"We're not going to panic"

[Sanders]

"It's not time to panic"

it's not time to panic.

4 quarters against WC at home, in a must win game, was time to panic.

and panic we did

 

[Sanders]

Really? like what?

Are you aware that for systems to work, players need to put an effort in. So systematic problems in my view is a symptom not the cause. We got to top 2 FFS. Our systems work fine. You come across as someone who just throws the baby out with the bathwater as soon as a problem occurs. The reason we lost, pure and simple, the players work rate was non existent from the first bounce. To think its more then that is just asinine.

are you saying the players weren't trying?

 

[adelaidecrows]

are you saying the players weren't trying?

I think there are certain plays during the game that highlight that some players weren't playing to the best of their ability. Playing with a thought of preservation for finals is my conclusion. I can assure you there would be a half a dozen players feeling pretty shitty about the game they played.

 

[1970crow]

And we mock the Port board. We have a whole group that would fit right in with them.

We don't have that many bath water drinkers. Only a few delusionals who live in rainbow and lollipop land.

 

[Sanders]

I think there are certain plays during the game that highlight that some players weren't playing to the best of their ability. Playing with a thought of preservation for finals is my conclusion. I can assure you there would be a half a dozen players feeling pretty shitty about the game they played.

You didn't answer the question

Were they or weren't they trying?

 

[adelaidecrows]

You didn't answer the question

Were they or weren't they trying?

Depends if you class bruise free footy as trying or not?

 

[Bovo]

i hate roos, but i wouldnt mind his overseeing pykey for a couple of years

Roos? Please no. He thinks more highly of himself than most. He had a COLA backed club and won himself a premiership.

 

[Sanders]

Depends if you class bruise free footy as trying or not?

You don't switch bruise free or as I like to call it Jenkins footy on & off. You don't switch effort on & off either

 

[adelaidecrows]

You don't switch bruise free or as I like to call it Jenkins footy on & off. You don't switch effort on & off either

Of course you can. The players didn't want to body opponents. Classic preservation footy. Not all our players did that but there were certainly some that did which included some of our better players. Some players probably had a Grand Final on their mind.

 

[Big Gazoongas]

We don't have that many bath water drinkers. Only a few delusionals who live in rainbow and lollipop land.

We may not have that many but we do have them.

 

[1970crow]

Depends if you class bruise free footy as trying or not?

It's your definition that counts here, I think.

 

[adelaidecrows]

It's your definition that counts here, I think.

Bruise free footy by it's title says it all. When players avoid putting themselves in harms way to reduce risk of injury they are not playing to the best of their ability.

 

[Sanders]

Of course you can. The players didn't want to body opponents. Classic preservation footy. Not all our players did that but there were certainly some that did which included some of our better players. Some players probably had a Grand Final on their mind.

that's insane

 

[Interloperer]

It's a moot point now. The coaching/management panicked when they decided that the 20% chance of "Crows err in appealing Sloane ban" would reflect poorly on them personally, whereas "Sloane stars in elimination final" wouldn't carry the disclaimer that this is inferior to all possible scenarios involving a win against WCE.

Maybe if they don't panic now we'll get the meaningful analysis that should have come after the Geelong loss or the periods against Essendon, Port where they played above themselves.

 

[Murray2503]

"It's not time to panic"

How many times do we hear that from a coach this after a crushing loss? Don Pyke was at it again last night, shades of Neil Craig.

Of course you're not going to panic if that means taking off your clothes and running around in circles screaming, but it's just coach-speak for doing more of the same and not making any unforced changes to a team that was clearly inadequate last night. If however "panicking" means giving them a rocket and banishing the usual underperformers then we should by all means panic. If not panicking means considering but deciding not to tag a 40 possession winner like Gaff, then please panic Don. Our year is on the line.

Our year was on the line last Friday night and we failed miserably!