What do you think Chris Scott's best qualities as a coach are and what(if any) areas do you think he needs to improve on?
His best trait bar far is his people/player/management skills.
Which is 80% of a managers job in this modern era of not only football but work/society in general. Or should i say Coach, which really isn't what they actually do anymore.
He along with the coaching staff implement a game plan that.
Number One, suits our playing list.
Number Two, wins us games.
People often say we have NO Plan B or Plan C or we can't beat Team A or Team B.
That is probably a bit of a false perception. All teams have slight alterations to their game plans structures and so forth.
I have always been a great believer in you're only as good as your players. Chris Scott has been at the helm for 6 years with a win percentage of over 72%. Which includes a Premiership after being written off by half the Melbourne scribes. This all came after being smacked out of the 2010 PF by the Pies(Premiers) and losing OUR & the AFL's BEST PLAYER in G.Ablett Jnr. He was by me & many at the club the main instigator in our revitalisation in 2011 to improve to the point we smashed Hawthorn(QF), West Coast(PF) and eventually Collingwood(GF) to raise the Premiership Cup.
After that year we lost 4 All Australians in Ottens-Milburn-Mooney-Ling(2011)
Then again after an indifferent 2012 year we lost Scarlett-Wojo-Byrnes.
He oversaw the transformation and the continuation of the winning culture at Kardinia Park.
All bar some bad decisions and play by a couple of our all time greats in that last quarter vs the Hawks in the Prelim of 2013 we should of been playing off in another GF.
So again after the 2013 season we lost a few more All Time Greats in Joel Corey-Chapman- Hunt-Pods.
So over a period of 3 years we had lost Our best MID in
Gary Ablett. Followed by
Scarlett(Best FB ever!),
Ling,
Milburn, Corey, Ottens, Mooney,
Chapman, Wojo, Hunt and Pods... HALF our TEAM(7 All Aust.)
So when you look at what he has done, in not only replacing all time great players but bringing through the next generation.
Whilst keeping us winning games at an exceptional rate.
People just don't realise the great job this man has done since the day he walked into Kardina Park.
Sorry for the rant. Just really appreciate a lot of the stuff people don't see behind the scenes.
As for what improvement? I really don't know, maybe bring back Macca to teach some fundamentals to the players. He did wonders for a lot of the Champions of our past era.
Cheers Boys & GO CATTERS!!!