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Which team & gamestyle, Do/Did you most enjoy & respect ?

*The Lions of the early 2000's ?

*The Swans one on one style?

*The Cats game of the past 5 years?

*The Hawks recent gamestyle?

*The Blues?

*The Saints/Freo under Lyon?

..... IMO, if you want to find a coach, first identify the gamestyle you think will fit this club, & then start looking for the best person, who can deliver what you want.

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Collingwood under Malthouse in the 2010 premership... whoever their midfield coach is we should get him!

Too soon? On a serious note though Geelong.

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Hawks of the 80's, Lions of 2000's, Cats of recent years are the three best I have seen.

I rate the Lions as the best of these. Incredible skill, serious aggressive grunt and the best captain I have ever seen in Voss.

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Pity that was not a voting option

pointless OD because not all gamestyles will satisfy the MFC supporter, & the last thing we need is more supporters wanting to sack coaches before they get started on their plans.

IMO we need to have a responsible gamestyle... one where we are responsible for our opponents & shut them down then atack on the rebound...

NOT an all out defence, of a Ross Lyon style, & Nor an all out attacking game, like the Port Adelaide teams of 2005 & onwards...

the style is key to who you chase.

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Hawks of the 80's, Lions of 2000's, Cats of recent years are the three best I have seen.

I rate the Lions as the best of these. Incredible skill, serious aggressive grunt and the best captain I have ever seen in Voss.

they're my top 3 as well.

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In 2014 -

Respect: Freo (it works independent of talent, which is remarkably difficult in a competition built on elite talent).

Enjoy: Geelong, and recently The Suns.

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Geelong, play positive football, never drop their head and have a culture of and holding each other to account. They don't waste time talking about leadership because they have 22 leaders out there every week.

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pointless OD because not all gamestyles will satisfy the MFC supporter, & the last thing we need is more supporters wanting to sack coaches before they get started on their plans.

IMO we need to have a responsible gamestyle... one where we are responsible for our opponents & shut them down then atack on the rebound...

NOT an all out defence, of a Ross Lyon style, & Nor an all out attacking game, like the Port Adelaide teams of 2005 & onwards...

the style is key to who you chase.

pointless OD because not all gamestyles will satisfy the MFC supporter, & the last thing we need is more supporters wanting to sack coaches before they get started on their plans.

IMO we need to have a responsible gamestyle... one where we are responsible for our opponents & shut them down then atack on the rebound...

NOT an all out defence, of a Ross Lyon style, & Nor an all out attacking game, like the Port Adelaide teams of 2005 & onwards...

the style is key to who you chase.

At this point in our history de-luded I do not care what style we employ.

As long as it wins games I do not care how boring or attacking or defence it is.

Just win games.

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At this point in our history de-luded I do not care what style we employ.

As long as it wins games I do not care how boring or attacking or defence it is.

Just win games.

I'm not getting at what you prefer, I'm getting at selecting the right horse for our course.

& I'm suggesting that even if we had Ross Lyon here, it wouldn't be too long before many would tire of the totally negative plays. Freo may suit him much better.. I know a few Stkilda supporters who hated & were totally bored with the Lyon gamestyle... many did not renew their memberships because of this.

to get the supporters to buy in, you need to have a suitable gamestyle as well as winning otherwise the honeymoon period can be really short.

its not just grabbing a coach. not like in the 60's... just a motivator.... now with differing strategies, these things should come into "play" as it were.


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Why can't I multi-vote?

I love what the lions did, it was ground-breaking at the time and had the coaches stamp all over it.

Sydney I have huge respect for because of their uncompromising culture and attitude on the field.

Geelong I love to watch simply for the ability of the players on display.

Don't care much for Ross Lyon. He instils discipline and defence, but he's never quite pulled off a flag. Carlton are nothing. The hawks I think have a very good gameplan and some real stars, but I'm not sold on them as a unit in the finals. Could well be a prelim or runner up again this year.

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Why can't I multi-vote?

I love what the lions did, it was ground-breaking at the time and had the coaches stamp all over it.

Sydney I have huge respect for because of their uncompromising culture and attitude on the field.

Geelong I love to watch simply for the ability of the players on display.

Don't care much for Ross Lyon. He instils discipline and defence, but he's never quite pulled off a flag. Carlton are nothing. The hawks I think have a very good gameplan and some real stars, but I'm not sold on them as a unit in the finals. Could well be a prelim or runner up again this year.

its about the matching of a suitable gamestyle, with a coach who employs that type gamestyle...

of course, the current gamestyle at North is of Brad Scott, a Matthews disciple... & you could say that the current Cats gamestyle may have tinges of a Matthews influence via Chris Scott.

the Swans have the Roos 'One on One' style, developed on the SCG, & from his early days at Fitzroy, the forerunner to the more contested footy of the last 5 years... thankfully contested footy came back.

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Melbourne 1956! What a team!

Today, I would lean towards Sydney. They are so relentless, uncompromising and bonded. They play as a perfect team. Wish we could emulate them.

Geelong, of course, are great to watch too with their amazing talent all over the field. Maybe we could be a combination of Sydney and Geelong. That would get us out of the doldrums.

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Melbourne 1956! What a team!

Today, I would lean towards Sydney. They are so relentless, uncompromising and bonded. They play as a perfect team. Wish we could emulate them.

Geelong, of course, are great to watch too with their amazing talent all over the field. Maybe we could be a combination of Sydney and Geelong. That would get us out of the doldrums.

Melbourne 59 - 60,

Like both Sydney and Geelong's styles.

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