Roast Our Tackling

[theyellowsash]

Doesn't take a genius to realise that corralling a player gives them time and space. Tackling and direct pressure gives a player less time to make a decision, and also brings implied pressure to bear.

This thread and our game plan does my head in.

#sackdimma

i can just imagine the thought process now

"so that guy has the ball. we dont need to tackle him, as long as we keep him there with the ball he cant score....ok well now that guy has the ball but as long as we make him stay there.....ok now he has the ball but as long...."

*goal*

"bad luck there. next time we just have to flail around a bit more and they definitely will just stand there with the ball and give it back to us"

 

[Punt Road Feral]

2 tackles inside our 50 last night.

I'd love to know our stats for the year because it's an outright disgrace.

 

[RunningBounce]

2 tackles inside our 50 last night.

I'd love to know our stats for the year because it's an outright disgrace.

I shouldn’t be surprised by that, but I am.

I thought our tackling vs Bulldogs was the best it’s been all season. Maybe the best it’s been for two seasons.

I guess we didn’t have the ball inside 50 for long… I can’t figure out if the trouble is leg speed inside 50 or poor defensive structures across half forward to take away the opposition’s route out of the backline…

Either way, goals from opposition turn overs have never been seen as a priority for Hardwick’s game plan. He was, is, and will always be about forcing a stoppage and scoring from there.

 

[deliberate!!]

To be fair to Hardwick, Damian Hardwick is a traditionalist. The 'one arm tackle' has been a tradition at Richmond since Wallace's time.

'One Arm Tackle':
The action of throwing out one arm because you are too lazy to reach out with both arms and fully commit to the tackle and make it stick.
Prevalent in average teams. The player applying a 'one arm tackle' believes he has fooled the Coach by giving the impression that he is desperate to stop the opposition, when in fact it is a lazy player's action and option, because the tackling player knows that the running or moving opposition will break the 'one arm tackle' and move away from the area and give the lazy 'one arm tackler' the chance to catch his breath. A Richmond Tradition, 2005 - Present.