Does winning the coin toss make a difference?

[wce4premiership]

Personally i don't think it does, why not just let the home team choose which way they want to start?

 

[wally funk]

i reckon it does make a diff. whoever wins tends to pick with the wind to get a good head start in the game. chances are the wind doesnt blow the same exact fashion for three hours, so get in early and you might have it to your advantage when you switch ends as well.

 

[Astro_]

Makes a difference at Telstra Dome only.

 

[DOCKER MAN]

Pavlich wins it almost every game, hasn't worked to well so far.

 

[Vinnie Vegas]

Yep - No team has ever won a Grand Final without winning the toss*.

*May not be true

 

[blitzer]

I don't think it really does but as a sidenote, Lloyd nearly always loses the coin toss. As a captain he has a long way to go

 

[natlovestheswans]

Yep - No team has ever won a Grand Final without winning the toss*.

*May not be true

Barry Hall won the toss in the 05 GF and we won so that's good enough for me. Not sure who won it in 06 though..

 

[wally funk]

I don't think it really does but as a sidenote, Lloyd nearly always loses the coin toss. As a captain he has a long way to go

haha, i'm not entirely sure there's skill involved with coin tossing at all...

 

[wce4premiership]

Pavlich wins it almost every game, hasn't worked to well so far.

Well chris judds injuries coincided with him losing the tosses.

Don't know if that means anything. Maybe he just can't call it with the groin problem.

 

[DOCKER MAN]

Well chris judds injuries coincided with him losing the tosses.

Don't know if that means anything. Maybe he just can't call it with the groin problem.

Yeh he can't get a good view of the coin due to the way he stands beacause of his groin.

 

[Barry Zuckercorn]

Barry Hall won the toss in the 05 GF and we won so that's good enough for me. Not sure who won it in 06 though..

Eagles... By a solitary point!

 

[wce4premiership]

Eagles... By a solitary point!

lol i believe he was reffering to the coin toss.

 

[ashley12]

At the coin toss the wind could either pick up or die down

who cares

 

[The GOAT]

doesn't matter

 

[natlovestheswans]

lol i believe he was reffering to the coin toss.

*she and yes, obviously i was.

 

[dales.girl38]

Doesn't make a difference...Johnno wins it all the time and just picks our cheer squad end first, especially if we're at the Dome.

 

[Rocky Rambo]

Doesn't make a difference...Johnno wins it all the time and just picks our cheer squad end first, especially if we're at the Dome.

Doesnt make a difference when there's a 5 goal breeze favouring 1 end?

Nah, of course not.

 

[ashley12]

Doesnt make a difference when there's a 5 goal breeze favouring 1 end?

Nah, of course not.

It could be a 7 goal breeze during the 2nd qtr.

 

[Mighty Eagles]

Anyone got a list of teams that won the toss in the GF of the past 20 years or so?

 

[HardcoreGeelongFan]

It boosts team morale whereas losing the toss cuts team morale. Anytime a team has an impressive start you can put it down to the coin

 

[windyhill]

During the "top up" years, winning the toss was like winning the game.

 

[juss]

It makes a big difference to the game when there is a huge breeze favouring one end, eg the infamous Trent Cotchin kicking against the wind vs Port Adelaide in an EF, Quarter time score is 49 - 7.
Yes, they went on to maul us regardless, but momentum is enormous in football as the home side and that start killed any chance we had.

In games where there is no tangible difference between ends, then I don't think it makes a difference.

 

[Herne Hill Hammer]

Yes. I've seen plenty of windy games at Kardinia when the wind has stopped in the last quater or has done a 180 degree turn.

Win the toss with local knowledge and you can kick with the wind 3 of 4 quarters.