sproketman
Club Legend
- Aug 6, 2015
- 1,226
- 2,071
- AFL Club
- Fremantle
- Banned
- #1
It's not in him.
He backs in players who are fit over those who have skills. Comes apart against skilled and fit sides. Anyone who has played professional sport knows that fitness is easier to build than skills. But he won't risk a skilled, but unfit player in place of a low skilled fit one, because of the demands of his game plan.
He sets up every structure such that no one is goal side. Everyone is placed to cut off the potential turnover and make sure we don't get burned. He won't wear the risk.
He is the most risk averse coach in the game, but this wins him a lot of games, because there are a number of clubs who are either terrible, or take crazy risks to improve rapidly, and give him the opportunity to pounce.
He'll quite possibly do well on the ladder next year, but ultimately it will again mean nothing.
He backs in players who are fit over those who have skills. Comes apart against skilled and fit sides. Anyone who has played professional sport knows that fitness is easier to build than skills. But he won't risk a skilled, but unfit player in place of a low skilled fit one, because of the demands of his game plan.
He sets up every structure such that no one is goal side. Everyone is placed to cut off the potential turnover and make sure we don't get burned. He won't wear the risk.
He is the most risk averse coach in the game, but this wins him a lot of games, because there are a number of clubs who are either terrible, or take crazy risks to improve rapidly, and give him the opportunity to pounce.
He'll quite possibly do well on the ladder next year, but ultimately it will again mean nothing.