Coach Fages and the coaching group

[Darren Downunder]

I might even change my name…

“A guy who gets shouted down.”
Or maybe… “The shouted down one”
Or…. “Shout me down”
Or maybe more enigmatic… “IGSD”

 

[Happy_Neale]

I might even change my name…

“A guy who gets shouted down.”
Or maybe… “The shouted down one”
Or…. “Shout me down”
Or maybe more enigmatic… “IGSD”

Darren ShoutedDownunder?

 

[Elixuh]

Do you think Fages writes in capitals on the whiteboard 'PLAN A' 'PLAN B' 'PLAN C' etc?

PLAN A is win the game in the first quarter.
PLAN B is chase down a deficit.
PLAN C is learnings.

 

[martinson]

Plan B is stick with Plan A when Plan A isn't working because we trust our team and /or system to come good more than we trust implementing a different plan during the course of the game.

Subbing Morris for McKenna yesterday was a proactive move when it was self evident that Morris couldn't get near it and I thought that was a good move. The only other thing we could've done was get Payne off Hogan but where else could we hide Payne and what sort of disruptive effect would that have had on the rest of our system which was showing signs of clicking into gear. Fortunately Payne didn't drop his bundle totally and Hogan's supply dropped off simultaneously

The other excellent move was Ah Chee to Whitfield which really limited a weapon of theirs and hurt them the other way.

The way we were getting belted we stuck with Plan A and to everyone's surprise it came good.

 

[Tom14]

Plan B is stick with Plan A when Plan A isn't working because we trust our team and /or system to come good more than we trust implementing a different plan during the course of the game.

Subbing Morris for McKenna yesterday was a proactive move when it was self evident that Morris couldn't get near it and I thought that was a good move. The only other thing we could've done was get Payne off Hogan but where else could we hide Payne and what sort of disruptive effect would that have had on the rest of our system which was showing signs of clicking into gear. Fortunately Payne didn't drop his bundle totally and Hogan's supply dropped off simultaneously

The other excellent move was Ah Chee to Whitfield which really limited a weapon of theirs and hurt them the other way.

The way we were getting belted we stuck with Plan A and to everyone's surprise it came good.

Could not believe the talk of subbing eric off as well. I love Logan, but he's a kid in his first year and it was boys against men last night. Logan doesn't get dropped for the prelim because in the right game state he's a super asset, but its an easy decision to sub him if we want to go smaller.

Need eric to at minimum be a decoy and just compete, which he still does better than Logan.

 

[martinson]

Could not believe the talk of subbing eric off as well. I love Logan, but he's a kid in his first year and it was boys against men last night. Logan doesn't get dropped for the prelim because in the right game state he's a super asset, but its an easy decision to sub him if we want to go smaller.

Need eric to at minimum be a decoy and just compete, which he still does better than Logan.

Yeah no way Logan doesn't play this week. And at least he won't be sore. I think the MCG will suit him better than the swirling conditions last night in highly tight close checking contested ball situation . He should be able to use his smarts to find space on the MCG against the Geelong defence.

As for Hippy we have no one else and he just needs to get in the way or out of the way when we need him to.

 

[Darren Downunder]

Do you think Fages writes in capitals on the whiteboard 'PLAN A' 'PLAN B' 'PLAN C' etc?

PLAN A is win the game in the first quarter.
PLAN B is chase down a deficit.
PLAN C is learnings.

Maybe it’s like this…

 

[Sanchez365]

I thought GWS were well coached to break our two main modes of moving the ball. At stoppage contests, their HFFs moved up the ground and made the game very congested. When we had the ball in the back half the HFFs moved to really shutdown the 50m arc near the corner of the center square (our favourite position to play through).

Unlike GWS, Fages has 100% faith in his players that if we play the way we want, we will win. But the giants congested the field and so all we could do was win and move the ball contest to contest. I'm not sure our Plan B was to play "chaos footy", we just had to get dirty at the coalface and win some ball.

 

[martinson]

I thought GWS were well coached to break our two main modes of moving the ball. At stoppage contests, their HFFs moved up the ground and made the game very congested. When we had the ball in the back half the HFFs moved to really shutdown the 50m arc near the corner of the center square (our favourite position to play through).

Unlike GWS, Fages has 100% faith in his players that if we play the way we want, we will win. But the giants congested the field and so all we could do was win and move the ball contest to contest. I'm not sure our Plan B was to play "chaos footy", we just had to get dirty at the coalface and win some ball.

