45 minutes ago, Grr-owl said:

 

Goodwin needs a safe place too. He's part of the group. My observation is that the stubbornness and inflexibility we perceive is the outer manifestation of an inability/unwillingness to admit errors, make corrections and move on because he feels unsafe to do so. 

Time to bend, Simon, and grow....

I agree, but I just don't think he is stubborn... I really really dont.. thats not how I see it.

33 minutes ago, Engorged Onion said:

I agree, but I just don't think he is stubborn... I really really dont.. thats not how I see it.

me either

since he really took over coaching in 2016, the amount of times where we've flung players around to try and wrest back momentum has been almost discombobulating

it's not always been through his own choosing either - he had to manage significant injuries to key personnel such as gawn (2017), hogan (2016 and 2018), lever (2018), viney (2018), too many to mention (2019) etc etc to various degrees of success

if anything, the thing that actually defines really successful sides is, more often than not, a settled line-up and a strong core and game plan where the execution of such is expected and result follow on accordingly

Rudi Webster still going around?

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As important as he is, give me a good psychologist any day

 

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8 hours ago, Earl Hood said:

I read where the Tigers have emphasised the importance of using mindfulness techniques to reduce anxiety, improve focus on the present etc. They also promoted the importance of enjoying the experience with their light hearted joking in the pre-start huddles when opposition teams are doing the opposite, revving themselves up as if they are going into battle. Whatever the Tigers are doing psychologically, it is working a treat. 

Unwittingly the opportunity may exist within those who have donned the red and the blue and represented the club. Martin Heppell co-partner of Resilience Project is a former player. This is the mob that have worked with the NRL, Australian Cricket, Australian Women's Soccer team and a number of AFL clubs including Richmond, Collingwood, currently with Port Adelaide and Hawthorn. According to Hugh van Cuylenburg founder of RP, Dustin Martin was an enthusiastic adherent of mindfulness, so much so,  he asked for a second mindfulness journal immediately after completing his first. A distant observer may speculate it was part of a transcendental experience for Dusty, from inner self to AFL success.

3 hours ago, Tarax Club said:

Unwittingly the opportunity may exist within those who have donned the red and the blue and represented the club. Martin Heppell co-partner of Resilience Project is a former player. This is the mob that have worked with the NRL, Australian Cricket, Australian Women's Soccer team and a number of AFL clubs including Richmond, Collingwood, currently with Port Adelaide and Hawthorn. According to Hugh van Cuylenburg founder of RP, Dustin Martin was an enthusiastic adherent of mindfulness, so much so,  he asked for a second mindfulness journal immediately after completing his first. A distant observer may speculate it was part of a transcendental experience for Dusty, from inner self to AFL success.

I imagine Dusty had quite a bit to deal with.

17 hours ago, maximum bob said:

Rudi Webster still going around?

 

I was thinking the same thing. Webster was a high-profile (some might say attention-seeking) psychologist used by clubs (Richmond was one, I think) in the 80s or perhaps 90s. There was some scepticism about his value back then, but I think that was more a distrust of the concept than the person.

That we can remember his name probably points as much to to the aforesaid attention-seeking behaviour as to how unusual it was at the time to have a psychologist working in the VFL/AFL. 

Rudi worked at Melbourne in 1982 and 1983 when Ron Barassi was coach. 

He's still going at the age of 81 but I would expect his professional days are well  behind him.