Should captains be made to front post-match press conferences alongside their coaches?

[Cmarsh]

Why should a coach solely bare the brunt from the media for his team's performance post-match?

When the playing group produces a poor performance that lacks effort and accountability, then a representative from the playing group, most likely the capatain or co-captain, should be made to give an expalaination to club members and fans who pay good money to support their club at post-match press conferences.

It's done in other sports. Why not the AFL?

 

[1990crow]

I'd get rid of the press conferences. They add nothing.

 

[GROTTO]

I'd get rid of the press conferences. They add nothing.

I enjoyed watching a Mick Malthouse press conference after a Carlton loss, back in the day.

 

[Doc1763]

I'd get rid of the press conferences. They add nothing.

you cant even hear the questions most of the time

 

[Underarm]

you cant even hear the questions most of the time

Coaches don't answer the question asked, not sure why it matters so much to hear it.

A player at the press conference pretending to be sad he lost a football game isn't going to add anything

 

[giggler99]

I sometimes watch the pressers from the NRL and the captains just sits there silent like they don’t want to be there. Usually they are only asked one or two questions that are pointless and just give a typical generic answer. I don’t think it’s right to lump the captains to a presser just after a match.

 

[Handsuper47]

I'd get rid of the press conferences. They add nothing.

me too, if the club wants to answer something they usually answer it during the week anyway
and while we're at it get rid of the interviews in-between quarters when people are going on/off the ground

 

[Kappa]

With the media training and over analysis of every tiny comment it would be pointless, a bunch of cliche answers to ensure they don’t create any headlines. The media’s killed personality in the game

 

[carndapies]

Why should a coach solely bare the brunt from the media for his team's performance post-match?

When the playing group produces a poor performance that lacks effort and accountability, then a representative from the playing group, most likely the capatain or co-captain, should be made to give an expalaination to club members and fans who pay good money to support their club at post-match press conferences.

It's done in other sports. Why not the AFL?

Nah captains would be exhausted after playing a full game. Also I’m sure all players (captains included) would have recovery required after games.

 

[The King!]

Why do we want 2 people giving nothing answers, unless we allow them to speak freely, why bother having them at all.

I don’t need to hear Dean Cox

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and Heeney both tell me how they will work hard this week to turn it around and there was some good but some bad

 

[Romeoh1]

No thanks.

 

[The Casey Cat]

you cant even hear the questions most of the time

And a lot aren't questions anyway. They're BS statements we could make, inviting a nothing/captain obvious response that again, some couch potato could give. Utter waste of time.

 

[Sentinel]

I love how the only game where a player is worthy to be invited to the post game press conference, other than the Grand Final, is when they bring the ANZAC Medallist to it. Since it's obviously equivalent to a Norm Smith medal.

 

[AlwaysHawks15]

Sicily wouldn't have wanted to front up tonight and explain his shocking game that's for sure. Worst I've seen him play for quite some time.

 

[Rotayjay]

No. Not a single word spoken at these press conferences is worth listening to.

 

[revo333]

They tried years ago having a player with the coach and they just sat there and said nothing for most of it.