Roast The Loose Zone

[catempire]

If anyone can explain the thinking behind this I'd love to hear it.

Guarding non-dangerous space.

Standing 5m off your opponent inside 50m.

Not manning the mark properly.

Getting sucked into the contest leaving loose men on the goal side.

 

[STPer18]

Will never properly understand modern tactics. Seems like a massive wank to me.

 

[Topper]

I can't defend it. But everyone is doing it these days, it's just the current f$@ing trend.

Sydney aren't doing it and are getting smashed in the media for not adopting it and being 0-6

 

[BotsMaster]

When has a loose zone won a team a flag?

 

[James1970]

Me thinks it's done on the white-board with the understanding that Selwood and Danger will get the ball first.

The coaches have yet to work out what to do when that doesn't happen.

 

[Cezz The Catter]

If anyone can explain the thinking behind this I'd love to hear it.

Guarding non-dangerous space.

Standing 5m off your opponent inside 50m.

Not manning the mark properly.

Getting sucked into the contest leaving loose men on the goal side.

Mate it's a great strategy.

In even better news!

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[Daniel McL]

#BringCowanBack

He was the glue holding our zone together

 

[BotsMaster]

#BringCowanBack

He was the glue holding our zone together

Would have suited tonight's 'guarding grass' gameplan

 

[Stocks_go_Up]

Guys we will never understand the game - Chris Scott knows everything... Our best is good enough. Our zone is perfect guys don't question it. The fact they walked the ball past it was just luck.. Won't happen again guys I promise.

 

[Pure_Ownage]

Just play 1 on 1 for goodness sake.

 

[HellasOle]

****ing mother****ing c*** of a performance
Disgarceful Menengola, Hawkins, Duncan, Selwood can have some pampering the rest should be running laps

 

[Art Vandelay_]

If anyone can explain the thinking behind this I'd love to hear it.

Guarding non-dangerous space.

Standing 5m off your opponent inside 50m.

Not manning the mark properly.

Getting sucked into the contest leaving loose men on the goal side.

Have done it the last few weeks in the VFL too. We are making too many skill errors to play a zone as it ****s us the other way on turnover.

 

[Pollywaffle]

I think the more pro active coaches/ teams have worked out how to penetrate the zone and set up in defence utilising forward pressure. We seem to be playing with old style structures that are easily picked apart by the quicker committed teams.
Basically we are f**cked if something doesn't change soon.

 

[cats_09]

Zone defence shits me when I watch the Geelong Supercats in the basketball - seems to be a default defence option and the way teams are taught to beat it is with 3pt shots.

Same thing with football, zoning off is easily beaten by quick ball movement and that's what's hastened the last couple of weeks. Zoning off works when you can slow the opposition down and force them to go wide, but if they can bring the ball back through the middle and move it with speed then you cut up the zone.

Much rather watch one-on-one contests and force the opposition to take chances than give them easy options

 

[Mr Meow]

It is the single most frustrating strategy I have seen the Geelong Football Club deploy. The team have become nothing more than witches hats when the opposition has the ball.

 

[romeohwho]

Cannot fathom it-spent an inordinate amount of time tonight ( as on other occasions) yelling at the players to pick up a man. Very simple really. Can you just do it lads. We know what is going to happen-if it is so clear to us how the tactic will unfold, what then, are the coaches seeing? Scott is an intelligent man, a seemingly keen student if the game, so what is it-is he stubborn or unable to be flexible.

 

[Jhye Clark 13]

We're well coached and we exceeded expectations.

What's wrong?

 

[Jhye Clark 13]

Zone defence shits me when I watch the Geelong Supercats in the basketball -

One of my mates was their captains for years.

 

[UnitedWarrior93]

It is the single most frustrating strategy I have seen the Geelong Football Club deploy. The team have become nothing more than witches hats when the opposition has the ball.

How easily do teams transition from a kick out to their forward line for a shot on goal?

It's the easiest thing to do going around.

 

[Stocks_go_Up]

Cannot fathom it-spent an inordinate amount of time tonight ( as on other occasions) yelling at the players to pick up a man. Very simple really. Can you just do it lads. We know what is going to happen-if it is so clear to us how the tactic will unfold, what then, are the coaches seeing? Scott is an intelligent man, a seemingly keen student if the game, so what is it-is he stubborn or unable to be flexible.

Mate us plebs don't understand the game according to Scott - he is the all seeing all knowing guru. He has managed to produce the same failures in coaching and structures for years and years. All he has to do is tell us their best is good enough in the press conference and all is well at Catland.

 

[Jhye Clark 13]

How easily do teams transition from a kick out to their forward line for a shot on goal?

It's the easiest thing to do going around.

More than Horlin-Smith runs on the spot or fumbles I guess.

 

[Geelong_Sicko]

Might be alright to zone against certain clubs, or at certain times. But we need to be able to make snap changes on-the-fly as well when things turn to shit. There's that bit in Aliens where things turn to shit and Lt. Gorman is just stuttering and stammering in his command console unable to make the squad (or what remained of them) extract themselves under pressure.

Is this Scotty? Was this Bomber Thompson? 'Plan B' often wasn't there under Bomber, but he at least at an elite team of very tough hombres at his disposal. 'Plan A' usually had the enemy dead with several football-shaped holes in them.

Poor old Scotty, much less so.

 

[Jhye Clark 13]

We're in for a lot of pain until Scott's contract is up.

 

[Cursed Cat]

We're in for a lot of pain until Scott's contract is up.

character building

 

[cats_09]

One of my mates was their captains for years.

NBL or SEABL days?

I've been following the team since their inclusion in SEABL so I've seen a few captains in Adam Lamont, Jarrod Leonard, Braith Cox, Jamie Medved and now Nathan Herbert.