Engorged Onion
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That’s a disgrace - he’s at least 20% worse in finals. Clearly can’t coach when it counts.. Roos gifted him this team and it’s generational and he is so boring and rigid and plays favourites 😍 -
It's understandable to yearn for the aggressive and intimidating qualities of previous teams, especially in contact sports like Aussie Rules football, where the physical nature is indeed a component of the game. However, aggression can provide a competitive edge, but there's a distinction to be made between functional aggression, which is channeled to enhance performance, and dysfunctional aggression, which might lead to penalties, suspensions, and undermine team cohesion. High-performing athletes often possess superior emotional regulation skills. Reacting aggressively or seeking revenge after a teammate is injured might feel right in the moment, but it can jeopardize the overarching game strategy. Staying focused on the end goal rather than immediate retaliation is crucial. Furthermore, a successful team often prioritizes a culture of respect, both internally and externally. Helping an opponent off the ground isn't necessarily indicative of weakness; it can be a reflection of a broader culture of sportsmanship. Such actions can foster a positive team environment, underpinning mutual respect and collaboration. A sense of unity, camaraderie, and mutual trust, often referred to as team cohesion, plays a significant role in sports success. A team culture rooted in mutual respect and understanding can be more conducive to promoting such cohesion than a purely aggressive one. The realm of modern coaching also provides insight. There's been a shift from dictatorial styles to more transformational approaches, which emphasize player well-being, psychological safety, and holistic development. Empathy, understanding, and clear communication have now become central to effective coaching. From a long-term perspective, while intimidating tactics might reap short-term benefits, they might lead to long-term challenges, like increased injury rates or mental health issues. By focusing on player well-being and fostering sustainable development, teams can ensure that athletes remain in peak condition, both mentally and physically, throughout their careers. And... while iconic players like Voss, Hodge, and Scarlett are often cited as paragons of toughness, elite sport is filled with examples of top athletes who've demonstrated sportsmanship alongside their competitiveness.
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Isn't innovation a curious thing? I've just caught wind of a shiny new thread where fans can give their unfiltered opinions on player performance. A platform for fans to share insights? I bet you've never seen anything like it, especially not every week, during every game, and every hour on Demonland.🫠 Sorry @buck_nekkid, I'm in a foul mood. Good on you for starting the thread.
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He was probably only 1 or 2 more losses away for that. It genuinely is a game of fine fine margins. Careers are built and lost on it, both players and coaching staff.
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I think there is a meme out there that pertains to: Tell me you don’t know something… etc etc There is credible evidence in every season that Goodwin has flexibility, makes hard decisions etc. ps: what part of the game plan that has had us in the top 4 for 60 odd rounds consecutively would you choose to change? **feeling quite terse. It’s not an overarching game plan problem, it’s a finishing problem.
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7.45pm methinks
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(I know I know... nostalgia) I used to drive up from Portland (4.5 hours) to the MCG perhaps twice a year, with my father to watch, some fine work by Lovett, Tingay and Stretch.. anyway, watching Darren Cuthbertson in the curtain raiser was often the highlight of the trip! Bring em' back!
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Context of each year doesn’t matter…Unless we get a threepeat, we’ve failed? And the team has let ME down. Am I doing it right? *sorry for the condescending tone.
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That's every teams ideal @Boots and all - rarely is it like this due to defensive structures, zone defence and aerobic capacity of all players. That's why there is ostensibly ZERO one on one defence any more, unlike the 'halycon' days of 1980's and 1990's (or whenever any of you reading this was a child, pre 2000). 😁 So if it's true that it is the ideal, then, do you try to manufacture the ideal, or do you accept that you cannot really manufacture it due to those factors listed and look at other strategic ways of of winning, where an open forward line is unlikely. Looking at a range of metrics of what give you a greater percentage of chances or goal scoring opportunities (irrespective of the outcome)... closer to the boundaries and hard shots, or aim for the middle and as one consequence, get cut up on the rebound... These are the things that the great minds of the game (including Goodwin, much to the chagrin of some) ponder, whilst looking at the list in its current form and how do we get the best from a list, who have had much of the forward line either injured, or returning from injury...
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Chaos was the reductionist terminology used. It’s not chaotic (Hardwick and co would have loved that phrase), as the interpretation is that there is no real strategy. that is patently false. there was structure AS well as move it toward at all cost mentality - or as I’d put it - a territory game.
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In my opinion, It’s Fugazi. It’s a piece masquerading as insightful, and fails to highlight the times we hit people on the chest, (see all games). We have a greater number of I50’s typically due to our setup. Thus the scoring rate goes down due to density. Melbournes approach, staves off quick scoring out the back for our opponents By the very nature of a tactic, there are always ways to counter it, and Goodwin aims for risk minimisation - it’s why we have been in the top 4 for 3 years, and with the exception of Essendon this year all games have been lost by less than 2 kicks and we typically comfortably have more scoring shots. This is the risk vs the reward. 5 years ago none of us in our lifetime could have dreamed of our consistency… and we have it, yet some are not quite nuanced enough to see why there is the approach taken FWIW - The media highlights these things as a simple remedy… and it ain’t that simple because they don’t delve into the costs of changing strategy. *there needs to be 2 acknowledgements, one the quality (of all) opposition, which of course being the national league, is really very good, thus their structures are great. secondly, our forward line has had to be restructured numerous numerous times throughout the year and thus leading patterns are not as refined. so it’s both structure/strategy and personnel as to why it’s adopted. and I know we all know about the injuries to forward personnel, I’m confused why people fail to see it as a significant contributing factor… YET we still lose by under 2 kicks.
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Surprised Maynard didn't get 5 votes from Fly, seeing as how much influence one bloke had on the outcome of a the game.
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@binmanintuitively it makes sense that there is a response from people who invested every thing to become an afl player. You live your playing life in a bubble and no one else ‘quite gets it’ no one else understands the ‘rigours’ and what they had to put their body through. Because they were institutionalised by their peers, coaches, club stalwarts and the media, that glory comes through physicality and pain. and if you don’t quite get it, how can you understand the lived experience of what it takes, and the acceptance of brutality and that collisions are ‘part of the sport’ that made ‘me’ who I am? it’s an affront to the identity of those players who are less self reflective and less evolved that culturally we have shifted as a society.
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Funny, I thought the same thing - Horn, whom I rate as a journalist, left me a little gobsmacked with that last bit.
