Craig has coached himself out of contention

[deanox 9,912]

The only reason id consider Craig is of the players truly had a great relationship with him. In that case, keeping him on would add some on field stability, which I think the group needs, while still moving on from the Neeld regime.

He would have to be able to show he was in charge and would still maintain a professional standards and hard line as a coach while having that good relationship with them, ie demonstrate how he'd avoid a tail wagging dog scenario.

It may not work, I don't know the inner machinations. But I think some of this is what Craig means when he days "mfc needs to identify what type of coach it needs".

Edited July 29, 2013 by deanox

[Pirlo 813]

Terlich does kick outs, so does Garland. Not his fault Dunn was the only one left.

[Benson 254]

Terlich does kick outs, so does Garland. Not his fault Dunn was the only one left.

So it is not his fault he can not kick for poo?

[Tatu 416]

We wonder why no one wants to coach us or play for us..... Then a thread like this appears and its all makes scents again...

[rpfc 28,381]

We wonder why no one wants to coach us or play for us..... Then a thread like this appears and its all makes scents again...

Yeah, I can smell it too.

[mauriesy 7,286]

But tactically he has been disappointing

The only tactical improvement he could have made on Saturday was to flood all 18 players into North's 50 for the whole of the second half.

Otherwise it's just deckchairs.

Edited July 29, 2013 by maurie

[old dee 23,787]

JC could not coach this rag tag lot to more wins.

The list is poor.

IMO they are giving there best it is just unfortunate that for a large number of them

Their best is VFL standard.

[old dee 23,787]

The only tactical improvement he could have made on Saturday was to flood all 18 players into North's 50 for the whole of the second half.

Spot on Maurie

If the players don't have the skill they cannot implement any tactic.

[beelzebub 23,342]

The only tactical improvement he could have made on Saturday was to flood all 18 players into North's 50 for the whole of the second half.

Otherwise it's just deckchairs.

I disagree.. He might have at least started the game as though he thought we should play to win. Having no forward options really and allowing Dawes to be nobbled all day wasnt ( for mine ) overly inspiring.

He waved the white flag even before the bounce. Wonderful

[John Crow Batty 8,863]

I thoroughly disagree we have a [censored] poor list. We have some good defenders, forwards and talls. The mids are currently pathetic. Like a chronic lower back problem there. Cuts the body in half and unable to function. Aside from fixing this problem there is the need to get rid of the lack of focus, direction and the almighty inferiority complex. Not going happen on the dregs of the remaining season.

[[email protected] 101]

There is no doubt that mentally and emotionally we look miles ahead of where we were under Neeld. Body language is better, effort (apart from this week) is better. Tackling is improved, game plan looks a lot more fluid (again, apart from this week).

Craig is obviously a very good people person, you just need to listen to him talk to the media.

But tactically he has been disappointing, which obviously is a hard thing to try and do mid season after 18 months of rubbish. More worryingly it is the lack of team changes each week that I am not happy with, especially after two very hard weeks physically, to make only 1 forced change (well 2 if you count Terlich), was just a bad move. We were stuffed after half time.

No excuses though, to coach a team to a 120+ point loss against a mentally weak opponent is bloody poor.

If he was the only experience coach available, I'd seriously consider him, and I still think he has a lot of good to contribute to the club. But with so many other attractive options, I don't think he has any chance.

Having said all that, no coach will be able to make us a decent team without getting the midfield sorted. Our midfield is barely VFL standard, and we cannot keep relying on poor Jones to carry the team at every bounce, or expect Viney at 18 years of age to lift the standard.

the biggest problem with us and has been for several years is we always have a period where we give our supporters some hope and then it's suddenly "business as usual" like on Saturday. That's the MFC unfortunately..... Culture ???

[[email protected] 101]

We wonder why no one wants to coach us or play for us..... Then a thread like this appears and its all makes scents again...

Scents ??? Yeah , we do stink at the moment...

[Tatu 416]

Oops.... Sense...

[Invincible 9]

Don't see how he could be considered as the coach. His job was a mentor and advisor to Neeld and we all know what happen to him. He seems very set in his ways but certainly plays favourite to certain players.

[John Crow Batty 8,863]

Don't see how he could be considered as the coach. His job was a mentor and advisor to Neeld and we all know what happen to him. He seems very set in his ways but certainly plays favourite to certain players.

Starting to think the same way but not entirely given up on him. Set in his ways and old school. Seems to lack new ideas to take into the future.

[DemonOX 8,791]

Don't see how he could be considered as the coach. His job was a mentor and advisor to Neeld and we all know what happen to him. He seems very set in his ways but certainly plays favourite to certain players.

Although he was a mentor/advisor to neeld, based on his last press conference he didn't need any advice.

Remember he (neeld) said he would not change anything if he had his time over again. What a stubborn twot, fairdinkum anything Craig would have said or suggested was probably put to the side (and ignored).

[Norm Smith's Curse 2,601]

You can't polish a terd.

[Dockett 32 1,239]

Although he was a mentor/advisor to neeld, based on his last press conference he didn't need any advice.

Remember he (neeld) said he would not change anything if he had his time over again. What a stubborn twot, fairdinkum anything Craig would have said or suggested was probably put to the side (and ignored).

Thought Craig's presser ,was actually reasonable under the circumstances. He was clearly filthy and talked about toughness, digging in and coming to perform amongst other things, but then I thought about the game and wondered are we able at this point ,to make Davey, Blease, Watts, Pederson and others tough or to do the tough things or even the 1%ers? We have recruited some soft candy.