Hey guys, been reading for a couple of years but as a member on the younger side never really felt a need to contribute as someone would usually have the same view as myself but with more background knowledge, anyway introductions aside
I am a fan of bailey and his development but if this is true it gets me really agitated. I have only been too a few training sessions normally at the start of the season so I don’t know much but have to agree that there isn’t an obvious urgency with regard to those same components as Collingwood. The necessity to have every player know there place and what to do with and without the ball to me just doesn’t seam as urgent. My girlfriend is a Geelong supporter and having seen them train too I get a whole different vibe from there sessions. It’s all business down there in terms of the intensity, effort and instruction throughout every single drill. I haven’t witnessed any sessions under Scott but with Thompson's high handball and running game I distinctly remember watching them run in waves from the centre/back line with multiple coaching staff and senior players really drilling each other on small details. The thing that really stood out to me was the knowledge the players had of the game plan. They were so well drilled at times it looked like it was just players coaching other players and when something would slip up no matter how small it was attended to.
After reading your post and thinking about the differences in these successful clubs to our own I find myself coming to these conclusions.
1. That some/most of our players ether don’t know, have the faith or are currently able (for whatever reason) of properly execute bailey game plan.
2. The plan is floored and is too one dimensional for today’s game, working ageist some teams but not others
3. Obvious one, as we are a young side we are still learning it and it just doesn’t work all the time
my 2cents