Reference to WC and COLL was largely due to the commentary on Mick not changing his tactics and that they are outdated. Place as much emphasis on that as you like.
Your making the assumption that playing the boundary is the current game plan. You could equally assume that the players go to the boundary because it is the safe option and none of them want to take risks. The game plan could also be to use the corridor in this situation, use the boundary in this situation and the players are not carrying this out correctly. It could also be the game plan. Speculation, speculation, speculation. I am open to being convinced otherwise...
We used the corridor effectively towards the end of 2014 and now we are not. I'm just sceptical of getting caught up in the hype of bashing Mick's tactics as we are getting fed that shit repeatedly in the media. They are always looking for a story and Mick getting sacked is a big one. I'm not defending his tactics but when there is zero effort I would argue that this clouds any discussion about tactics.
I'm interested in man management and whether the team is playing for him. I have seen little evidence of this. In my experience coaching sports teams (caveat: at amateur level and I'm not pretending I am good) tactics is only one of many components used to motivate people to play. Has he lost the playing group? If he has, can he get them back? This is the bigger issue rather than what I see as tactics speculation.
Well if they AREN'T following the game plan, they should be dragged and blasted on the batphone, then sent back out to do it right. If they do it week in, week out, they should be dropped.
I'd like to see him tell the players this week that they HAVE to play on at all opportunities or they won't play next week. I don't care what the result is, just play on and attack.
There's only really a few options here.
1. They are following the game plan and it's just a bad game plan.
2. They are following the game plan, but the players aren't good enough to make it work.
3. They aren't following the game plan, but there's no accountability and players should be getting dropped until they do follow it.
I don't care if you get 30 touches and a couple of goals. If you aren't following the game plan, we aren't winning, and you're only making yourself look good, take a seat!