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THE NEW DEMON GAME PLAN

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DEMONS GO "BACK TO SCHOOL"

It seems that all the boys are going to school to study the new Demon game plan.

Neale Daniher did something similar when he became coach at the end of 1997. The Demons took over part of the Caulfield Grammar campus and did much of their pre season there including going back to the classroom to study the coach's new style. It must have worked because the team rose for last to a preliminary final in 1998 and even gave the ultimate premiers Adelaide a thrashing in the first final.

It's a pity the Reverend didn't maintain that sort of meticulous attention to detail in planning a pre season throughout his time as a coach. Although ultimately the best of your training's done on the track, there's definite value in a bit of teaching in the classroom to help players understand what it is they're meant to be doing out on the ground. This is something they didn't appear to comprehend when the Nab Cup and practice matches were played last year and they were supposed to be adopting a "run and carry" style of play. Hopefully, things will change this year.

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Neale Daniher did something similar when he became coach at the end of 1997. The Demons took over part of the Caulfield Grammar campus and did much of their pre season there including going back to the classroom to study the coach's new style. It must have worked because the team rose for last to a preliminary final in 1998 and even gave the ultimate premiers Adelaide a thrashing in the first final.

It's a pity the Reverend didn't maintain that sort of meticulous attention to detail in planning a pre season throughout his time as a coach. Although ultimately the best of your training's done on the track, there's definite value in a bit of teaching in the classroom to help players understand what it is they're meant to be doing out on the ground. This is something they didn't appear to comprehend when the Nab Cup and practice matches were played last year and they were supposed to be adopting a "run and carry" style of play. Hopefully, things will change this year.

I hear "run and carry" is making a comeback. Is this true?

If so, let's hope they get it right this time around.

Yencks Redleg

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I hear "run and carry" is making a comeback. Is this true?

If so, let's hope they get it right this time around.

not at melbourne...i like the "lets play like geelong" game plan...if that is run and carry well then lets do that...i doubt dean bailey would have mentioned run and carry this year however, as it turned out looking like such a failure at this club just last year

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not at melbourne...i like the "lets play like geelong" game plan...if that is run and carry well then lets do that...i doubt dean bailey would have mentioned run and carry this year however, as it turned out looking like such a failure at this club just last year

From inside sources at "The Cattery" there was a near player revolt at Thommo's chip-chip-chip start stop game plan, basically it was the plan goes, and/or the coach goes, or we go!.

The Cats started moving the ball long and fast into the forward line...the rest is history!

:rolleyes:

From DeeReaming...in the know, because he is surrounded by [censored]!

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