Buddha's Tactics

[Effes]

Anyone else see this on channel 10 sport?

He threw all 18 players into the defensive 50 leaving the opposition on their own in the centre square during a WAFL game (or was it colts?)

 

[Silvagnis]

No contest in the centre and the players passed it backwards!

 

[noodle]

it was during the peel V west perth game on the weekend.

Peel Thunder’s extensive flooding tactics against West Perth last Saturday at Rushton Park caused many spectators to do a double take at one stage in the last quarter.

After the Falcons kicked their 16th goals, the Thunder started the next centre bounce with all 18 players in the Falcons forward line.

It was an eccentric tactic by Peel coach Garry Hocking, however he is standing behind his strategy after the 92-point loss. He told supporters after the game that he wanted to teach his team discipline and the importance of accountability. Peel remains winless after the 17.15 (117) to 4.1 (25) loss.

Peel’s first two goals, to veteran Peter Bird and Cameron Gauci in the first term, resulted from 50m penalties being paid against Falcons players. The other two goals were kicked in the third quarter by Pat Travers and former Fremantle midfielder Ben Cunningham. Travers and Cunningham were among the few shining lights for Peel as they worked to create opportunities for their side. However, much of the flooding resulted in turnovers as Peel players had limited options when they worked the ball out of defence.

average work at best. you might as well walk off the field.

 

[jourgo]

Match Report

 

[catfan]

I'd be loving it if I was a West Perth player. Find a team-mate in the backline and kick-to-kick for 5 minutes and rack up the stats.

 

[Cyclops]

Isn't he supposed to be developing them as footballers? Thats pointless.

 

[Harris 10]

Amazing footage. What a tool Hocking is

 

[MOJOE]

Tony Shaw did something similar a few years back when coaching the Pies - could have been in Perth if I remember correctly?

Not much was said about it then other than its not what the AFL wants.

 

[Harris 10]

Not like this, not one player contested a centre ball up. It was a joke

 

[MOJOE]

Not like this, not one player contested a centre ball up. It was a joke

Thats why I said ''similar''...

 

[JUBJUB]

Tony Shaw did something similar a few years back when coaching the Pies - could have been in Perth if I remember correctly?

Not much was said about it then other than its not what the AFL wants.

Didn't Shaw do something like that against the Tigers ?
It was either that or he put his forwards in defence and his defence up forward.

Either way,it confused the Tigers [not hard to do ]

 

[mocaholic]

Yeah, it's out there but I'm less inclined to crucify him. Obviously there were issues with the players not following the much vaunted 'game plan', accountability etc, and with the result a foregone conclusion he said, well, stuff it.

I remember an AFL coach telling a press conference that one of his players was 'pathetic', and that another time he left a bloke on the pine for a whole game as a 'learning experience'. Yet another time he walked around the huddled players at 3/4 time abusing the bejeezers out of them, another time he pointedly left the coaches box and walked into the rooms demonstrating his disgust for his players. This same coach won two flags for that club.

Admittedly, he also got up on a stepladder and personally abused each and every player, but that's by the by and not my point. Which is, if it's not plain (and it probably isn't), that sometimes coaches do the darnedest things and sometimes these darned things cause some positive repercussions, and that this response to Buddha's plan is probably an over-reaction.

So there.

(PS - just re-read what I wrote. Blighty was a freak, wasn't he?? And that was just Adelaide, not Geelong or the Saints.)

 

[Muffo]

I thought it was quite funny myself.

 

[Awesome_Wells]

that was really amazing never seen anything like that

 

[beaver's army]

funnily enough we did that in a game but we had 2 players in the centre a 2 forwards. it was suppose to be like rugby by running in lines n handballing but then there was 1 idiot that kicked it and they ended up getting a goal coz we run in a line n left our oppenents free

 

[Zeke]

Ahhh... 'Whiskers' never was the sharpest tool in the shed.

Was the king of perm mulletts, though. No contest.

 

[scmods]

What if the Falcons ruckman had got the ball in the middle, then just stood there with it waiting for Peel to do something?

 

[quiksilva]

Yeah, just seen it on the news. West Perth players had no idea what to do

 

[nananana catman]

He did it because he is Garry Hocking.

 

[almost_04]

i thought it was funny you would get like 30 touches a quater

 

[Rob]

Should make his weekly column in the West interesting to read.

 

[UNIT]

Not like this, not one player contested a centre ball up. It was a joke

There wasnt even a bloke from Peel outside the West Perth attacking 50 apparently. Absolute joke...

 

[crazzzy_grrl]

Yeah, just seen it on the news. West Perth players had no idea what to do

They looked absolutely confused.

But the funny this is that West Perth still managed to score a goal with the 18 Peel players in their forward line

 

[LongBomb]

Yeah, it's out there but I'm less inclined to crucify him. Obviously there were issues with the players not following the much vaunted 'game plan', accountability etc, and with the result a foregone conclusion he said, well, stuff it.

I remember an AFL coach telling a press conference that one of his players was 'pathetic', and that another time he left a bloke on the pine for a whole game as a 'learning experience'. Yet another time he walked around the huddled players at 3/4 time abusing the bejeezers out of them, another time he pointedly left the coaches box and walked into the rooms demonstrating his disgust for his players. This same coach won two flags for that club.


Admittedly, he also got up on a stepladder and personally abused each and every player, but that's by the by and not my point. Which is, if it's not plain (and it probably isn't), that sometimes coaches do the darnedest things and sometimes these darned things cause some positive repercussions, and that this response to Buddha's plan is probably an over-reaction.

So there.

(PS - just re-read what I wrote. Blighty was a freak, wasn't he?? And that was just Adelaide, not Geelong or the Saints.)

nice post!
Reminded me of the time when Blight wouldn't let Austin McCrabb stand in the 3/4 time huddle. He had to go and stand on his own 30 metres away.

My first thoughts too when hearing of this bizarre tactic was that it sounded very 'Blightesque'
And who would be the coach who had the most influence on Buddha?