It was really smart to make it a contested congested game when pre game everyone was tipping they'd beat us with fleet footed waves storming down the field. We just didn't adjust at all for most of the game but they couldn't keep it up for long enough once they got tired and we started playing better . I do think the relative intensity of last weeks' games told on them and helped us in the last 15 minutes.

 

[MacMum]

Not another peep out of anyone wanting to replace Fagan .. or look out!

He's the one who deserves a statue for what he's done for our club and the journey he and the boys have taken us on.

 

[luthor]

Not another peep out of anyone wanting to replace Fagan .. or look out!

He's the one who deserves a statue for what he's done for our club and the journey he and the boys have taken us on.

Nice to hear from you MacMum

 

[Viceregal]

Nice to hear from you MacMum

Close semi finals comeback victory therapy is a wonderful thing!

 

[irish]

fagan is a people person , he gets the best from the group and they to a man love him and would walk thru a brick wall for him , so enough of this crap if saturday night doesn't show you all how his aura benifits this group then you know nothing

 

[Ceebee]

Not another peep out of anyone wanting to replace Fagan .. or look out!

He's the one who deserves a statue for what he's done for our club and the journey he and the boys have taken us on.

Hope you enjoyed the celebrations like everyone . Was thinking of you when I was pacing the house in that last quarter , because that’s what you do too .
This preliminary will be bittersweet for you too .
Take care

 

[Darren Downunder]

fagan is a people person , he gets the best from the group and they to a man love him and would walk thru a brick wall for him , so enough of this crap if saturday night doesn't show you all how his aura benifits this group then you know nothing

I hope this comment wasn’t aimed at me.

I also love Fages. And I too value what he brings to our team as a coach. But you can love, value and support a sportsman and see room for improvement at the same time.

Also, I view our coaching panel as a an aspect of the team. It’s like the forward line or the back line. It’s not just one player.

The coaching panel is more than just Chris Fagan.

A person can say we need more speed or stamina in our midfield, but that doesn’t mean that they are advocating that Lauchie Neale be dropped.

I am saying there is room for improvement in our game day tactics. This is not an attack on Fagan.

 

[Johnny Bananas]

West Coast coaching search down to four candidates

The Eagles are closing in on their man.

www.sen.com.au

Daly appears to be out of the running for West Coast.

 

[mpal6]

West Coast coaching search down to four candidates

The Eagles are closing in on their man.

www.sen.com.au

Daly appears to be out of the running for West Coast.

He was in coaching discussions early but last I read they were trying to get him for Chief of football type role.

 

[Johnny Bananas]

He was in coaching discussions early but last I read they were trying to get him for Chief of football type role.

Gosh, imagine moving across the country to do the same job for probably the same pay but with a lower chance of success.

 

[dlanod]

Gosh, imagine moving across the country to do the same job for probably the same pay but with a lower chance of success.

This is West Coast. They could double his pay and not blink an eye.

 

[Johnny Bananas]

This is West Coast. They could double his pay and not blink an eye.

Does his role fall outside the soft cap?

 

[Elixuh]

Does his role fall outside the soft cap?

You can exceed the soft cap. You just have to pay a scaled tax above a certain point. Which is why it’s referred to as a soft cap.

 

[Tom14]

Does his role fall outside the soft cap?

Hungry Jack's franchises are a good side hustle.

 

[Lazza16]

Just wondering what has happened to Daniel Rich

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Daniel Rich

Age

35

Ht

183cm

Wt

95kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

19.7

5star

K

12.6

5star

HB

7.0

4star

M

3.4

3star

T

3.2

5star

MG

430.3

5star

D

14.9

4star

K

13.1

5star

HB

1.8

1star

M

3.8

4star

T

1.0

2star

MG

384.3

5star

D

16.2

4star

K

10.4

4star

HB

5.8

4star

M

2.6

3star

T

5.2

5star

....is he still involved in the club? I haven't seen his head in any videos for ages?

 

[Lazza16]

Fages looked like he was fighting back tears at the start of the press conference. We are so lucky to have him

So was Hawk Sam.

 

[Lazza16]

It’s such a lazy argument, unless there are clear positional changes people assume the coach isn’t doing anything.

Moving Zorko on the ball and getting McKenna on were match winning moves but really I think Fages attitude has always been about getting the game on our terms and sometimes that means backing the players in to get it together during games rather than making wholesale changes. I mean GWS went into ‘plan B’ mode and it cost them the game

I don't think Fages moved Zorks on the ball...he said in his interview with Robbo that Zorks just moved forward with wingers covering for him.