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Would love to see how a team coached by Capper would look!
No, she's not!They’d be something akin to the Nude Blacks.
And be careful googling that.
Jenny is googling as we speak.
Hopefully many and instinctiveTeams collectively end up adopting the personality of their coach.
Think about that, carefully. It’s true in almost all cases.
Teams with freakish coaches tend to do freakish things (think Crows under Blight). Teams with an a-hole for a coach tend to play like arseholes (think Port under Chocco).
Teams with pragmatic, clear, logical thinkers tend to play that way (think Brisbane under Matthews, think Geelong under C Scott).
Teams with unsociable taggers as coaches tend to play unsociable football (think Hawthorn under Clarkson).
Teams with a dour, defensive battler for a coach tend to play that way (think West Coast under Malthouse).
The general mechanics of the gameplan might change from year to year, but the overarching personality trait of the collective reflects the coach. Richmond play like Hardwick. They do a lot of off-the-ball stuff that gets under their opponents’ skin. So do GWS. Not every coach concentrates on that stuff, but Hardwick and Cameron do.
There’s many ways to skin a cat.
So what personality does Nicks have?
Sando was very wishy-washy for mine and usually sprouted excuses after losses. He completely lacked the hard edge that Nicks seems to have.This is an interesting philosophical point. I have a theory that nations often take on the traits of their leaders in a similar way.
Compare the beige blandness of Australian society in the Howard-Rudd-Gillard-Morrison eras compared to the more swashbuckling irreverent Hawke era.
On Nicks though, it all seems a bit Sando to me.
Do you know who our assistant coaches were in 2012. How we made 2nd in minor round with Sando is beyond belief. He must have had a good back up team. Some of the players had career best seasons.Sando was very wishy-washy for mine and usually sprouted excuses after losses. He completely lacked the hard edge that Nicks seems to have.
Early days of course, so we just have to wait and see.
Bailey basically coached us. After he died and wasn’t replaced Sando didn’t copeDo you know who our assistant coaches were in 2012. How we made 2nd in minor round with Sando is beyond belief. He must have had a good back up team. Some of the players had career best seasons.
You mean after the AFL made him a scapegoat and gave him a 12 month ban over alleged tanking at Melbourne .. that didn't really happen, or did it ..?Bailey basically coached us. After he died and wasn’t replaced Sando didn’t cope
If I remember correctly we had Milburn, Clarke, Campo, Bailey and Bickley next to Sando in 2012. It was a spike based on players going from ultra-complicated gameplan from Craig to a simple "crash in and boot it forward" style that worked perfectly cause we had an elite contested mark in the forward line in Tippett. There was nothing behind Sando once that got figured out though.Do you know who our assistant coaches were in 2012. How we made 2nd in minor round with Sando is beyond belief. He must have had a good back up team. Some of the players had career best seasons.
That's how I remember it. Bailey was a big loss.If I remember correctly we had Milburn, Clarke, Campo, Bailey and Bickley next to Sando in 2012. It was a spike based on players going from ultra-complicated gameplan from Craig to a simple "crash in and boot it forward" style that worked perfectly cause we had an elite contested mark in the forward line in Tippett. There was nothing behind Sando once that got figured out though.
Dean Baily - Strategy and innovation coachDo you know who our assistant coaches were in 2012. How we made 2nd in minor round with Sando is beyond belief. He must have had a good back up team. Some of the players had career best seasons.
Defense - MilburnDo you know who our assistant coaches were in 2012. How we made 2nd in minor round with Sando is beyond belief. He must have had a good back up team. Some of the players had career best seasons.
How about it was none of this and in fact everything was pretty much kept the same except we went from being the lowest rotating club in the comp to near the highest and got more run thru the midfield as a result.If I remember correctly we had Milburn, Clarke, Campo, Bailey and Bickley next to Sando in 2012. It was a spike based on players going from ultra-complicated gameplan from Craig to a simple "crash in and boot it forward" style that worked perfectly cause we had an elite contested mark in the forward line in Tippett. There was nothing behind Sando once that got figured out though.
I agree with you on Sando being one dimensional. He wasn't a very good coach. I still think he deserves some credit for 2012 though. That was a pretty enjoyable season to watch as a fan. If it wasn't for that horrendous umpiring in the prelim, we make the GF.If I remember correctly we had Milburn, Clarke, Campo, Bailey and Bickley next to Sando in 2012. It was a spike based on players going from ultra-complicated gameplan from Craig to a simple "crash in and boot it forward" style that worked perfectly cause we had an elite contested mark in the forward line in Tippett. There was nothing behind Sando once that got figured out though.
I agree with you on Sando being one dimensional. He wasn't a very good coach. I still think he deserves some credit for 2012 though. That was a pretty enjoyable season to watch as a fan. If it wasn't for that horrendous umpiring in the prelim, we make the GF.
As long as this doesn't include Hart, I think I'm ok with it
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Dean Baily - Strategy and innovation coach
Then in 2013 he was banned for 16 games
That's a simplistic take.Hmm. Less voices. Spinning a positive out of having less brains.
Happy to give Nicks the benefit of the doubt. I hope it works
That's a simplistic take.
If it were that easy then the dozen guys Essendon had in their box would be winning premierships every year.