binman

Agree. The tiger's system, the player's total belief in it and their ability to implement it (which incorporates their commitment to playing their designated role)is why they have been so successful. I am even more pusuaded of this view by an excellent book I am currently reading, Captain class by Sam walker, that aims to answer why the greatest sports team are so great. He looks at the question of how significant the coach is. The short answer is not nearly as much is widely thought. Suggests the Lombardi effect has an outsize influence. Its about the players and he posits in terms of the best of the best specifically the captain.

Why? Surely many coaches improve in all sorts of ways, including game day coaching, as they gain experience. Goody has made a point about being a life time learner so I can't see why he can't improve his coaching.

I think an important variable is how much goody, if at all, improves as a coach. Much harder to gauge improvement of a coach than a player as so much of their work is largely unseen by fans and the kpis are less black and white (other than wins of course - but how much is on field success down to the players and how much the coach - an age old question).

100% agree. Even if Tmac lost weight and regained his mobility he would still be too slow for the wing. Tomlinson at full fitness is too slow for the wing too. Which is amazing given we seemingly recruited him specifically to play wing. And Harmes, whist probably having the pace simply doesn't strike me as winger. To be honest Harmes is conundrum. Was terrible on the half back flank this year. And we have a surfeit of mids. His best position seems to be as a run with tagger but its not clear goody, like many coaches it seems, wants to use a tagger. When he first started i thought he looked a natural forward. Good overhead, ok kick, good one on one. Maybe he takes Hannan's spot, Or Melkshams if he refuses to tackle or commit his body again next season.

This sort of completely rude, pointless post is a stain on this generally pretty good site. Just rubbish and it says all I need to know about who you are a person. And it is one of your more innocuous posts. As I have posted before I put very few posters on ignore. Mostly with posters such as yourself who add little but angst i just don't bother with their posts, or if I do use sarcasm to make a point. But this rudeness is the straw 'dr d' and on ignore you go. It has been a tough long year for everyone. Who needs to see such dull negativity.

Do you think Caleb Daniels is wasted in defence? I don't. He his arguably the dogs most valuable player. Bowey is exactly the sort of player we need in that same role. We have kozzie, spargo and now Laurie for small forwards. Seems like they identified a clear need and Taylor filled it.

Agree with this. And he is not alone, unfortunately. Last year Hannan, Melksham, Vandenburg, Baker, Neal Bullen, Spargo and Hunt all had the same issue. Kozzie too but i'm less fussed at this stage about him given his age and role (and skill set).

Who?

Or Mack. As in in the Mack the (Bowey) knife.

You're probably right. He had only finished up a few days before the members forum and perhaps it was bit of a surprise. The AGM is in February, so plenty of time to process and make sure they acknowledge his contribution.

Underexposed yes (but more so in vic as the other states played junior footy this year), but they track kids from under 11s so I suspect they have a pretty good handle on who is the group of say the best 80-100 players for the following years draft in any given year. The challenge this year would have been ranking that group.

So ziggy would be a bit of a long bowey?

I just saw that. On the face of it a smart move by Melbourne United, as: covid has likely forever changed Melbourne in terms of the numbers of people who will work in the CBD. More people will will work from home, at least some days in the week, meaning population in areas like Casey and even down towards Philip Island and into Gippsland will increase Casey and the surrounding areas (with the exception of the Mornington Peninsula) are pretty culturally diverse so likely soccer is a pretty popular sport in the main the new fans they are looking to attract don't support another A league team, or if they do not rusted on support, meaning they have fertile ground for building their fan base (unlike us where we would be relying mainly on convincing young kids to support the dees)

Id be really interested in his thoughts about where the game is heading in terms of game style, tactics etc and what implications that has for the sort of players and attributes clubs will be looking to draft (Note: I reckon he is a terrific footy brain and this sort of forward thinking would be a big part of a good recruiter's tool kit ie not simply focused on short term needs of the club they work for. I suspect selecting rosman might be informed by that sort of forward thinking. And same goes for Jackson lsdt year - talls that are super athletes and can play mutiple roles and positions).

I was wondering if not having a Watson on the list made is less likely we were actually keen.

Stop making excuses for them.

So am I right to say that in your view the club making excuses contributes to poor performance?

Interestingly burgess, before responding to a question on surgeries returned to a previous question from 'james' about the Cairns schmooze and arriving on the day and with a fair bit of feeling said it was certainly not their choice, it was the afl. And noted the opposition had two days prep in Cairns. Sounded pretty annoyed.

Goody got super nervous/anxious it seems. He is definitely not a natural public speaker. No crowd there so who knows what the issue is.

What has happened to goody's hair?

Daniels really operates between the arcs, getting the ball at or near the contest. Sets up their transition from defence, gets it to their outside players like mcrae and to a lesser extent hits the last kick inside 50. The best kick in the AFL in my humble. His disposal efficiency is absolutely critical to the dog's game. We are desperate for a similar player.

I doubt both will end up permanent small forwards. Caleb Daniels is the model for both i reckon Kozzie is a star. Granted they want goals (which will come) bur they won't mind low possession numbers.

A function of drafting so few players with elite kicking skills in tbe last decade. I could not be more pleased they have bitten tbe bullet and focused on addressing our greatest need - great kicks.

Both kids can kick. That's all I wanted.

If he plays for Carlton, some of our less optimistic fans would suggest he is more likely to play in a grand final than if he had stayed with us.