Ok here we go....
number 1.
Your point about him being the architect of a turnover based game plan was completely wrong and I proved it only for you to now say he was the architect of the outside ring? WTF? The outside ring ha, ha what a load of rubbish. Our 2011 game plan was based on sitting back setting up defensive zones pressing up on the opposition as they came forward then counter attacking quickly using as few numbers as possible going through the midfiled to move it long so that if we were caught out with a turnover we still had a strong defensive structure in place, then we'd bomb it long to usually a forward line consisting of either Hawk, Pods, Ottens, SJ, or Varcoe. in different combinations.
Number 2. We should've been playing only Hawkins/Walker deep forward then having Kersten (who's often been leading up well) Cocky, SJ, Lang and maybe Gregson up there and our mids actually looking for lead up targets down forward instead of relentlessly bombing it long (surely they would've stopped doing that by now if Scott had told them not to). I personally would've hardly had Walker and Hawkins in the same forward line rather Hawk or Walker resting on the bench while the other takes the big tall forward role for a bit.
Firstly I admire your passion for Geelong , your just don't understand how the game is played.
1. I don't think you actually understand how the game has changed since 2011.Whats happened since 2011 is far more scoring is being done from turnovers and less scoring from clearances. Lets go back to 2012 when we had just lost Ottens, Ling and Ablett 12 months earlier , to further add age had started to take a toll on Corey ,Kelly and Bartel. We got smashed in the clearances this year so as a result Scott decided in 2013 to introduce an outside ring of players around the stoppages , this was called by many in the media the ring of fire .The whole purpose of this of this was to prevent sides from scoring from turnovers against .Now of course Scott is not the first coach to place an emphasis on scoring from turnovers but his tactic was innovative and is a large reason why scores from clearances have decreased and scores from turnovers have increased.
With regards to your description of our 2011 game plan "
defensive zones pressing up on the opposition as they came forward then counter attacking quickly using as few numbers as possible going through the midfield to move it long so that if we were caught out with a turnover we still had a strong defensive structure in place" this is how every single side played in 2011 and how every side plays in 2015 .Its a basic as saying every sides game plan is to kick the ball between the 2 big steps
2.With point 2 I have to start with
,"Hawk or Walker resting on the bench while the other takes the big tall forward role for " no side can ever have 2 players sharing 1 spot on the interchange .This would mean that instead of having 3 spots on the interchange being shared between 21 , 2 spots would be shared between 19.
Lang,SJ and Gregson have all spent plenty of time up forward.
Why don't our mids hit up short targets ? that's an easy question to answer . Our midfield is simply not good enough. To constantly hit up leading targets you need a midfield that can move the ball fast and when slowed down can kick the ball with precision .Our players are just not capable of doing this at the moments , its much easier for them to just bomb it long to the square .