It was interesting to hear what Chris Scott said when he was asked by Robbo about the tactics of the game against St Kilda. He mentioned that when it got to the fourth quarter, he barely made any tactical moves and it was all his players work. His leaders made their own moves. Why can't our players take control??
Are we coaching for these situations, so the players know what to do, but the set-ups they follow are flawed? Or are the players just not reacting to these situations and implementing correctly?
Either way, in part it comes back to coaching. But I don't believe our on-field leaders are perceptive enough to recognise when they need to be driving change on-field. I would like to think that the players would also be clued up enough to throw players behind the ball on Saturday night. I do remember Higgins instructing Drew to go back in a close match, can't remember exactly which.
