How does Geelong handle the bye leading into finals?

[Bobby_]

Since 2012 when the mid-year bye was introduced, Geelong has gone 0-5!
You could make a case for last year when we were forced to spend an extra week off in light of the traumatic events surrounding Adelaide's coach Phil Walsh but even still, we returned and got pummeled by North Melbourne.

If you do not know already, at the conclusion of round 23, every finalist will have a weeks rest so just how does Geelong try and resolve this obvious dilemma of returning switched on from the opening bounce?

 

[Art Vandelay_]

We will lose. Is that what you wanted to hear?

 

[Frappe]

Good question. You'd hope given it's a final it won't be an issue.

Maybe some simulated match practise for a few. maybe a day or two off.

 

[year of the cat]

Fair call. Hard to believe it's not just coincidence with those stats. It does appear that we have been tardy when coming off the bye in recent years. Maybe we should be playing an abbreviated intra-club on the weekend off or have some harder match simulation than they may have had in the past? They should be clearly fresher in body and mind with the week off - maybe it's more a psychological issue of having the players "switch on"? An issue for the coaches, fitness staff and psychs to work on..

 

[Bobby_]

Could the club invest a lot more money by keeping the players interstate for the week leading upto the game if we have to play GWS or Sydney?
I'm sure they have science already.

 

[JUBJUB]

We will lose. Is that what you wanted to hear?

Bobby after the bye

 

[you pick one]

There's no one correct answer here, every individual reacts differently to the circumstances so it's not a one size fits all.My preference would be business as usual in regards to training times with maybe more gym and skills sessions the first week and back to normal the following week.

 

[Catman]

We'll probably handle it better than Bobby handles a Geelong win.

 

[vinum coupe]

I heard mooney talking about it, and even he couldn't remember what they changed, but they flipped bye preparation on it's head when he was there.

He actually said it like this.
In their 1st prelim, we had an easy week and then went hard in the week of the match.
Then we changed it and went the other way. We went hard in bye week and then took it easy in the week leading up to the bye.
Actually, I could have that the wrong way around.


Lol. That's pretty much exactly what he said.

As for me, I have NFI.

I would have thought not being bashed for a week was enough. Just train right through.

 

[you pick one]

I get the feeling the players will handle the actual bye better than us here trying to push our preferred 22 onto others.It will be a long fortnight.

 

[Spazz Cat]

I think no holidays to Qld or going home for interstate players like we usually do on bye weeks. Shit even Bartel went to America to watch the NBA one year.
If we just stay home we should be fine

 

[you pick one]

Of 9 replies 3 have a crack at the OP

 

[vinum coupe]

I've come up with a plan.
Beers and BBQ at Scarlett's house on the Sunday immediately after our last game.

 

[you pick one]

I've come up with a plan.
Beers and BBQ at Scarlett's house on the Sunday immediately after our last game.

His kids might injure someone.

 

[DanA]

The way you'd train and prepare for a midseason bye compared to end of season one is completely different. I'm not concerned with our record midseason because I think most years we've used it to get read for finals rather than the next game.

 

[JUBJUB]

Of 9 replies 3 have a crack at the OP

It's a game the whole family can play

 

[donbooger]

Its a problem for all teams to deal with so at least its fair.

It will make it a bit easier for the 4 semi final teams as well, the straight through to prelim is not the be all and end all it was. 1 game in a month is a lot more rest then probably ideal.

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[Go Hoops]

It's the least of our worries at present.

 

[Catman]

I'm sure they've already got preparations in place for the week off and have had so since the fixture came out.

I'd prefer to focus on winning our last four games and finishing as high as possible and heading into the finals in good form with everyone fit and healthy.

 

[numbwombat]

The way you'd train and prepare for a midseason bye compared to end of season one is completely different. I'm not concerned with our record midseason because I think most years we've used it to get read for finals rather than the next game.

i'd like to think so - we won in round 1 of 2013, 2014 and 2016, having normally had at least two weeks off since our last NAB game, while the losses in 2012 & 2015 (less than a goal to freo, smashed by hawthorn, respectively) were in our two weakest years of the past decade. hopefully the post-bye losses can be attributed more to a focus on the entire 2nd half of the season than just being poor at returning strongly after a break.

 

[Turbocat]

Since 2012 when the mid-year bye was introduced, Geelong has gone 0-5!
You could make a case for last year when we were forced to spend an extra week off in light of the traumatic events surrounding Adelaide's coach Phil Walsh but even still, we returned and got pummeled by North Melbourne.

If you do not know already, at the conclusion of round 23, every finalist will have a weeks rest so just how does Geelong try and resolve this obvious dilemma of returning switched on from the opening bounce?

Whats our record having the bye in finals..ie win the first week and have a week off?

I think its mental.. they start to wind down , are slow to wind back up.. but coming into finals that will not be an issue. The loading of players should be done before the rest.. and in that time just freshen up on the skills.

 

[Biggy_Boy]

I'm sure they've already got preparations in place for the week off and have had so since the fixture came out.

I'd prefer to focus on winning our last four games and finishing as high as possible and heading into the finals in good form with everyone fit and healthy.

I'm sure they always have preparations in place for the bye weeks during the season, too. Doesn't do much good. Whatever they do during the byes clearly isn't working.

 

[Bobby_]

Whats our record having the bye in finals..ie win the first week and have a week off?

We have not won any of our first finals since 2012.
Prior to that, the team was very different.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

We have not won any of our first finals since 2012.
Prior to that, the team was very different.

And this team is different to the one we had as late as last year so relevance is very much diminished.

 

[Bobby_]

And this team is different to the one we had as late as last year so relevance is very much diminished.

Not so my 23 posts-a-day Gero is his name 'O'

Relevance is monumental because it's the same players like Caddy, Duncan, Blicavs, Motlop, Hawkins, Murdoch, Guthrie, Horlin-Smith, Thurlow who have not adjusted well to that first final.
Sure some may not feature (Thurlow is a given) but this is why it's not relevant to understand the bye record prior to 2012.
Only the likes of Bartel, Enright, Taylor, Mackie, Lonergan and Selwood remain.