thylacine60
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tough love needs to be tempered - his extremes are legendary (and documented) you don't get players to smack the crap out of other players in a so-called training exercise unless it is YOU that is angry - that's your issue more than theirs - how and if he can influence the coaches will be an interesting exercise to observe - he may be rejected if his thinking is too far removed from current standards - think he has mellowed somewhat though it's certainly true different players can respond well to different coaching, mentoring and support styles......Wallsy's stoic, get on with it, don't feel sorry for ourselves, may well be the ideal message for The coaching and Playing Group now, following Docherty's cruel injury blow.
One trait i felt Robert Walls had as a coach and listening to him in the media over the years, was he had a tough love approach, and seemed to try ensure players didn't feel sorry for themselves during a rough patch (or so it seems to me, happy to be proven wrong).
Although his philosophy and style seems antiquated today, maybe we (the collectively) need to buy into what Wallsy's selling, at least in the short term, to try and not dwell too much/badly on the irreplaceable Sam Docherty .
Just hoping the players do not fall into the (understandably) depressed rut us fans have slumped into since the shocking news yesterday.
Perhaps Walls isn't the answer, but i just hope the club has the qualified people in place to try keep the morale and spirit of the group up (which i am sure they have).