I’m talking specifically about how this affects a player’s mentality. It’s evident that Tomlinson wanted out, and would likely have been satisfied with any club who was willing to give him more game-time. But instead he’s been treated to the same frustration within the first two games of the year. If I were him I wouldn’t give a toss about our club.
Not letting a player who’s keen to leave the club do so because they’re “required”, then dropping them for the second game of the season despite a solid performance in the first, is the epitome of poor player-management.
Goodwin, though rich in “learnings”, seems to have learned nothing from the selection debacle of last year’s finals campaign.
Let’s not make assumptions (that can quickly become hastily -formed theories) based on things we don’t really know about.
If he’s despondent for any reason, it might just be because he’s frustrated with his body and wants to get on the ground.
Yep, brought this up earlier.
Goodwin needs to go back into the box. But he’s very much a creature of habit. Would be genuinely surprised if he did it.
Is it time Goodwin tried a new approach and went back into the coach’s box?
A common theme in the criticism of him tends be his inability to react in real-time, and overall favour the game plan above all else.
I do realise he has comms running through his headset and staff on the bench with him, but there’s no denying that if he were watching the game from (literally) a different perspective with asst-coaches beside him and data in front of him, he would have a significantly different experience of the game. And those differences could be telling.