OX - The Commando

[GrandOld 367]

We have tried turning over coaches, turning over the footy department, high performance trainers, recruiters etc. etc. etc. The department we seem to be lacking in is players and their lack luster performances and enthusiasm towards games and training . What happened to the good old days where a coach would tear shreads of a player for not putting in, or committing 100%. It seems at the moment we seem to want to stroke them like kittens and help them lick their wounds after a dismal performance so as not to damage the bond or culture of the playing group. What happened to the days where culture was something you found in yoghurt and you got your wounds licked runng laps and playing in the seconds. We need a fearful presence watching over the players. Someone not afraid to deal out a verbal tirade when required but also someone the boys have a fearful respect for. Someone to tear boys out of a bubble bath in throw them in an ice bath, someone players don't want to come face to face with when not giving 100%. Someone to teach them respect has to be earned and that respect is the highest currency in a team sport. Send in the OX. Not as a coach, more of a player performance and attitude manager.

Edited April 16, 2013 by GrandOld

[DemonWA 3,932]

Isnt that what Neeld did when he got to the club?! Tore the boys out of a bubble bath in threw them into an ice bath?

If he had slowly added some ice to the bubble bath we might have had a better 2012. Moloney & Rivers might still be at the club and amougnst our better players....

We dont need a hard arse comando type, we need a COACH!

[BrisbaneDemon 1,572]

Isnt that what Neeld did when he got to the club?! Tore the boys out of a bubble bath in threw them into an ice bath?

If he had slowly added some ice to the bubble bath we might have had a better 2012. Moloney & Rivers might still be at the club and amougnst our better players....

We dont need a hard arse comando type, we need a COACH!

DING DING DING!!!!

[Longsufferingnomore 1,631]

Send in Cam Smith - Melbourne Storm Captain - no more spa baths!

[machine11 142]

Isnt that what Neeld did when he got to the club?! Tore the boys out of a bubble bath in threw them into an ice bath?

If he had slowly added some ice to the bubble bath we might have had a better 2012. Moloney & Rivers might still be at the club and amougnst our better players....

We dont need a hard arse comando type, we need a COACH!

Perhaps those two were a bit soft huh! Change is good.

[H_T 3,043]

Not as a coach, more of a player performance and attitude manager.

Haven't we already got that between Neil Craig and Todd Viney?

[MH. 88]

Send in the OX. Not as a coach, more of a player performance and attitude manager.

Send in a guy that was a notoriously poor trainer with a bad attitude, who retired 10 years ago, to monitor the current training standards of this Melbourne group ?

That works.

[Retrospective 104]

We have tried turning over coaches, turning over the footy department, high performance trainers, recruiters etc. etc. etc. The department we seem to be lacking in is players and their lack luster performances and enthusiasm towards games and training . What happened to the good old days where a coach would tear shreads of a player for not putting in, or committing 100%. It seems at the moment we seem to want to stroke them like kittens and help them lick their wounds after a dismal performance so as not to damage the bond or culture of the playing group. What happened to the days where culture was something you found in yoghurt and you got your wounds licked runng laps and playing in the seconds. We need a fearful presence watching over the players. Someone not afraid to deal out a verbal tirade when required but also someone the boys have a fearful respect for. Someone to tear boys out of a bubble bath in throw them in an ice bath, someone players don't want to come face to face with when not giving 100%. Someone to teach them respect has to be earned and that respect is the highest currency in a team sport. Send in the OX. Not as a coach, more of a player performance and attitude manager.

I think we've got a fearful presence..... our coaching staff is fearful of the post match presser as the supply of credible(?) excuses runs down