of my all time top performances are
1. Clarkson- geelong Vs hawks grand final 2008. Absolutely destroyed and picked apart the cats game plan… had no right to win that one.. stole it entirely with his coaching.
2. Malthouse- geelong Vs collingwood 07 prelim. Another huge underdog that almost pinched it on a Friday night… malthouse years later went on air to explain they came into the game with a strategy of using high rotations through the midfield keeping fresh legs bashing into the A grade geelong mids, as they knew going toe to toe they would loose… and it almost worked in the end.
3. Mark Thompson- essendon vs geelong 2011. Came in with huge insider knowledge of the geelong side he had previously coached, and ended their winning streak that night at Telstra dome… coached an absolute masterpiece that night with a keeping’s off style of game he explained later apparently unsettled that geelong side.. also playing fletcher on Chapman absolutely blanketed him out of the game.
Those are 3 to get started with a huge bias of my own observations predominantly from the great geelong era of performances against us that stood out..
Please list your own and why.
Cheers
1. Clarkson- geelong Vs hawks grand final 2008. Absolutely destroyed and picked apart the cats game plan… had no right to win that one.. stole it entirely with his coaching.
2. Malthouse- geelong Vs collingwood 07 prelim. Another huge underdog that almost pinched it on a Friday night… malthouse years later went on air to explain they came into the game with a strategy of using high rotations through the midfield keeping fresh legs bashing into the A grade geelong mids, as they knew going toe to toe they would loose… and it almost worked in the end.
3. Mark Thompson- essendon vs geelong 2011. Came in with huge insider knowledge of the geelong side he had previously coached, and ended their winning streak that night at Telstra dome… coached an absolute masterpiece that night with a keeping’s off style of game he explained later apparently unsettled that geelong side.. also playing fletcher on Chapman absolutely blanketed him out of the game.
Those are 3 to get started with a huge bias of my own observations predominantly from the great geelong era of performances against us that stood out..
Please list your own and why.
Cheers
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